The UK's Fastest Supercomputer

bmsleight writes "The Guardian has a story on the HECToR, The largest supercomputer in the UK — around five times more powerful than its predecessor, HPCx, which is also at the University of Edinburgh. It measures up well internationally, sitting at 17 in the top500.org list of the most powerful computers in the world."

Comments

First application

[mrami]

Figure out how Brits can stand Marmite.

Re:First application

[Anonymous Coward]

Some of us don't like it. We are not borg. We have individual opinions.

Second Application

[skoaldipper]

Figure out how to keep Hector from a murderous rampage on Saturn 3. Run, Farrah, run!

Bjarne is right, C++ is on the rise

[Anonymous Coward]

I am with Bjarne on this one.
Bjarne Stroustrup, creator of the C++ programming language, claims that C++ is experiencing a revival and
that there is a backlash against newer programming languages such as Java and C#. "C++ is bigger than ever.
There are more than three million C++ programmers. Everywhere I look there has been an uprising
- more and more projects are using C++. A lot of teaching was going to Java, but more are teaching C++ again.
There has been a backlash.", said Stroustrup.

That question is moot in Oz

[OzPeter]

We found that Vegemite is way much better!

Grammar Nazi Karate Chop!

[mooingyak]

I'm working on the assumption that the computing power of the newest supercomputers dwarves that which has gone before...

While both 'dwarfs' and 'dwarves' are commonly used pluralize the noun dwarf, 'dwarves' doesn't quite work for the verb form.

For example, "Even though he's only five feet tall, Bobby dwarfs the dwarves."

and FYI my firefox spell checker doesn't like 'dwarves'. It also doesn't like 'firefox' in lowercase.

And while I'm at it, let me apologize for a mostly useless contribution to the discussion.