-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ah, the "compact supercomputer"...I'm still trying to find an excuse to fund a Typhoon:
http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/16/tyan-typhoon-600-series-reaches-256-gigflops-for-personal-super Only "about 25,600,000 flops per pound sterling"! - -sth sam hooker|http://www.noiseplant.com|i am between the internet Nick Floersch wrote: > Another /. Posting not to miss... > > Cray and M$ have conspired on the latest Cray überMachine... Except how über > can it be when running M$ software??? > > http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/09/16/1624235.shtml > > A wonderful post in the comments: > "I bet Symantec Antivirus can get it on its knees." > > I mean, who even needs a virus to slow down the system when we have an AV > package that must run because the super-computer would be more susceptible to > virii than if running, say, Linux, IRIX, or COS? > > The poster printout behind my desk "Imagine what you could do with a Cray!" > means less and less. > > --- > Nicholas Floersch (pr. Floor-sh) > Web Application/GIS Specialist > Stone Environmental, Inc. > Montpelier, VT > Desk: 802.229.1872 > Fax: 802.229.5417 > > This communication, including any attachments, is solely for the confidential > use of the person(s) named above. If you have received this communication in > error, please notify the sender immediately and delete/destroy the original. > Any reader other than the intended recipient is hereby notified that any > review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly > prohibited. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjP7vUACgkQX8KByLv3aQ1/GwCg0ANcu3J89GbHdrmQOu/LMUu2 bRIAmgN/oT4tQbkDq1ikNkpkCJEW+F4W =rS6H -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
