royle@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (keenan royle) (12/05/89)
This is a call for votes for the group: alt.folklore.computers Every year hundreds of posts are generated asking questions about something out of the history of computing. Many more postings contain the a few right answers and lots more wrong answers. I can not think of any other feild that has been around for such a short period and has such a rich set of folk stories and legends. I think this topic deserves its own group. How many times have you heard the questions: o What was the NASA flight that blew up because of a mistyped punctuation in a Fortram program? o What is the real origin of the term "bug". Don't you have any stories to share about: o Exploding card readers. o Software thrashing hardware to the point of overheating and erupting flames. So what does everyone think? I know as an alt group this does not really need a formal vote and discussion but I would like some feedback.