<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Helvetica;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Helvetica;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:blue;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;
text-decoration:none none;}
span.BalloonTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">Tom and others mentioned how public figures like Isaacson or Doris Kearns Goodwin add an entertainment dimension to what otherwise might be considered dry history (not to me of course). Generally speaking, it has
been very difficult for Hollywood to add drama to a guy (or woman) plugging in vacuum tubes, or worse, typing on a keyboard, e.g. the movie about Wikileaks. But a successful film about the creation of the ENIAC should be done.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">So we shall see what happens when this biopic about Turing comes out:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imitation_Game">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imitation_Game</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">Here’s the trailer: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">http://theimitationgamemovie.com/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">Casting Keira Knightley as his friend and confidant has apparently raised some eyebrows, but that’s show business.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue">Paul Ceruzzi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> members-bounces@sigcis.org [mailto:members-bounces@sigcis.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>PeterEckstein@comcast.net<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 06, 2014 11:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Koblentz, Evan<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Haigh, Thomas; Computer, SIG<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Isaacson's book<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">On the interview, let me add:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Good: Recognizing that Atanasoff did not really invent the first "computer".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Bad: Saying that JVA worked alone, when in fact Clifford Berry did much of the engineering. He was the "B" in the retrospectively named "ABC."
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Good: giving precedence to ENIAC and to some extent Colossus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Rather bad: Never mentioning (that I heard, could be wrong) either Eckert or Mauchly by name.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:center">
<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
<hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" id="zwchr">
</span></div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">"Koblentz, Evan" <<a href="mailto:evan@snarc.net">evan@snarc.net</a>><br>
<b>To: </b>"Haigh, Thomas" <<a href="mailto:thaigh@computer.org">thaigh@computer.org</a>>, "Computer, SIG" <<a href="mailto:members@sigcis.org">members@sigcis.org</a>><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Monday, October 6, 2014 4:02:48 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Isaacson's book<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">I heard Isaacson on NPR just now.<br>
<br>
Good: Realistic treatment to Al Gore's contributions to the Internet.<br>
<br>
Neutral: Power users today only learn software, not hardware, unlike in his transistor kit youth. (No mention of the present "maker" trend.)<br>
<br>
Bad: Personal computing was invented in the Bay Area and Altair was the first one.<br>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
This email is relayed from <a href="mailto:members@sigcis.org">members@sigcis.org</a>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. The list archives are at
<a href="http://sigcis.org/pipermail/members/">http://sigcis.org/pipermail/members/</a> and you can change your subscription options at
<a href="http://sigcis.org/mailman/listinfo/members">http://sigcis.org/mailman/listinfo/members</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>