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Mac OS X Quantum Simulations

Posted by pudge on from the computers-can-do-that dept.

Jeremy Lee writes "There are some 'educational' apps that transcend the merely interesting, and expand you mind with the force of a crowbar in the cerebellum. Celestia is one. Atom in a box is another. I keep it handy on my new iBook to blow the minds of chemist friends. It only runs on PowerPC Macs, but it's almost a justification for getting one. It should be used in schools to teach chemistry." Celestia is also great (and available for other platforms) ... I couldn't download it from the main link on the page, but was able to get it from SF.net. But if you really want to amaze your friends, turn your Mac into a Desktop Cray.

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  1. Great article, this one. by torpor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I really like it when /. posts stuff that's "just cool". Politics and religion are one thing. Cool code that someone wrote just coz is another thing entirely. Really makes my weekend to find stuff like this!

    Celestia is fantastic.

    X-Plane, also (if you can get it all together and all running), is really great. I'd love to see the two merge, somehow, heh heh ... great for us armchair (or, in my case, tiBook) astronauts.

    Incidentally, if you like 'odd software thats just cool for being cool' then you ought to know about sweetcode.org ... so many gems on this site.

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  2. Desktop Cray? by phoenix_orb · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What is it?

    I have looked in the forums and the homepage, and it almost seems as if it is a joke.

    Does it work?

    Does it actually make a speed improvement?

    How does it work?

    With software that possibly emulates a 512bit integer processor (or so I gathered from the website) I would assume a massive slowdown from emulation.

    Before I actually try this software, would someone let me know of their experiences with it?

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