http://mid-deranged.com IBM Midrange Humor, Satire, History and More - Dedicated to the computer formerly known as the IBM AS/400, iSeries, i5 and System i… Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:17:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Teaching Math in 1950: "A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of this price. What is his profit?" Teaching Math in 1960 (Traditional Math): "A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of this price; in ... http://mid-deranged.com/2009/12/14/the-evolution-of-math/ Rochester MN - The new IBM Power™ 995 server is the most powerful server ever offered by the IBM Galactic Empire. This server provides out-of-this-world performance with massive scalability. The Power 995 is by far the most remarkable technological product of the IBM Galactic Empire. It is a brutal ... http://mid-deranged.com/2009/06/05/ibm-announces-the-new-power-995-server/ Luxor, Egypt - An Egyptian-Dutch team unearthed a hall in a tomb at Zira Abu al-Naga, on the Westbank at Luxor. The tomb was thought to be another burial site because of its proximity to the tomb of Tutankhamun. However, upon entering the tomb, the discovery of a lifetime ... http://mid-deranged.com/2009/05/28/egyptians-more-advanced-than-earlier-believed/ Armonk NY – Early photos of the prototype version of the famed Batmobile have revealed the real manufacturer as none other than IBM. Who else could pull off making a car with heavy armor plating, a high performance engine, rocket boosters and a weapons system controlled by an IBM Bladecenter ... http://mid-deranged.com/2009/05/21/real-manufacturer-of-the-batmobile-revealed/ New York, NY - In the relatively modest confines of the Helen Mills Theater in New York City, Mike Daniels, Senior Vice President of IBM Global Technology Services, outlined IBM’s plan to save energy. As part of IBM’s Project Big Green, the services arm of IBM announced today that its ... http://mid-deranged.com/2009/05/14/ibm-global-services-going-green/ Rochester, MN - In order to better compete with the growing competition from PC Windows Servers, IBM plans to install a reset button on the newly announced Power Systems and change all IBM i operating system error message text to read “General Protection Fault – Press RESET.” This new ... http://mid-deranged.com/2009/05/07/ibm-power-systems-reset-button/ HOUSTON, TX - Scientists rejoiced on Friday after learning NASA's Phoenix Lander photographed what appeared to be evidence of life on Mars. At first inspection of the photo there seemed to be nothing remarkable about it. However, when magnified several times, it became clear there was something more than just rocks ... http://mid-deranged.com/2009/04/30/new-discovery-on-mars-positive-evidence-of-life/ ARMONK, NY – IBM research labs today announced a breakthrough in the discovery of a new integer. The as-yet unnamed number has been positively located between seven and eight. Seven and eight had been thought to be consecutive for many years. Early responses from IBM scientists indicate that there is going ... http://mid-deranged.com/2009/04/23/new-integer-found/ Rochester MN - With the recent news of IBM's intent to acquire the Nintendo Corporation it was further annouced today another joint development effort between IBM and Nintendo. IBM is announcing the Network Boy, a small handheld device that communicates with your IBMii, System i  or AS/400 network via RF and allows ... http://mid-deranged.com/2009/04/16/the-new-ibm-network-boy/ Chicago, IL – COMMON user group president Randy Dufault has expressed concern at the increasingly low quality of people joining COMMON. He has decided to implement a new entrance exam required for all new applicants for membership into the group in hopes to weed out the undesirable. The exam questions ... http://mid-deranged.com/2009/04/09/common-entrance-exam/