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Playstation 2 Linux Cluster at NCSA

Posted by simoniker on from the networked-fun-for-everyone dept.

Mr. Spock writes "The National Center for Supercomputing Applications is looking at scientific computing on the Sony Playstation 2. They've set up a cluster with 65 compute nodes. They're running Linux for Playstation 2. What will they think of next?"

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  1. Imagine a by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Beowulf cluster of Playstation 2's... Oh wait! They did, nevermind.

  2. Wow! by d3kk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine a cluster of...

    Oh.

  3. imagine.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    imagine two thirds of the comments mentioning a beowulf cluster of something!

    oh wait..

  4. damn you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    What do we have left to imagine _now_?

  5. Unfortunately... by dfn5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    the nodes started competing with each other and yelling "w00t w00t". In the end no work got done.

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  6. Re:1 more cluster.....and I'm gonna by aeinome · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cluster fuck. Happy now?

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  7. Reminds me of this cartoon by muon1183 · · Score: 4, Funny

    This reminds me of an episode of one of the cartoons I read. Written by a Nuclear Engineering PhD at Berkeley, the strip is quite funny. Here is the one this reminds me of.

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  8. What's next? by questamor · · Score: 4, Funny

    What will they think of next?

    Probably clusters of just about any cheap all-identical hardware. It seems to suit the concept of clustering well. Sony have already done all the marketing and hardware price cutting to get the machines out there and used, while subsidising that cost with the games they sell. They'll only get cheaper. On top of that, they're identical systems that'll stay pretty much the same for the next 2-3 years. Good for spares in the future when three of your boxes have worn out, and the pet rat belonging to professor sieslak upstairs has pissed in two.

    Sounds good to me!

  9. Next step by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Perhaps they got this idea from Slashdot. Then it's easy to predict what they will do with their cluster. They will render a picture of Natali Portman, naked and petrified.

  10. Re:1 more cluster.....and I'm gonna by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think what he wants is really "clusterfuck" without the whitespace. Here ya go:
    Clusterfuck clusterfuck clusterfuck Clusterfuck clusterfuck clusterfuck Clusterfuck clusterfuck clusterfuck CLUSTERFUCK !!
    PS2 cluXtarFux0rz y00, be0tCh !!
    and... drum roll... how about a beowulf CLUSTERFUCK of these !!
    and btw You Misspelled Ludacris.

    !!

  11. Re:No performance info... by SanLouBlues · · Score: 3, Funny

    The real reason for using consoles is that this cluster has a higher resale value, so when the project is done, they can make some of their money back.

  12. Re:Iraq by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I feel I should make a WMD joke here...but I won't.

    Windows of Mass Destruction

    there

  13. Oh boy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    65 nodes and it's still got jaggies!!