The one impactful moment I had with Grace Hopper was when I attended a conference that she was presenting in and she was talking about how far technology had gone but in her mind when she spoke about a nano second she wanted to know what that represented. She ordered her engineers to come up with something physical that would represent that. The engineers thought and thought and finally came up with an answer that she could understood. They came up with a wire about 18 inches in length and they said that the time it takes electricity to travel from one side to the other is a nano second. She handed the wire to everyone in the conference.
What a fantastic lady! George Rodriguez Specialist II - IT Solutions Application Support / Quality Assurance PX - 47652 (561) 357-7652 (office) (561) 707-3496 (mobile) School District of Palm Beach County 3348 Forest Hill Blvd. Room B-241 West Palm Beach, FL. 33406-5869 Florida's Only A-Rated Urban District For Seven Consecutive Years ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Eison [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 05:58 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Grace Hopper Stories!! (was RE: Pre-Friday fun: Halon dumps and POK Resets) My memories of Grace Hopper go back a bit farther than what is generally being discussed. As my father was an engineer with IBM back in the 50's I have some recollections of a young Grace Hopper being around the house quite often. I do recall her and my father and a few other colleagues having some heated discussions around the barbeque. Martin Eison Computer Science Corporation This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind CSC to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Home of Florida's first LEED Gold Certified School Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
