Not long after I wrote my post, “Big Red” – The World’s Fastest University Supercomputer, I received an e-mail from one of the system administrators of Big Red. We have been communicating via e-mail the past two days. I have new pics, more information on the expansion, answers to a few questions I got in [...]
In my last post I used common computing terms such as gigahertz, gigabytes, teraflops and terabytes. Most people understand that these terms represent “fast” and “lots” but don’t really grasp how much speed and information is really on the line. I decided to break down these terms into something (I hope) anyone should be able [...]
Update 5/29/07 @ 9:48 p.m.: For more pics and updates on Big Red, see my new post here. You can hear the hum of electricity as you approach. As you enter the room that houses the computer the sound of the water-cooled fans that keep this beast of a machine at a reasonable operating temperature [...]
I took a trip to my hometown last week and had the pleasure of having a private tour of the world’s fastest university super-computer. More details coming soon (as soon as I finish writing it).
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How much does Google know? My thoughts…probably more than you want them to. An fellow Google user was using the GoogleTalk application while chatting with a friend. This user has his own personal website that contains ads provided by Google. (as does mine) During the chat, the user jokingly prompted his friend to click on [...]
