tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post3186431545727746852..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: Dames in the 40's Liked MathCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-29924671526130640802013-04-24T13:38:23.924-07:002013-04-24T13:38:23.924-07:00"With the MSM publishing a deluge of female s..."With the MSM publishing a deluge of female superiority articles do you really need to add to the gynocentric view, Aaron?"<br /><br />It is kinda weird -- I hear far, far, far more about what's-her-name and that COBOL abomination than I do about, say, Eckert, Mauchly, von Neumann, McCarthy or Ritchie -- to name just 5.<br /><br />Kinda funny, innit?Twentyhttp://0x0014.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-3907980947173597702013-04-23T07:39:30.128-07:002013-04-23T07:39:30.128-07:00Actually, the were saying "Let's invent C...Actually, the were saying <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper" rel="nofollow">"Let's invent COBOL"</a><br /><br />Feminism has destroyed women, not improved them. Admiral Hopper was too busy doing things to whine about how she was being treated.Pulp Herbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486803457210325703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-53816655475141838852013-04-23T07:38:58.196-07:002013-04-23T07:38:58.196-07:00Actually, the were saying "Let's invent C...Actually, the were saying <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper" rel="nofollow">"Let's invent COBOL"</a><br /><br />Feminism has destroyed women, not improved them. Admiral Hopper was too busy doing things to whine about how she was being treated.Pulp Herbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486803457210325703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-30202377147851936782013-04-22T14:58:27.107-07:002013-04-22T14:58:27.107-07:00With the MSM publishing a deluge of female superio...With the MSM publishing a deluge of female superiority articles do you really need to add to the gynocentric view, Aaron? Penrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17606014178670534706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-60439558117984675362013-04-22T14:57:22.283-07:002013-04-22T14:57:22.283-07:00Gotta love The Greatest Generation. Kicking such a...Gotta love The Greatest Generation. Kicking such ass in a massive World War. Something went wrong down the line.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05166618601866526009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-34370688846465007892013-04-22T13:42:23.463-07:002013-04-22T13:42:23.463-07:00They said, "Cool, let's learn COBOL."...<i>They said, "Cool, let's learn COBOL."</i><br /><br />At least, that's what they said when they weren't busy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr" rel="nofollow">inventing frequency-hopping spread-spectrum communications</a> instead.AuricTechhttp://aurictech.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-9816062287019806432013-04-22T13:33:27.616-07:002013-04-22T13:33:27.616-07:00Whenever I hear women whine about how "there ...Whenever I hear women whine about how "there isn't enough being done to help women in math" - I just tell them about Sophie Germain.<br /><br />Sophie Germain - a mathematical genius. She studied math at a time when women weren't even allowed in school. But she was so determined to get her work noticed, she wrote to Gauss - the most eminent mathematician of his time - under a male pseudonym in order to get him to read her stuff. Her work was SO good, when Gauss found out she was a woman, he DEMANDED that she receive mathematical instruction. And she did.<br /><br /><br /><br />Gregnoreply@blogger.com