Comments on: A Bite From the Apple, Serving as a Reminder of Our Past http://lawdork.net/2009/09/12/a-bite-from-the-apple-serving-as-a-reminder-of-our-past/ Same dork, new year! Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:38:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Chris Geidner http://lawdork.net/2009/09/12/a-bite-from-the-apple-serving-as-a-reminder-of-our-past/#comment-2888 Chris Geidner Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:03:55 +0000 http://lawdork.net/?p=3578#comment-2888 Well, that stinks. Well, that stinks.

]]> By: Hyperbio » Blog Archive » Weekend reading http://lawdork.net/2009/09/12/a-bite-from-the-apple-serving-as-a-reminder-of-our-past/#comment-2885 Hyperbio » Blog Archive » Weekend reading Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:14:29 +0000 http://lawdork.net/?p=3578#comment-2885 [...] Homage to Alan Turing. [...] [...] Homage to Alan Turing. [...]

]]> By: PG http://lawdork.net/2009/09/12/a-bite-from-the-apple-serving-as-a-reminder-of-our-past/#comment-2884 PG Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:44:01 +0000 http://lawdork.net/?p=3578#comment-2884 <a href="http://creativebits.org/interview/interview_rob_janoff_designer_apple_logo" rel="nofollow">Hmm.</a> Hmm.

]]> By: FlexSF http://lawdork.net/2009/09/12/a-bite-from-the-apple-serving-as-a-reminder-of-our-past/#comment-2881 FlexSF Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:29:15 +0000 http://lawdork.net/?p=3578#comment-2881 Thanks. I had no idea that the apple logo was a tribute to Alan Turning, or his death. Have you heard of Dr. Grace Murray Hopper? She was a Harvard mathematician, and worked on the MARK I during WWII. Ultimately, she converted binary language into human language. While she was entering binary code one day and a bug crawled into one of the hundreds of switches on the MARK I. It burned out a circuit. That is were the term, "bug in the system," originated. Ironically, she was a wild woman too. She loved to consume vodka and cigarettes, and lived a long life. G.H. Bush named a navy ship after her. The USS Hopper. She died in her home state of Massachusetts in 1992. Thanks. I had no idea that the apple logo was a tribute to Alan Turning, or his death.

Have you heard of Dr. Grace Murray Hopper? She was a Harvard mathematician, and worked on the MARK I during WWII. Ultimately, she converted binary language into human language. While she was entering binary code one day and a bug crawled into one of the hundreds of switches on the MARK I. It burned out a circuit. That is were the term, “bug in the system,” originated.

Ironically, she was a wild woman too. She loved to consume vodka and cigarettes, and lived a long life. G.H. Bush named a navy ship after her. The USS Hopper. She died in her home state of Massachusetts in 1992.

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