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Supercomputers To Move To Specialization?
lucasw writes "The Japan Earth Simulator outperformed a computer at Los Alamos (previously the world's fastest) by a factor of three while using fewer, more specialized processors and advanced interconnect technology. This spawned multiple government reports that many suspected would ask for more funding in the U.S. for custom supercomputer architectures and less emphasis on clustering commodity hardware. One report released yesterday suggests a balanced approach."
FIRST POST! -cyberwave
i want to be a slave to a japanese woman.
Lob a few cruise missiles at Tokyo. Seriously.
It seems that ever since we decided to act on moral principles and take out the cruel regime of Saddam Hussein (rightfully thumbing our nose at the rest of the world in the process), the US has become a target of vast and intense international jealousy. If Japan thinks that it needs to try to demonstrate that it's superior to the US in any way, we can nip that delusion in the bud simply by pushing a few buttons.
The same can be said of the European Union, which is doing everything in its power to demonstrate that its member states are no longer interested in having the US as an ally. Well, good for them. We don't need them. They'll come crawling back to us when their economies have collapsed, their children are running around in burlap sacks, drinking rain water out of discarded tires, and their families are starving. And I say to hell with them. To hell with them all.
I don't care how much it costs, lets just build something faster than those damn Japs.
teh spoke is on wildcat.
People see themselves as "winning", often when they trample on others. This is because of a mis-identification. People identify with THEIR OWN community, nationality, religion and other personal bias. Instead, if you identify with yourself being a human- or spiritual being, you will see that there are only other human beings around you. Not muslims, not christians, not japanese, not even lawyers.
America and UK is not really very secure. It doesn't help to have the best defence in the world, when you're acting like spoiled brats who decide for others what's "best for the world". America is supporting known terrorist groups worldwide, and have a history of occupying other nations for the worst reasons. Most international problems, America has generated for itself. It doesn't help to be so advanced and win, when you get the world to hate you.
It's all because of misidentification and ignorance. Especially in America, where people believe "USA is the world". Humility can be a hard lesson, one that is due for a long time "Over There".
http://www.debunkingskeptics.com/