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

Dick Steffens dick at dicksteffens.com
Fri Dec 16 15:20:44 UTC 2016


On 12/16/2016 03:52 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
> 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...

Perfect. Now I have an authority to support the documentation process.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens



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