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North America's Fastest Linux Cluster Constructed

SeanAhern writes "LinuxWorld reports that 'A Linux cluster deployed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and codenamed 'Thunder' yesterday delivered 19.94 teraflops of sustained performance, making it the most powerful computer in North America - and the second fastest on Earth.'" Thunder sports 4,096 Itanium 2 processors in 1,024 nodes, some big iron by any standard.

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  1. but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... can it get FP ??

  2. PEOPLESPRIMARY.COM MUST DIE!!!! by hot_Karls_bad_cavern · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Peoplesprimary.com (not to be confused with peoplesprimary.org (safe)) are a bunch of fucking toolass cunts. i'm sure many of you have noticed their stupidass link showing up that open a million windows (not mine though, mozilla, motherfuckers) and play a *loudass* swf file repeating Hey everybody, i'm looking at gay porn!. The background is a really nice shot of some bitch that got shit on (your thing? not mine.).

    It's nabbing shit from your clipboard (put in any uid/pass/url values lately?) too.

    Here is all the info i have on those cuntfaces at this time....more to come.

    1. Re:PEOPLESPRIMARY.COM MUST DIE!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Mod parent up. Those fuckers got me fired.

    2. Re:PEOPLESPRIMARY.COM MUST DIE!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You got fired??

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  3. Whoa. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That is indeed one badass piece of silicon.

    Now, this may sound stupid, but, who has the fastest computer in the World?

  4. GNAA presents.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    GNAA claims responsibility for Momfuck virus.

    By Horatio Brunswick

    New York, NY - GNAA (Gay Nigger Association of America) The GNAA today claimed
    responsibility for the release of the devastating trojan Momfuck.1o1, which has
    caused an estimated 486 billion dollars US in lost productivity and unread
    penis enlargement offers.

    In a drastic escalation of their widely criticized christmas island bombing
    campaign which has killed thousands of defenceless CI natives, the GNAA made
    vague threats last week in a "first post" on slashdot.org, a popular "news for
    trolls" website. In the post (not published here due to profanity and ascii
    nudity) the GNAA threatened the "Destruction of all internet" if net martyr
    http://www.goatse.cx was not immediately reinstated. Initally dismissed by self
    proclaimed security experts Cowboykneel and Linux Toreballs as a childish lark,
    the world was totally unprepared for the storm to come.

    Momfuck.lol exploits three vulnerabilities within Linux's UPnP implementation:
    a remotely exploitable buffer overflow that allows an attacker gain SYSTEM
    level access to any default installation of Linux, a Denial of Service (DoS)
    attack, and a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. Within hours of
    release, every backbone in the country had become infected with the virus,
    bringing the internet to a crashing halt. The DHS announced an orange alert
    when the virus spread to even such such remote non-countries as Canada and
    England, becomming a worldwide computer epidemic. The sequence of events that
    followed was devastating. ATMs in several states began routing funds from
    caucasian bank accounts into a GNAA controlled cayman islands account. Traffic
    lights in all major metropolitan areas malfunctioned, displaying pink rather
    than the standard red yellow and green configuration, causing unprecedented
    accidents and traffic delays. Radio stations ceased transmitting their standard
    programming and began a round the clock broadcast of a bootleg of the Village
    People's "YMCA" which was altered to "GNAA." Perhaps most horrifyingly, The FOX
    network's LOL sunday programming lineup was interrupted, and replaced by a
    graphic video of two men having anal sex, backed by the lyrics "Boom I got your
    boyfriend".

    The FBI has fallen under heavy criticism for their failure to respond to the
    threat of the GNAA. The general public seems uwilling to accept their claims
    that the post was below their current threshold. The FBI's top cyber-security
    unit warned consumers and corporations Friday night to take new steps beyond
    those recommended by SCO Corp. to protect against hackers who might try to
    attack major flaws discovered in the newest version of Linux software, or to
    get a life, faggots. FBI Department head John Asscrotch is expected to resign
    in disgrace shortly.

    What follows is a transcript of an actual internet relay chat conversation,
    with two individuals who seem to have been infected by momfuck.lol. It is my
    hope that this will help computer users to recognize and avoid the virus if
    encountered.

    * Now talking in #eurotekken

    * Topic is 'http://www.tekkenzaibatsu.com/forums/showthread.p hp?s=&postid=1527925#post1527925 : everyone give your 0.00c'

    * Set by SirCane on Tue Apr 06 15:57:26

    <l0de> "Mom, I can't sleep would you mind if I get in bed with you?

    <l0de> I have virus!

    <l0de> She was wearing a baby doll semi-see through nightie, and was embarrassed to let me in bed with her.

    <subt-L> haha.. this is a fucking crazy virus..

    <l0de> I can't type this fast!

    <l0de> However she remembered how I had let her sleep with me when she needed to.

    <l0de> Oh my god.

    <l0de> "Sure John, it's a big bed," she said in an uncertain tone.

    <l0d

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

    first post

  6. in Soviet Russia: by ejaw5 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fastest Linux Cluster Constructs YOU!

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    $cat /dev/random > Sig
  7. Let me guess.... by Hamster+Lover · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Microsoft counters that their new Windows Server farm is 25% faster and has 50% less TCO.

  8. AIDS Joke... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Back in the early 90's:

    Q: What's the newest way to get AIDS?
    A: Magic

    It's funny because Magic Johnson (of "The Magic Hour" fame) has HIV.

  9. Re:Just imagine by comet_11 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And to top it all off, BSD is dying!

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  10. Grr!!! by Trejkaz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You forgot Natalie Portman, naked and petrified with hot grits down her pants, you insensitive clod!

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  11. Re:It's all about sticking it to the mac. by customjake · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    HAHA, my mom just bought a new Asus board and a 2500+ Barton and some ram from crucial.com to replace her AMD K6-3 400. Oh the irony

  12. Re:AIDS Joke... - I got one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Q: What do you call magic johnson on a wheelchair?

    A: Rolaids..