NSA Releases Internal 1982 Lecture by Computing Pioneer Rear Admiral Grace Hopper

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  • @fredrick_leicht
    @fredrick_leicht 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1271

    I met her twice. She used to come to my elementary school and give talks. She used to say her biggest fear was that if computers started thinking people would stop.

    • @trevordickson8617
      @trevordickson8617 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      That must have been wonderful. Such a clever person taking the time to come & talk to kids. She was prophetic with the thinking comment.

    • @ryanpitasky487
      @ryanpitasky487 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      pretty sure that quote is from Tron

    • @enginerdy
      @enginerdy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      @@ryanpitasky487where do you think they got it?
      (not saying OP is right, but this talk and Tron came out the same year..)

    •  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      The problem isn't computers _thinking,_ it's computers and UX dark patterns _deciding_ and _manipulating,_ which has caused people to stop thinking, lose agency, and lose autonomy.

    • @l3o-l3o-l3o
      @l3o-l3o-l3o 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      no thats actually a quote from weizenbaum.

  • @alicejackson7676
    @alicejackson7676 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1367

    Wow, I was actually there in the audience that day. I never expected to see this on TH-cam! A big blast from the past for me! Thank you.

    • @ImperatorSomnium
      @ImperatorSomnium 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Nice

    • @beeasy4360
      @beeasy4360 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

      I was in the oven about to be born lol 😂

    • @ryang.5094
      @ryang.5094 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      That’s pretty trippy

    • @yomajo
      @yomajo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      What were your responsibilities?

    • @johnc4957
      @johnc4957 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      What did the air smell like back in that day?

  • @thisiswill
    @thisiswill 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +225

    She was prescient. She has such an incredibly wide snapshot of the 20th century that it gave her an oracle-like ability to sense what issues were on the horizon for the country. She’s the kind of person we should have a holiday for.

    • @peternotarfrancesco2614
      @peternotarfrancesco2614 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Radm. G. Hopper and Arthur C. Clarke should be held as the oracles of the future. What they proposed eventually became the stuff that our children take for granted. EOF.

    • @BruceGinkel
      @BruceGinkel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I've never heard it better stared. Very oracle like.

    • @whatisiswhatable
      @whatisiswhatable 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The US doesn't like to have day offs to celebrate people

    • @ziko317
      @ziko317 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Wide snapshot? Anyone with access to classified military information has oracle like abilities.

    • @Br1cht
      @Br1cht 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@peternotarfrancesco2614 We usually don´t celebrate people that moved to an island for the little 9 yo boys, Arthur c. Clarck did.

  • @ericlarsen1721
    @ericlarsen1721 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +296

    It's Labor Day weekend 2024 and I just sat enraptured for 2 hours watching a 42-year old lecture on computer technology from a prescient genius. Thank you, Admiral. RIP.

    • @BruceGinkel
      @BruceGinkel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Best 2 hours of my weekend lol

    • @mangocane8977
      @mangocane8977 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      me too!

    • @clarkreynard396
      @clarkreynard396 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      They don't make them like her. She's a once in a century phenom. People at the agency don't hang her picture out of obligation; it's out of love.

    • @nerobaal6655
      @nerobaal6655 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now you hand out nanonseconds.

    • @victorsauvage1890
      @victorsauvage1890 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes -- She would have been a great President or trade union leader! Inspiring.

  • @HolyPire
    @HolyPire 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +133

    Since my time at University I am always blown away by people so deep in a topic that they speak free with no notes and explain everything clear and also with fun to keep your attention. Not many can do that

    • @intuitiveclass6401
      @intuitiveclass6401 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Same! It’s intuitive for them and impressive for us

    • @michealcthompsonjr
      @michealcthompsonjr 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      We get locked out of industry these days because honesty is bad for business.
      Sleeping giants.

    • @dertythegrower
      @dertythegrower 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      She had a script she wrote below the desk. She looks down often to recollect her position in the speech. 6:30 here for example she looks down... you can tell, heh.

    • @dertythegrower
      @dertythegrower 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@intuitiveclass6401She is reading a script. Not trying to be negative.

    • @intuitiveclass6401
      @intuitiveclass6401 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@dertythegrower impressive nonetheless

  • @beaconterraoneonline
    @beaconterraoneonline 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +173

    Brilliant. Few people can talk and explain things so simply and clearly than Rear Admiral Grace Hopper. A great American treasure.

    • @Veretax
      @Veretax 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Brilliant is the right word. Man do we sorely mis leadership like hers today.

    • @victorsauvage1890
      @victorsauvage1890 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have seen a few returned servicemen speaking of their experiences on the battlefield -- and I get a sense that some part of the education system -- maybe not technical or science -- maybe their literature.
      (Popular classics 'Tom Sawyer', by Mark Twain or Robert Louis Stevenson or Dickens -- [not Jane Austen!] or essayists like Richard Steele and Charles Lamb -- which are like eating cornflakes with=out any milk and sugar to young people today -- can be reintroduced very gradually -- say 5 minutes per day -- or even 5 minutes per week -- as a boost flexibility and and resilience creativity.)

  • @TestHandlePleaseIgnore
    @TestHandlePleaseIgnore 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +342

    This lecture from Rear Admiral Hopper could have been said word-for-word in a lecture hall today and it would be just as applicable today as it was back in 1982.

    • @eddyr1041
      @eddyr1041 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Theory hvnt change much... justbrye computer size 😅😊❤

    • @konstantinrebrov675
      @konstantinrebrov675 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      I agree. We learn from the great "wizards" of old, and their knowledge is timeless. If you boil down to foundational principles that are applicable in computer science no matter what the age. Instead of trying to memorize the syntax for the latest Javascript framework, enlighten yourself with the fundamental science to get true understanding. I have always been seeking the "oldies but goldies" as some might say. For example lectures by Jerry Cain or Walter Lewin. Sadly there are few such old professors still in teaching these days at the universities, but fortunately we can find their lectures on youtube for free!

    • @dobromirvidev9262
      @dobromirvidev9262 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That is exactly my thought!

    • @matt.stevick
      @matt.stevick 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Yes even the USA transportation part and what a great analogy for computer systems. She’s so outstanding.

    • @pdsCV
      @pdsCV 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yep! the fundamentals really haven't changed much. They've just gotten faster and more capable.

  • @andreafox7267
    @andreafox7267 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

    I’m 60 and I’m an analyst/programmer in the UK. We learnt about Rear Admiral Grace Hopper in school in the late 70s. Amazing woman. So glad she was promoted to the rank she should have had.

    • @dahawk8574
      @dahawk8574 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Only in the Navy do they have ranks like 'Rear Admiral'.

    • @BruceGinkel
      @BruceGinkel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      She's one of the OG science communicators.

    • @awuma
      @awuma 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      At this time she was a Captain.

  • @mrscreaming-666
    @mrscreaming-666 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +215

    I worked as a consultant in Information Management for 35 years and I'm now retired, Wow this lady was massivelly ahead of her time and we still don't treat the information much better in 80% of Business's

    • @johnnywilliams2641
      @johnnywilliams2641 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      do boomer things and click on malware.

    • @skilz8098
      @skilz8098 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Again, lack of leadership as opposed to upper management with the trickle-down policies. She covered that too!

    • @BruceGinkel
      @BruceGinkel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Money over values. Capitalism in action.

  • @ianglenn2821
    @ianglenn2821 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +128

    My favorite part 25:26 "If any one of you says 'but we've always done it this way' I will instantly materialize beside you and I will haunt you for 24 hours, and see if I can get you to think again. And I know it works, I've already had over 70 letters thanking me for haunting people. I"LL BE THERE. We've got to accept the new things that are ahead." Especially the part where Admiral Hopper says "I'll be there" you know the Admiral means it. Rear Admiral? That's a Real Admiral right there. O7

    • @victorsauvage1890
      @victorsauvage1890 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      She would have been not only great tactician in war time -- but a great inspirer of the troops -- calm and clear -- able to transmit a sense of purpose and integrity -- A real Admiral!

    • @lochinvar00465
      @lochinvar00465 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      She was back in the day when it was relatively easy to make a clock run backwards(accurately)

  • @TheRHSman
    @TheRHSman 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +361

    ‘I’m afraid what we’ll be doing is buying hardware and writing code. What we should be doing is looking at the total flow of information in the organization, company or what have you.’
    I will take this to my death.

    • @jash500
      @jash500 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      This describes the solution to every major IT problem my Fortune 50 employer has dealt with in the past 5 years.

    • @myname-mz3lo
      @myname-mz3lo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      ya that is now called data analytics . it is a great job and she would love the field

    • @antdok9573
      @antdok9573 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@myname-mz3lo what an ironic comment and a bit pednatic... the tone of whats described seems more rudimentary or fundamental than what we consider the industry standard for data analytics...

    • @Dudemon-1
      @Dudemon-1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      She has logical flaws, though. For example: Assuming that something that hasn't been accessed didn't need to be online was ridiculous. Contingency is real; emergencies are real.

    • @c567591
      @c567591 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      @@Dudemon-1 No. She came from an era where memory and storage was scarce and very valuable, every byte mattered. Very different mentality.

  • @scowell
    @scowell 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

    When I met Admiral Hopper it was at Atlanta Heartsfield airport in the '80s... I lit her cigarette, she admired my Zippo... she smoked Camel lungbusters, btw. She did not have a Nanosecond (short piece of wire) to give me, said she'd run out... but that's OK, the memory is with me still. I did get to tell her how much I enjoyed working in the microcomputer (controls) industry... I went on later to get a BSCS. Thanks Grace... you were the best.

  • @klnmn3722
    @klnmn3722 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    I’m just learning of this woman today, because of this video. Five minutes in, her genius is obvious. Intelligent is an understatement.

  • @fepatton
    @fepatton 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    Absolute national treasure and legend. I've never heard her speak. (Missed those Letterman episodes.) She's hilarious in addition to being brilliant! Thanks for posting this.

    • @studystudystudy
      @studystudystudy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are you really a pilot?!

  • @CSMCHEM410
    @CSMCHEM410 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +140

    To say she was ahead of her time, doesn't even come close to capturing the power of vision she held.

    • @yasinsharb9453
      @yasinsharb9453 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Basically everything that becomes mainstream is done 10-15 years before.Same with ai now, some people are giving warnings now so imagine 15 years from now.

    • @ConstantlyDamaged
      @ConstantlyDamaged 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I particularly liked how she described datacenters, vLANs, and distributed computing systems in there as something they needed to look at doing soon.

  • @CamelNotation222
    @CamelNotation222 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +128

    This feels like I'm in a dream. Like this lady sat with us in the meeting room yesterday, and I'm watching the video of that meeting. She was born in 1908 and talks about how they were focusing on data processing for 30 years (in 1982!) and no attention was paid to data, the raw material, the serves the output, their product, the information. Thank you for posting this, I really didn't expect to see something like this here, keep it coming. I know it has buzzwords like NSA, but is a mandatory watch for anyone working with data. This should be a mandatory watch in schools.

    • @hypnaudiostream3574
      @hypnaudiostream3574 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      You’d like Doug Engelbart’s presentations as well. Information Science is a great field to work in. ❤

    • @enginerdy
      @enginerdy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Her ideas are ideal, but tools don’t work like that.. you work with what you have.
      That’s what people acting at the forefront are doing: making a pile of random tools and materials do something they’re not supposed to. Eventually the tools will catch up, but people have to show the path before the big money comes in to build the foundation.

    • @Lucky9_9
      @Lucky9_9 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@hypnaudiostream3574You just removed my why I LOVE working in IT - I LOVE information, and I LOVE technology! 🫶

  • @hhljr
    @hhljr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +88

    I saw her speak in Boston in 1986 at the Engineering Societies of New England's Engineers Week. She gave the keynote address at the luncheon and we got to meet her at a VIP reception. I still have my nanosecond, although it broke when I unrolled it to show somebody. I'll just cut another piece of telephone wire and nobody will be wiser -- except the readers of this comment. She certainly made an impression on me at the time, and I'm grateful the NSA was able to post this lecture. I think it is likely similar to the one I attended. Watching it today I'm blown away by her ability to see the future.

    • @antronargaiv3283
      @antronargaiv3283 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      She was working as an ambassador for DEC when she came to speak at UMass/Amherst in 1977. I made it a point to hear her and, yes, I, too, have lost the nanosecond she gave me, but I still remember "a nanosecond a foot"...it's actually more like 19 inches, but it's easier to remember a foot.
      A very impressive person.

    • @kingofallchili
      @kingofallchili 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      She gave me a nanosecond back in the early 80's in Virginia Beach at a technology conference. I had it for at least 30 years and seem to have lost it during one of my moves!

    •  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      good post

    • @gristly_knuckle
      @gristly_knuckle หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don’t know why they were interested in me. True to form. after watching Chuck, I picked CIA. I agreed to all the law, as long as it was in a language I couldn’t read. And they rejected me in the most important exciting experience.

  • @beauforda.stenberg1280
    @beauforda.stenberg1280 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    The formidable Hopper is rivetting from the first and a revelation. She sports such insight, critical and analytical acumen, foresight, narrative and oratory skill, it is breathtaking. I commend those who released the footage.

    • @francoislaagel2444
      @francoislaagel2444 หลายเดือนก่อน

      After 40 years of secrecy though...

  • @QEsposito510
    @QEsposito510 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I doubt anyone would refute the idea that computing lectures tend to run very dry and very boring. This woman is a master of public speaking; full of humor and prescient observations.

  • @stufromoz8164
    @stufromoz8164 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

    WOW What a woman, it's people like this that have made your country great.

    • @OverAndOverAndOver
      @OverAndOverAndOver 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same org is spying on you actively, public information. Quite great, innit?

    • @victorsauvage1890
      @victorsauvage1890 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Great presence of mind!

  • @generessler6282
    @generessler6282 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I was an instructor at West Point 1985 to 1988. She came every year to talk to the Plebes. Brilliant in all respects. She always brought a sheaf of nanoseconds. It never struck me before, but her direct speaking style and dry humor absolutely parallel Richard Feynman.

  • @AndreiKucharavy
    @AndreiKucharavy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

    This talk hasn’t aged a single freaking day.

    • @tmhchacham
      @tmhchacham 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well, the parts about the young thinking didn't hold up well.

    • @sford2044
      @sford2044 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      She has a WW2 vet. Her young people are different than ours. The Boomers failed.

    • @AndreiKucharavy
      @AndreiKucharavy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@sford2044 She is greatest generation - her youngsters were the silent generation and she is talking about GenX to boomers

    • @victorsauvage1890
      @victorsauvage1890 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I checked the date -- to be sure that I had not misread the year : 1982!

    • @awuma
      @awuma 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@tmhchacham She was very specific about where they come from... not the coasts.

  • @scambroselauntrellus3681
    @scambroselauntrellus3681 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Not enough people are talking about how witty and funny she is. She's is able to tell these engaging and informative stories while also setting up punchline after punchline. Amazing lady.

    • @Mordecrox
      @Mordecrox 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Which is all the better because just from all the textbook info I had on her I'd be glued even if she was the most boring presenter which I have reliable information she's anything but.

    • @l-l
      @l-l หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      She is such a fantastic communicator. Such an engaging presentation even for someone with a shorter attention span than neurotypical people haha

    • @fitnesspoint2006
      @fitnesspoint2006 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Do we have to talk about it? It is self evident. Not every comment section has tobe an echo chamber of your personal proclivities.

    • @l-l
      @l-l 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@fitnesspoint2006 It's almost as if people like talking about things they enjoy or people look up to. What a nothing burger of a comment.

  • @unseenfool
    @unseenfool หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    this lecture should be shown literally nation wide to students

  • @Jacmac1
    @Jacmac1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    You can see why David Letterman had her on his show. He loved people like Admiral Hopper.

    • @typedef_
      @typedef_ 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "his show"

  • @HartleySan
    @HartleySan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    14 minutes in, and I've already been amazed several times. This is great!

  • @Hans-gb4mv
    @Hans-gb4mv 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    More than 40 years later, and this still feels so inspirational

  • @DAClarkism
    @DAClarkism 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Rear Admiral Hopper is such a great American treasure. I certainly felt her spirit guiding me throughout my career! We're so lucky to have had her, it really just can't be overstated.
    💯

  • @trespire
    @trespire 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    First time listening to Admiral Hopper, she has a wicked sense of humour and deadpan delivery. I like her !

  • @Gravel-Cult
    @Gravel-Cult 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    She is a great engaging speaker. It is rare to have a great analytic mind and be a great communicator. Thanks for posting.

  • @supercompman
    @supercompman หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Her prescience, brilliance, and charm is genuinely stunning. Everyone in technology or management should watch this presentation.

  • @briankgarland
    @briankgarland 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +101

    "There's no excuse for not writing programs that are portable." Meaning, they can run on any platform.

    • @andrewpierce1588
      @andrewpierce1588 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Money and profits are that excuse.

    • @deandownsouth
      @deandownsouth 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      To be more precise, they can be ported via being compiled against any/most architectures.

  • @ryang.5094
    @ryang.5094 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    So almost skipped this video, super glad I didn’t

  • @geralddonegan-lo2lk
    @geralddonegan-lo2lk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Rear Admiral Hopper gave an excellent lecture at the Census Bureau in Suitland Maryland back in 1981. She gave me a short piece of wire called a ‘nanosecond’. I was greatly impressed with her presentation and her career!

  • @jensseelbach6715
    @jensseelbach6715 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    She came to my attention when the German Society for Information Technology (Gesellschaft für Informatik) published a poster series of historical figures in information technology and she was one of this figures.
    I find it interesting acutally listening to her.
    Thank you & Dankeschön, for this post!

  • @clashncruz
    @clashncruz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    God Bless you Dr. Admiral Hopper, thank you for your immense wisdom bestowed on our generation and posterity. I am sure you already know how deeply we are in need of professors, engineers, and thinkers like yourself in the year 2024. Oh, how our nation and world mourns the loss of souls like Dr. Admiral Hopper.

  • @entrpahmad5172
    @entrpahmad5172 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The wisdom she had... What she's saying that today, youngsters need a good positive leadership, it's soo truee and important. And her definition of leadership is just awesome and separating the definition of leadership from management is an awesome concept too❤🎉..
    Am in love with this lady

  • @JamesAllmond
    @JamesAllmond 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Not an Admiral yet! Folks, most of us would not have a job if not for her! That was the best description of how and why indexes works without even trying! I am in awe!
    Just retired after a long IT career. Thank you ma'am.

  • @ajxr3672
    @ajxr3672 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Couldn't agree more with all the comments about how incredibly timeless are her comments about the methods of computer systems and approach to problem solving. She is clearly an incredibly bright, funny and talented lady worthy of history, but can we also make sure the NSA gets a special thanks for putting this out. Ever since James Bamfords seminal book "The Puzzle Palace" they've been barely seen as anything except in the shadows but it takes real strength to share something historic like this. Huge thanks guys.

  • @sfperalta
    @sfperalta 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just wonderful! What a treasure of her intelligence and her contribution to the development of computer science. The creator of COBOL! And a great speaker to boot. So easy to listen to. And a true leader that anyone would be proud to work for. Grace Hopper's name is so well know in the annals of computer history. It's a treat to be able to experience her like this as well. This video was time well spent.

  • @l-l
    @l-l หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have a new hero. I wish I could've met her in my lifetime. The level of comprehension and foresight she saw with the field of computing is astounding. The fact she was able to affect so much change in her career is inspiring. Then going on to educate so many young minds even into her old age shows how strongly she cared for our future. It should not be forgotten. She would've been such an amazing person to talk to and get to know. Such a beautiful mind. RIP Admiral Grace Hopper

  • @MeredithBridge
    @MeredithBridge 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Love this Lady! "The first large-scale digital computer in the United States was a Navy computer, operated by a Navy crew during World War Two. And recently, I've been finding that I have to remind people of that because there's been a tendency on the part of a certain junior service... to try to claim credit for those early computers... and they didn't even exist yet!"

  • @SuprBestFriends
    @SuprBestFriends 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank god this we have record of this woman. Truly an inspiration and wealth of knowledge.

  • @peternormann
    @peternormann 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Wow! What an amazing, insightful, funny, and fascinating talk. She is awe-inspiring. Thank you!

  • @madgrad79
    @madgrad79 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I had the privilege of meeting her briefly as we rode the elevator to the lobby of the highrise River House apartments in Arlington circa '85 or '86. One of a kind!

  • @skilz8098
    @skilz8098 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Her insights, practical knowledge, and wisdom are unprecedented. Here humor was spot on and timely. Everything she said over 40 years ago is still relevant to this very day, especially the bits on needing Leadership more than Managment within all industries. Hey D.C., Wallstreet, School Boards, etc. you ought to have to be required to watch this video at least once a year as a constant reminder!

  • @JesseKanner-l9d
    @JesseKanner-l9d 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The last 10 minutes on leadership is pure gold. So applicable to today! (and likely tomorrow)

  • @stunspot
    @stunspot 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Magnificent! What wonderful find! Thank you for sharing it with us.

  • @safetyedge9229
    @safetyedge9229 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    We really should encourage Computer Science students to give this a watch.

  • @OneOfThePetes
    @OneOfThePetes 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Absolutely fascinating. Such a wise, and charismatic lady. RiP.

  • @JoshuaC0rbit
    @JoshuaC0rbit 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    She was an absolute Legend and a massive inspiration for me it's awesome to be able to see video on TH-cam instead of just reading articles

  • @derrickdaugherty3445
    @derrickdaugherty3445 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Every few years i watch her appearance on David Letterman (it's on YT) , she was so great.

  • @galaxiesmerge_original
    @galaxiesmerge_original 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Super! And about time too! These problems have *still* NOT been solved. She is right on. And all this from a LEGEND!

  • @theresakushner7730
    @theresakushner7730 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Such an incredible lecture! On data, computers and leadership. Thanks for making this available.

  • @dominicseanmccann6300
    @dominicseanmccann6300 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Glad I didn't skip this.

  • @envitech02
    @envitech02 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    In 1984 as a young teen I learned BASIC on an Apple II. In 1988 as a late teenager in college, I learned machine language (Hexadecimal) and later dBase programming in my electronics engineering class. The machine language (using Z80 microprocessor) was very tedious, dry, brain wracking endeavour. It didn't make sense to me. After all I used BASIC language, and was learning dBase at the time. All those Hexadecimal stuff was causing me headaches. I felt very comfortable with BASIC and dBase, with it's easy programming language in plain English. 10 Print "xyz", 20 Goto 10. A primary school kid can do that with one eye closed. Today I learned that languages like COBOL, BASIC and dBase would not be without the Great Admiral. She left a lasting legacy to mankind. She is to programming what Henry Ford is to cars. RIP Admiral Hopper.

  • @bingolio
    @bingolio 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Wish I had met this Lady, what a treasure and a blessing for the US Navy to have access to someone with this level of foresight. Beyond impressive. I believe ARPANet was functional at this point.

    • @beepbop6697
      @beepbop6697 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yeah, she was talking about "online" way before the Internet existed so must be referring to Arpanet circa 1975 -- the precursor to the Internet.

    • @palimondo
      @palimondo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@beepbop6697 In 1982, the term “online” in computing primarily referred to being connected to a computer network or system in real time. It meant that a computer, terminal, or device was actively connected to a mainframe or a network and capable of receiving and sending data without delays. This could involve being logged into a mainframe computer from a remote terminal, participating in time-sharing systems, or accessing data storage devices directly rather than offline processing, where tasks were completed and submitted manually for batch processing.

  • @ulkesh99
    @ulkesh99 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    An absolute legend -- she has and will always have my undying respect, admiration, and gratitude. And everything she put forth in that lecture is as apropos today as it was in 1982, even and especially the topic of standards.

    • @awuma
      @awuma 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Language standards have been widely adopted, though there is some dropping of things as languages evolve. However, I can still run 50-year-old mainframe FORTRAN code on a $10 Raspberry Pi Zero ... faster than on a 1980's supercomputer.

  • @mortarmopp3919
    @mortarmopp3919 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Awesome lecture. I learned about her back in college and always wished I could have met her.

  • @segwaydave
    @segwaydave 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Such a wonderful video and what a wonderful lady! She is a legend.

  • @esparda07
    @esparda07 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    What an interesting talk. I wish we still had talks like these more casually these days.

  • @thisisashan
    @thisisashan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Learned about her in Cobol class my senior year in Highschool Vo Tech.
    Admiral Grace Hopper.
    Creator of the Cobol programming language.
    I had no clue she was this damn funny and this amazingly sharp

    • @JoshuaC0rbit
      @JoshuaC0rbit 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      same! Fun fact COBOL is still used in some applications.

    • @The_Conspiracy_Analyst
      @The_Conspiracy_Analyst หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      She didn't create COBOL.

    • @thisisashan
      @thisisashan หลายเดือนก่อน

      @The_Conspiracy_Analyst Yes, she 100% did.
      Google it kid.
      She is witty AND brilliant.
      Why do you think NVIDIA named one of their cards after her? Please don't say ignorant things. No excuse with Google right there at your fingertips

  • @pandaloon6083
    @pandaloon6083 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing how listening to competence and brilliance can give you the warm and fuzzies.

  • @edwardrolenc7012
    @edwardrolenc7012 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    She was brilliant! I admire her for what she has done for computing. I always discussed her in my computer science classes.

  • @Jay-pr2kt
    @Jay-pr2kt 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    "But we've always done it that way" horrible quote! Totally agree with her 40 years later!

  • @designerzen
    @designerzen 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    What an incredible lecture!

  • @yoavgvili
    @yoavgvili 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Still relevant after 42 years, amazing!!!, If you are into innovation, this is a must see lecture

  • @DivulgacionTotal
    @DivulgacionTotal 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Very interesting! Thank you.

  • @cybervigilante
    @cybervigilante 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    You can still learn a lot about data processing forty years later from this brilliant lady. She doesn't get the credit she deserves since she was in the NSA for so long and they tend to not say much. 🤪

    • @awuma
      @awuma 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      She was in the Navy, not NSA.

  • @SitriusGaming
    @SitriusGaming 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can't help but wonder what Admiral Hopper would say to the likes of the Epyc or the Xeon processor. Talking here of something so extraordinary now so mundane. She was truly a remarkable woman and one who lives rent free in the back of my mind to this day. Thank you for this.

  • @scbtripwire
    @scbtripwire หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's amazing listening to her talk, she could've been a comedian she's so funny! Another interesting artefact of the recording process is you can hear background chatter of those who added the slates at the beginnings of the recordings in the silence!
    I *love* that quote "You manage *things,* you lead *people."* ❤

  • @Derfboy
    @Derfboy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Every single nanosecond of this is gold!

  • @LordDragon1965
    @LordDragon1965 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the wisest people I've ever heard speak. She would absolutely recognize the modern CPUs and GPUs as descendents of what she's talking about. And the Internet is the great grand-cester of ARPANet that she used.

  • @James-l7n3n
    @James-l7n3n หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fantastic, never seen Grace talk before, only ever read about her in textbooks and such. Thanks for posting this!

  • @ModrnDayMonk
    @ModrnDayMonk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a gem!❤ Thank you.☕🥞😏👍
    "You manage things...you lead people". ❤🙂

  • @brentjohnson5171
    @brentjohnson5171 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Edit: Worth every nanosecond! Remarkably prescient. Change a few words and it would be just as relevant now. What a treasure!
    7:00 in and I already know the rest will be amazing. Thank you for uploading it!

  • @grantsimpson7603
    @grantsimpson7603 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Adm Hopper has always been an inspiration to me. When I was a lot younger I saw an earlier lecture where she talked about how "long" a millisecond was and so on and it changed a lot of my outlooks on things.

  • @joeventura1
    @joeventura1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks for releasing this, Grace was a great American and a great teacher

  • @HershelStimsQuA
    @HershelStimsQuA 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1 1/2 hours of straight up knowledge, humor and wisdom. What a legend.

  • @Xsiondu
    @Xsiondu 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    HOLY $H!T. this is the best lecture i have ever heard in the computer sciences.

  • @Deltabreeze9
    @Deltabreeze9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow, what a great speech! A great history lesson, life lessons, and technology seminar all rolled into one

  • @Labib2003
    @Labib2003 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is incredible. She was talking about microservices vs monoliths and orthogonal modules in software in the early 80s!

  • @saltyroe3179
    @saltyroe3179 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In the 1970s UCLA Graduate School of management was teaching what Grace Hopper claimed was not known of. The reason we were taught was our professors had done research on the subject and had gotten corporations to take action, some of which had happened in the 1960s. Before Admiral Hopper gave this lecture I designed and implemented systems that took the value of data into account.
    I live Grace Hopper and the US Navy, but both have been given more credit in cybernetics than they deserve. Grace was smarter than me and much more capable, but she was also a Navy Chearleader. The attribute that Grace Hopper exceeded everyone but my father was the ability to teach people with no technical knowledge or ability in simple easy to understand ways. I could have given that lecture, but half the audience would probably have zoned out another quarter would have been overwhelmed by the full and complex description. Grace was one of the greatest teachers of the 20th century and living treasure of the United States.
    Go Navy!

  • @phxjaguar5207
    @phxjaguar5207 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Glad to see this, I couldn’t even guess how many people I’ve talked too describing how impressed I was when attended one of her lectures back then and of repeated some of her sayings they had never heard or knew who she was

  • @Trump985
    @Trump985 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’m only 10 minutes in and wow this woman is spot on. It’s too bad that todays computer programmers don’t take her advice. I think this should be a mandatory thing to watch for everyone who works in the computer business from programs to chip designers. It seems like most of today’s computer problems are caused by not knowing the value of the information!

  • @Ole_Sorvand
    @Ole_Sorvand 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Wow!
    Awesome!
    Thank you!
    "We have always done it this way" is forbidden in my office to!
    August 2024

  • @ciphertext01
    @ciphertext01 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a great lecture. Adm. Hopper clearly had command of the subject at hand.

  • @Stewpkiddable
    @Stewpkiddable 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    thanyou for this. you are doing a real service putting this up for free on youtube.

  • @scoon2117
    @scoon2117 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I could listen to her for weeks. She's delightful and brilliant

  • @yegfreethinker
    @yegfreethinker 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a truly and very amazing individual! And a great sense of humor. I saw picctures of her in wikipedia but I didn't know she had such a good sense of humor!

  • @MM-hu3ys
    @MM-hu3ys 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    I once saw her at a university lecture series in the eighties. I thought it was going to be about computer science, but it was about more than that. I remember, to this day, her main point of her speech--“you manage things, you lead people.”

  • @pyneryder
    @pyneryder หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Amazing lady. Had the privilege to board the USS Hopper at Pearl Harbor in 1997. Sea trials time for boat I think.

  • @IvanDude1
    @IvanDude1 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "We have always done it this way" is the most dangerous thing you can say. "I will materialize and haunt you."

  • @cube252002
    @cube252002 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Using a length of wire to demonstrate length of time in reference to the speed of light is genius!

  • @AaronArney
    @AaronArney 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is one of the best and most interesting talks I've ever watched.

  • @Unknown_Ooh
    @Unknown_Ooh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Not only does this woman know her stuff she has a great sense of humor. I'm sure it would've been an honor to serve under her.

  • @kb5elv
    @kb5elv 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    She was certainly prescient, wasn't she? Very much ahead of her time I'd say, and we'd do well to heed her warnings. Naturally, I'd heard of the Admiral, but this is the first time I'd ever heard her speak. Well, OK, I did hear the nanosecond thing once, but my goodness, how forthright, down to earth, plain spoken, and smart as hell she was!

  • @johnopalko5223
    @johnopalko5223 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    One of my heroes. I wish I could give this 1000 likes.

  • @TheOpticalFreak
    @TheOpticalFreak 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Amazing! She is wonderful! Thank you for putting this on TH-cam! 👍😉

  • @rahinc
    @rahinc 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    When she retired from the Navy, she was nearly 80, the oldest serving member at that time.