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Government Linux Gaming Supercomputer

Posted by michael on from the dream-come-true dept.

pupkick writes "Wired news has a story about a government supercomputer running Linux that 'pits two opposing teams of soldiers against one another in a fight for control over a city under siege.'"

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  1. GOVERNMENT LINUX GAMING SUPERCOMPUTER?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    error: oxymoron overload!!!

  2. Greetings professor Falken by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about a nice game of chess?

  3. And it's name is: by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · · Score: 5, Funny
    WOPR

    Please select a game

    • city under siege
    • chess
    • tic tac toe
    • Global Thermonuclear War
    • CowboyNeal's Wild Wild West
  4. CS? by poison_reverse · · Score: 5, Funny

    counter-terrorists win!

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  5. Good news! by Otter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Between this, Tux Racer and xbill, Linux now has three games!

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  6. government uses linux a lot by carnivore302 · · Score: 5, Informative
    The article suggests that the US government doesn't use linux supercomputers all that much. Because I felt the opposite is true I did a quick search on google which confirmed my initial beliefs. Mind you, I don't know if all these stories are true or hoaxes, but a couple of interesting ones are

    Linux NetworxTM EvolocityTM cluster supercomputer to study smallpox genomics in light of the threat of possible bioterror attacks here

    The Linux open-source operating system powers a new government supercomputer that will help meteorologists forecast the weather more accurately. here

    New SGI supercomputer to scale Linux to 1,024 CPUs
    The National Center for Supercomputing Applications will use it for research here

    And the list goes on and on.

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  7. COOL! A Police Academy 6 simulator by hal2814 · · Score: 5, Funny

    'pits two opposing teams of soldiers against one another in a fight for control over a city under siege.'

    So I imagine one groups of soldiers is led by Capt Harris and the other team is led by Lassard and that zany Police Academy squad (minus Mahoney of course).