At the end of about a week, I called back and said, "I need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond?"
Rear Adm Grace Murray Hop
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In total desperation, I called over to the engineering building, and I said, "Please cut off a nanosecond and send it over to me."
At the end of about a week, I called back and said, "I need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond?"
A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
From then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it.
I handed my passport to the immigration officer, and he looked at it and looked at me and said, "What are you?"
If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologize than it is to get permission.
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