Barry neglected to mention we also hand out free maple syrup at election stations to encourage voter turnout. The only problem is too many voters keep adding "pancakes" as a write-in option.
Posts by gregthecanuck
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Dear America: Want secure elections? Stick to pen and paper for ballots, experts urge
Tesla's chief accounting officer drives off after just a month on the job
Oracle trying hard to make sure Pentagon knows Amazon ain't the only cloud around
Error Canada: Airline tells customers to reset mobile app after attack
Experimental 'insult bot' gets out of hand during unsupervised weekend
Talk about left Field: Apple lures back Tesla engineering guru
Nintendo Labo: After a day spent fiddling with flaps, you may be ready to, er, Lego
AT&T gets clearance to devour Time Warner for $85 BEEEELION
Monday: Intel touts 28-core desktop CPU. Tuesday: AMD turns Threadripper up to 32
Friday 8th June 2018 12:10 GMT
Re: Maths co-processor?
"Shame really. I never had an Amiga myself, but sometimes I'd quite like one. And most of the best Archimedes games were Amiga ports :)"
There is a stand-alone Vampire V4 coming out some time... hopefully in 2018. Fully upgraded with 24 bit graphics, 512MB memory, 16 bit audio, AMMX, fast FPU, HDMI output.... 68080 processor (equivalent to ~250MHz 68060). Very cool indeed. You might want to keep an eye out.
DIYers rejoice: Hitting stuff to make it work even works in space
NASA fix for Curiosity rovers's damaged drill: hitting it, repeatedly
Intel’s first 10nm CPU is a twin-core i3 destined for a mid-range Lenovo
Sunday 20th May 2018 08:52 GMT
Price drops? Intel? Surely you jest my good fellow.
May I present for your attention the current Intel price list: https://s21.q4cdn.com/600692695/files/doc_downloads/cpu_price/2018/Apr_03_18_Recommended_Customer_Price_List.pdf
If our dear reader would kindly direct their attention to the "% Decrease" column one would quickly surmise that this column is some sort of insider joke at Intel. The column is null. Every cell. No decrease to be found. Keeping good company with Nessie, Bigfoot and little green men. And may I suggest that this pattern has repeated itself more often that not with new price list releases.
Intel is still in the "we own the market" mindset. Hopefully AMD can keep their collective sh!t together long enough to start squeezing some of Intel's insane margins.
Open justice FTW! El Reg fought the law – and El Reg won
Mannequin Skywalker takes high ground on Bezos-backed rocket
1.5 BEEELLION sensitive files found exposed online dwarf Panama Papers leak
Spring is all about new beginnings, but it could already be lights out for Windows' Fluent Design
Five things you need to know about Microsoft's looming Windows 10 Spring Creators Update
Dolby sues Adobe for dodging license fees
Doctor finds physical changes to astronaut's eyes after ISS stint
SAP corruption probe: Indication of misconduct in South African public sector deals
Reg man wraps head in 49-inch curved monitor
Borked bog forces flight carrying 83 plumbers to bug out back to base
Sysadmin crashed computer recording data from active space probe
You publish 20,000 clean patches, but one goes wrong and you're a PC-crippler forever
'WHAT THE F*CK IS GOING ON?' Linus Torvalds explodes at Intel spinning Spectre fix as a security feature
Tuesday 23rd January 2018 07:20 GMT
Re: All of this makes me long for...
68K isn't quite dead. It is being revived as the 68080 chip by a new development team!
Currently in FPGA form and being used as an add-on accelerator for Amiga computers. A stand-alone computer based on this chip (Vampire V4) is due for release later on this year. Currently in beta.
Check out the following links:
http://www.apollo-accelerators.com/
http://apollo-accelerators.com/wiki/doku.php
http://apollo-accelerators.com/wiki/doku.php/apollo_core
This is a VERY exciting development. Future plans (years away?) do include an ASIC.
At Christmas, do you give peas a chance? Go cold turkey? What is the perfect festive feast?
Once again, UK doesn't rule out buying F-35A fighter jets
Wednesday 6th December 2017 07:23 GMT 
OK... really stupid idea, but here goes...
Instead of a carrier and runway, how about this suggestion...
Aircraft placed on a very large drone on ship deck... carried aloft, drone accelerates to a moderate speed at which point aircraft takes over. Drone returns to ship for next aircraft. Reverse for landings? (Drone meets aircraft). It could work...
Been watching too many Marvel spin-offs lately. Heh.
Viagra's Irish plant STILL giving local men and dogs stiffies (not really)
You're SAP-ing my will to live: Licensing debate lumbers on as ERP giant tries to rebuild trust
User dialled his PC into a permanent state of 'Brown Alert'
Tesla reveals a less-long-legged truck, but a bigger reservation price
User asked help desk to debug a Post-it Note that survived a reboot
That awkward moment when AWS charges you BEELLIONS for Lightsail
F-35s grounded by spares shortage
Neutron stars shower gold on universe in big bang, felt on Earth as 100-second grav wave
US yanks staff from Cuban embassy over sonic death ray fears
Is this cough cancer, doc? No: it's a case of Playmobil on the lung
Welcome to the future: Bluetooth jackets you can only wash 10 times. Gee, thanks, Google
Fresh chips from Intel (yay?) at 14nm (awww)
Calm down, internet. Elon's Musk-see SpaceX spacesuit is a bit generic
Four techies flummoxed for hours by flickering 'E' on monitor
Space Duck 2.0 is New Horizons' next destination
Tesla's driverless car software chief steps down
Boeing preps pilotless passenger flights – once it has solved the Sully problem, of course
ESA astronaut decelerates from 28,800kph to zero in first bumpy landing
BA's 'global IT system failure' was due to 'power surge'
Ford to replace CEO with connected car division boss – reports
Monday 22nd May 2017 14:37 GMT
Well with the ongoing fiasco of the Ford Focus transmissions I would suggest Ford place more emphasis on getting the basics right. A friend of mine is suffering with the disgusting customer service from Ford on this very issue.
Shame on Ford. Not surprising they are contemplating 20% global layoffs.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
