yes but does it blend...(The computer that is,....not the nuke)

On 19/06/2008, Tony Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Michael,
>
> Michael Holloway wrote:
> > Check this out, its quite interesting: www.top500.org
> >
> > Of the top 500: 452 run on *nix based OS's, And a whopping 5 run the
> > other one!
>
> Yeah! When you have hundreds of processors all talking to each other
> over some high bandwidth interconnect, *nix is the only way to do it!
>
> > I just like reading the about the power these things have, and wish i
> > could get that on my desktop PC!
>
> You should see the figures for the power consumed and the heat generated
> by these beasts. You would not want it on a desktop! Besides there are
> very few computational problems that can take advantage of such powerful
> machines.
>
> > And you have to laugh... the most powerful computer in the world is an
> > American nuke machine! What a surprise!
>
> I believe they model nuclear explosions! It's better than testing the
> real thing.
>
> Regards,
> Tony.
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