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 _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
