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Programmer Buys Original Ada Lovelace Painting On eBay

Posted by kdawson on from the mother-of-us-all dept.

An anonymous reader sends the story of the rediscovery of an original painting of Ada Byron at about age 4, the girl who was to become Countess Lovelace and the world's first computer programmer. A US Army sergeant in Tajikistan caught wind of an eBay auction of a 180-year-old painting of Ada Byron, with provenance; he notified a programmer buddy in Texas, who won the auction.

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  1. Re:oh.... ADA Lovelace... by Adult+film+producer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    your mind is full of filthy thoughts, shame on you.

  2. Re:A.I... by doktorjayd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    heh,

    i had a girlfriend in university whose honours thesis was on 'femminist themes in mary shelleys frankenstein'

    so, naturally i retort with 'monster story, MONSTER STORY'... .. needless to say, didnt last long.