I attended the nanosecond lecture at MIT when Grace was a Lt. 1960 or 61 when I was 10. Instructed to attend my mentor Dr. Jordan Baruch MIT Professor of EE and director of their computer center... He was the technical lead at BBN that wrote the ARPANET.
Her story about fueling and scouting in minimum time reminds me of the old story about the Eurisko algorithm for naval engagement competitions. It found solutions that TROUNCED everyone else's conventional ones and was barred from competition ... despite illustrating exactly what the world is now facing from asymmetrical warfare that has much more in common with the spread of viral infections than with conventional naval assaults. We ignore creative outsider solutions at our peril.
She gave the same lecture in Richmond in '85. I had a tape, and this recording is better. This was good quality for VHS. She was on 60 minutes -- the broadcast TV show -- and there are other better shorter recordings, but it would have been better if they had used more expensive equipment on this lecture because it is one of the best computer science lessons ever. This should be part of every CS101 class.
Does anyone know which microcomputer courses Grace was talking about at ~ 34:20 ? The transcription is garbled and the only word I understand is "Norfolk." I am curious to see if any lecture material exists, it would be interesting to see what students in the mid 80s were learning.
Actor Taylor Kitsch played Navy Lt. Alex "Hopper" in the sci-fi movie Battleship. He was the hero who saved the world from the invading Aliens. It’s interesting that he had the same last name in the movie as real life Navy Hero Grace "Hopper". Just a coincidence, or a fun way of recognizing Grace Hopper?
I attended the nanosecond lecture at MIT when Grace was a Lt. 1960 or 61 when I was 10. Instructed to attend my mentor Dr. Jordan Baruch MIT Professor of EE and director of their computer center... He was the technical lead at BBN that wrote the ARPANET.
Her story about fueling and scouting in minimum time reminds me of the old story about the Eurisko algorithm for naval engagement competitions. It found solutions that TROUNCED everyone else's conventional ones and was barred from competition ... despite illustrating exactly what the world is now facing from asymmetrical warfare that has much more in common with the spread of viral infections than with conventional naval assaults. We ignore creative outsider solutions at our peril.
She gave the same lecture in Richmond in '85. I had a tape, and this recording is better. This was good quality for VHS. She was on 60 minutes -- the broadcast TV show -- and there are other better shorter recordings, but it would have been better if they had used more expensive equipment on this lecture because it is one of the best computer science lessons ever. This should be part of every CS101 class.
Nearly the same lecture was given to NSA in '82. It was just released 2 weeks ago. Quality is amazing.
the most important lecture in MIT history. unfortunately in their lust for "big data" they have forgotten every word.
Does anyone know which microcomputer courses Grace was talking about at ~ 34:20 ? The transcription is garbled and the only word I understand is "Norfolk." I am curious to see if any lecture material exists, it would be interesting to see what students in the mid 80s were learning.
This video recording from 1985 barely has the sound & image quality of the 50s! Too bad, our historical data on Hopper would have deserved better.
Ohh, I'm sure in a few years we'll be able to do an amazing job of restoring it through AI.
It's likely just compressed by bad encoding. The original is probably better.
Doesn't matter. No one cares about her.
@@420sakura1 right, it's not like we're still commenting on her speeches forty years later
@@420sakura1 hey she is still being watched 40 years later and will be admired forever
Actor Taylor Kitsch played Navy Lt. Alex "Hopper" in the sci-fi movie Battleship. He was the hero who saved the world from the invading Aliens. It’s interesting that he had the same last name in the movie as real life Navy Hero Grace "Hopper". Just a coincidence, or a fun way of recognizing Grace Hopper?
Omg we have ML now, please someone clean up the audio
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Amazing! i sure wouldn't want to get on her bad side, eep hehe..