[mythtv-users] What does the future hold for the CableCARD?

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Fri Dec 16 11:52:19 UTC 2016


On 12/15/2016 06:28 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
> (*) An adjunct professor I had once at Boston University in the late 
> '70s was an IBM employee. He said that GLITCH came from the Apollo 
> program, when a failure of an onboard IBM computer almost caused the 
> loss of the spacecraft and the astronauts. He said GLITCH is an 
> acronym for Greatest Lemon In The Company's History. I've tried to 
> find documentation for this, but have so far been unsuccessful.** 
> However it makes for a good story.
>
> (**) Okay, Mr. GOOGLE tells me otherwise. However, when I GOOGLE:
>
>     GLITCH "greatest lemon in the company's history"
>
> I get three hits. The first one is from me posting this anecdote on 
> this mailing list in October, 2015. Does that count as a supporting 
> reference? :-)

https://xkcd.com/978/ , though you may have to post it to Wikipedia to 
complete the process...

Mike


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