Dead or Alive? Game 8

[mrkelley23]

Dead or Alive Game 8 12/08/07

Identify the following folks as dead or alive. Then take your best guess as today’s theme. My description of the theme in my notes was two words.



1. John Backus
2. Douglas Engelbart
3. Grace Hopper
4. Dennis Ritchie
5. Charles Babbage
6. Alan Turing
7. Ada Lovelace
8. James Gosling
9. George Boole
10. John McCarthy

[fantine33]

Spoiler

YAY, I've heard of two of them! Let's hope that what those two have in common, the other eight do as well. (I originally read #1 as "Jim Backus", ha!)

Dead or Alive Game 8 12/08/07

Identify the following folks as dead or alive. Then take your best guess as today’s theme. My description of the theme in my notes was two words.



1. John Backus - ALIVE
2. Douglas Engelbart - DEAD
3. Grace Hopper - DEAD
4. Dennis Ritchie - ALIVE
5. Charles Babbage - DEAD
6. Alan Turing - ALIVE
7. Ada Lovelace - DEAD
8. James Gosling - ALIVE
9. George Boole - DEAD
10. John McCarthy - ALIVE

Computer Achievements

[littlebeast13]

Spoiler

1. John Backus - D
2. Douglas Engelbart - A
3. Grace Hopper - A
4. Dennis Ritchie - A
5. Charles Babbage - D
6. Alan Turing - A
7. Ada Lovelace - D
8. James Gosling - A
9. George Boole - D
10. John McCarthy - A

No clue on the theme....

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

Spoiler

1. John Backus - Dead
2. Douglas Engelbart - Dead
3. Grace Hopper - Dead
4. Dennis Ritchie - Dead
5. Charles Babbage Dead
6. Alan Turing - Dead
7. Ada Lovelace - Dead
8. James Gosling - Dead
9. George Boole - Dead
10. John McCarthy - Dead

Computer Scientists I am ashamed to admit the only ones that I have heard of are Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage.

[wintergreen48]

Spoiler

1. John Backus = Dead
2. Douglas Engelbart = Dead
3. Grace Hopper = Dead
4. Dennis Ritchie = Dead
5. Charles Babbage = Dead
6. Alan Turing = Dead
7. Ada Lovelace = Dead
8. James Gosling = Dead
9. George Boole = Dead
10. John McCarthy = Dead

Computer folks

[ToLiveIsToFly]

Spoiler

1. John Backus
ALIVE
2. Douglas Engelbart
DEAD
3. Grace Hopper
DEAD. I HEARD HER SPEAK AT SCIENCE CAMP. SHE WAS AWESON
4. Dennis Ritchie
ALIVE
5. Charles Babbage
DEAD
6. Alan Turing
DEAD
7. Ada Lovelace
ALIVE
8. James Gosling
ALIVE
9. George Boole
DEAD
10. John McCarthy
DEAD

PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPUTER

EDITED TO ADD SPOILER

[ne1410s]

Spoiler

1. John Backus --D
2. Douglas Engelbart --D
3. Grace Hopper --D
4. Dennis Ritchie --D
5. Charles Babbage --D
6. Alan Turing --D
7. Ada Lovelace --D
8. James Gosling--D
9. George Boole --D
10. John McCarthy--D

COMPUTER PEOPLE--I think Grace Hopper's "bug" won Joe Trela some money. Once upon a time...

[gsabc]

Spoiler

1. John Backus A
2. Douglas Engelbart D
3. Grace Hopper D
4. Dennis Ritchie A
5. Charles Babbage D
6. Alan Turing D
7. Ada Lovelace A
8. James Gosling D
9. George Boole D
10. John McCarthy D

Early computer workers

[Rexer25]

Dead or Alive Game 8 12/08/07

Identify the following folks as dead or alive. Then take your best guess as today’s theme. My description of the theme in my notes was two words.



1. John Backus
2. Douglas Engelbart
3. Grace Hopper
4. Dennis Ritchie
5. Charles Babbage
6. Alan Turing
7. Ada Lovelace
8. James Gosling
9. George Boole
10. John McCarthy

Spoiler

1. A
2. A
3. D
4. D
5. D
6. A
7. A
8. D
9. D
10. A

I haven't heard of half of these names, but the ones I know are pioneers in the development of computers.

[themanintheseersuckersuit]

Spoiler

1. John Backus D
2. Douglas Engelbart d
3. Grace Hopper D
4. Dennis Ritchie D
5. Charles Babbage D
6. Alan Turing D
7. Ada Lovelace D
8. James Gosling d
9. George Boole D
10. John McCarthy D

Pioneers in Computing.

[tanstaafl2]

Dead or Alive Game 8 12/08/07

Spoiler

1. John Backus A?
2. Douglas Engelbart A?
3. Grace Hopper D
4. Dennis Ritchie A?
5. Charles Babbage D
6. Alan Turing D
7. Ada Lovelace D?
8. James Gosling D?
9. George Boole D
10. John McCarthy A?

Only recognized a few here like Turing, Babbage, Boole and RADM Hopper but it should be enough. And this time I won't forget the connection! Computer Pioneers.

[DevilKitty100]

Dead or Alive Game 8 12/08/07

Identify the following folks as dead or alive. Then take your best guess as today’s theme. My description of the theme in my notes was two words.



1. John Backus
2. Douglas Engelbart
3. Grace Hopper
4. Dennis Ritchie
5. Charles Babbage
6. Alan Turing
7. Ada Lovelace
8. James Gosling
9. George Boole
10. John McCarthy

Spoiler

1. John Backus - D
2. Douglas Engelbart - A
3. Grace Hopper -A
4. Dennis Ritchie- A
5. Charles Babbage - D
6. Alan Turing -D
7. Ada Lovelace -A
8. James Gosling A
9. George Boole - D
10. John McCarthy - D

Computer science type peoples?

[mikehardware]

Spoiler

1. John Backus - Alive
2. Douglas Engelbart - Alive
3. Grace Hopper - Dead
4. Dennis Ritchie - Alive
5. Charles Babbage - Dead
6. Alan Turing - Alive
7. Ada Lovelace - Dead
8. James Gosling - Alive
9. George Boole - Dead
10. John McCarthy - Alive

Computer Folks

[TheConfessor]

Spoiler

Dead or Alive Game 8 12/08/07

1. John Backus ALIVE
2. Douglas Engelbart ALIVE
3. Grace Hopper DEAD
4. Dennis Ritchie ALIVE
5. Charles Babbage DEAD
6. Alan Turing DEAD
7. Ada Lovelace DEAD
8. James Gosling ALIVE
9. George Boole DEAD
10. John McCarthy ALIVE
THEME: COMPUTER PIONEERS

[VAdame]

Spoiler

I think they're computer folks. Haven't a clue about who's still among the living. Not a frickin' clue!

Gotta sit this one out

[a1mamacat]

Dead or Alive Game 8 12/08/07

Identify the following folks as dead or alive. Then take your best guess as today’s theme. My description of the theme in my notes was two words.

Spoiler

1. John Backus A
2. Douglas Engelbart D
3. Grace Hopper A
4. Dennis Ritchie D
5. Charles Babbage D
6. Alan Turing A
7. Ada Lovelace A
8. James Gosling D
9. George Boole D
10. John McCarthy D

Theme NFC

[SportsFan68]

Dead or Alive Game 8 12/08/07

Identify the following folks as dead or alive. Then take your best guess as today’s theme. My description of the theme in my notes was two words.



1. John Backus
2. Douglas Engelbart
3. Grace Hopper
4. Dennis Ritchie
5. Charles Babbage
6. Alan Turing
7. Ada Lovelace
8. James Gosling
9. George Boole
10. John McCarthy

Spoiler

This is a toughie! I recognize Admiral Grace Hopper and Alan Turing, both giants in the field of computer programming. My brilliant young Toastmasters friend who's such a fan of Ron Paul gave a speech about Turing a while back, somehow managing not to mention all the strife in his personal life which arose largely out of being born gay in the first half of the 20th Century. I'll guess that Boole contributed Boolian logic and that he's dead too.

I was quoting Admiral Hopper before I knew who it was I was quoting: "A shop in harbor is safe, but that is not was ships are for." I think she was ignoring the Arizona and Oklahoma in the Day of Infamy QoD...

And finally, I know there was a Babbage involved with the Manhattan Project, so I'll guess he's dead too. I'll guess the rest are alive and maybe get a couple right.

1. John Backus - A
2. Douglas Engelbart - A
3. Grace Hopper - D
4. Dennis Ritchie - A
5. Charles Babbage - D
6. Alan Turing - D
7. Ada Lovelace - A
8. James Gosling - A
9. George Boole -D
10. John McCarthy - A

Computer programming

[nitrah55]

Spoiler

1. John Backus ALIVE
2. Douglas Engelbart ALIVE
3. Grace Hopper DEAD
4. Dennis Ritchie DEAD
5. Charles Babbage ALIVE
6. Alan Turing DEAD
7. Ada Lovelace ALIVE
8. James Gosling DEAD
9. George Boole ALIVE
10. John McCarthy DEAD

Lot of guesses. Mathematicians?

[NellyLunatic1980]

Spoiler

1. John Backus - Alive
2. Douglas Engelbart - Alive
3. Grace Hopper - Dead
4. Dennis Ritchie - Alive
5. Charles Babbage - Dead
6. Alan Turing - Alive
7. Ada Lovelace - Dead
8. James Gosling - Dead
9. George Boole - Dead
10. John McCarthy - Dead

Mathematicians?

[peacock2121]

Spoiler

1. John Backus - dead
2. Douglas Engelbart -dead
3. Grace Hopper - alive
4. Dennis Ritchie - dead
5. Charles Babbage - dead
6. Alan Turing - alive
7. Ada Lovelace - dead
8. James Gosling - dead
9. George Boole - alive
10. John McCarthy - dead

Computer Innovator Kinda People

[MarleysGh0st]

Spoiler

1. John Backus - Alive
2. Douglas Engelbart - Alive
3. Grace Hopper - Dead
4. Dennis Ritchie - Alive
5. Charles Babbage - Dead
6. Alan Turing - Dead
7. Ada Lovelace - Dead
8. James Gosling - Alive
9. George Boole - Dead
10. John McCarthy - Alive

Theme: Computing pioneers

[eyégor]

Talk about clueless

Spoiler

1 D
2 A
3 D
4 A
5 D
6 A
7 D
8 A
9 D
10 D

no guess spme kind of science/math.physics type of thing

[wbtravis007]

1. John Backus Mr. Magoo Dead
2. Douglas Engelbart Don't you mean Douglas Fairbanks Jr.? Dead
3. Grace Hopper Dennis' older sister who drove him crazy. Dead
4. Dennis Ritchie Lionel's menace. Alive
5. Charles Babbage You mean Charles "Boobage" Barkley, right? Alive
6. Alan Turing Computer type. Dead
7. Ada Lovelace Don't you mean Linda "Ada Way" Lovelace? Alive.
8. James Gosling What a goose! Computer type. Dead
9. George Boole Can't think of a amn thing. Dead
10. John McCarthy Eugene's right-wing evil twinn. Dead.

People who've done business with Skippy's International, Inc., or would have if they could have.

[mrkelley23]

Dead or Alive Game 8 12/08/07

Identify the following folks as dead or alive. Then take your best guess as today’s theme. My description of the theme in my notes was two words.



1. John Backus Dead Developed FORTRAN, died this year
2. Douglas Engelbart Alive, invented the computer mouse
3. Grace Hopper Dead, credited for inventing COBOL and coining “bug.”
4. Dennis Ritchie Alive, invented C and helped develop Unix
5. Charles Babbage Dead, invented a type of mechanical computer
6. Alan Turing Dead, author of the Turing Test
7. Ada Lovelace Dead, daughter of Lord Byron and acknowledged as first programmer
8. James Gosling Alive, developed Java
9. George Boole Dead, father of Boolean logic and algebra
10. John McCarthy Alive, invented Lisp, coined the term artificial intelligence

Theme: Computer pioneers

[mrkelley23]

DorA Game 8 Scores

In order of answering

Fanny 12
Lb13 8
PSM 11
Wintergreen 11
TLITF 11
NE1410s 11
Gsabc 5
Rexer 5
Tmitsss 6
Tan 8
DK 7
Mikehardware 8
Confessor 9
Saucy 2
Sprots 8
Nitrah 3
Nelly 6
Pea 3
Marley 9
Eyegor 8
Travis 5