More IBM-tans

stewartsage · January 19, 2011, 10:49:51 PM

Er, it's complicated. Probably/possibly because IBM wanted to prevent anyone investigating whether or not they cheated to beat Kasparov. Or because she didn't really have much long range purpose beyond being a chess playing computer; either way euthanized would be the best term I suppose.

Chocofreak13 · January 20, 2011, 12:14:31 AM

the whole reason i looked this up is because i saw it on 1000 ways to die. one of the computers killed a man via electrified chessboard.

i'm watching the clip now, it turns out the computer was called the Comrade 5000, and it played (and killed) a man in 1977.

http://www.spike.com/video/end-game/3506369

Dr. Kraus · January 21, 2011, 05:43:47 PM

Quote from: Aurora Borealis on January 19, 2011, 10:22:33 PM
Why was Deep Blue dismantled?

probably so no one could steal it (don't know how anyone could do that though because of its size but you never know how far a person might go to do something like that) or print the data log since IBM didn't want to show them until later.

NejinOniwa · January 21, 2011, 06:31:40 PM

Quotestealing a mainframe

DID SOMEONE JUST HERP? CUZ I THINK I HERD A DERP.

Chocofreak13 · January 21, 2011, 09:52:44 PM

i thought you'd like this, nej. sociopathic, chess playing, murderous russian super computer. >:3

NejinOniwa · January 21, 2011, 09:58:09 PM

BUT IT'S NOT AVAILABLE IN MY COUNTRY >:[

Chocofreak13 · January 21, 2011, 10:28:11 PM

wa chu mean?

NejinOniwa · January 21, 2011, 10:33:27 PM

The usual region-blocking. Standard "we're sorry this isn't available in your country herp" derp video comes up instead. AND IT'S NOT ON 'TUBE EITHER. IRAGE. >:[

Chocofreak13 · January 22, 2011, 10:06:38 AM

;___;

EDIT: i tried to embed it in the post but html coding is disabled here apparently so sorry. :[

Dr. Kraus · January 22, 2011, 01:06:31 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39jtNUGgmd4
thought you guys would like this, made me feel proud to get their certification.

Chocofreak13 · January 22, 2011, 11:13:07 PM

i lvoe IBM. <3 the thinkpad came out the year i was born. ^^ i have one from 98', and it runs like it's brand new. it's a fricken' tank. of course, i'd expect ibm to make a quality product. <3

here's to a hundred more years of TMC, or IBM if you prefer. <3

ps. according to wiki, the company that would become ibm was founded in 1896, making the company actually 115 years old. ^^

Bella · January 23, 2011, 01:31:39 AM

I just want to know why the hell SAGE and AN/FSQ weren't mentioned, considering that those are among the most impressive systems ~~IBM~~ any computer manufacturer has ever created.

Then again, those might've only been IBM in construction - with most of the design work done by MIT - cause there's no way IBM could have come up with something so inventive by themselves. Which raises another set of larger and even rage-ier questions....

Chocofreak13 · January 23, 2011, 09:30:45 AM

calm down bells ;__;

Bella · January 23, 2011, 01:30:11 PM

I WILL NEVAR CALM DOWN!!!11!!!!11

In fact, so enraged am I that I swapped out my IBM-centric sig for something a bit more... regional. >>

NejinOniwa · January 23, 2011, 01:47:42 PM

AND you swapped your avatar to something more...well. Whaddya call that? Naval? _W_