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#gigaflop — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. When the #Mac was a "munition"
    In 1999, #Apple unveiled the #PowerMac #G4, a machine that became pivotal in the evolution of personal computing and a landmark in #tech regulation. Unlike its predecessor, the aesthetically pioneering iMac, the #PowerMacG4 broke new ground through sheer power. It achieved an astonishing computational capability of 1 #gigaflop — a threshold that, under U.S. law at the time, put the device in the same category as exporting munitions.
    freethink.com/opinion/power-ma

  2. When the #Mac was a "munition"
    In 1999, #Apple unveiled the #PowerMac #G4, a machine that became pivotal in the evolution of personal computing and a landmark in #tech regulation. Unlike its predecessor, the aesthetically pioneering iMac, the #PowerMacG4 broke new ground through sheer power. It achieved an astonishing computational capability of 1 #gigaflop — a threshold that, under U.S. law at the time, put the device in the same category as exporting munitions.
    freethink.com/opinion/power-ma

  3. When the was a "munition"
    In 1999, unveiled the , a machine that became pivotal in the evolution of personal computing and a landmark in regulation. Unlike its predecessor, the aesthetically pioneering iMac, the broke new ground through sheer power. It achieved an astonishing computational capability of 1 — a threshold that, under U.S. law at the time, put the device in the same category as exporting munitions.
    freethink.com/opinion/power-ma

  4. When the #Mac was a "munition"
    In 1999, #Apple unveiled the #PowerMac #G4, a machine that became pivotal in the evolution of personal computing and a landmark in #tech regulation. Unlike its predecessor, the aesthetically pioneering iMac, the #PowerMacG4 broke new ground through sheer power. It achieved an astonishing computational capability of 1 #gigaflop — a threshold that, under U.S. law at the time, put the device in the same category as exporting munitions.
    freethink.com/opinion/power-ma

  5. When the #Mac was a "munition"
    In 1999, #Apple unveiled the #PowerMac #G4, a machine that became pivotal in the evolution of personal computing and a landmark in #tech regulation. Unlike its predecessor, the aesthetically pioneering iMac, the #PowerMacG4 broke new ground through sheer power. It achieved an astonishing computational capability of 1 #gigaflop — a threshold that, under U.S. law at the time, put the device in the same category as exporting munitions.
    freethink.com/opinion/power-ma