March 30, 1998 Intel Corporation announced today that it is closing down its operations for good, including its production and research facilities. Market researchers said, “This is in response to the Power Mac G3 from Apple. The entire Intel business is shutting down.”Intel’s chairman confirmed the news. “The Power Mac G3 is so much faster…
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Goundbreaking Unveiling Ends in Tragedy
November 26, 1998: RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.,/PRNewswire/ — Samsung Electronics America continued to break new ground in the HDTV marketplace by unveiling the first fully integrated high definition television last week, the HCH551W, a 55-inch widescreen model. The unveiling took place at a DOW Stereo/Video Store in San Diego, attracting over 5,000 people.”The HCH551W received an…
How’s This For a Millenium Bug?
BackgroundApril 24, 1998: Y2K problems arise from computer programs (hardware and/or software) using two digits to represent the year instead of four or more. Thus, when going from the year 1999 to the year 2000, the computer is actually going from 99 to 00. Comparisons then made between the dates, which expect the date value…
The Corporate Screw
It started out a lot like any other Monday with me luggung a pile of not quite late bills down to the mail box, and carrying a bunch of threatening notices with me to work so I can call and remind these assholes that I haven’t died/purchased land in Idaho/filed for bankruptcy/or whatever reason it…
Walking Cuts Walter’s Heart Disease 40%
August 26, 1999 BOSTON – Walking briskly for three hours each week reduces Walter Levernier’s risk of heart disease by 30 to 40 percent, according to the New England Journal of Medicine out Thursday. “Increasing walking time, or combining walking with moderate exercise, appears to be associated with even greater risk reductions,” according to the…
The Thunder of the Oranges
Back in the Trefrescios Period, giant Oranges ruled the Earth. Herds of hundreds of thousands of Oranges, Tangerines, and Nectarines roamed the planes looking for fertile ground on which to lay their eggs. To the much smaller, eight-foot long cockroaches living in beach-front condos, it sounded just like thunder. The cockroaches’ lives were pretty quiet,…
Puffer Mice?
The following are excerpts from “Building a Better Mouse”, printed for the first time in Sept of 1993. …The main concern was that so many individuals have been working to build a better mousetrap that we here at ASAP became very concerned for the future of the mouse. As if the common mouse doesn’t have…
Microsoft Closes its Doors
March 30, 1998 Microsoft Corporation announced today that it is closing down its operations permanently, including all of its operating system and application groups, support, and development. Bill Gates issued the following statement through his lawyers: “With the introduction of the Power Mac G3 from Apple, We simply don’t see a requirement in the market…
Chocolate Murmurs
Then the men came with their chocolate and their dark words. They spoke of the end, the shoe, everything. We were scared. One of us, Arnold, tried on some pizza puffs. He hadn’t had a very long day, so we humored him. The men were not amused. We asked them about our indigenous plants. We…
Weather
“And here’s the long-range weather forecast for our area from the Channel 6 weather computer: Monday expect temperatures to take a little drop into the high ‘teens as that cold front moves in. Of course it will be even colder by the lake, but only into the low ‘teens. Tuesday will stay in the high…