Question of the Hour

[Tyrnagog]

Spr. Earl..

"The First "Computer Bug"

Moth found trapped between points at Relay # 70, Panel F, of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator while it was being tested at Harvard University, 9 September 1945. The operators affixed the moth to the computer log, with the entry: "First actual case of bug being found". They put out the word that they had "debugged" the machine, thus introducing the term "debugging a computer program".
In 1988, the log, with the moth still taped by the entry, was in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Computer Museum at Dahlgren, Virginia."

from http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h96000/h96566kc.htm

 

[Spr.Earl]

Originally posted by Tyrnagog:
[qb] Spr. Earl..

"The First "Computer Bug"

Moth found trapped between points at Relay # 70, Panel F, of the Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator while it was being tested at Harvard University, 9 September 1945. The operators affixed the moth to the computer log, with the entry: "First actual case of bug being found". They put out the word that they had "debugged" the machine, thus introducing the term "debugging a computer program".
In 1988, the log, with the moth still taped by the entry, was in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Computer Museum at Dahlgren, Virginia."

from http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h96000/h96566kc.htm [/qb]

Correcto Mundo!!
Hmm let me see if I can find another.

 

[Spr.Earl]

In WW2 which actor impersonated Winston Churchill in a BBC recording of a 1942 speech because he was to busy?

Heres another

One estimate is that 1% of all the bombs dropped on Germany on this one targetl,German Industry would have collapsed there by shorting the War?

 

[clasper]

[qb] This, and two other crucial broadcasts to his nation during the fateful spring/summer of 1940 were made not by Churchill but by an actor hired to impersonate him. Norman Shelley, who played Winnie-the-Pooh for the BBC‘s Children‘s Hour, impersonated Churchill for history, fooling millions of listeners. Some historians suggest Churchill, an alcoholic, was too drunk to deliver the speeches himself. [/qb]

http://www.delta.tudelft.nl/jaargangen/36/4/ENG04Churchill.html

Spr. Earl- any chance that date was a typo? (Or any chance Churchill hired actors all the time?)

 

[Gunnar]

Apparently, Jack Higgin‘s "The Eagle Has Landed" is more than just a good yarn. It has real basis in fact. It was convenient to have Churchill appearing publically at more than one place at a time.

I seem to recall a story about carrier pigeons and the Canadian army...one of the batches they sent out were eaten by the troops. Dunno how true it is, but it makes a **** of a good story. ;-)

How are those specially-trained carrier pigeons working out, Canada?

Tasted great Sir. Please send more!

 

[Spr.Earl]

In the Sept. of 1944 what was 3 miles wide and 94 miles long?

 

[casing]

In the Sept. of 1944 what was 3 miles wide and 94 miles long?

Market Garden airborne attack in Holland.

 

[Spr.Earl]

In the Sept. of 1944 what was 3 miles wide and 94 miles long?

Market Garden airborne attack in Holland.

Congrats 
Now your turn.

 

[casing]

What was the password on D-Day?

 

[Spr.Earl]

What was the password on D-Day?

Micky Mouse

 

[Spr.Earl]

Which Canadian Unit advanced the furthest East than any other Canadian Unit in WW2?

 

[condor888000]

Canadian Parachute Battalion.

 

[condor888000]

Which division was nicknamed "the water rats"?

 

[Spr.Earl]

Canadian Parachute Battalion.

Yup 1 Can. Para.

What does the â Å“Dâ ? in D-Day stand for?

 

[Spr.Earl]

Which division was nicknamed "the water rats"?

The 3rd Div. because of they had the nasty job of clearing the Scheldt along with the rest of Holland.

 

[casing]

What does the â Å“Dâ ? in D-Day stand for?

D for Day (of operation). In this case, June 6, 1944.

 

[casing]

Which division was nicknamed "the water rats"?

Canadian Third Division

Yeah, what Earl said. 

 

[Spr.Earl]

What does the â Å“Dâ ? in D-Day stand for?

D for Day (of operation). In this case, June 6, 1944.

Correct and not Dooms Day or other variations as many have us believe.

 

[casing]

What modern day group/organization can trace their lineage to WWII volunteer SeeBees?

 

[Spr.Earl]

What modern day group/organization can trace their lineage to WWII volunteer SeeBees?

The U.S.N's. Construction Batallions.