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Anniversary of the First Computer Bug

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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  1. Re:Best Bug by JohnwheeleR · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What the fuck is so funny about that moderators?

  2. My favorite computer bug story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Once, when I was a kid, I had lice and scabies. I really like computers.

  3. morons vote for planet/population rescue effort.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    as a means to resolve sum of the buggIE blight brought upon US buy the greed/fear based payper liesense georgewellian fuddite stock markup execrable over @ BugWear(tm) .controll.

    we're also building a vessel that floats on almost any suBStance.

    that's right. you/we cannot afford the badtoll that lies ahead, should the greed/fear based georgewellian fuddite execrable fail to be neutralized.

    that's right. J. Public et AL has yet to become involved in open/honest 'net communications/commerce in a meaningful way. that's mostly due to the MiSinformation suppLIEd buy phonIE ?pr? ?firm?/stock markup FraUD execrable, etc...

    truth is, there's no better/more affordable/effective way that we know of, for J. to reach other J.'s &/or their respective markets.

    the recipe is:

    consult with/trust in yOUR creator. vote with yOUR wallet. more breathing. seek others of non-agressive intentions/behaviours. that's the spirit.

    use key words/indexing to identify yourself/your products.

    the overbullowned greed/fear based phonIE marketeers are self eliminating by their owned greed/fear/ego based evile MiSintentions. they must deny the existence of the power that is dissolving their ability to continue their self-centered evile behaviours.

    as the lights continue to come up, you'll see what we mean. meanwhile, there are plenty of challenges, not the least of which is the planet/population rescue (from the corepirate nazi/walking dead contingent) initiative.

    EVERYTHING is going to change, despite the lameNT of the evile wons. you can bet your .asp on that. when the lights come up, there'll be no going back, & no where to hide.

    we weren't planted here to facilitate/perpetuate the excesses of a handful of Godless felons. you already know that? yOUR ONLY purpose here is to help one another. any other pretense is totally false.

    pay attention (to yOUR environment, for example). that's quite affordable, & leads to insights on preserving life as it should/could/will be again. everything's ALL about yOUR motives.

    take care, we're here for you.

  4. Looks like the Dixie Chicks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    are putting their feet in their mouths again.

    http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_817619.html?m enu=news.latestheadlines

    Why do "entertainers" insist on popping off at the mouth about subjects that they're clueless about?

    Hey Dixie Chicks: STFU.

  5. yes by fuckfuck101 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    the americans were busy playing tetris while europe destroyed itself.

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    Comment: Yes I realise the username 'fuckfuck101' makes me sound intelligent, no you cannot buy it from me.
  6. Regular Benjamin Franklin.... by brakk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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