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From: Woody on 10 Jun 2010 12:53 Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-06-10 17:19:30 +0100, <address_is(a)invalid.invalid> said: > > > Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-06-10, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >>> On 2010-06-10, Rowland McDonnell > >>> <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > >>>> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> [snip] > >>>> > >>>> 1) You what? > >>> > >>> There's an event at Bletchley Park on the 19th and 20th June - the > >>> Bletchley > >>> Park Vintage Computer Festival. There's going to be at least one > >>> ex-Acorn > >>> person there. > >> > >> Specifically Sophie (Roger) Wilson, co-designer of the BBC micro. > > > > Sophie roger Wilson is quite an unusual name. I guess their parents were > > hedging their bets on that one > > No, she changed gender at some point after designing the BBC micro. She > was born Roger Wilson. > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson> Yes, computer design will get you that way sometimes. She should probably remove the bracketed name part of her name then! -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Chris Ridd on 10 Jun 2010 13:27 On 2010-06-10 17:53:07 +0100, Woody said: > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > >> On 2010-06-10 17:19:30 +0100, <address_is(a)invalid.invalid> said: >> >>> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >>>> On 2010-06-10, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >>>>> On 2010-06-10, Rowland McDonnell >>>>> <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >>>>>> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> [snip] >>>>>> >>>>>> 1) You what? >>>>> >>>>> There's an event at Bletchley Park on the 19th and 20th June - the >>>>> Bletchley >>>>> Park Vintage Computer Festival. There's going to be at least one >>>>> ex-Acorn >>>>> person there. >>>> >>>> Specifically Sophie (Roger) Wilson, co-designer of the BBC micro. >>> >>> Sophie roger Wilson is quite an unusual name. I guess their parents were >>> hedging their bets on that one >> >> No, she changed gender at some point after designing the BBC micro. She >> was born Roger Wilson. >> >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson> > > Yes, computer design will get you that way sometimes. She should > probably remove the bracketed name part of her name then! Just so long as you're not designing hardware interfaces, getting male and female connectors mixed up would be a problem! To be fair, I don't think she puts (Roger) in her name. -- Chris
From: James Jolley on 10 Jun 2010 13:39 On 2010-06-10 18:27:56 +0100, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> said: > On 2010-06-10 17:53:07 +0100, Woody said: > >> Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: >> >>> On 2010-06-10 17:19:30 +0100, <address_is(a)invalid.invalid> said: >>> >>>> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >>>>> On 2010-06-10, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >>>>>> On 2010-06-10, Rowland McDonnell >>>>>> <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >>>>>>> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [snip] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 1) You what? >>>>>> >>>>>> There's an event at Bletchley Park on the 19th and 20th June - the >>>>>> Bletchley >>>>>> Park Vintage Computer Festival. There's going to be at least one >>>>>> ex-Acorn >>>>>> person there. >>>>> >>>>> Specifically Sophie (Roger) Wilson, co-designer of the BBC micro. >>>> >>>> Sophie roger Wilson is quite an unusual name. I guess their parents were >>>> hedging their bets on that one >>> >>> No, she changed gender at some point after designing the BBC micro. She >>> was born Roger Wilson. >>> >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson> >> >> Yes, computer design will get you that way sometimes. She should >> probably remove the bracketed name part of her name then! > > Just so long as you're not designing hardware interfaces, getting male > and female connectors mixed up would be a problem! True enough, mustn't forget that people are usually baud after 1200. Seriously, those were the days. > > To be fair, I don't think she puts (Roger) in her name.
From: Jim on 10 Jun 2010 13:42 Ian Piper <ianpiper(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-06-10 14:32:32 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > > >> There's an event at Bletchley Park on the 19th and 20th June - the > >> Bletchley Park Vintage Computer Festival. There's going to be at least > >> one ex-Acorn person there. > > Ooh, that's one for me. Thanks for mentioning it. Full details here: <http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/calendar/event_detail.rhtm?cat=*&recID= 594620> Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Woody on 10 Jun 2010 13:48
Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-06-10 17:53:07 +0100, Woody said: > > > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > > > >> On 2010-06-10 17:19:30 +0100, <address_is(a)invalid.invalid> said: > >> > >>> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >>>> On 2010-06-10, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >>>>> On 2010-06-10, Rowland McDonnell > >>>>> <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > >>>>>> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> [snip] > >>>>>> > >>>>>> 1) You what? > >>>>> > >>>>> There's an event at Bletchley Park on the 19th and 20th June - the > >>>>> Bletchley > >>>>> Park Vintage Computer Festival. There's going to be at least one > >>>>> ex-Acorn > >>>>> person there. > >>>> > >>>> Specifically Sophie (Roger) Wilson, co-designer of the BBC micro. > >>> > >>> Sophie roger Wilson is quite an unusual name. I guess their parents were > >>> hedging their bets on that one > >> > >> No, she changed gender at some point after designing the BBC micro. She > >> was born Roger Wilson. > >> > >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson> > > > > Yes, computer design will get you that way sometimes. She should > > probably remove the bracketed name part of her name then! > > Just so long as you're not designing hardware interfaces, getting male > and female connectors mixed up would be a problem! > > To be fair, I don't think she puts (Roger) in her name. I guessed not. I think she should fire Jim from doing her PR though. -- Woody www.alienrat.com |