On Sun, 2004-04-04 at 01:36, Akshay Lamba wrote:

> 
> 
> LL have a look at this..... http://www.flashmobcomputing.org/
> 
> Couple of points I gather from the article:
> 
> 1. They're going to release an iso after the even. We can use the same
> iso for ilug event.

in just 12 hours this event will happen. so i'm going to tune in
tomorrow to this.



> 2. The purpose on the event is to solve or attempt to solve one problem
> ---- we need to decide on that.

er.. how to run the world's fastest screensaver. :-)
i don't know. we need someone from academia and research or maths to
figure this out. probably a gene, some molecular structures,
mathematical brute-forcing....

they also have tools to benchmark whether the supercomputer gets into
the world's top 500.

what i really like is that 
1)they have a LAN party at the end of it.
2) you could even bring a non-linux pc. they'll run this thru a bootable
cd. how cool!
3) everyone gets a sticker/decal of participation.
4)everyone gets a teeshirt they took part in this event.

you know, i get the feeling at ilug-delhi, we *could* break the world
record to even become the fastest supercomputer cluster in the world,
but i bet tarun dua's tee-shirts for the flashmobcomputing event of
ilug-d would be in by the end of this decade.
[grinning, ducking, running]
ouch!


:-)


> 3. To really run the benchmarking tests after the pc's are in place we
> too need a gigabit network in place...either we choose to go with a
> 10/100 LAN or we need to find a place that has a g-bit switch and
> cabling !!

hmm... volunteers, wake up. linux-delhi is awake at 1:47am.
:-)

> 
> Regrds,
> Akshay


:-)
LL

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