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Introduction to Distributed Computing

Posted by michael on from the help-in-imagining-a-beowulf-cluster dept.

dosten writes "ExtremeTech has a nice intro article on distributed and grid computing." Someday someone will successfully implement something like Progeny's NOW and all of these assorted hacks at building a distributed computing system will be superseded.

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  1. Damn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'd love to see a Beowulf cluster of...

    Nevermind.

  2. Crap by jargoone · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's friday.

  3. fp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yo... I must just have mothafuckin skillz or somethin'!

    Holla back, all y'all Caltech and HMC bitchez!

    Oh yeah, fp!

  4. Imagine.... by Lxy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    it's Friday and I have nothing better to do than troll Slashdot.

    --

    There is no reasonable defense against an idiot with an agenda
    :wq
  5. goat? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    goatse.cx

  6. woulda been a better friday article by llamalicious · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    if the "department" line on it was simply:
    from the imagine-a-beowulf-cluster-of

    hey, at least I didn't post it with my +1

  7. Beowulf by The+Pi-Guy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these ideas!!!

    (no, but seriously, imagine... Beowulf of Beowulfs... the übercomputer... hmmm)

    --pi

  8. blah by 2names · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

    --
    "I'm just here to regulate funkiness."
  9. here is a little distribution for you... by chainsawed · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, "What's the matter --haven't you ever seen a little boy before?" I hope this distribution brought a smile on this fine day!

  10. Hope. by saintlupus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Someday someone will successfully implement something like Progeny's NOW and all of these assorted hacks at building a distributed computing system will be superseded.

    While we're wishing for things, can I have a pony?

    (Adding text because apparently it hasn't been long enough since I hit reply.)

    --saint