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Linux Reconstructing Tree of Life?

Posted by michael on from the penguins-at-top-of-food-chain dept.

vaderhelmet writes "Wired has a cool story about how the American Museum of Natural History, funded by the National Science Foundation is using Linux to "construct a pattern of relationships that biologists believe links all of Earth's present and past species -- from the smallest microbe to the largest vertebrate that existed during Earth's 4 billion-year history." They're using their very own homemade supercomputer which ranks in at 107 on the Top 500 supercomputers list. Quote from article: "Linux makes it so easy to create a supercomputer.""

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  1. It works! by teamhasnoi · · Score: 3, Funny
    I just found out that Politicians, Hillary Rosen, and Ashton Kutcher are all related to bottom feeding, brainless proto-slime!

    Hurrah for technology!

  2. In unrelated news... by BlackCobra43 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Linux makes it so easy to create a supercomputer."" In an unrelated happening,1000 Slashdot readers were found dead today in their homes, having choked on their ego after reading a certain article...

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  3. Tree of Life? by elmegil · · Score: 2, Funny

    And here I thought it would be about uses of Linux for Cabbalism!

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