Nov 14, 2001

The PowerPC G4 Is a Lie

At the heart of the current high-end Macs, routers, and switches is the PowerPC G4, which is what Apple and Motorola claim to be their fourth generation CPU that is the result of the three-way Apple/IBM/Motorola alliance, which has been designing and fabbing various PowerPC chips since 1991.

I contend that “G4” is a blatant misnomer by Apple and Motorola to spur sales and compete with Intel's Pentium 4 product and nomenclature. Below I'll give some historical background, technical information, and plain facts that support my claim that the PowerPC G4 is really a second-generation processor, and the broader notion that the PowerPC family has not evolved significantly since 1995, something Apple and Motorola propaganda has repeatedly accused the competition of in recent years. But first, the background.

Nov 9, 2001

…Unban Me One More Time

Unban me, ban me
How am I supposed to troll
Slashdot? My subnet is denied there
Unban me, ban me
I shouldn't have to go
And use a fucking proxie
Show me how to troll freely
Tell me, I really wanna troll now,
Oh because

Not trolling Slashdot is killing me (and I)
I must confess I still believe (still believe)
When I'm not trolling I lose my mind
Give me a sign
Please unban me one more time

Unban me, ban me
The reason i troll is you
IP bans got me gagg-ed
Oh Taco baby
there's nothing that i wouldn't do
that's not the way i planned it
Show me how you want it to be
Tell me Taco cause i need to troll now
Oh because

Not trolling Slashdot is killing me (and I)
I must confess I still believe (still believe)
When I'm not trolling I lose my mind
Give me a sign
Please unban me one more time

Unban me, Taco, how am i suposed to troll
Jamie McCarthy, you shouldn't censorware SLASH code
I must confess, that my trollishness
is killing me now
Don't you know I still believe
that you are so queer
So give me a break
Fuck'n unban me one more time

Not trolling Slashdot is killing me (and I)
I must confess I still believe (still believe)
When I'm not trolling I lose my mind
Give me a sign
Please unban me one more time