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Cringely Wants A Supercomputer in Every Garage

Posted by timothy on from the i'd-call-mine-claire dept.

Nate LaCourse writes: "Real good one from Cringely this month. It's on building his own supercomputer, but with some twists." You'll probably also want to check out the KLAT2 homepage to learn more about their Flat Neighborhood Network. And since KLAT2 has been around for nearly a year (check out the poster on this page!), perhaps a 3rd generation is in the works?

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  1. Re:genetic algorithms by An+Onerous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Ironically, they needed a supercomputer to design a supercomputer."


    And it shall be called. . . Earth!
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  2. /. needs a Cringley icon, any suggestions? by John+Harrison · · Score: 4, Funny
    I think a fake Stanford degree would do nicely.

    Maybe they could set things up so that ALL his articles hit the main page as soon as he posts them.

    If this were the case he could put a "discuss this article" link on his page and simply link to /.

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  3. Imagine... by Tsar · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...a single-CPU version of this!

    1. Re:Imagine... by nuintari · · Score: 5, Funny

      and a cluster of those!..... oh wait, nuts....... never mind.

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