just read the faq on flashmobcomputing. http://www.flashmobcomputing.org/misc/faq
in 1998, in germany the fire department blew snowy-cold air into the room to keep the computers cool! yeouch! that means, we need a building with enough pre-existing computers, loads of spare plugs, and good power supply to take the load. it also depends on how big our cluster is. for instance, even if we do this with say, 50 to 100 pcs from volunteers from ilug-d, it is worth it, and a moment in history. the newspapers and press will cover it. i also wonder how it will benchmark against india's existing supercomputers. :-) LL ps: i mentioned i have no knowhow about clusters etc, but wish to explore this. also, they are doing this with knoppix, as i had guessed in my previous email. so even windoze users can bring their pcs, network them, and run a live boot cd of clusterknoppix to create a supercomputer. translation: no techie knowledge required for participants and volunteers. just bring pc. though we would need one or two guys who handle the logistics and supercomputing benchmarking, etc. _______________________________________________ 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]/
