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A Simple Grid Computing Synchronization Solution

Posted by Hemos on from the syncing-nicely dept.

atari_kid writes "NewScientist.com is running a article about a simple solution to the synchronization problems involved in distributed computing. Gyorgy Korniss and his colleagues at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute proposed that each computer in a grid synchronize by occasionally checking with a randomly chosen computer in the network instead of centralizing the grid by having a global supervisor."

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  1. News Flash! by smagruder · · Score: -1, Troll

    Peer-to-Peer computing discovered! Again!

    --
    Steve Magruder, Metro Foodist
  2. BUT??? BUT? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    1: You dont understand it correctly
    2: 'massively off' ?
    3: Oh you know everything don't you

    Every random synch would be a degree of hops from the master node, THE KEY WORD is SIMPLE, it isn't bloody rocket science, and you don't even get it.

    By randomly updating, the net effect is a smooth, disassociated update which uses a temporal variable to maintain a degree of acceptable degredation within the system to ensure that all nodes have enough updates.

    TADA BLUDDY DA.

    Fuck /.

  3. In other news: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    An escaped psyciatric patient today, a known AOL user, was seen trying to ram raid a MSFT software shop, to install windows XP on his machine, because he needed to post realyl bad posts on a website called slashdot.

    He is suspected to try and mask his inability to focus on reality, and drown out the voices by randomly infering doubt into every article he reads,a dn gaining 'karma'

    he aims to get enough karma to make a hand lotion so he can jerk off to more goatsecx pr0n.

    up next on CNN....

  4. Now that is funny, but hey, not a +3 modded post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Not like mr genius, lets just cast a doubt over the very thing the research actually says:

    Cancer cure:

    post : but what if it doesnt work adn we all like, get massively cancered..dreded...

    Modded : +5 suck my cock

    Playstation 3:

    post : but what if it isnt good, unless I dont understand what it is... I mean... and like... it is or isnt, you know

    modded : +Integer.MAXIMUM_VALUE

    Something cool:

    post: hey but, what like, if it is massively uncool, has anyone though about that extremely bogus scenario? Should I be working for like, O'reilly? Oh man, it is sooo deep, its like, episode 4, when i discovered what life really meant... oh yeah

    modded : You 0wnz

  5. Hrm... by amigaluvr · · Score: -1, Troll

    Everyone makes noises about Linux on the space shuttle

    Now the shuttle has self nuked.

    You have to wonder I think, about whether there's some relation or not. After all, look at 1986

    Something to ponder over