I didn't even know the SDMB HAD a private messaging system.

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

I didn’t even know the SDMB had a private messaging system.

And whoever tried to use it to send me a message forgot that the Admin locked that feature years ago.

So, although I got the e-mail, telling me that I have had a private message sent to me, I can’t read it.
Look, my e-mail addy is available. Just use it, OK?

[Kal]

Someone has sent you a PM over on the test board. If you log in over there, that system should let you read it.

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

@Kal

Someone has sent you a PM over on the test board. If you log in over there, that system should let you read it.

“Test board”?

Also, the author was Derelith.

[Lobsang]

@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor

“Test board”?
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I second this reaction.

[twickster]

See the announcement at the top of the forum – or go to ATMB. :rolleyes:

[Lobsang]

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/announcement.php?f=4

[What_Exit]

The Test Board on the new server: http://208.100.26.199/sdmb/

Yes I said the new server. It even has a 5 minute edit feature for now.

Jim

[PunditLisa]

Thanks for the link. I, unsurprisingly, was clueless about the new server.

[samclem]

@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor

“Test board”?

Also, the author was Derelith.

I always knew the only person that would send you a message would be a derelict.

[wolf_meister]

What Exit?

Yes I said the new server. It even has a 5 minute edit feature for now.

I have been one of the more vocal critics of the Straight Dope’s Message Board’s technical ineptitude. However, the new server does offer some promise of moving us into the 21st century.

[Shagnasty]

@wolf_meister

**What Exit?**However, the new server does offer some promise of moving us into the 21st century.

Hmmm, I always assumed Jerry was a guy but I guess that is what happens when you assume.

[A.R.Cane]

@Shagnasty

Hmmm, I always assumed Jerry was a guy but I guess that is what happens when you assume.

The lady’s name is Grace, Grace Hopper, a U.S. Navy Admiral and the woman who coined the term “bug” in computer systems, due to an actual insect, if I remember correctly.

[What_Exit]

@A.R. Cane

The lady’s name is Grace, Grace Hopper, a U.S. Navy Admiral and the woman who coined the term “bug” in computer systems, due to an actual insect, if I remember correctly.

A Moth to be precise*. Admiral Hopper was big on precision. She is also credited with leading the team to design Cobol the first real computer language. She is also on of my heroes.

She was the first female flag officer in the US.

@wiki

Hopper retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of Commander at the end of 1966. She was recalled to active duty in August of 1967 for a six-month period that turned into an indefinite assignment. She again retired in 1971 but was asked to return to active duty again in 1972. She was promoted to Captain in 1973 by Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr…

After Rep. Philip Crane saw her on a March 1983 segment of 60 Minutes, he championed a joint resolution in the House of Representatives which led to her promotion to Commodore by special Presidential appointment. In 1985, the Naval grade of Commodore was renamed Rear Admiral, Lower Half. She retired (involuntarily) from the Navy on August 14, 1986. At a celebration held in Boston on the USS Constitution to celebrate her retirement, Hopper was awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the highest non-combat award possible by the Department of Defense. At the moment of her retirement, she was the oldest officer in the US Navy and aboard the oldest ship in the US Navy.

She was then hired as a senior consultant to Digital Equipment Corporation, a position she retained until her death in 1992, aged 85.

Jim

• There is a lot more to the story, early computers had a series of large electro-mechanical switches and the moth interfered with the switch closing and thus caused the program to fail to run properly. She duly noted the problem in her log, which not resides in the Smithsonian.
  ** She did not truly coin the term “bug” however, there is evidence that the term predates the moth incident. However she did popularize it for computers.

[wolf_meister]

I knew the discerning membership of the SDMB would know who that was in the picture. (By the way, she is standing in front of a Sperry Univac.)

I saw her on David Letterman in the late 1980’s I would guess. She was a very interesting guest.

[devilsknew]

Nobody wants to message me, Bos. You see, you are popular and respected and will be assured of response. I could put up my IM and email and expect only spam. Quit yer bitchin’.

[NurseCarmen]

I never knew about this either. Not that it bothers me any.

What I find humerous, is the response. Nobody under 1800 posts has replied to this thread. We’re an oblivious bunch, ain’t we?

[Antonius_Block]

@A.R. Cane

Grace Hopper, a U.S. Navy Admiral and the woman who coined the term “bug” in computer systems, due to an actual insect, if I remember correctly.

Nah. Her team was just the first one on record as finding a “bug” that was an actual bug, (i.e insect). From the labbook entry, it’s clear that the term existed previously. More here.

[Captain_Carrot]

@NurseCarmen

What I find humorous, is the response. Nobody under 1800 posts has replied to this thread. We’re an oblivious bunch, ain’t we?

I only found out because of the ‘new server’ thread in ATMB.

[Annie]

What? I’m under 1K. Happy;)

[TubaDiva]

@wolf_meister

What Exit?
I have been one of the more vocal critics of the Straight Dope’s Message Board’s technical ineptitude. However, the new server does offer some promise of moving us into the 21st century.

HERE is a picture of the new server.

Jerry is actually a very young man – or was when he started this gig. Tis a pity.