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LTC Stephen F.
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Thanks Maj Marty Hogan for letting us know that December 9 is the anniversary of the birth of American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral Grace Brewster Murray Hopper.
It is wonderful that the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) was named for her, as was the Cray XE6 "Hopper" supercomputer at NERSC.
Rest in peace Grace Hopper!

Admiral Grace Hopper was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer. She developed the first compiler for a computer programming language. Here she explains a nanosecond to a room of learners.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eyFDBPk4Yw
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Wayne Brandon LTC Bill Koski Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown Maj Marty Hogan SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SPC Margaret Higgins MSgt Jason McClish AN Christopher Crayne SPC Tom DeSmet SGT Charles H. Hawes SGT (Join to see) SGT Michael Thorin SP5 Robert Ruck 1LT Sandy Annala
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My engineering friends in school used to use the rule of thumb that one foot of wire was roughly one nanosecond in unwrapping, replacing, and rewrapping wires between metal posts on the wire wrap board back planes of old computers to make timing adjustments as required by old engineering change orders. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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1LT Sandy Annala "What are You Doing Sailor" "(Reasonable Explanation) Admrial!" "Why are You Doing It that Way" "That is the Way We've Always Done It Admiral (Famous Last Words)" "If I Thought that Way there Would be No F**King Computers" Yes I've attended a Lecture by Admiral Gracie and She was Mean, Onry and I Thought She Rocked. She Hated President Carter for Taking Away Her "Boat" (Shuttle Boat between the Washington Navy Yard and the Pentagon for Senior Naval Officers) as Part of a Cost Reduction Program.
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CW5 Jack Cardwell
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I have read about her. Thanks for the history refresher!
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MCPO Roger Collins
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Attended a computer course taught by her at the Washington Navy Shipyard DC when a Captain. The class was enthralled, even with a classroom full of her cigarette smoke.
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