On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 07:42:27 -0500 "Lanman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[On 1/24/2004 at 7:35 AM Lanman wrote: >[ >[>On 1/24/2004 at 12:17 PM Anne Wilson wrote: >[> >[>>On Saturday 24 January 2004 12:12, Lanman wrote: >[>>> >[>>> You're kidding, right Aron? Just in case, I've provided >[>you >[>>> with a link. These super-computers make IBM mainframes >[>look >[>>> like 486's. They are every Tekno-Geek's wet dream. >[Kinda >[>>> like dreaming about owning a Ferrari Enzo. Please tell >[>me >[>>> you're kidding? Grin! ? IIRC, Cray2 Supercomputers >[start >[>at >[>>> around 2 Billion U.S., and I seriously hope I'm wrong >[>about >[>>> that, otherwise the interest I'm earning on my >[>hard-saved >[>>> $300.00 will never be enough ! >[>>> >[>>> http://www.cray.com/ >[>>> >[>>Didn't I read recently that Beowulf clusters have now >[>overtaken the >[>>Cray in power and speed? >[>> >[>>Anne >[> >[>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >[> >[>Anne; HHmmmm, you may have a point, but here's a snip >[about >[>their new "Entry-Level" supercomputers from The Register; >[> >[>I Quote; >[> >[>"This year will mark Cray's effort to package its Red >[Storm >[>supercomputer for a wider audience. The system will run on >[>hundreds of AMD's Opteron processors and, according to the >[>investor documents, be upgraded in 2005 with the Strider 2 >[>system and then again in 2006 with Strider 3." >[> >[>I love it when someone uses the words "hundreds" and >[>"Opterons" in one sentence to describe ONE System. Betcha >[>those suckers would be fast enough for a Linux desktop! >[>Grin! >[> >[>IIRC, Cray2's ( or the current equivalent ) are custom >[>built for each client, and again, IIRC, they've only built >[>3 or 4 of them. NASA, the CIA, and Wall Street each have >[>one, and those are the only ones I know of. HMMmm, wonder >[>if they could be used as an online Solitaire "Gaming" >[>server? Multi-Player Solitaire anyone? Grin! >[>(Kinda defeats the purpose of Solitaire, don't it? ) >[> >[>Lanman >[ >[*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >[ >[Yup! I was right! There have been a "few" upgrades since >[the Cray2! Found a link which shows some of the >[past/present systems. Very Not Bad! Now I know where >[ThermalTake got their inspirations from! >[ >[http://tergestesoft.com/~eddysworld/bfeat_04.htm >[ >[HHmmmm! Wonder what their on-site tech support response >[times are like? <g> >[ >[Pant! Pant! Drool! >[ >[Lanman ONsite 24/7/365 >[ >[ >[ -- ______________________________________ ( You can lead a horticulture, but you ) ( can't make her think ) ( ) ( -- Sad Truths of Life n�1 ) -------------------------------------- o ^__^ o (oo)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || ||
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