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"Tech Heroes" From Ada Lovelace to Jamie Z
An anonymous reader writes "The Web 2.0 Journal has launched a search for what it calls "the all-time heroes of i-Technology" (its own shorthand for 'Internet technologies'), reaching as far back as to The Countess of Lovelace, though whether or not Ada Lovelace is truly the first programmer is not discussed. As an exercise in reminding ourselves whose shoulders we are standing on when hurtlng towards the 21st-century, richer Web it's not a bad start. Naturally there are sins of omission..."
How is it possible to create a list of the most important people in technology throughout history and _not_ include Shannon. Jeez, the guy is the father of information theory and digital circuit design!
How could they forget Alan Turing? The inventor of the Turing test for AI, and father of the modern computer?
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More to the point, how could they forget John von Neumann, Marvin Minsky and others?
Only his tendency toward a dazed stupor prevented him from screaming aloud.