Hello Ken and list
The origin of the term "bug" seems to preceded Admiral Grace Hopper
and the moth found on the Mark II relay:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug#Etymology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper#Anecdotes
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?tp=&arnumber=728224&isnumber=15706
Bugs pester my programs so much that I had to find where they came from. :)
Gus Correa
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Gustavo J. Ponce Correa, PhD - Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - Columbia University
P.O. Box 1000 [61 Route 9W] - Palisades, NY, 10964-8000 - USA
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Ken Schuster wrote:
Aug. 7, 1991: Ladies and Gentlemen, the World Wide Web
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/08/dayintech_0807
Where did the term "computer bug" originate? Now you have the answer (:>)
Aug. 7, 1944: Still a Few Bugs in the System
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/08/dayintech_0807
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