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A Look Inside Virginia Tech's New Super Computer

Posted by Cliff on from the taking-a-peek dept.

Mr Bob "The original" bougert brings us "...a video of the Virginia Tech super computer centre. How many people think that super computer centres like this, with their reasonably cheap cost should be created in more places? This video of the infamous super computer should be interesting to some and pretty to look for others." It views like an ad for Apple, but Virginia Tech has scored quite an achievement with this milestone, and this should serve as a decent introduction for those unfamiliar with the project.

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  1. Isn't this a dupe? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    How many non-stories do we have to see about a cluster of computers in VA.

  2. Why refer to it as "infamous?" by SYFer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    eot

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  3. Re:Looks like an ad? No, it looks like an ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    i haven't seen the ad. ironically, macos x is touted as "providing cross-platform support", yet the movies are only quicktime, and i don't run a platform that can support that format. ergo, apple's brilliant advertising campaign is just another waste of bandwidth for me, which means it's certainly not convincing me to buy their product.

    even more ironically, if i already had a macintosh, i would be able to watch quicktime movies ... but then i wouldn't need advertising to convince me that apple has great technology, right?