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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. first post? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    calculating rank

  2. Porn... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mmm...one million times faster (drools)

    1. Re:Porn... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Please tell me that's saliva...

  3. Cue skynet has ben launched jokes... by 3.5+stripes · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In 5...
    4...
    3..
    2..

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    1. Re:Cue skynet has ben launched jokes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      As for the T3 reference, that picture in the BBC website looks almost exactly like the one that the T-X got stuck to.

  4. Combo! by draxredd · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i was able to first post thanks to a beowulf cluster of these not FP ? damn latency !

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  5. Re:CERN didn't invent the web.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The writer of "Sane Planning, Sensible Tomorrow"? The follow-up to his other book, "Rational Thinking, Reasonable Future"?

  6. blah.. by acxr+is+wasted · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I can't find the motivation to care about this... Fuck, I don't even want to live anymore.

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  7. Re:CERN didn't invent the web.. by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeah, and Dubya's bringing peace to the world.

    And they say you can tell when a politician's lying because his lips are moving...

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