I'm a Greek so I personally wanna thank Lord Byron for fighting for our Greek Independence in 1824. He is like a hero for us. And yes, Byron was also a guerilla fighter and a warrior, besides anything else. A poet warrior actually.
I appreciate that you guys didn't over-hype or under-hype Ada's contributions. So many have revered her for being a woman instead of her actual accomplishments.
First, I want to thank Computerphile for these videos and Prof. Brailsford and all the other participants for the all the great videos. What I want to say regarding Ada Lovelace is that her greatest feat was to recognize how numbers could be used to represent anything you wanted. It didn't have to all be about numbers, they could represent text, sound, anything really. Without that insight we might all be using high-tech calculators instead of general purpose computers!
Indeed we wouldn't. It was great insight, but it didn't matter one bit. The same applies to Babbage's work. They failed to produce anything and were eventually forgotten, before the concept of modern computers was essentially reinvented piece by piece by more recent figures like Alan Turing.
Shortly after your last video I replaced the picture of "The Late Mr. Babbage" on my work desk with Ada Lovelace. Needless to say she's a bigger hit with the ladies. They all agreed that he looked rather "thin skinned" while she looks fabulous in her ways.
The value of a computer isn't solely in doing what the original designer intends, but in the uses to which people beyond the designer will put it. She's probably the first example of the historical end-user.... or possibly the first victim of vaporware.
Now I'm confused. On one hand (very honoured hand indeed) there is this great storytelling by professor Brailsford, and the on the other there is a "Controversy" section of Ada's wiki page, where several historians are cited, claiming that Ada was nice and all - but not a real scientist and more like a kinda PR gal of the Babbage's undertakings. Is this really so difficult to call - as mentioned several times, there is plenty of correspondence and paper trail - so how could there be a controversy?
Nathan McDaniel not really, in the original sense it means to present yourself to the world in a professional and marriagable manner. in the new sense it means to reveal an alternative sexuality/identity from the default.
So she was basically predicting neural networks! - analytical machine. But without computers/software they could only imagine a steam powered one, lol. But the principal is the same so that was some pretty forward thinking.
They talked about it in a previous video, but at the time it would have been incredibly expensive, and it would have required access to technology that didn't exist yet. The expense was a problem because Charles Babbage had already been given large sums of money to build the Difference Engine mk1 and mk2, both of which he never completed. There is an ongoing project to build it now, but it requires an intimate knowledge of the notation that Babbage used in the schematics, which no one knows anymore, and it is very difficult to decipher.
9:12 I feel like you guys should put the correction of 1830 to 1841 not only in subtitle but in the video. That way people who doesn't watch with subtitle can know. Great video and story!
You guys should check out Sam over at the UA-cam channel ‘look mum no computer’. He has a museum that you could get involved with. Building music with logic gates.
Believe it or not, in 1980 I took an entry-level programming class - we used fortran -- and punch-cards. IBM was ending the support of their leased machines, and the school made that course a prerequisite. It's not like you can fix a typo with white-out. It was very time consuming -- 2/3rds of the class dropped out. I got an A, of course.
Watched this after finishing Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" and now I am beginning to wonder if an education based on what Ada experienced could be more beneficial to what is available today.
That bit about Babbage wanting to write an anonymous preface, and thinking nobody would catch on, might make him the original Sheldon Cooper.
"Sex, Drugs, Peacocks and Poetry" needs to be on a t-shirt.
YES!!
14:19
Again, professor Brailsford tells the story in a griping manner. What a wonderful guy.
I hope you mean "gripping"!
I'm a Greek so I personally wanna thank Lord Byron for fighting for our Greek Independence in 1824. He is like a hero for us. And yes, Byron was also a guerilla fighter and a warrior, besides anything else. A poet warrior actually.
So... A bard?
Professor Brailsford should start doing voice acting
Absolutely ! I would love to listen to some audiobooks on the history of computing or specific people or companies read by him.
I appreciate that you guys didn't over-hype or under-hype Ada's contributions. So many have revered her for being a woman instead of her actual accomplishments.
Best story grandpa ever ..
First, I want to thank Computerphile for these videos and Prof. Brailsford and all the other participants for the all the great videos. What I want to say regarding Ada Lovelace is that her greatest feat was to recognize how numbers could be used to represent anything you wanted. It didn't have to all be about numbers, they could represent text, sound, anything really. Without that insight we might all be using high-tech calculators instead of general purpose computers!
Monotoba I kinda doubt that.
Indeed we wouldn't. It was great insight, but it didn't matter one bit. The same applies to Babbage's work. They failed to produce anything and were eventually forgotten, before the concept of modern computers was essentially reinvented piece by piece by more recent figures like Alan Turing.
Professor Brailsford is great! The history lessons are very interesting.
Watch "Calculating Ada" by Hannah Fry. Because, Hannah Fry.
Smart ladies doing cool things are an inspiration to me.
-Female Software Engineering Student
Jellybeanneli Smart people *
Protect yourself. Keep your ideas and notes to yourself. Best wishes!
roxxr soxxr That's not how software works lol
roxxr soxxr crazy, got ya
Indeed, the feminine approach is very different to male's.
Professor Brailsford's videos are always my favorite.
Shortly after your last video I replaced the picture of "The Late Mr. Babbage" on my work desk with Ada Lovelace. Needless to say she's a bigger hit with the ladies. They all agreed that he looked rather "thin skinned" while she looks fabulous in her ways.
Respect to Ada
The value of a computer isn't solely in doing what the original designer intends, but in the uses to which people beyond the designer will put it.
She's probably the first example of the historical end-user.... or possibly the first victim of vaporware.
Ada, the first software engineer.
Now I'm confused. On one hand (very honoured hand indeed) there is this great storytelling by professor Brailsford, and the on the other there is a "Controversy" section of Ada's wiki page, where several historians are cited, claiming that Ada was nice and all - but not a real scientist and more like a kinda PR gal of the Babbage's undertakings. Is this really so difficult to call - as mentioned several times, there is plenty of correspondence and paper trail - so how could there be a controversy?
because one of the dates on one letter was wrongly transcribed. Even though it was corrected, people still use it for their sexist claims
@@Madebyadakiara that's interesting, thanks, will look it up.
What an awesome story!
tfw "coming out" used to mean something much different.
Actually, the gay use of "coming out" come from that kind of "coming out" so it's still pretty similar...
Nathan McDaniel not really, in the original sense it means to present yourself to the world in a professional and marriagable manner. in the new sense it means to reveal an alternative sexuality/identity from the default.
Nathan McDaniel No it didn't. Sorry.
crazymuthaphukr Yes it did. Look up the etymology. Sorry.
Nathan McDaniel that's still not the contemporary use of the word. today we do mean it as coming out of the closet.
Byron would be proud for Ada
Is that the graphic novel _The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage_ open on the table there?
Glad to own a copy.
man, what a riveting story
Was there meant to be another part to this or am I just missing it. I would love to hear the rest of this from Brailsford!
Love these stories
Your didactic is flawless! Bravo, Professor!
Always wondered what that lady was in the IDA logo.
Same 😅
Thank you, Sir for the valuable information 🙏
So she was basically predicting neural networks! - analytical machine. But without computers/software they could only imagine a steam powered one, lol. But the principal is the same so that was some pretty forward thinking.
s/principal/principle
Why would it cause problems if the Analytical Engine were to be built?
They talked about it in a previous video, but at the time it would have been incredibly expensive, and it would have required access to technology that didn't exist yet. The expense was a problem because Charles Babbage had already been given large sums of money to build the Difference Engine mk1 and mk2, both of which he never completed. There is an ongoing project to build it now, but it requires an intimate knowledge of the notation that Babbage used in the schematics, which no one knows anymore, and it is very difficult to decipher.
Additionally can we get a working link to Ada's papers posted here?
read about her in a foot note in Kenneth Rosen's discrete mathematics book
Just mentioning Adafruit here :P
Cooking With Cows what about the programming language called Ada
Tommy Preston "Government loves Ada, write in C."
Thank you for making this video.
9:12 I feel like you guys should put the correction of 1830 to 1841 not only in subtitle but in the video. That way people who doesn't watch with subtitle can know. Great video and story!
15:59 Awesome! I'll google that immediately!
...oh wait.... I think I misheard what he said ^^
It's painful to watch this marker left 15mn without its cap...
Poetry to Pythagoras, cool band name.
love this video but I'm not a big fan of the cuts to older Prof Brailsford videos: I find them disorientating. Just some feedback :)
Short, to the point - poetic.
*I think Keith Richards is already older than Lord Byron......not* !
Nice video
Gripping lecture, masters the art of not using a powerpoint.
Next great show on Masterpiece Theatre
You guys should check out Sam over at the UA-cam channel ‘look mum no computer’. He has a museum that you could get involved with. Building music with logic gates.
Professor Brailsford is the Attenborough of Computer Science!
hmm why not show the punch cards and the first machine.... sounded more like a gossip column
Believe it or not, in 1980 I took an entry-level programming class - we used fortran -- and punch-cards. IBM was ending the support of their leased machines, and the school made that course a prerequisite. It's not like you can fix a typo with white-out. It was very time consuming -- 2/3rds of the class dropped out. I got an A, of course.
Thx. Lovely.
Eda paper link is not working.......
Sex Drugs and Poetry..... Write that on a T-Shirt
... , peacocks,... 😅
Hello
leeisateam hoiiiiiii
Я ОЧЕНЬ СОЖАЛЕЮ ЧТО НЕ МОГУ ОСТАВИТЬ КОМЕНТАРИЙ Т.К НЕ ВЛАДЕЮ ИНОСТАНЫМ ЯЗЫКОМ
...so babbage made and programmed this machine and then ada did some programming on it too?
Babbage never built the machine.
Stop ruining the vibes
notification squad, first here
wooohooo
abhinandan j wow.... no one cares
Watched this after finishing Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" and now I am beginning to wonder if an education based on what Ada experienced could be more beneficial to what is available today.
Nice video
Babbage's Wife was long dead at that point and what about George Boole? did he not invent the logic maths studied by De Morgan?>
Ner name is a code....
Add 1 over 1 (1)==1...
The first programmer...
1st=st1
Who is the one???
Who? I stheone...
Ripping yarn! Thanks.
1 word #brexit