Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-13 Thread Scott Rowe
I see no details (interesting or otherwise) in that article that were not previously known. In fact, there are more errors than details. Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com 9/10/2010 12:44 AM Here are some more interesting details to this new

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-09 Thread Ed Gould
--- On Wed, 9/8/10, Mike Schwab mike.a.sch...@gmail.com wrote: ---snip Just got a good example of journalistic incompetence. http://twitpic.com/2lqaqh The accompanying map is clipped, but appears to locate Bornholm on the western side Sweden. Must be a secret

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-08 Thread Gerhard Postpischil
On 9/8/2010 12:42 AM, Mike Schwab wrote: Just got a good example of journalistic incompetence. http://twitpic.com/2lqaqh The accompanying map is clipped, but appears to locate Bornholm on the western side Sweden. Must be a secret astronaut training base G Gerhard Postpischil Bradford, VT

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-08 Thread Mike Schwab
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:04 AM, Gerhard Postpischil gerh...@valley.net wrote: On 9/8/2010 12:42 AM, Mike Schwab wrote: Just got a good example of journalistic incompetence. http://twitpic.com/2lqaqh The accompanying map is clipped, but appears to locate Bornholm on the western side Sweden.

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-08 Thread Mike Schwab
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Mike Schwab mike.a.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:04 AM, Gerhard Postpischil gerh...@valley.net wrote: On 9/8/2010 12:42 AM, Mike Schwab wrote: Just got a good example of journalistic incompetence. http://twitpic.com/2lqaqh The

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-08 Thread Mike Schwab
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:36 AM, Mike Schwab mike.a.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Mike Schwab mike.a.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:04 AM, Gerhard Postpischil gerh...@valley.net wrote: On 9/8/2010 12:42 AM, Mike Schwab wrote: Just got a good

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-07 Thread Joel C. Ewing
On 09/05/2010 04:55 PM, Clark Morris wrote: On 5 Sep 2010 14:17:23 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: On 09/05/2010 02:25 PM, Phil Smith III wrote: Rick Fochtman wrote: I'll give you another oxymoron: journalistic integrity Today, it's becoming rarer and rarer and I suspect will die

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-07 Thread Howard Brazee
On 5 Sep 2010 12:26:56 -0700, li...@akphs.com (Phil Smith III) wrote: Having said that, I'll agree that *every* mainstream news story of which I've ever had first-hand knowledge got several significant and important facts wrong, such as names, ages, and confusing an employment address with a

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-07 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Howard Brazee On 5 Sep 2010 12:26:56 -0700, li...@akphs.com (Phil Smith III) wrote: Having said that, I'll agree that *every* mainstream news story of which I've ever had first-hand knowledge got several

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-07 Thread zMan
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Howard Brazee howard.bra...@cusys.edu wrote: On 5 Sep 2010 12:26:56 -0700, li...@akphs.com (Phil Smith III) wrote: Having said that, I'll agree that *every* mainstream news story of which I've ever had first-hand knowledge got several significant and important

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-07 Thread Phil Smith
zMan wrote: ? mainstream modified news, not story. Stupid English. Yes, quite right. Stupid English indeed. Maybe we need parens: I'll agree that *every* (mainstream news) story... (Yeah, *that'll* go over big with most people...) -- ...phsiii Phil Smith III p...@voltage.com Voltage Security,

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-07 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In s54886h2q5b5n2gn9p2a5qtgum8rpmf...@4ax.com, on 09/05/2010 at 06:55 PM, Clark Morris cfmpub...@ns.sympatico.ca said: I doubt a reporter would be able to determine easily which side of an argument is flat out wrong, even with some hours of research. However, a reporter working offline

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-07 Thread Howard Brazee
On 7 Sep 2010 12:26:57 -0700, shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net (Shmuel Metz , Seymour J.) wrote: I doubt a reporter would be able to determine easily which side of an argument is flat out wrong, even with some hours of research. However, a reporter working offline should at least be able to consult

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-07 Thread Ed Gould
--- On Sun, 9/5/10, Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net wrote: From: Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net Subject: Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: Sunday, September 5, 2010, 11:49 AM Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: In 4c8147a8.7050...@ync.net, on 09/03

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-07 Thread Mike Schwab
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Sun, 9/5/10, Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net wrote: From: Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net Subject: Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: Sunday, September 5, 2010, 11:49 AM

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-06 Thread David Alcock
Here's an article with a short video of some IBM guys talking about it. http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/06/ibm-claims-worlds-fastest-processor-with-5-2ghz-z196/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions,

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-05 Thread Ed Gould
--- On Fri, 9/3/10, Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net wrote: From: Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net Subject: Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: Friday, September 3, 2010, 2:08 PM --snip- Model 91

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-05 Thread Rick Fochtman
Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: In 4c8147a8.7050...@ync.net, on 09/03/2010 at 02:08 PM, Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net said: When have you EVER heard of a reporter that knew what he was talking about? Or an editor? I could probably name half a dozen; I certainly couldn't name a

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-05 Thread Phil Smith III
Rick Fochtman wrote: I'll give you another oxymoron: journalistic integrity Today, it's becoming rarer and rarer and I suspect will die out completely in our lifetimes. :-( Now, now. Lumping all journalists in one boat is as unfair as putting all computers into the same category. Some of us

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-05 Thread Joel C. Ewing
On 09/05/2010 02:25 PM, Phil Smith III wrote: Rick Fochtman wrote: I'll give you another oxymoron: journalistic integrity Today, it's becoming rarer and rarer and I suspect will die out completely in our lifetimes. :-( Now, now. Lumping all journalists in one boat is as unfair as putting

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-05 Thread Clark Morris
On 5 Sep 2010 14:17:23 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: On 09/05/2010 02:25 PM, Phil Smith III wrote: Rick Fochtman wrote: I'll give you another oxymoron: journalistic integrity Today, it's becoming rarer and rarer and I suspect will die out completely in our lifetimes. :-(

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-05 Thread John McKown
On Sun, 2010-09-05 at 11:49 -0500, Rick Fochtman wrote: Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: snip I'll give you another oxymoron: journalistic integrity Today, it's becoming rarer and rarer and I suspect will die out completely in our lifetimes. :-( Rick The same with scientific freedom.

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-04 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 4c8147a8.7050...@ync.net, on 09/03/2010 at 02:08 PM, Rick Fochtman rfocht...@ync.net said: When have you EVER heard of a reporter that knew what he was talking about? Or an editor? I could probably name half a dozen; I certainly couldn't name a dozen. My father (zl) would kill a story if

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-03 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In 662723.44937...@web54603.mail.re2.yahoo.com, on 09/01/2010 at 02:14 PM, Ed Gould ps2...@yahoo.com said: Model 91, the high-end of IBM s popular System/360 family, Faux news seems to have written the 360/95 and 360/195 out of History. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT

Re: O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-03 Thread Rick Fochtman
--snip- Model 91, the high-end of IBM s popular System/360 family, Faux news seems to have written the 360/95 and 360/195 out of History. ---unsnip--- When have you EVER

O/T IBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer Chip

2010-09-01 Thread Ed Gould
TECHNOLOGYIBM to Ship World's Fastest Computer ChipBy Jennifer BootonPublished September 01, 2010| FOXBusiness  Print  Email  Share  Comments (0)  Text Size  International Business Machines (IBM: 125.76 ,+2.76 ,+2.24%) ticked up more than 2.3% early Wednesday after announcing it will begin