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World's first computer bug, a moth trapped inside Harvard's Mark II computer in 1947.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...524#post201031
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...289#post192246
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...432#post166233
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...404#post150836
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...985#post175948
Documented by Grace Hopper.
https://daily.jstor.org/the-bug-in-t...ter-bug-story/
I've always thought that this indicated they they'd had problems like this before, but this is the first time they'd actually found the culprit. I would expect a computer built of vacuum tubes would have a lot of problems with moths, being full of warm spaces with glowing lights.
Run enough current through a moth's body, and they dry out. Keep slamming the relays, and they'll eventually turn to powder. Might have something to do with not finding that many of them. Or not. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by bruce.desertrat
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