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after he cracked several master Alexander Bitman and passwords at Intel (where he three-time world champion Nov. 22nd worked as a sysadmin) as an Mikhail Botvinnik. illustration of how weak most Victory eventually went to the passwords are. On Feb. 1, 2007, Soviet software, three games to these ridiculous arrest and Jeffrey David one, despite its hardware being conviction records were sealed, and he is legally no longer less powerful. The ITEP code "Jeff" Ullman would later evolve into Kaissa, considered a felon. Born: Nov. 22, 1942; the first world computer chess USA He coined the name “spaceship champion [Aug 5]. Meanwhile, operator” for the Perl “<=>” Kotok-McCarthy was used as the Ullman has carried out which does a three-way basis for Richard Greenblatt’s foundational work on database comparison of two values. [Dec 25] MacHack VI, released in systems and formal language 1967. theory, and is widely known by for his co-authored textbooks with Alfred Aho [Aug 9], John Chess Between Hopcroft [Oct 7], and others on Shawn Fanning compilers (the Dragon book), Computers Born: Nov. 22, 1980; the theory of computation (the Nov. 22, 1966 Goldilocks book), algorithms, Brockton, Massachusetts data structures, and databases. The first chess match involving Fanning was the co-founder and They are regarded as standards two programs was held at the lead programmer of Napster in their fields. Moscow Institute for Theoretical (1998), one of the first peer-to- and Experimental Physics He was the Ph.D. advisor of peer (P2P) file sharing (ITEP) and at MIT. It pitted Sergey Brin [Aug 21], and later platforms. ITEP's software running on an served on Google’s technical M-2 (designed by Isaak The service provided a simple advisory board. Semyonovich Bruk [Nov 8]) way for users to copy and against the Kotok-McCarthy distribute MP3 files [March 11], program running on an IBM which ineveitably led the Randal L. Schwartz 7090. The games weren’t played Recording Industry Association in real-time, but via telegraph of America (RIAA [Feb 4; Sept (merlyn) correspondence. This meant the 8]) to file a lawsuit against it on Born: Nov. 22, 1961; match took nearly nine months Dec. 7, 1999, alleging mass USA to complete, but started on this copyright infringement. day. Schwartz is the co-author of Napster was perhaps grateful, several widely used books on The chess challenge had been since the case generated a great Perl [Dec 18]. He was a founding proposed by Alexander deal of publicity, resulting in member of the Perl Mongers, the Kronrod’s group at ITEP in 1965 millions of new users. Though Perl advocacy group, and a while John McCarthy [Sept 4] file sharing had long been member of the Squeak Oversight was visiting them. popular via IRC [Aug 16] and Board [April 14]. USENET [Jan 29], Napster Kotok-McCarthy was developed became the first massively by McCarthy and Alan Kotok popular P2P system. By Feb. between 1959 and 1962, with 2001, it had over 26 million the help of several students verified users, but the lawsuit including Elwyn Berlekamp, did eventually have its intended Michael Lieberman, Charles effect. The service shut down in Niessen, and Robert A. Wagner, July 2001. and partly based on Alex Bernstein’s landmark 1957 A quote from Fanning: “If you program [June 00]. It took think about computer around 5 – 20 minutes to programming, it’s as antisocial calculate a move, and was as it gets.” estimated to play chess at a level comparable to an amateur with roughly 100 games of experience. Sculley and Gates Randal Schwartz. Photo by Chris Marquardt. CC BY-SA The ITEP program was written Agree (for a while) 3.0. by Georgy Adelson-Velsky, Nov. 22, 1985 Vladimir Arlazarov, Anatoly In July 1995, Schwartz was Uskov, Alexander Zhivotovsky, Next: [March 17] convicted of three felony counts with advice from Russian chess

Apple was thinking of suing fly-swatter as the man screamed day, Daniel Gordon and Martyn Microsoft over the look of enthusiastically. Johnson set up a live stream Windows 1.0 [Nov 20]. Bill Gates from the device over the Web, The "Doctor Who" episode [Oct 28] heard of this and creating the very first webcam; eventually resumed; it starred quickly organized a meeting it used HTTP, not HTCPCP [April Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, with John Sculley [April 6], just 1]. and Louise Jameson as Leela. two days after Windows had been released. Most viewers probably realized The coffee pot became so that the uncharacteristic popular that Stafford-Fraser Sculley was asked to sign a interlude was not part of the remembers receiving emails confidential document that gave storyline. asking if a light could be left on Microsoft a royalty-free license overnight so the pot could be The first ever major broadcast to use derivatives of the Mac’s seen in different time zones. The intrusion took place on Nov. 26 visual design. In return, Apple Cambridge Tourist Information 1977, when the audio of a UK received an assurance that Mac office also had to deal with ITV broadcast was replaced with development would continue at visitors asking for directions to a message from a person calling Microsoft. the lab to see the coffee pot for themselves an alien real. Sculley signed on this day, and representative of an the agreement held together for “Intergalactic Association.” He Stafford-Fraser has remarked: “I over two years. On [March 17], warned, “All your weapons of sometimes think nothing else 1988 Apple sued over visual evil must be removed… You I’m ever involved in again in my elements in the upcoming have but a short time to learn to life will get this much coverage, Windows 2.0 [Dec 9]. live together in peace.” and it was just one afternoon’s crazy idea.” For the story of Apple’s visit to Xerox PARC, see [Dec 00]. Following the lab’s move, the The Trojan Room camera was switched off on Aug. 22, 2001. The last coffee The Max Coffee Pot machine, a Krups, was auctioned Nov. 22, 1993 off on eBay for £3,350 to the Headroom German news website "Spiegel The Trojan Room coffee pot was Online". The pot was Intrusion located next to the Trojan Room, refurbished, and reconnected to in the old Computer lab at the the Web in the magazine’s Nov. 22, 1987 University of Cambridge. editorial office. However, since 2015, the coffee maker has been The "Max Headroom Intrusion" In 1991, a 128×128 pixel on permanent loan to the involved the hijacking of the grayscale camera was pointed at German Museum of Technology signal from two television the pot and connected to the in Berlin, which sadly doesn't stations in Chicago. After a brief, lab’s local network through a have it linked to the Web. partially successful attempt to video capture card fitted to an break into WGN-TV, the pirates Acorn Archimedes [June 11]. For more Internet connectivity completely succeeded in firsts, see [?? 1982], [Aug 00], commandeering the signal [Sept 1], [Dec 3]. broadcast by WTTW at around 11.15pm, during an episode of the "Doctor Who" [Nov 23] serial “Horror of Fang Rock”. Sega Saturn Their videotaped broadcast Nov. 22, 1994 lasted 90 seconds and featured The Sega Saturn was the 32-bit an individual disguised as TV game console replacement for character Max Headroom, the successful Sega Genesis [Oct accompanied by a female 29]; it was released in Japan on accomplice. this day. Although the individuals were The Saturn used a dual-CPU never identified, “Max” exposed The Trojan Room coffee pot, as architecture designed around his buttocks, which might have displayed in XCoffee. Photo by the new Hitachi SH-2 and a allowed for a positive separate video display identification if facial Quentin Stafford-Fraser. CC BY- SA 3.0. processor. This was a relatively recognition software had been late addition to the design (early better at the time. The woman 1994), in order to better instructed the man to "Bend Quentin Stafford-Fraser wrote the client software, called compete with Sony’s PlayStation over, bitch!, and then that went on sale in Japan on commenced to spank him with a XCoffee, while Paul Jardetzky implemented the server. On this [Dec 3].

Although the Saturn is visible for a few moments. Also, The reason for the RRoD was remembered for several good Buzz is served tea from a Utah never revealed officially, but games, including “Nights into teapot [Sept 00]. may have been due to the Dreams” and the Panzer graphics chip which was Dragoon series, its reputation is designed in-house by Microsoft, somewhat tarnished by its or perhaps because of the use of complex hardware design and Xbox 360 the wrong type of lead-free limited third-party support. Nov. 22, 2005 solder which became brittle after long exposure to high Its greatest disadvantage was The Xbox 360 (the successor to temperatures. that both CPUs shared the same the Xbox [Nov 15]) was unveiled bus and were unable to access For more Windows’ Screens (not on May 12 on MTV by the actor system memory at the same screams) of Death, see [July 27]. Elijah Wood and the band, “The time. Third-party development Killers”. After the “Zero Hour was also hindered by the lack of Launch Party” on [Nov 20], the useful software libraries and console went on sale just after development tools, requiring Xbox One midnight on this day. programmers to write in assembly language to achieve The 360’s main competitors Released good performance. were Nintendo’s Wii [Nov 19] Nov. 22, 2013 and Sony’s PlayStation 3 [Nov Retailers in the US were also 11], and although not the best- Microsoft hadn't released a new upset by the sudden change in selling console of its generation, Xbox for eight years [prev its release date, from Sept. 2, the 360 managed to ship over 80 entry]. Significantly, this version 1995 to [May 11] 1995. This was million units. An updated moved away from a PowerPC- to preempt the PlayStation version of Xbox Live [Dec 20], based architecture [Oct 2] back which was due out on Sept. 9, for online multiplayer gaming to an x86-64 made by AMD [May 1995. and media streaming was a 1]. More visible to the user was major selling point, and helped the new Kinect movement-based popularize the idea of the user interface (marketed as the Toy Story ‘connected console’. “Kinect 2.0”), and streaming entertainment options such as Nov. 22, 1995 Xbox Music and Xbox Video. In line with Microsoft's general "Toy Story" was the first feature- realignment, the console also length computer-animated film, placed an increased emphasis on the first feature film produced cloud computing, as well as by Pixar [Feb 3], and marked the social networking. directorial debut of John Lasseter [Nov 00]. The Xbox One mainly competed against Sony’s PlayStation 4 The storyline (as if you didn't [Nov 15] and Nintendo’s Wii U know it) involves a cowboy doll, [Nov 18] and Switch, and was Woody, who becomes jealous The "Red Ring of Death." criticized for running games at a when a new spaceman action Photo by Droobey. lower level of detail than the figure, Buzz Lightyear, supplants PlayStation. him as top toy in six-year old The 360 suffered from worse- Andy’s affections. Another issue was its than-usual manufacturing nonintuitive user interface, with The 114,240 frames of the film defects in its early years, a large number of hidden (each one about 500 MB in size) including the infamous error options. Users quickly equated were rendered over 800,000 known as the “Red Ring of these to “hunting for treasure in hours on 117 SparcStation 20s Death” (RRoD). Some sources a messy room”. There were and a SparcServer 1000 [July put the RRoD's failure rate several hardware revisions 00]. The artwork was created by across all the consoles as high as which fixed many of the 28 animators using Pixar's 16%. A 360 delivered the bad perceived problems. RenderMan software. news by lighting up three of the four red quadrants of the ring The Xbox Series X launched on The character of Andy is named that surrounded the power Nov. 10, 2020, giving Microsoft a after Andries Van Dam [Dec 8], button. An owner's only two-day head start over Sony's who taught many of the film- recourse was to ship the console PlayStation 5, which came out makers. That's also a reference back to Microsoft for repairs, on Nov. 12. to Ed Catmull [March 31], which was a major hassle. president of Pixar, and another Instead, multiple homegrown pioneer of computer graphics: cures were suggested, and an after Woody helps Buzz escape entire book was published on from a crate, a can labeled the issue. "Catmull Rootbeer" is clearly