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Re: What? the clean-shaven outnumber the bearded? "Yer Ugly Mug,"

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Monday, May 5, 2003, 14:04
Stone Gordonssen scripsit:

> Anyone besides me know why problem in computer programs are called "bugs"?
The name has several layers of depth, including the famous Grace Hopper moth, but in fact goes back to the proto-Internet of the telegraph wires: see http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/bug.html . (Good .sigmonster picked just the right .sig this time!) -- After fixing the Y2K bug in an application: John Cowan WELCOME TO <censored> jcowan@reutershealth.com DATE: MONDAK, JANUARK 1, 1900 http://www.ccil.org/~cowan