Re: [IRCA] Towers and government

["W. Curt Deegan" <WWWR@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No colonels in the Navy.  Hopper was ultimately a Rear Admiral after 
several recalls to active duty.

Curt
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W. Curt Deegan
Boca Raton, (southeast) Florida, USA


At 07:54 PM 4/17/2007, Bob wrote:
>[snip]
>
>Words of wisdom spoken by Grace Hopper, US Navy, perhaps a
>colonel, a computer science pioneer, a legend in that field, years ago.
>
>It was Hopper who coined the term "bugs" (in computer programs)
>after having to clean bugs out of the relay contacts and switches
>in the computers of the day, which caused them to fail. (The computers
>then would fill a small warehouse)
>
>[snip]
>
>- Bob


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