tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post835753509180268958..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Today In Geek History: Supercomputer.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23997774211110289222008-04-01T09:43:00.000-04:002008-04-01T09:43:00.000-04:00Scary geeky facts:Your cell phone has more computi...Scary geeky facts:<BR/><BR/>Your cell phone has more computing power than all of the computers on board Apollo.<BR/><BR/>The five redundant computer cores on each space shuttle were originally about the same speed as a 286.<BR/><BR/>A Sony PSP can generate the graphics for The Last Starfighter, which brought a Cray YMP supercomputer "to its knees" during rendering, in near real time.Dravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595598824850294819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69219933803409199232008-03-31T13:07:00.000-04:002008-03-31T13:07:00.000-04:00Thanks for posting this Tam- Here is a link to RAD...Thanks for posting this Tam- Here is a link to RADM Grace Hopper, USN who was one of the designers and one hellva lady... :-)<BR/><BR/>http://www.chips.navy.mil/links/grace_hopper/file2.htmOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-58131219320420361952008-03-31T12:55:00.000-04:002008-03-31T12:55:00.000-04:00I was breathing the air that the rebuilt Colossus ...I was breathing the air that the rebuilt Colossus II computer was in at Bletchley Park a couple weeks back. There's just such a wonderful scent to vacuum tubes, voltage and Bakelite.<BR/><BR/>I got all emotional. Lovely stuff.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730143528740977761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66135111579943119962008-03-31T12:04:00.000-04:002008-03-31T12:04:00.000-04:00I'll tell you something else that's changed in the...I'll tell you something else that's changed in the computing world: In 1990, on an industrial archeology tour, I had the chance to see part of ENIAC's front end, and heard one of the few guys who programmed it tell the story of a relay moth being the original bug. He said that in those days, working on computers was a great way to meet women.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-24650437103880774372008-03-31T09:00:00.000-04:002008-03-31T09:00:00.000-04:00I used to work at a TV post-production house at 20...I used to work at a TV post-production house at 2020 Wisconsin Ave. Due to some construction in the building, part of the original facade was exposed. It was black granite, highly polished, and if you traced the small holes drilled into it, like connecting the dots, it spelled out "Sperry-Univac."<BR/>Just goes to show that today's behemoths, like Microsoft and Google, will one day experience a similar fate.<BR/>Like Ozymandias.Turk Turonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648721047835980871noreply@blogger.com