The greatest value
of a picture is
when it forces us
to notice what
we never expected
to see.
John W. Tukey
(1915 – 2000)
American Chemist/
Topologist/Statistician
Tukey was an pre-computer home-schooled data geek. Check out his bio here:
The following is from Wiki:
“Tukey coined many statistical terms that have become part of common usage, but the two most famous coinages attributed to him were related to computer science.
While working with John von Neumann on early computer designs, Tukey introduced the word “bit” as a contraction of “binary digit”.[2] The term “bit” was first used in an article by Claude Shannon in 1948.
The term “software“, which Paul Niquette claims he coined in 1953, was first used in print by Tukey in a 1958 article in American Mathematical Monthly, and thus some attribute the term to him;[3] incorrectly, according to Niquette’s claim.
[Is anyone else having a problem spacing the lines in their posts, or is it just me??? I keep trying for my usual
"white space" gaps, but the end view never appears as I've typed it.]
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January 1, 2010 at 8:37 am |
(((((((((((( PC )))))))))))))))))))
And a Happy New Year for you, ma’am.
(life is good!!)
(as I hope is true for you as well.)
January 1, 2010 at 1:27 pm |
Happy New Year’s, Mel. Yep, life is good — and life gets even better on those days when you post pictures of “the bug.”
Really, who can stop smiling after seeing that face???
December 29, 2009 at 5:42 pm |
Get well, planet! Greetings from the snow muddled midwest to you.
–love the home schooled geek–description–got a grin out of me.
All the best.
December 29, 2009 at 6:40 pm |
I’m glad you got a grin out of that
His was definitely an interesting bio.
January 4, 2010 at 5:52 am |
I am beginning to suspect you’re a one woman motivation machine in motion.
December 26, 2009 at 7:15 pm |
*nodding*
Same issues–spaces and suddenly vanished comment links.
*shrugs* Eventually one seems to right itself–now the other, the space deal, comes and goes.
(((( PC )))))
I do hope you had a wonderful Holiday.
December 26, 2009 at 7:24 pm |
Except for a case of bronchitis, or whatever the heck is going around now, I have had a wonderful holiday.
I hope Bug and all had a safe trip in the land of snow.