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Data Sorting World Record — 1 Terabyte, 1 Minute

Posted by kdawson on from the out-of-sorts dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Computer scientists from the University of California, San Diego have broken the 'terabyte barrier' — and a world record — when they sorted more than a trillion bytes of data in 60 seconds. During this 2010 'Sort Benchmark' competition, a sort of 'World Cup of data sorting,' the UCSD team also tied a world record for fastest data sorting rate, sifting through one trillion data records in 172 minutes — and did so using just a quarter of the computing resources of the other record holder."

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  1. What is this by blai · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have one record of size one terabyte.

    Sort by size.
    It is already sorted.
    Sort finished. time: 0s! WTH!

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  2. Doesn't sound so hard... by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny

    As long as you use Intelligent Design Sort.

  3. World Cup of data sorting by the_other_one · · Score: 3, Funny

    How many parallel predicting octopuses were required to predict their victory?

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    1. Re:World Cup of data sorting by Thanshin · · Score: 2, Funny

      How many parallel predicting octopuses were required to predict their victory?

      Infinite, but one of them wrote some pretty good stories about a ghost.

  4. Amendments to the Geek Heirarchy by Lord_of_the_nerf · · Score: 5, Funny

    LARPers > Fan-fiction writers > Professional Data Sorting Competitors > Furries

    1. Re:Amendments to the Geek Heirarchy by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 2, Funny

      LARPers > Fan-fiction writers > Professional Data Sorting Competitors > Furries

      Now sort by income level!

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  5. Been doing this for years... by HockeyPuck · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why is sorting 1TB so hard?

    I can just instruct my tape library to put the tapes in the library in alphabetical order in the slots... Y'know AA0000 AA0001 AA0002... moves a hell of a lot more than 1TB.

    1. Re:Been doing this for years... by cc1984_ · · Score: 2, Funny

      That WHOOOOOOSH noise is the sound of a backup tape flying over your head.

  6. Re:What makes it a barrier? by maxwell+demon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Impressive and all, but I take umbrage at calling it a "1 TB barrier". Is it disproportionately more difficult than sorting 0.99 TB?

    At 1TB the attraction of the 1-bits gets so large that if you are not careful, your data collapses into a black hole.

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  7. Oh brother.. by jackd · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, I realize I am seriously a nerd, getting genuinely excited about someone sorting large amounts of data. Please don't tell my girlfriend, she'll realize I've been faking being a semi-normal cool guy for years, and leave me.

    1. Re:Oh brother.. by Dunbal · · Score: 3, Funny

      Please don't tell my girlfriend, she'll realize I've been faking being a semi-normal cool guy for years, and leave me.

            Nah, she'll realize that you're more turned on by a new processor than by a pair of tits, and stay with you forever knowing you'll never cheat on her (except when you go to that site to download algorithms). You might have to give in and move out of the basement though. But not to worry - a good set of blackout curtains and it's almost the same. Plus as you get older the lack of dampness is easier on your rheumatism...

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  8. Re:How to block KDawson articles? by Yacoob+Al-Atawi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just put a fucking bullet in your head and you'll never have to see another kdawson article again.

    Don't do it while reading one of his articles or it will be imprinted in your eyes forever.

  9. Re:One other area... by Jogar+the+Barbarian · · Score: 2, Funny

    Was the programming language LOGO?

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