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The Computers Of Jurassic Park

Posted on 2026-07-16 by jcs

Jurassic Park was released 33 years ago. If you were there or know anything the movie, you know that computers played a large role in making it. The most famous example of that was the CGI rendering of T-Rex. I … Continue reading →

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How Good We Have It Now

Posted on 2014-06-29 by jcs

Via Dennis Ritchie’s Website, here’s a 1984 ATT&T pricelist for SysVR2 Unix. If you were an educational institution, you could get a source license for $800 ($43,000 for others). DMR discusses these prices and some of the license restrictions here. … Continue reading →

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Tasker

Posted on 2013-06-26 by jcs

As most of you know, I live in the Apple ecosystem so I was a bit jealous when I read this post by Ben Simon. Simon has an Android phone and therefore has access to the excellent Tasker app. One … Continue reading →

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