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Fwd: EDSAC veterans visit to rekindle memories
by Brian Randell 06 Sep '16

06 Sep '16

Hi: I recommend the video to you all. Cheers Brian Randell Begin forwarded message: From: Stephen Fleming <stephen.fleming(a)palam.co.uk<mailto:stephen.fleming@palam.co.uk>> Subject: EDSAC veterans visit to rekindle memories Date: 6 September 2016 10:19:21 BST To: <brian.randell(a)ncl.ac.uk<mailto:brian.randell@ncl.ac.uk>> Reply-To: <stephen.fleming(a)palam.co.uk<mailto:stephen.fleming@palam.co.uk>> NEWS RELEASE EDSAC veterans rekindle memories of working with one of the world’s first computers 6 September 2016 Life working with one of the world’s first general purpose computers was brought vividly to life when EDSAC veterans visited The National Museum of Computing to see the latest stage of the reconstruction of the 1950’s Cambridge University computer. What did they think? Story with short video and photos here: http://www.tnmoc.org/news/news-releases/edsac-veterans-visit-reconstruction… -- School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK EMAIL = Brian.Randell(a)ncl.ac.uk<mailto:Brian.Randell@ncl.ac.uk> PHONE = +44 191 208 7923 FAX = +44 191 208 8232 URL = http://www.ncl.ac.uk/computing/staff/profile/brian.randell

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Lo and Behold, new movie
by Ceruzzi, Paul 06 Sep '16

06 Sep '16

There have been a lot of movies or television shows about computing history lately: "The Imitation Game," "The Social Network," et al. I found most of them disappointing. Last week I saw "Lo and Behold," a documentary about the Internet by Werner Herzog. I recommend it. I have quibbles about some of the history in it, including the origin of the movie's title, but it is well worth seeing. If anyone wants to discuss it, we can do that off-line, unless you think a discussion is of general interest. Paul Ceruzzi ceruzzip(a)si.edu 202-633-2414

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Chapter contribution to Routledge Companion on Accounting Information Systems
by Martin Quinn 02 Sep '16

02 Sep '16

Dear SIGCS Member, Apologies for intruding in your email. Myself and Prof. Erik Strauss are Editors for an upcoming volume by Routledge in their respected companion series - here is a sample of an existing volume https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to- Accounting-Reporting-and-Regulation/van-Mourik-Walton/p/book/9780415625739. The Companion to AIS has 22 chapters, 21 of which we have received. Unfortunately a contributor has been been unable to complete a chapter titled "Development of AIS over time" - which is essentially a historic chapter. We would really like to keep this chapter and we would love to hear form anyone who may be interested in contributing. Unfortunately the timeline is very tight, and we would need the chapter by 30 Oct 2016 - which is an absolute deadline. A chapter is maximum 8,000 words including references. If you are interested, please contact me at martin.quinn(a)dcu.ie and we can send you a template, the list of existing contributors and an author questionnaire. Can I ask that you please only consider replying if you can deliver a chapter by 30 Oct. There is no fee unfortunately, but all contributors will get a free copy of the volume and of course be a contributor to a respected volume. Looking forward to hearing from you Martin -- Dr Martin Quinn Senior Lecturer and Head of Accounting Twitter: @martyjquinn Internet: http://martinjquinn.com/ http://imarn.org View my research here. <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin_Quinn> -- *Email Disclaimer"This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for use by the addressee. Any unauthorised dissemination, distribution or copying of this message and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the message. Any views or opinions presented in this e-mail may solely be the views of the author and cannot be relied upon as being those of Dublin City University. E-mail communications such as this cannot be guaranteed to be virus-free, timely, secure or error-free and Dublin City University does not accept liability for any such matters or their consequences. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail."Séanadh Ríomhphoist"Tá an ríomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a sheoltar leis faoi rún agus is lena úsáid ag an seolaí agus sin amháin é. Tá cosc iomlán ar scaipeadh, dháileadh nó chóipeáil neamhúdaraithe ar an teachtaireacht seo agus ar aon cheangaltán atá ag dul leis. Má tá an ríomhphost seo faighte agat trí dhearmad cuir sin in iúl le do thoil don seoltóir agus scrios an teachtaireacht. D’fhéadfadh sé gurb iad tuairimí an údair agus sin amháin atá in aon tuairimí no dearcthaí atá curtha i láthair sa ríomhphost seo agus níor chóir glacadh leo mar thuairimí nó dhearcthaí Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath. Ní ghlactar leis go bhfuil cumarsáid ríomhphoist den sórt seo saor ó víreas, in am, slán, nó saor ó earráid agus ní ghlacann Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath le dliteanas in aon chás den sórt sin ná as aon iarmhairt a d’eascródh astu. Cuimhnigh ar an timpeallacht le do thoil sula gcuireann tú an ríomhphost seo i gcló."*

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