"The system will use 14,000 Intel Xeon processors running in IBM System x iDataPlex servers."
IBM has two in-house HPC platforms that could both reach 3 PFLOPS (BlueGene/Q and POWER7), but instead they're building a Xeon cluster. I'm surprised that they would want to put a machine near the top of the TOP500 that wasn't a full-on IBM benefit--maybe IBM Germany is the contractor, and they don't have the R&D expertise? Or the Xeon cluster is cheaper/easier to program and maintain?
My advice: find out if your targeted universities will accept the ACT (http://www.actstudent.org/). Almost all big and small schools will, sometimes with a conversion table to turn it into an SAT score. I took both the ACT and the "old" SAT (the 1600pt one) in Fall 2004, and my ACT score, once converted to a SAT score, gained 280 points (to the 1500s).
The ACT and SAT are really quite different, and I much preferred the ACT. While the SAT tended to test on things you *knew* (analogies, vocabulary, etc.), the ACT seemed to test your *ability* to learn. For example, the ACT had a "science" section, where you would be presented with some kind of science-y report, complete with graphs and fairly dense language. You would then be given some questions requiring you to interpret the graphs and draw some kind of conclusions from the report. The reports were real, but about things like DNA traits and river pollution, and were far beyond the knowledge level of most high schoolers, so the test was on how well you could interpret a subject that was completely foreign (but in a familiar format).
So--if at all possible, try taking the ACT. You might not do any better, but if the SAT seems evil beyond your taste, it might be a nice break regardless.
**--All of my experiences are based on the SAT and ACT as of two years ago. While the SAT has changed substantially, I don't believe that the ACT has changed much, except for the (mostly) required addition of a writing portion. Also, I've had a pretty eventful two years, so my memory may be hazy and not fully correct.
And for professionals (or wannabe pros), you can get high-quality and recent color profiles for the minilabs in almost all Costcos! This site has different.icc profiles for different paper types, and even details on what to request when you order your prints. Also, guides on how to best use the profiles. Way cool.
http://drycreekphoto.com/Frontier/
Often, the price is free! That's right, it just uses minutes. If you go to HowardForums, you will find many people who use hundreds of minutes of data per month (both the slower 1XRTT and the new EVDO), and it only uses minutes. Most Verizon plans have free night and weekend minutes too. Now, this is very much against Verizon's TOS, but they really can't enforce that. All of their money-grubbing services (VCast, Mobile Web, Picture Messaging, GIN) use those same data services, and they can't tell the difference.
im a student in San Diego, try www.kernelpanic.com; a local San Diego linux users group. my skool uses Win '95 in the lib., half of the damn PS/2s that everyone else is rebooting probably won't make it past 2000.(Yahoo!!!)
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From the article:
"The system will use 14,000 Intel Xeon processors running in IBM System x iDataPlex servers."
IBM has two in-house HPC platforms that could both reach 3 PFLOPS (BlueGene/Q and POWER7), but instead they're building a Xeon cluster. I'm surprised that they would want to put a machine near the top of the TOP500 that wasn't a full-on IBM benefit--maybe IBM Germany is the contractor, and they don't have the R&D expertise? Or the Xeon cluster is cheaper/easier to program and maintain?
My advice: find out if your targeted universities will accept the ACT (http://www.actstudent.org/). Almost all big and small schools will, sometimes with a conversion table to turn it into an SAT score. I took both the ACT and the "old" SAT (the 1600pt one) in Fall 2004, and my ACT score, once converted to a SAT score, gained 280 points (to the 1500s).
The ACT and SAT are really quite different, and I much preferred the ACT. While the SAT tended to test on things you *knew* (analogies, vocabulary, etc.), the ACT seemed to test your *ability* to learn. For example, the ACT had a "science" section, where you would be presented with some kind of science-y report, complete with graphs and fairly dense language. You would then be given some questions requiring you to interpret the graphs and draw some kind of conclusions from the report. The reports were real, but about things like DNA traits and river pollution, and were far beyond the knowledge level of most high schoolers, so the test was on how well you could interpret a subject that was completely foreign (but in a familiar format).
So--if at all possible, try taking the ACT. You might not do any better, but if the SAT seems evil beyond your taste, it might be a nice break regardless.
**--All of my experiences are based on the SAT and ACT as of two years ago. While the SAT has changed substantially, I don't believe that the ACT has changed much, except for the (mostly) required addition of a writing portion. Also, I've had a pretty eventful two years, so my memory may be hazy and not fully correct.
And for professionals (or wannabe pros), you can get high-quality and recent color profiles for the minilabs in almost all Costcos! This site has different .icc profiles for different paper types, and even details on what to request when you order your prints. Also, guides on how to best use the profiles. Way cool.
http://drycreekphoto.com/Frontier/
Often, the price is free! That's right, it just uses minutes. If you go to HowardForums, you will find many people who use hundreds of minutes of data per month (both the slower 1XRTT and the new EVDO), and it only uses minutes. Most Verizon plans have free night and weekend minutes too. Now, this is very much against Verizon's TOS, but they really can't enforce that. All of their money-grubbing services (VCast, Mobile Web, Picture Messaging, GIN) use those same data services, and they can't tell the difference.
im a student in San Diego, try www.kernelpanic.com; a local San Diego linux users group. my skool uses Win '95 in the lib., half of the damn PS/2s that everyone else is rebooting probably won't make it past 2000.(Yahoo!!!)
I think this "BOCHS Lite" you are talking about is known as Freemware. Find the link on the right side of bochs.com