Coke Bottle Fuel Tank -- WAY OFF TOPIC :-)

[Bill Glaze]

Randy:
She finalized her career as being the first female Admiral the Navy 
had.  Quite a person!  Bill Glaze

randy10926 at comcast.net wrote:

> I actual meet the fine lady that documented the first 'bug' .  It was 
> a moth in a relay and the removal was noted in the operator log.  In 
> later life she has a navy commodore who traveled around passing 
> lessons learned to younger generation of DoD computer scientists.  She 
> was one of the 'greatest generation' that is quickly passing on.
>  
> Randy
>  
>
>     -------------- Original message --------------
>
>     > Yes, the first computer "bug" was a moth that was
>     > trapped between contacts in a relay. I've got a
>     > picture of it somewhere.
>     >
>     > Bob R.
>     >
>     >
>     > --- "Lewis, Richard"
>     > wrote:
>     >
>     > > I though that was the original interpretation of the
>     > > term. Early
>     > > computers were prone to being fouled by actual bugs
>     > > getting in the their
>     > > circuits and fouling them up....
>     > >
>     > > Richard
>     > >
>     > > -----Original Message-----
>     > > From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
>     > > [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
>     > > On Behalf Of Dean Pappas
>     > > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 10:26 AM
>     > > To: discussion at nsrca.org
>     >! > Subject: RE: Coke Bottle Fuel Tank -- WAY OFF TOPIC
>     > > :-)
>     > >
>     > > There's a new interpretation of bugs in the system!
>     > >
>     > > Dean Pappas
>     >
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