Xref: utzoo comp.org.ieee:418 comp.misc:10328 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!wuarchive!uunet!modcomp!nigel From: nigel@modcomp.UUCP (Nigel Gamble) Newsgroups: comp.org.ieee,comp.misc Subject: Re: Is ACM broke? Keywords: ACM, renewal Message-ID: Date: 10 Oct 90 14:06:19 GMT References: <1990Oct7.205143.27609@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> <5597@suned1.Nswses.Navy.MIL> Distribution: usa Organization: MODCOMP, REAL/IX Development Group Lines: 31 In <5597@suned1.Nswses.Navy.MIL> zaft@nswses.navy.mil (Gordon C Zaft) writes: > I think ACM decided the "Computer Chronicles" >(I *think* that's what it is) was a worthwhile thing to get involved >with ... It's a much more exciting project than that. It's actually a series of six hour-long programs entitled `The Information Age', scheduled for prime time broadcast in the U.S. and throughout the world in 1991. It is being produced by the WGBH Science Unit, producer of `Nova', and the BBC. From the letter that the ACM sent to all members about the project: `The Information Age' ... will show viewers ... why ``the computer story'' is as much about us as it is about our technology. From the first episode: `The Dawn of the Computer Age', - which chronicles the role of such visionaries as ACM founder John Mauchley, co-inventer of ENIAC, - to the final installment: `Inventing the Future', millions of people will learn about the scientists, engineers, industrial pioneers and entrepreneurs whose work and determination changed forever the way we process information and the way we think. I'm looking forward to seeing this series and, yes, I've already made my $15 contribution. -- Nigel Gamble uunet!modcomp!nigel MODCOMP, an AEG company modcomp!nigel@uunet.UU.NET 1650 W McNab Rd, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33340-6099