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Nearly Sane

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Happy Ada Lovelace Day
« on: October 13, 2015, 10:58:31 AM »

I can recommend The Bride of Science by Benjamin Woolley on the great Ada


http://findingada.com/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_lovelace
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Re: Happy Ada Lovelace Day
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2015, 07:01:40 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on October 13, 2015, 10:58:31 AM

I can recommend The Bride of Science by Benjamin Woolley on the great Ada


http://findingada.com/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_lovelace
I know its named after AL, but I always thought that the idea was to promote what today's women were doing with AL's example as a trigger for that.  Perhaps I've been misled.
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Re: Happy Ada Lovelace Day
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2015, 07:15:54 PM »
Quote from: Hope on October 13, 2015, 07:01:40 PM
Quote from: Nearly Sane on October 13, 2015, 10:58:31 AM

I can recommend The Bride of Science by Benjamin Woolley on the great Ada


http://findingada.com/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_lovelace
I know its named after AL, but I always thought that the idea was to promote what today's women were doing with AL's example as a trigger for that.  Perhaps I've been misled.

It is indeed, I was just recommending a book for people to read about her. These two things are not opposed and, I would suggest, work in conjunction?
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Re: Happy Ada Lovelace Day
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2015, 07:46:26 PM »
As the first programmer, Ada Lovelace is a hero of mine.
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Re: Happy Ada Lovelace Day
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2015, 07:58:33 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on October 13, 2015, 07:15:54 PM
It is indeed, I was just recommending a book for people to read about her. These two things are not opposed and, I would suggest, work in conjunction?
You're right, NS.  I had something else in mind when I wrote my post, so was confusing myself!!
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Re: Happy Ada Lovelace Day
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2015, 08:31:22 PM »
Quote from: Hope on October 13, 2015, 07:58:33 PM
Quote from: Nearly Sane on October 13, 2015, 07:15:54 PM
It is indeed, I was just recommending a book for people to read about her. These two things are not opposed and, I would suggest, work in conjunction?
You're right, NS.  I had something else in mind when I wrote my post, so was confusing myself!!

No problem, I will buy you a virtual pint/glass of wine/hogshead of mead/thrup of datang for that.
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Re: Happy Ada Lovelace Day
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2015, 09:45:22 PM »
My younger daughter wants to be a coder. I'm getting her to read up on AL right now.
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Re: Happy Ada Lovelace Day
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2015, 10:18:29 PM »
Quote from: Rhiannon on October 13, 2015, 09:45:22 PM
My younger daughter wants to be a coder. I'm getting her to read up on AL right now.
Grace Hopper might be a better role model. She didn't blow the family fortune on the gee-gees. Also she coined the term bug in relation to computers and invented one of the first high level programming languages (Cobol).

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Re: Happy Ada Lovelace Day
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2015, 12:51:24 PM »
Thanks, Jeremy.  :)
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Re: Happy Ada Lovelace Day
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2015, 04:12:59 PM »
Happy 200th Ada
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