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Hall of Fame Voting For Computer Museum of America

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the eat-the-rich dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Public voting has opened for the Computer Museum of America Hall of Fame, which is looking to add 5 more members to the roster via a public vote. Previous inductees include Sid Meier (of Civilization fame), and among this years list of nominees is Linus himself. The full list, along with the voting area itself is over at HomeLAN."

2 of 304 comments (clear)

  1. Farnsworth invented the TV by AtariAmarok · · Score: 5, Informative
    "Philo T. Farnsworth# Inventor of modern television Statement is not true, this is an urban legend. I also do not see how this is related to computers?

    According to Wikipedia, Farnsworth did invent the TV. It is also in Time magazine. Philo's the TV man, indeed. Perhaps you have him confused with Thomas Crapper, "inventer of the toilet" who really did not invent it. Lookup Farnsworth on snopes: his role in history is so secure that there is not even an urban legend about him.

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    Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
  2. List of already inducted for the lazy. by Retired+Replicant · · Score: 5, Informative
    These folks have already been inducted in past years:
    • John Vincent Atanasoff
    • Charles Babbage
    • Tim Berners-Lee
    • Clifford Berry
    • Nolan Bushnell
    • Seymour Cray
    • Michael Dell
    • Douglas Engelbart
    • Lee Felsenstein
    • Dr. Coleman Furr
    • William H. Gates III
    • Marcian Edward Hoff
    • Herman Hollerith
    • Grace Murray Hopper
    • Steve Jobs
    • Andrew Kay
    • Gary Kildall
    • Jack St. Clair Kilby
    • Lady Ada Augusta Lovelace
    • James Martin
    • Sid Meier
    • William D. Mensch, Jr.
    • Jay Miner
    • Dennis Ritchie
    • Henry (Ed) Roberts
    • Sir Clive Sinclair
    • Alan Mathison Turing
    • Ed Yourdon
    • Gerald M. Weinberg
    • Stephen Wozniak