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One Computer to Rule Them All

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-in-the-queue-bind-them dept.

An anonymous reader writes "IBM has published a research paper describing an initiative called Project Kittyhawk, aimed at building "a global-scale shared computer capable of hosting the entire Internet as an application." Nicholas Carr describes the paper with the words "Forget Thomas Watson's apocryphal remark that the world may need only five computers. Maybe it needs just one." Here is the original paper."

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  1. But will it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As long as it runs Linux, and benefits from the power, stability and security of Open Source software, this will be very interesting!

    1. Re:But will it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Everything blends except Project Kittyhawk (and Chuck Norris).

    2. Re:But will it... by hostyle · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Chuck Norris does indeed blend!

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  2. I have a major problem with your sig by rastoboy29 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There is no "U" in "Satanic Federates"

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    1. Re:I have a major problem with your sig by stjobe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      "Satanic Federates, I'm Out" is the full anagram. Problem solved?

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

    UR POOP!

  4. Is it big enuf... by JetScootr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...to contain itself? The only way to host the entire internet is to connect and download it, which makes Big Blue's BigBox a part of the internet...it would have to download itself.
    And then it would be the hugest porn server in the universe. Ttl kewlniz.

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  5. semicolon? by tepples · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Satanic Federates, I'm Out" is the full anagram. Problem solved? What do you get when you cut the legs off former Secretary of State Powell? A ';'. It might improve the readability of your sig.
  6. Re:Yeah, right... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    tits or gtfo

  7. The whole of internet... by -noefordeg- · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    or one installation of Crysis ( http://www.ea.com/crysis/ ) running at decent frame rate on Windows Vista =/

  8. Moderators? Off-topic anyone? by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I love how diligently the off-topic tag is used. Regardless of how "funny" this is (I'll bow to the opinion of LOTR fans or whatever the hell that's about on this matter), this is completely and utterly off-topic and a waste of your mod points. At least try to vaguely know what the article's about before moderating.

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