Admiral Grace Hopper Explains the Nanosecond (1983) [video]
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Re: Admiral Grace Hopper Explains the Nanosecond (1983) [video]
#2Posted pretty regularly here, it's a great talk. She was a true treasure to the CS world and to the Navy.
Re: Admiral Grace Hopper Explains the Nanosecond (1983) [video]
#3"So they know what they're throwing away when they're throwing away microseconds"
She was a genius. Was a great character.
Re: Admiral Grace Hopper Explains the Nanosecond (1983) [video]
#4Great stuff. I'm reminded of the classic "we can't send an email over 500 miles!" which is somewhat related, and equally entertaining: http://web.mit.edu/jemorris/humor/500-miles
Re: Admiral Grace Hopper Explains the Nanosecond (1983) [video]
#5What year was this filmed in?
Re: Admiral Grace Hopper Explains the Nanosecond (1983) [video]
#6What year was this filmed in?
1993 it would appear:
Re: Admiral Grace Hopper Explains the Nanosecond (1983) [video]
#7Based on this I made downloadable and printable nanoseconds: https://blog.jgc.org/2012/10/a-downloadable-nanosecond.html
Re: Admiral Grace Hopper Explains the Nanosecond (1983) [video]
#8She brought some nanoseconds to Letterman: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x35dsz7
Re: Admiral Grace Hopper Explains the Nanosecond (1983) [video]
#9Posted pretty regularly here, it's a great talk. She was a true treasure to the CS world and to the Navy.
Yeah, I wasn't sure how often this pops up, it came up in conversation and I'm not familiar enough with HN to see when the last time it was posted, so I figured i'd just post it and let it go unnoticed if it's been posted too often recently.
Re: Admiral Grace Hopper Explains the Nanosecond (1983) [video]
#10"So they know what they're throwing away when they're throwing away microseconds" She was a genius. Was a great character.
I enjoyed listening to her, but I don't know if I understand her point here. There was something intuitive about why certain processes require a large number of nano seconds due to physics. But I have a tough time thinking of any process besides financial trading that can't spare a microsecond.