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The story of the first “computer bug” is a pile of lies
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Re: The story of the first “computer bug” is a pile of lies
#12I'd just like to say that Thomas Edison's handwriting in his letter is absolutely beautiful. It almost looks like it's been typed out on a computer using a funky font. It's funny how the handwriting of almost everyone I know is quite bad these days. My own is almost illegible! I wonder what everyone thinks about this general degradation in penmanship? I guess it's not really needed in this day and age, but there's so…
In those days people took pride in their handwriting, nowadays the best you can do is to brag about your LaTeX typesetting
Re: The story of the first “computer bug” is a pile of lies
#13I'd just like to say that Thomas Edison's handwriting in his letter is absolutely beautiful. It almost looks like it's been typed out on a computer using a funky font. It's funny how the handwriting of almost everyone I know is quite bad these days. My own is almost illegible! I wonder what everyone thinks about this general degradation in penmanship? I guess it's not really needed in this day and age, but there's so…
In those days people took pride in their handwriting, nowadays the best you can do is to brag about your LaTeX typesetting
Interestingly, I think the reason is that cursive has been dropped from the US curriculum since 2013: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20171108-the-uncertain-fu...
Re: The story of the first “computer bug” is a pile of lies
#14I'd just like to say that Thomas Edison's handwriting in his letter is absolutely beautiful. It almost looks like it's been typed out on a computer using a funky font. It's funny how the handwriting of almost everyone I know is quite bad these days. My own is almost illegible! I wonder what everyone thinks about this general degradation in penmanship? I guess it's not really needed in this day and age, but there's so…
When I see that I ask myself:
- Was good handwriting necessary for success in that time?
- If so, how many people as creative as Edison languished because their handwriting sucked.
Re: The story of the first “computer bug” is a pile of lies
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
In those days people took pride in their handwriting, nowadays the best you can do is to brag about your LaTeX typesetting
Interestingly, I think the reason is that cursive has been dropped from the US curriculum since 2013: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20171108-the-uncertain-fu...
Weirdly enough, I went through school before then and learned cursive and I only use it on receipts and the occasional bank check. It has little to do with cursive being taught and more to do with cursive, and handwriting in general, being irrelevant.
Re: The story of the first “computer bug” is a pile of lies
#16I'd just like to say that Thomas Edison's handwriting in his letter is absolutely beautiful. It almost looks like it's been typed out on a computer using a funky font. It's funny how the handwriting of almost everyone I know is quite bad these days. My own is almost illegible! I wonder what everyone thinks about this general degradation in penmanship? I guess it's not really needed in this day and age, but there's so…
Edison's handwriting is unusually legible even by the standards of that period. You can look at many other historical artefacts to see what the average looked like.
I looked up letters written by other 20th century scientists, the average looks pretty good:
Marie Curie: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7722951
Tesla: https://www.benjamindecasseres.com/nikola-teslas-letter-to-b...
They all seem to have this really "flowy" style
Re: The story of the first “computer bug” is a pile of lies
#17Why does Grace Hopper get a pass for outright lying for decades about this?
Because the reptilians that run the Deep State rely on you not knowing the Truth about this "bug". Those who are in possession of this Secret Truth cannot be fooled anymore. They see through all the lies, they know that Birds Are Not Real. /s
Re: The story of the first “computer bug” is a pile of lies
#18I'd just like to say that Thomas Edison's handwriting in his letter is absolutely beautiful. It almost looks like it's been typed out on a computer using a funky font. It's funny how the handwriting of almost everyone I know is quite bad these days. My own is almost illegible! I wonder what everyone thinks about this general degradation in penmanship? I guess it's not really needed in this day and age, but there's so…
Not only that, there is not one correction in that letter. Do they have multiple drafts before writing the final version that is sent?
Re: The story of the first “computer bug” is a pile of lies
#19I'd just like to say that Thomas Edison's handwriting in his letter is absolutely beautiful. It almost looks like it's been typed out on a computer using a funky font. It's funny how the handwriting of almost everyone I know is quite bad these days. My own is almost illegible! I wonder what everyone thinks about this general degradation in penmanship? I guess it's not really needed in this day and age, but there's so…
When I see that I ask myself: - Was good handwriting necessary for success in that time? - If so, how many people as creative as Edison languished because their handwriting sucked.
That's a good point. It's like how writing a good email is pretty essential these days, and people might lose out these days because of poor "online" communication
Re: The story of the first “computer bug” is a pile of lies
#20So, does anybody know why in telegraph jargon they started referring to "false signals" as "bugs"?
probably due to clicking or chirping noise caused by old/rusty/faulty wires