scribbledecobble: First Things First

She was the first to recognize that the machine had applications beyond pure calculation,
and created the first algorithm intended to be carried out by such a machine.

— Wikipedia, Ada Lovelace

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As a result, she is often regarded as the first to recognize
the full potential of a “computing machine”
and the first computer programmer.

— Wikipedia, Ada Lovelace

This the way to the D.E.K. museyroom. Mind your hats goan in!

In the preface to volume one of The Art of Computer Programming, Donald E. Knuth forearms the reader with the following forewarning about the chapters that follow said preface. Tip.

The following chapters are not meant to serve as an introduction to computer programming; the reader is supposed to have had some previous experience. The prerequisites are actually very simple, but a beginner requires time and practice before he^* properly understands the concept of a digital computer. The reader should possess:

Some idea of how a stored-program digital computer works; not necessarily the electronics, rather the manner in which instructions can be kept in the machine's memory and successively executed. Previous exposure to machine language will be helpful.
An ability to put the solutions to problems into such explicit terms that a computer can “understand” them. (These machines have no common sense; they have not yet learned to “think,” and they do exactly as they are told, no more and no less. This fact is the hardest concept to grasp when one first tries to use a computer.)
Some knowledge of the most elementary computer techniques, such as looping (performing a set of instructions repeatedly), the use of subroutines, and the use of index registers.
A little knowlege of common computer jargon, e.g. “memory,” “registers,” “bits,” “floating point,” “overflow.” Most words not defined in this text are given brief definitions in the index at the close of each volume.

These four prerequisites can perhaps be summed up into the single requirement that the reader should have already written and tested at least, say, four programs for at least one computer.

* or she. Masculine pronouns in this book are usually not intended to connote gender. Occasional chauvinistic comments are not to be taken seriously.

... she participated in the first live music broadcast on the Internet.

— Wikipedia, Anna Karlin (retrieved on 2 July 2017)

Which band was the first to play live on the internet?

History of the Internet - Severe Tire Damage, The Internet's First Live Band from InterWorking Labs on Vimeo.
Who's on first?
All boys and no girls doesn't make Jack. Where are all the women?
Historically, women in computing have had an effect on the evolution of the industry, with some of the first programmers during the early 20th century being female.
- Ada Lovelace was the first person to publish an algorithm intended to be executed by the first modern computer. She and Marie Curie are Ada (Marie) Twist, Scientist’s namesakes.
- Grace Hopper was the first person to create a compiler for a programming language and one of the first programmers of the Mark I computer.
- Adele Goldberg was one of the seven programmers that developed Smalltalk in the 1970s, one of the first object-oriented programming languages, the base of the current graphic user interface, that has its roots in the 1968 The Mother of All Demos by Douglas Engelbart.
- Frances E. Allen (1932–), became the first female IBM Fellow in 1989. In 2006, she became the first female recipient of the ACM's Turing Award.
- Anna R. Karlin is an American computer scientist, the Microsoft Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. Karlin's research interests are in the design and analysis of online algorithms and randomized algorithms, which she has applied to problems in algorithmic game theory, system software, distributed computing, and data mining. Karlin was also one of the founding members of the rock music band Severe Tire Damage, and in 1993 as part of the band she participated in the first live music broadcast on the Internet.
— Wikipedia, mainly Women in computing (retrieved on 17 June 2017)
What is a digital computer?

Read Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years by Peter Norvig and then answer the following questions.
1. Who is Peter Norvig?
2. Can a woman be a fellow? If so, how?
3. Peter Norvig is a fellow of the ACM and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. What does the word fellow mean in this context?
4. What does the acronym ACM stand for?
5. What is the American Academy of Arts & Sciences?
6. List the names (first, middle, and last, if possible) of all of the women who satisfy the following condition: the person must be a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and the person's name must appear on the Q & A tab on this web page.
7. How does one become a fellow of the ACM?
8. Find a pair of fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences who share the same last name and do so because one is the father and one is the daughter of the other. What are their names and professions?
9. Continuing the previous exercise, narrow your search by finding such a pair of fellows that has the same last name as a teacher at Valley Catholic School who earned a bachelor’s in English and a master’s in education, both from Stanford University. How are these three people related to each other?
10. Continuing the previous exercise, find a famous math teacher at Valley Catholic School who earned a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University, a master’s in mathematics from Portland State, and a master’s in theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. How is this person related to the individuals you discovered in the previous two exercises?
11. What do Peter Norvig, Marvin Minsky, John McCarthy, and Alan Turing have in common?
12. How are the previous four questions related?
13. Read the Forbes article Meet These Incredible Women Advancing A.I. Research. Which of the women mentioned in the article is doing work that sounds interesting to you? What is it about their work that interests you?
14. Peter Norvig created the “Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation”. What is that about?
15. Among other things, Peter Norvig also created a web page titled '05 Annual Performance Review: Albert Einstein. What do you think this is about?

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    Donald Knuth, in the preface to volume 1 of
    <cite>The Art of Computer Programming</cite>, said:
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      I have tried to write this set of books in such a way that
      it will fill several needs. In the first place, these books
      are reference books which summarize the knowledge which has
      been acquired in several important fields. They can also be
      used as textbooks for self-study or for college courses in
      the computer and information sciences. To meet both of these
      objectives, I have incorporated a large number of exercises
      into the text and have furnished answers for most of them;
      I have also made an effort to fill the pages with facts
      rather than with vague, general commentary.
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    <blockquote>
    The set of books is intended for people who will be more than
    just casually interested in computers, yet it is by no means
    only for the computer specialist. Indeed, one of the main goals
    has been to make these programming techniques more accessible
    to the many people working in other fields who can make
    fruitful use of computers, yet who cannot afford the time to
    locate all of the necessary information which is buried in the
    technical journals.
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<div>
    Luke chapter 19, verses 9-10:
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    <blockquote class="bible verse" data-verse="9">
      And Jesus said to him,
      <span class="jesus-said">
        “Today salvation has come to this house, because
        he, too, is a son of Abraham.
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    <blockquote class="bible verse" data-verse="10">
      <span class="jesus-said">
        “For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save
        that which was lost.”
      </span>
    </blockquote>
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    Matthew Henry Commentary
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  <blockquote>
    19:1-10 Those who sincerely desire a sight of Christ, like
    Zaccheus, will break through opposition, and take pains to
    see him. Christ invited himself to Zaccheus’ house.
    Wherever Christ comes he opens the heart, and inclines it to
    receive him. He that has a mind to know Christ, shall be known
    of him. Those whom Christ calls, must humble themselves, and
    come down. We may well receive him joyfully, who brings all
    good with him. Zaccheus gave proofs publicly that he was become
    a true convert. He does not look to be justified by his works,
    as the Pharisee; but by his good works he will, through the
    grace of God, show the sincerity of his faith and repentance.
    Zaccheus is declared to be a happy man, now he is turned from
    sin to God. Now that he is saved from his sins, from the guilt
    of them, from the power of them, all the benefits of salvation
    are his. Christ is come to his house, and where Christ comes
    he brings salvation with him. He came into this lost world to
    seek and to save it. His design was to save, when there was no
    salvation in any other. He seeks those that sought him not,
    and asked not for him.
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    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Said_the_actress_to_the_bishop">
      She Said
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    <div style="background-image:
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      It's not hard (Averages song)
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<h1 class="heading1">Hello, Solar System</h1>
  <div id="solar-system"></div>

(function() {

const solarSystemHeight = 200,
        ssUnits = "px";

let solarSystem = undefined;

function parseOrbType(type) {
    if (type === "star" || type === "planet") {
      return type;
    }
    let message = "Invalid orb type: " + type;
    message += "\nValid types are 'star' and 'planet'.";
    throw Error(message);
  }

function parseDist(d) {
    value = parseFloat(d);
    if (value >= 0) {
      return value;
    }
    throw Error("Invalid distance: " + d);
  }

function newOrb(args) {

const type   = args.type,
          radius = args.radius,
          color  = args.color,
          orb    = document.createElement("div"),
          diam   = radius * 2;

orb.classList.add("orb");
    orb.classList.add(type);
    orb.style.width = diam + ssUnits;
    orb.style.height = diam + ssUnits;
    orb.style.top = ((solarSystemHeight - diam) / 2) + ssUnits;
    orb.style.backgroundColor = color;
    return orb;
  }

function addToSolarSystem(orb, distFromSun) {
    orb.style.left = parseDist(distFromSun) + ssUnits;
    solarSystem.appendChild(orb);
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const type        = parseOrbType(args.type),
          radius      = parseDist(args.radius),
          distFromSun = parseDist(args.distFromSun),
          color       = args.color,
          maxRadius   = solarSystemHeight / 2;

if (solarSystem === undefined) {
      throw Error("Not initialized.");
    }

if (radius > maxRadius) {
      let message = "Orb is too big!";
      message += "\nMax radius is " + maxRadius + ".";
      throw Error(message);
    }

const orb = newOrb({
      type:   type,
      radius: radius,
      color:  color
    });

addToSolarSystem(orb, distFromSun);
    SS.orbs.push(orb);
  }

function initialize() {

const sunDiameter = 100;

if (solarSystem !== undefined) {
      throw Error("Already initialized.");
    }

solarSystem =  document.getElementById("solar-system");
    solarSystem.style.height = solarSystemHeight + ssUnits;
    SS.that = solarSystem;

/* Sun (required) */

createOrb({
      type: "star",
      radius: sunDiameter / 2,
      distFromSun: 0,
      color: "yellow"
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/* Planets (optional) */

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    orbs: [],
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