Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Newman Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc Subject: Re: Ada Lovelace Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:06:05 +0100 Organization: None Lines: 28 Message-ID: <5b6bed957emec@npost.uk> References: <5b648df214dave@triffid.co.uk> <5b6506d57emec@npost.uk> <6323e26b5b.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM> Injection-Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2024 00:06:36 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a0425229c7f3e1a0f25b38f9c1c15b91"; logging-data="651819"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/QLDf+gGPM0u2OM15V+QKgHlDWc4Zqh10=" User-Agent: Pluto/3.20 (RISC OS/5.29) NewsHound/v1.54 Cancel-Lock: sha1:y7Fhe8TMxpQHEepaVXg05P18plM= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.misc:21406 In article <6323e26b5b.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM>, David Higton wrote: > In message <5b6506d57emec@npost.uk> Chris Newman wrote: > > In article <5b648df214dave@triffid.co.uk>, Dave > > wrote: > > > Just a little amusement observed... :-) > > > > > Quite early today, Tuesday, I was having my breakfast and watching > > > the TV where they were having a discussion about AI (Not the > > > original AI. being Bull and Horse Sperm) but the modern one... > > > > > It was a bit past 5:00 and I wasn't really taking much notice, but > > > I nearly choked on my slurp of tea when someone was talking about > > > Ada Lovelace, but continued to call her Adder Lovelace during the > > > chat. > > > > > What can one say... :-/ > > > > Well, in some sense she was an adder, having worked on the Babbage > > Engine. > You can't take anything away from her achievements. She had multiple talents. I hope this isn't being devisive. -- Chris