[LINK] Happy Ada Lovelace Day!

[Jim Birch]

On 17 October 2012 09:16, Tom Worthington wrote:

> Apparently 16 October 2012 (GMT) is "Ada Lovelace Day"<http://findingada.com/about/history-of-ada-lovelace-day/>
>

Is nothing sacred! The Reg has just run a piece that claims others did it
for her and let her take the credit.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/16/ada_lovelace_mary_fairfax_somerville/

Obviously this is the same publication that has a history of fanciful
teacup controversies and regular AGW denialism pieces in with some good
reporting so it would be interesting to know what the real story is.

Jim