shrug-l: Bugs and Debugging
Nonie Castro
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Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:29:00 -0400
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"A ship in port is safe; but that is not what ships are built for."
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: shrug-l-admin@lists.dep.state.fl.us
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> [mailto:shrug-l-admin@lists.dep.state.fl.us
<mailto:shrug-l-admin@lists.dep.state.fl.us> ] On Behalf Of
> Bill VanSickle
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 2:35 PM
> To: shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us
> Subject: shrug-l: Bugs and Debugging
>
> Dear fellow GIS colleagues,
>
> It's my understanding that, while Adm. Hopper is a truly
> great person in our nation's (and computing's) history, and
> while she is credited with co-inventing COBOL and inventing
> the term "debugging", and that the bug that inspired that
> term is itself indeed at the Smithsonian, the term "bug" was
> used in reference to mechanical problems long before her time.
>
> There's a good article about it in Urban Legends:
>
> http://urbanlegends.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=3Dhttp
<http://urbanlegends.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=3Dhttp>=20
> ://www.taf
> kac.org/faq2k/compute%5F86.html
>
> Here are some good quotes from Adm Hopper, starting with my
favorite:
>
> "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."
>
> "It really came about because I couldn't balance my
checkbook."
>
> "Our young people are the future. We must provide for them.
> We must give them the positive leadership they're looking
> for...You manage things; you lead people."
>
> "The most damaging phrase in the language is: We've always
> done it this way."
>
> "I always promise during my talks that if anyone in the
> audience says during the next 12 months, 'But we've always
> done it that way,' I will immediately materialize beside him
> and haunt him for the next 24 hours and see if I could get
> him to take a second look."
>
> "Working with the youth is the most important job I've done.
> It's also the most rewarding."
>
> "See? We told you the computer could do all that!"
>
> Quote sources:
>
http://inventors.about.com/od/hstartinventors/a/Hopper_Quotes.htm
<http://inventors.about.com/od/hstartinventors/a/Hopper_Quotes.htm>=20
>
> Cheers!
>
> - beel
>
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<P><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: </FONT><A=20
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Friday, August 26, 2005 2:35 PM<BR>> To:=20
shrug-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us<BR>> Subject: shrug-l: Bugs and=20
Debugging<BR>><BR>> Dear fellow GIS colleagues,<BR>><BR>> =
It's my=20
understanding that, while Adm. Hopper is a truly<BR>> great person =
in our=20
nation's (and computing's) history, and<BR>> while she is credited =
with=20
co-inventing COBOL and inventing<BR>> the term "debugging", and =
that the=20
bug that inspired that<BR>> term is itself indeed at the =
Smithsonian, the=20
term "bug" was<BR>> used in reference to mechanical problems long =
before=20
her time.<BR>><BR>> There's a good article about it in Urban=20
Legends:<BR>><BR>> </FONT><A=20
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href=3D"http://urbanlegends.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=3Dhttp"=
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kac.org/faq2k/compute%5F86.html<BR>><BR>> Here are some good =
quotes from=20
Adm Hopper, starting with my favorite:<BR>><BR>> "It's easier to =
ask=20
forgiveness than it is to get permission."<BR>><BR>> "It really =
came=20
about because I couldn't balance my checkbook."<BR>><BR>> "Our =
young=20
people are the future. We must provide for them.<BR>> We must give =
them the=20
positive leadership they're looking<BR>> for...You manage things; =
you lead=20
people."<BR>><BR>> "The most damaging phrase in the language is: =
We've=20
always<BR>> done it this way."<BR>><BR>> "I always promise =
during my=20
talks that if anyone in the<BR>> audience says during the next 12 =
months,=20
'But we've always<BR>> done it that way,' I will immediately =
materialize=20
beside him<BR>> and haunt him for the next 24 hours and see if I =
could=20
get<BR>> him to take a second look."<BR>><BR>> "Working with =
the=20
youth is the most important job I've done.<BR>> It's also the most=20
rewarding."<BR>><BR>> "See? We told you the computer could do =
all=20
that!"<BR>><BR>> Quote sources:<BR>> </FONT><A=20
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href=3D"http://inventors.about.com/od/hstartinventors/a/Hopper_Quotes.htm=
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Cheers!<BR>><BR>> -=20
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