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What is the first recorded instance of a computer "bug"?
Jordon
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Moth found between a relay switch.
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I think Mr. Schulz is right.
I may be mistaken, but I think that the incident he described happened during WW2 with the Collosus machine used to help crack the German Eninma machines. (I'm just talking off the top of my head so I may be totally wrong on this.)
And, I'm sure my fellow CPers will let me know!
Andrew C. Eisenberg
Nashville, TN, USA (a.k.a. Music City USA)
(Yes Virginia, there are rock and roll stations in Nashville! )
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Hi Jordon,
Yupper the first reply is correct. I don't think is was the secret agent machine that had it though....was one of those ancient tube computers.
Thanks for a great site Jordon, they should have hired you loooooooonnnnnnnggggggg ago!
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Thank you. So sweet of you
Here is the answer in more detail.
In 1945, Grace Murray Hopper working in a World War I temporary building not equipped with air conditioning, the Harvard Mark II computer stopped. After some searching Grace discovered a moth beaten to death in the jaws of a relay. After extracting the moth and taping it into the machine log-book, she reported, using a euphemism originated by Thomas Edison, that she had "debugged the computer"
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
The Code Project Insider
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What is the lowest point in Europe?
Jordon
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The News from Jordon wrote: What is the lowest point in Europe?
As in metres below sea level? Or as in a historical low?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
--Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
My: Website | Blog
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Caspian Sea (-28 metres below sea level)
Shahil
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I wouldn't say it was "in" Europe. Wikipedia says it is between Europe and Asia - and to me it looks like it is all in Asia.
I would imaging that if it is the lowest point it would have to be lowest point on land.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
--Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
My: Website | Blog
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Must be in Holland, it is below sea level
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If we are talking Western Europe then it's a tie between Lemmefjord in Denmark and Prins Alexander Polder in the Netherlands: 23 feet / 7 meters below sea level, at least thats according to georgraphy.com (Sad but informative)
The Caspian sea shouldn't count as it's a sea, so it can't be below sea level
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what you call 'sea level' is actually the ocean surface level. the dead sea is the lowest point in the world on land, its water surface is (approx) -400m so clearly a sea can be below 'sea level'.
Shahil
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did you say -400m??
is it really true?
-Prakash
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The News from Jordon wrote: What is the lowest point in Europe?
Caspian Sea. 28m belwo sea level
Tony Dixon
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The Caspian Sea (28m below 'sea level')
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
The Code Project Insider
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What name did Chuck Yeager give the X-1 he flew to break the sound barrier?
Jordon
News Editor/Publisher
The Code Project Insider
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He named it Glennis, for his wife.
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"Glamorous Glennis" after his wife
Shahil
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I feel the need for a correction:
He named it Glamourus Glennis II, Glamourus Glennis I was his first p-51 Mustang fighter he flew during the second world war.
Torbjorn
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He named it Glamourus Glennis II, Glamourus Glennis I was his first p-51 Mustang fighter he flew during the second world war.
Torbjorn
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Nice work guys!
Glamorous Glennis (after his wife)
Jordon
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Who was the Greek God of dreams?
Jordon
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Morpheus
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