Here at Michigan Tech one of our professors went and worked on the original "Beowulf" and is currently working on a similar project that received a $780,000 from NASA of all people!
ok first, i don't like being considered a "twit" because i'm not...however you made me research this subject more intensively (maybe i should thank your insult) and came up with a better answer. "A few months ago astronomers announced a major discovery. Perhaps you saw it in the news. Slight ripples of matter have been detected in space, which astronomers believe are the original building blocks of the universe. They say it confirms the Big Bang theory. " this proves both answers...sound and big bang and this is what stephen hawkingS is working on in germany with a whole flock of physicists. but once more DON'T INSULT ME!!!!
well actually the big bang theory was descredited about 5 years ago. The doppler effect theory it was based on was proved to be uncontinuous across the stars that were "moving". Instead there is a group of physicists, including Stephen Hawkins, that are basing the origin of our universe on sound waves, and they figure they will have a complete theory in another 15 years on our true cosmology!
no...i don't think documentation is vital to an alpha release, i think as long as the program is in place AND of course "doesn't crash if you fart at it" that constitutes a good Alpha product
actually they probably just have an ad-libs esque program that grabs the suffix from an element and a random two letter prefix put them together and *tada* you get a stupid chip name....but not as bad as the "Athlon" *shudder*
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actually they probably just have an ad-libs esque program that grabs the suffix from an element and a random two letter prefix put them together and *tada* you get a stupid chip name....but not as bad as the "Athlon" *shudder*