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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. Sure by jsse · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    I always think that it isn't worth to waste the valuable garage space on my second-hand japanese car, which worth no more than $1,000.

    Now it is used to place a $41,000 supercomputer! Ph43r m3!!

    but then, I wouldn't allow anyone driving a car into my garage(WATCH THAT NETWORK CABLES ON THE GROUND!), so should I build another garage for my real cars?....

  2. Re:/. needs a Cringley icon, any suggestions? by SaDan · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I think a fake Stanford degree would do nicely.


    How about an icon of a Cracker Jack box?
  3. Old news by SumDeusExMachina · · Score: 4, Offtopic
    Sorry to say it guys, but this is a repeat of an old Slashdot post that linked to an ArsTechnica article more than a year old.

    Still though, after having to wallow through Cringley's painful lack of comprehension of basic technical knowledge, reading the ArsTechnica piece again was quite refreshing.

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  4. nah... by elmegil · · Score: 3, Offtopic

    I'd rather have a superMODEL in every garage.

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    1. Re:nah... by Squeeze+Truck · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      I keep my supermodels in the broom closet.
      I'm not parking my car on the street when it rains, yeesh!

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  5. If those fans fail... by FrankDrebin · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ...you'll be lookin' at a whole lotta Kentucky Fried Penguin!

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  6. Supercomputers by MasterOfDisaster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I beleive the US goverment clasifies any system that is capible of over 1gigaflop as a supercomputer. IIRC, The G4, P4 and Athlon all deleiver at least a gigaflop....So, many of us DO have supercomputers in our garage. (I keep mine in my bedroom)

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  7. Re:eh... by PeeOnYou2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    yeah I noticed that too... hahaha... almost funny... heh heh

  8. Gort by ZaneMcAuley · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Klatu Barrada Nickto

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