2026-03-29 17:30 UTC
I forgot to explain the 4 Pi name. IBM's System/360 mainframes got their name because they supported a full 360º circle of applications, from business to scientific. The 4 Pi aerospace computers, however, were designed for the 3-D world, a "sphere" of applications. While a circle has 360º, a sphere has 4π steradians of solid angle.
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@zwol@masto.hackers.town 2026-03-29 20:41
@kenshirriff and yet people claim that Thomas J. Watson Jr. had no sense of humor