In Jurassic Park (the book) they talk about the Cray X-MP supercomputer, so of course I looked it up.

It was released in 1982, featured among other things 128 MB RAM, up to 38 GB of storage and 4 CPUs running at about 100 MHz.

It was the most powerful computer in the world up until 1985 and cost about 15 million dollars.

Of course nowadays your phone is more capable than this beast.

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Latest #Pacman R7.0 changes a few files after upgrade that require manual intervention, here's how to apply them. #FOSS #Linux #OpenSource #ArchLinux

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@IceCubesApp Thank you for the quick update after iceCubes crashed since the last release.

#opensource

Brush tailed possum caught on my wildlife camera recently.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #BrushTailedPossum #marsupial

In case you missed it, last month on #iNaturalistNZ we had the second confirmed record of a fruit bat in NZ.

An Australian Little Red Flying-Fox was seen alive, then later recovered dead, in Blenheim in NZ's South Island, about 2,000 km from home.

The previous sighting was an unfortunate bat that crossed the Tasman only to get electrocuted on a power line in Hamilton, around 1928.

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#iNaturalist #bats #LongDistanceDispersal #RareSpecies #nature

Eastern mantis orchids - Caladenia tentaculata - starting to unfurl in Croajingalong NP, Victoria. These coastal plants in eastern VIC generally have smaller, more upright flowers (with more rigid sepals) than typical forms and can resemble the northern species C. atrovespa which is found further inland at higher altitudes.

#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #EastGippsland #InTheField #Nature #Caladenias #SpiderOrchids

Look at the eyes of this supercool wasp!

Species: Tachytes guatemalensis, seen @cowboycatranch

#Photography #Wildlife #Nature #Insects #Wasp #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Texas

I occasionally walk past a grove of "devil's walking stick" (Aralia spinosa). This is the only place I've ever seen this plant, although it's supposed to be native to this area. The grove covers a very steep slope with its tall, straight, spiky trunks topped with umbrellas of huge compound leaves. Right now, the shiny black fruit is ripe, hanging in cascades of hemispherical clusters.

It's hard to take pictures because of the steep slope and spiky hand-holds!

#plants #trees #photography

What happens with #heatpumps in the depth of #winter when there's a #powercut?
If it's out for more than an hour or two how long does an #insulated #house hold that type of #heating? (If you're in an old #building without #cavities to insulate your position will be precarious).

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#electricity #coldweather #cold #freezing #snow #weather #power #Highlands #Shetland #Orkney #health #WesternIsles

Wenn ich mich nicht irre, müsste es sich bei diesen beiden neugierigen Hübschen aus Slowenien und Italien um Mauereidechsen (Podarcis muralis) handeln.

#natur #artenvielfalt #nature #reptilien #Squamata #Lacertidae #Eidechse #Slowenien #slovenija #reptils #eidechsen