Fw: bugs

[pianoman]

> 
> Hi All,
> I heard on the radio yesterday the origin for bugs being called computer
> problems or vice versa.  It seems like in the early days of computers the
> memory circuits consisted of electrical relays that opened and closed to
> store data.  One day there was a malfunction in this important computer
and
> the repairer found the problem was due to a spider that had shorted out
the
> relay circuit.  He cleaned the residue dead spider out (who really got
> charged up) and thus de-bugged the computer.
> 	On a side note :  Here in MO. they have the pick 3 lotto gambling (I
mean
> gaming).  The day after Mark McGwire hit #62 the winning pick 3 number
was
> 062.  What do you think about that.
> James Grebe
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