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Virtual Grid Supercomputer Goes (Partly) Online

Posted by timothy on from the assembling-skynet dept.

hotsauce writes "The BBC is reporting that CERN (the guys who invented the Web) are working on a virtual supercomputer called the Grid. The Grid taps computing power from 12 countries to process data from a new supercollider that will simulate parts of the Big Bang. Phase One of the Grid just went online."

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  1. Re:The Grid? by NanoGator · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    "Time for a lot of That sounds like the Matrix jokes"

    You mean like "It has no substance"?

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    "Derp de derp."