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NASA To Get 10,240 Node Itanium 2 Linux Cluster

Posted by Hemos on from the building-it-better-safer-and-faster dept.

starwindsurfer writes "US space agency Nasa is to get a massive supercomputing boost to help get its shuttle missions back in action after the 2003 shuttle disaster. Project Columbia, a collaboration with two technology giants, will mean Nasa's computing power will be ramped up by 10 times to do complex simulations."

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  1. Geez, that's pretty impressive... by Skyshadow · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...but someone ought to tell them that Doom 3 runs pretty well just on moderately-new hardware...

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    1. Re:Geez, that's pretty impressive... by AIX-Hood · · Score: 4, Funny

      Going on the mention of the previous shuttle disaster, I think they're trying to avoid doom.

    2. Re:Geez, that's pretty impressive... by gl4ss · · Score: 4, Funny

      well.. they would need to get the shuttle flying..

      and get that mars plan underway as well. no way in hell i'm signing up for UAC's mars base though no matter how exciting archeological findings...

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    3. Re:Geez, that's pretty impressive... by Keruo · · Score: 5, Funny

      nah, they're just preparing for longhorn

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  2. As the server? by lacrymology.com · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, I guess they're not using it to serve that webpage.

    -m

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  3. Are we gonna get another, by b00m3rang · · Score: 2, Funny

    "are we gonna get another barrage of (insert slashdot cliche') posts" again?

    Damnit!

  4. What Would SCO's Take Be Worth? by geomon · · Score: 4, Funny

    About $7.2 Million.

    Talk about a software tax!

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    1. Re:What Would SCO's Take Be Worth? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      I wonder if this is a Monday phenomenon? I wonder what the distribution of 'Funny' moderation is through the week.

      Sounds like the moderators are having a case of the Mondays?

    2. Re:What Would SCO's Take Be Worth? by geomon · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually I was referring to other topic areas other than this one. I wasn't even referring to my own attempt at humor. I was making a rather broad commentary about moderations in general and how those marked 'funny' are running rather low today...

      ....you humorless fuck.

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  5. Should help in units conversion ... by xmas2003 · · Score: 4, Funny

    This should help 'em convert feet to meters ... ;-)

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  6. Good news for Intel by thebra · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is great news for intel. They will double the number of itanics shipped in a single deal!

    Hahaha, my comment is a dupe!

  7. NASA vs RIAA/MPAA by grunt107 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The system will have 500 terabytes of storage, the equivalent of 800,000 CDs.

    In related news, the RIAA has filed a writ of discovery for illegal downloads of 'Major Tom' at NASA.

  8. imagine... by pb · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...a Beowulf cluster of slashdot dupes.

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  9. Re:AGG! by foidulus · · Score: 4, Funny

    So Hrathgar carries Hrunting into a bar. The bartender asks him "Why the long face", and Hrathgar cuts his head off with Hrunting singing, "A hrunting we will go, a hrunting we will go!"
    *Rimshot

  10. Re:Tax payer. by legoleg · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just wait till the last week of October... I'm sure he'll conviently pop up around then.

  11. where is SUN? by linuxislandsucks · · Score: 3, Funny

    where is SUN Microsystems?

    well someone had to ask :)

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  12. Re:Tax payer. by dr_dank · · Score: 2, Funny

    Science isn't sexy news in America.

    When Paris Hilton has nightvision camera sex with the Hubble Space Telescope, you'll be singing a different tune.

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  13. SCO Tax by Nonillion · · Score: 2, Funny

    They better pay their $7,157,760 ($699/CPU) in SCO tax or McBride is going to be stomping around saying "NASA is screwing us!"

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  14. Imagine.... by enginuitor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster off... oh, wait...