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Canadian Lab Unravels SARS With A Beowulf Cluster

Posted by timothy on from the you-knew-they'd-come-in-handy dept.

Amad writes "A Canadian Genetics Research Lab in BC, Canada has used a Linux Beowulf cluster to help sequence the genetic code of the virus linked to SARS. This lab is the first to crack it, and has posted the data to the public. You can read an article about the discovery, or check out the lab."

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  1. Great... by BoBathan · · Score: 5, Funny

    We just slashdotted information that could possibly (and probably) lead to a cure for SARS. Are we all terrorists now?

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  2. You'd think... by TaraByte · · Score: 1, Funny

    that if they can set up a beowulf cluster, they could handle a little more web traffic ;)

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  3. Secure eh? by Alomex · · Score: 2, Funny


    i didn't read the article, but i knew it was just a matter of time before we saw the first beowulf linux virus....

  4. Bush comments: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    http://www.whitehouse.org/news/2003/040903.asp

  5. Reverse Engineering by Corpus_Callosum · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, not in trouble as terrorists.

    However, should SARS turn out to be constructed (by terrorists, for instance) then this activity (decoding SARS with a beowolf cluster) may consider be considered reverse engineering of copyrighted material under the DMCA and therefore all of us, having participated in a conversation and a link to this "copyright violation" may be facing some jail time.

    Who knew?

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