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Article #1326Nanoseconds (Was Re: Myth in relay! Urban moth?)
From: fast... John Fast-Eddie McMahon
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1990 00:19
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1990 00:19
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In article <111...@ti-csl.csc.ti.com>, ste...@m2.csc.ti.com (Jeri Steele) writes... :In article <22...@rex.cs.tulane.edu> keating@rex.UUCP (John W. Keating) writes: :> :>At lectures, Grace Hopper used to give out "nanoseconds"... : :I too saw her pass out pico-seconds(Black pepper) about 3 years ago. The DECUS Networking SIG picked up on Admiral Hopper's story and was selling Nanoseconds made out of Coax cable at the last couple of symposium. They were autographed by Adm. Hopper. Great bribe for the folks who didn't get to go to DECUS and expect you to bring back stuff. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John "Fast Eddie" McMahon FAST...@DFTNIC.GSFC.NASA.GOV Code 630.4 - Advanced Data Flow Technology Office SDCDCL::FASTEDDY (SPAN) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD (301) 286-2045 "Living a 9600 Baud Lifestyle in a 1200 Baud World" - R.A.J.
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!shelby!apple!mips!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!ames!dftsrv!mimsy!haven!uflorida!mailrus!umich!yale!cs.utexas.edu!ti-csl!m2!steele From: fast...@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (John 'Fast-Eddie' McMahon) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Nanoseconds (Was Re: Myth in relay! Urban moth?) Keywords: nanoseconds, grace hopper, all the spam you can eat Message-ID: <923@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> Date: 17 Feb 90 00:19:02 GMT References: <5353@star.cs.vu.nl> <3767@accuvax.nwu.edu> <ED.90Feb14182504@ravel.sli.com> <2232@rex.cs.tulane.edu> Sender: ne...@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Reply-To: fast...@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD, USA Lines: 19 Posted: Sat Feb 17 01:19:02 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit