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Weta Digital Supercomputer For Hire

Posted by timothy on from the hey-sailor dept.

sushi writes "NZ's Stuff news site is reporting: 'Peter Jackson's special effects shop Weta Digital has teamed ... to establish a world-class supercomputing facility in Wellington which will be rented out to clients worldwide.' Currently comprising 504 IBM blade servers, each of which contains two 2.8 Gigahertz Intel Xeon processors, 6 Gigabytes of memory and 40 Gigabytes of storage, and ranked 80th in the top 500 supercomputers, they are intending to upgrade into the top 10. Also covered at the Australian Financial Review."

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  1. d ic4 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Surprise to the a fu7l-time GNAA

  2. Hmmmm by Lord+Kano · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I wonder what a day with this cluster could do for my distributed.net keyrate.

    LK

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  3. Re:This is great by Lord+Kano · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    To reply to these points in order...

    1. I love my country (The USA), but it's laughable to think that it should be the only country that can have nuclear weapons. The USSR had them, and that kept everybody honest during the cold war. Mutually Assured Destruction is an effective deterrant to someone doing anything with his nukes.

    2. Nuclear weapons aren't useful to anyone except terrorists unless they have a delivery mechanism. If my country is hit by a nuclear attack, I'd rather it be a missile that can be traced back to its source so that a retaliatory strike can be sent than some anonymous briefcase nuke.

    3. Why do you think that anyone has an interest in your message digests?

    LK

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  4. Re:This is great by mowler2 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    USA a honest nation, allow me to laugh..

    BAHAHAHAAAHAHAHAA... :)

    For me, USA is not more honest, or better, than china or north korea - all those countries are only looking for their own ass - which sucks.

  5. Re:Dupe? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Or they could avoid dupes AND save some money by FIRING TIMOTHY AND MICHAEL!

    Two birds with one stone, and all that.

  6. Re:Let's get this over with by maxwell+demon · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia, ogg vorbis supports you.

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  7. Re:6gig of memory? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Evidently not enough memory to come up with a original comment on /.

  8. Re:This is great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    honest nations such as the United States

    Honest nation? US? With GWB in charge? hahahah

  9. Re:6gig of memory? by CyBlue · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Usually its the people that say size doesn't matter who have small ones.

  10. Re:Nah... by Acidic_Diarrhea · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Please cite [MLA-style, thank you] a source for where George Bush uttered the claim that he is the most devout Christian since the Apostles.

    Your statement would have been just another shot at Bush if you had said something like, "...a person who behaves as if he is the most devout..." but when you use the word proclaim, your snide political shot becomes nothing but stupidity because such a claim has never been made.

    But what do I expect from people like you? Certainly not honest political discussion. Nope, just lies. Oh, and do you think your great ultra-mega-burn on Slashdot is going to change anything? Do something more meaningful with your life than make rude and untrue comments about people who have accomplished more than you.

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    I hate liberals. If you are a liberal, do not reply.
  11. Re:Nah... by xxdarkxxmatterxx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    George Bush would be more applicable then - can't get much brain deader than that