Anniversary of the First Computer Bug

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 9, 2003 @04:51AM from the am-i-bugging-you-yet dept.

aheath writes "According to the US Naval Historical Center the first computer bug was logged on September 9, 1945 at 15:45: "Moth found trapped between points at Relay # 70, Panel F, of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator while it was being tested at Harvard University, 9 September 1945. The operators affixed the moth to the computer log, with the entry: "First actual case of bug being found". They put out the word that they had "debugged" the machine, thus introducing the term "debugging a computer program". The Wikipedia has a "computer bug" entry that lists some other "famous bugs" including the fictional HAL 9000 bug. What is your favorite computer bug story?"

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Re:Best Bug by JohnwheeleR · 2003-09-09 04:58 · Score: 0, Offtopic

What the fuck is so funny about that moderators?
yes by fuckfuck101 · 2003-09-09 06:10 · Score: 0, Offtopic

the americans were busy playing tetris while europe destroyed itself.

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Regular Benjamin Franklin.... by brakk · 2003-09-09 07:04 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Didn't Al Gore invent the term BUG as it relates to computers and the internet?