OOPS !!!!!

Well, something happened. It probably wasn't your fault though. Most likely something we didn't take into account in the system architecture. By the time you read this, a detailed email has been received by the genius who wrote all the code, but overlooked the scenario which led you to this page. As an apology, and in thanks for your patience, we present you this which is a true story of the very first bug report.

the orgin of the bug report

The Eniac computer was turned on for the first time on Valentine's Day 1946. It was the first digital computer and housed at the University of Pennsylvania on two floors of a special building. It weighed 30 tons, was 8' high and 100' long. It cost $750,000 (1946 dollars - that's 200 times as much as the computer that sits on your desk in today's dollars which is at least 200,000 times more powerful).

It consumed 160,000 Watts, had 5 million soldered connections, 70,000 resistors and 6,000 manual switches. At the center were 17,000 vacuum tubes that kicked off so much light that inevitably they attracted moths, and that's where the phrase "bug report" came from. The moths would flit around often getting fried on the tubes or zapped on the wiring. The first technicians positively proved that they had solved the computer glitch by HANDING IN A BUG REPORT ...

... literally taping the offending bug to their log books beside the entry describing the problem. The Eniac computer typically lasted about 7 minutes between breakdowns could do 14 ten digit calculations per second. With this in mind, I'm sure you are amazed at what a leap forward this website is. Sorry about the bug though ... we'll get right on that!