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  • Multi-headedness

    From Finnigann@VERT/BNB to Angus Mcleod on Sunday, July 22, 2007 01:54:00
    I was watching a science program and they went to a lab where they were
    using Linux (it said so on the sign outside the building) They were
    looking at high preasure flow around the new capsule designed. What was
    (very) impressive was the results were being displayed on a bank of
    monitors - 10x10

    Talk about showing off... sheesh!

    It looked like a distributed system, in fact the sign mentioned 10240
    systems, unless that was the address...


    Nope it isn't the address.


    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3532706.stm

    It will use the might of 10,240 Intel Itanium 2 processors for complex
    computer simulations.



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    as it really is than to persist in delusion,
    however satisfying and reassuring. - Carl Sagan

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  • From Angus McLeod@VERT/ANJO to Finnigann on Sunday, July 22, 2007 10:12:00
    Re: Multi-headedness
    By: Finnigann to Angus Mcleod on Sun Jul 22 2007 01:54:00

    What was (very) impressive was the results were being displayed on a
    bank of monitors - 10x10

    Talk about showing off... sheesh!

    They got *mme* beat!

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3532706.stm

    It will use the might of 10,240 Intel Itanium 2 processors for complex
    computer simulations.

    Gotta get me one of them...


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  • From Finnigann@VERT/BNB to Angus McLeod on Monday, July 23, 2007 12:26:00
    Without regards to the social ramifications;
    Angus McLeod wrote to Finnigann <=-

    Re: Multi-headedness
    By: Finnigann to Angus Mcleod on Sun Jul 22 2007 01:54:00

    What was (very) impressive was the results were being displayed on a
    bank of monitors - 10x10

    Talk about showing off... sheesh!

    They got *mme* beat!

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3532706.stm

    It will use the might of 10,240 Intel Itanium 2 processors for complex
    computer simulations.

    Gotta get me one of them...

    It was an entire room/floor of the building.



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    as it really is than to persist in delusion,
    however satisfying and reassuring. - Carl Sagan

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