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Earth Simulator, G5 Cluster Drop In 'Top 500' List
daveschroeder writes "The November Top 500 supercomputer list has been published at SC2004. Topping the charts is IBM and the US Department of Energy's 'BlueGene/L DD2' beta system, at 70.72 TFlops, followed by NASA's 'Columbia' at 51.87.TFlops. For the first time in several publications of this list, Japan's Earth Simulator is no longer in the number one slot, falling to third. Virginia Tech's 'System X' Xserve G5 cluster, while 20% faster than the original cluster that debuted at number 3 last November, has fallen to number 7 due to the new entries, but remains the fastest supercomputer at an academic institution. Here's an excellent cost comparison (Google cache) of the top machines ('System X' is significantly cheaper than anything else in the top 20, not to mention cheaper than many things far below it in performance)." -
Responses to Clay Shirky on Micropayments
FrnkMit writes "Others besides Slashdotters have responded to Clay Shirky's latest article on Micropayments, including long-time micropayment booster Scott McCloud and the MIT Technology Review." -
@Home quietly initiates 128k upload cap
Ethan Butterfield writes "Looks like the days of wine and roses are over for @Home subscribers. A global 128k upload rate cap is @Home's solution to their chronic bandwidth problems. Man, I'm glad I have DSL. " Even 128k seems fast to me, but this article will definitely raise your eyebrows. -
Linux Commercial available in Quicktime
Matt posted a Quicktime Clip of the Fry's Linux commercial that we mentioned on these pages yesterday. It's a back to school ad, featuring a printer, a mac CD-ROM drive, and RH5.1 Linux. Update Sorry Matt! The Slashdot Effect caused him to smash his ISPs bandwidth limit. The link has been updated to a new location that should be safe.