[geeks] New Cray?

nate at portents.com nate at portents.com
Tue Sep 16 14:02:05 CDT 2008


> Actually, i think Apple did more to dilute it in their advertising
> campaign than the US Government did.

Apple referenced the government definition with an asterisk and a footnote
in both the print and TV ad, as I recall.

I take it you'd have preferred people had retained their 'undiluted'
supercomputer mental association with the blinky lights on the Thinking
Machines CM-5 front panels in Jurassic Park instead?

- Nate



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