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Hurricane Simulator to Destroy Full Size Building

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ka-whump dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "This is a shameless plug, but I thought Slashdot readers might be interested in the hurricane simulator system the company I work for (Cambridge Consultants) helped develop for the University of Western Ontario. The BBC article is light on the kind of technical details Slashdot readers enjoy, so here are some titbits. The servomotors for the 100+ valves are controlled over an IPv4, gigabit Ethernet network connected to an Athlon dual-core AMD64 PC. The entire real-time control system runs on this machine, utilizing well above 90% of each processor core, and roughly 30% of the network capacity. The sampling frequency of the control system places a huge demand on the machine, with about 70,000 context switches taking place every second. Yes, it runs Linux. "

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  1. The real questions..... by dedeman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Yes, it runs Linux."

    Yes, but the real ques.......Damn!!

    "The BBC article is light on the kind of technical details Slashdot readers enjoy...."

    You must be new he......oh, you said technical details, never mind.

  2. Yeah right... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm sick of bloody UNIX fanbois dissing threads. Hey! Lets just run the whole fucking internet as one bloody state machine shall we, whilst we're at it - run every fucking concurrent action in the entire world sequentially, preferably by hacking the instruction dispatcher on one bloody great VAX?

    1. Re:Yeah right... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Actually I dissed the abuse of threads. But please don't let that stop you showcasing your spelling challenges.

    2. Re:Yeah right... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      What exactly is spelt wrong in that post? 'Fanboi' is a common slang spelling (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fa nboi) and internet does not require a capital letter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_capitalizat ion_conventions. Ispell reports no other errors.

      PS, you're a dick-wad... (and no, it's no longer common practice to write acronyms with periods in them, in case you decide to wade in with any more ill-considered criticisms)

  3. Re:Yes, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does it play the guitar while people are dying ?

  4. What's a Hurricance? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What's the difference between a Hurricane and a Hurricance?

  5. Re:all i want to know is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i'd much rather see a puppy smashed through the roof of a pickup truck

  6. Woah by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Imagine a Beowulf clus....

  7. MOD PAINFULLY UNFUNNY FAGGOT DOWN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MODS, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

    PARENT POSTER = HOMO

    MOD DOWN

    Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
    Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
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    1. Re:MOD PAINFULLY UNFUNNY FAGGOT DOWN by KDR_11k · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Mods, please take notice:

      Parent poster = Homophobe

      Mod down!

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