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From: Moe Trin on 15 Nov 2009 16:32
On Sun, 15 Nov 2009, in the Usenet newsgroup uk.comp.os.linux, in article
<o8ovf5131ddvpjja475itellm7mockhv61(a)4ax.com>, Martin wrote:

>Johnny B Good wrote:

>> I knew that Ada Lovelace was the inspiration for a computer language
>>(called 'Ada' - not Lovelace ;-) It's a pity I got her confused with
>>Grace Hopper.

>Lucky that you didn't confuse Ada with Linda.

Linda has a different connection with computers.

(Quoting from the FAQ from "somewhere else":)

The standard unit of suckiness is the Lovelace (Ll). This is defined
as: One Lovelace is the amount of force (measured in dynes) it takes
to draw a round ball weighing e Troy Ounces down a tube it fits exactly
(in air) at a speed of pi attoparsecs/microfortnight. Like Farads,
this is a rather large measurement. Thus, Plan 9 sucks a few mLl, for
instance, while your average Microsoft product achieves many Ll.

(end quote)

Old guy
From: Johnny B Good on 15 Nov 2009 13:14
The message <o8ovf5131ddvpjja475itellm7mockhv61(a)4ax.com>
from Martin <me(a)address.invalid> contains these words:

> On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:10:21 GMT, Johnny B Good
> <jcs.computersbutt(a)plugzetnet.co.uk> wrote:

> >The message <a19tf59jnbjnm9c9692vplfgkekii72luj(a)4ax.com>
> >from Martin <me(a)address.invalid> contains these words:
> >
> >> On 14 Nov 2009 01:42:12 GMT, "Chris F.A. Johnson"
> >> <cfajohnson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> >On 2009-11-14, Johnny B Good wrote:
> >> >> The message <20091113171256.573a71bb(a)debian>
> >> >> from Folderol <folderol(a)ukfsn.org> contains these words:

> <snip>

> >> > You are mixing her up with Grace Hopper. Ada Lovelace was the
> >> > previous century.
> >
> > Well, that's what happens when I don't take the simple precaution of
> >checking my "Facts" :-(
> >
> > I knew that Ada Lovelace was the inspiration for a computer language
> >(called 'Ada' - not Lovelace ;-) It's a pity I got her confused with
> >Grace Hopper.

> Lucky that you didn't confuse Ada with Linda.

"luck" didn't figure into my response. ;-) However, those two 'famous'
ladies could land up in an "Armstrong and Miller Show" sketch one of
these days. It's just so 'their sort of thing'.

--
Regards, John.

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From: Johnny B Good on 16 Nov 2009 10:30
The message <20091115191946.4e46ec5e(a)debian>
from Folderol <folderol(a)ukfsn.org> contains these words:

> On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:37:04 +0100
> Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote:

> > On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:27:09 GMT, Johnny B Good
> > <jcs.computersbutt(a)plugzetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > >The message <20091114163858.6be8f231(a)debian>
> > >from Folderol <folderol(a)ukfsn.org> contains these words:
> > >
> > >> On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:37:44 +0000
> > >> Whiskers <catwheezel(a)operamail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> > On 2009-11-14, Martin <me(a)address.invalid> wrote:
> > >> > > On 14 Nov 2009 01:42:12 GMT, "Chris F.A. Johnson"
> > >> > > <cfajohnson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > [...]
> > >> >
> > >> > > and the Babbage "computer" Ada "programmed" was never completed.
> > >> >
> > >> > It was eventually - in 1991, and got a printer in 2000
> > >> > <http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/computing_and_data_processing/1992-556.aspx>
> > >
> > >> I thought that had been done 'recently' ... but I was keeping my head
> > >> down in case I was wrong :P
> > >
> > > Not wishing to join _My_Club_, eh? ;-) I can't blame you for that
> > >(discretion being the better part of valour and all that).
> >
> > You don't want some young whipper snapper kicking your zimmer frame
> > from under
> > you :o)

> That was cruel!

Rather self deprecating, I thought. ;-)

--
Regards, John.

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