On 02/28/2014 02:22 PM, Peter St. John wrote:
Who would take your bet?
Joke much? (Also, bottom-post much?)
With $50B I could maybe orchestrate a leveraged buy out of oh, say, Microsoft. I don't grok spending that on one computer complex. That is approximately NASA's budget for the ISS over 30 years (Wiki says $70B in current dollars).
There's no need to grok it. This is less a money problem than a scaling/failure/power/etc (raw science) problem. Plus this all (particularly the $50B) sounds highly dubious. He keeps harping about it being low-risk, but I'm with the interviewer -- not buying it. If somebody can find another source for this guy and project, I'd be appreciative.
Best, ellis -- Ph.D. Candidate Department of Computer Science and Engineering The Pennsylvania State University www.ellisv3.com _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
