Quote Originally Posted by bruce.desertrat View Post
Documented by Grace Hopper.

https://daily.jstor.org/the-bug-in-t...ter-bug-story/

I've always thought that this indicated they they'd had problems like this before, but this is the first time they'd actually found the culprit. I would expect a computer built of vacuum tubes would have a lot of problems with moths, being full of warm spaces with glowing lights.
Run enough current through a moth's body, and they dry out. Keep slamming the relays, and they'll eventually turn to powder. Might have something to do with not finding that many of them. Or not.

bill