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CERN, the Big Bang and Impact On the IT Industry
whencanistop writes "ComputerWeekly have put together a nice short guide (with lots of links) of what is going on at CERN. They've got a nice slant though on what this big bang experiment is going to mean for the IT Industry. Interesting slant on the world's largest grid and the database clustering technology that they are using. They have also picked up on the amusing rap video by CERN's scientists that has been wandering around YouTube."
Here's the short, short version: NOTHING.
Yes, there are lots of computers in use, but is there anything particularly unusual going on here or an brand new way of organizing IT? No? OK, then.
I laugh at admins. It's always amusing to see someone abuse such a tiny amount of power.
It all stems from the lack of understanding that the servers are not an end unto themselves - but if admins were capable of abstract understanding, they wouldn't be script monkeys whose sole purpose in life is to restart computers every now and again.
Yeah, that's mean, but I stand by it. There are approximately 15 admins in the world who actually do their job the way it should be done. The rest are busy building their little air conditioned fiefdoms so they can lord at least one thing over somebody else in their lives.
Yeah, yeah, ha ha. p0rn drives the bandwidth on the internet. Thank goodness for LHC computing: because it is sure to have an impact on bandwidth over and above all those bill-paying consumers downloading p0rn, movies, games and music every night. Make sure you write to your senator and congressperson extolling its virtues, that's what LHC computing people want. LHC computing: the Tang of IT, the Teflon of Particle Physics.
Sorry to unload on you, but I've had it with Slashdot.
"Large Hardon Collider" Score 5: funny.
"It'll certainly result in new technologies for dealing with this stuff becoming cheaper.": Score 4: Insightful.
"It adds nothing to IT above what was demonstrably already there": Score 1: Ignored.
Gee willikers, maybe Vint Cerf could invent another useful protocol to route commercial data on the LHC networks when the beam is down. A protocol in addition to his very useful interplanetary communication protocol and his very useful communications protocol for robots. And maybe those very bright young men and women can find a way for me to help them analyze LHC data in my screen saver while I'm going to the potty. And it's going to cure cancer too? Oh please, raise my taxes now!
Oh, and goodbye! You fellas take care now. Don't eat too much bulls**t, it could give you bad breath.