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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. Wow! by d3kk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine a cluster of...

    Oh.

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

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

    oh wait..

  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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!

  6. 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