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Canada to Launch Countrywide Virtual SuperComputer
LadyCatra writes "A serious shortage of world-class computing power in Canada prompted University of Alberta scientists to create the next best thing -- a countrywide, virtual supercomputer.
On Nov. 4, thousands of computers from research centres across the country will be strung together by a U of A effort to create the most powerful computer in this country.
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"..."A serious shortage of [insert fovorite commodity here] in Canada prompted... "
The list of shortages in Canada seems to grow week by week.
Canaduh just can't seem to get a break, now, can it? I've got a spare Mandrake box I can donate...will that help?
On Nov. 4, thousands of computers from research centres across the country will be strung together by a U of A effort to create the most powerful computer in this country.
The most powerfull computer in Canada? So basically they'll have a large collection of computers as powerfull as my 386? But really, how does an entire country have less research computing power than a university?
First of all, screw legion. Your jackasses take public money to develop a system which isnt even opensource! If you want people to use legion why do you lockup access to it? Why do you produce binary releases.. wich arent even availbe unless you prove your self. Damn you look like a bunch of shitty windows java programmers that want to get paid for every line of crappy code you copy and paste into a lame application. So stop trying to push some lame unavailable closed source crap, and start ducking snipers.