Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of these. It'll probably be too tiny to see, but it will still be a Beowulf Cluster! What if you have one of these and it looks like algae, and you keep it in a fish tank? "Hey, What happened to my computer! It's gone!" "I didn't do anything, I just cleaned the fish tank!" And last of all, can it play Ogg?
I dream of making a miniature remote controlled submarine. I have dreamed of putting torpedoes on it, too. It's a whole new way of fishing! Torpedo-Fried Algae/Fish/Dirt/Water/etc!
Well, if the security hole is unreal, then why are we worrying about it? The definition of unreal is non-existent... Oh, wait, you're talking about the GAME unreal! My mistake:-)
I saw somewhere some idea for a device called a space elevator. Basically it consists of a very long and thick conveyor belt that is made of extremely resistent materials. It would be placed closest to the equator as possible, and one end would be launched into the air, while the other is firmly resting on the earth. The force of the earth spinning around keeps it up. Then you use the conveyor part to launch satellites into geosynchronous orbit for a fraction of the cost of rockets. Spacecraft could be launched towards the moon with very little fuel, and refuel on the moon, if there is a power plant there, and they could go really far with very little fuel onboard. More room for scientific equipment!
An old 36k modem if anyone wants one. And I still have the first computer I ever used, a Pentium II that is at 233 MhZ. It is currently being used as our router. I remember playing Pacman and Prince of Persia on it. Ooh, the memories of a classic computer...
I was thinking of getting a PowerPC computer and install GNU Darwin on it, but unfortunately GNU Darwin is dropping PowerPC and Cocoa support, so it is kind of useless. Considering that NetBSD runs just about every computer out there, the ability to run OSX binaries is greatly appreciated. I really hopes this becomes popular and that is really DOES run OSX binaries well, cuz then I'll be VERY happy. Mmm. OSX compatiblilty...
Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of that? Seriously though, I want to know if it is possible to cluster in *BSD (which I suppose it is). If anyone knows a site that shows benchmarks of identical Linux and *BSD clusters. If the *BSD cluster is faster, then I will search with all my might for >1GhZ used boxen and make a cluster myself!
GOOD LORD a company is exploring how to compete with other products?? M$ doesn't compete with other products, it eliminates them. When it can't eliminate the competition (in the case of linux), it FUDs or sues them to death. I strictly believe to compete with a product is to make a better product. That's just my $0.02
Free Software is not necessarily free as in "free beer", but free as in "free speech"! You could easily find that out anywhere. I don't mind buying open source/free software if it is good or has something innovative (3d GUI's anyone? Well???). That's my $0.02
Lots of people have heard that the PlayStation3 will have "Cell computing", which is when they have lots of tiny cpu's clustered together each doing an extremely small part of the computing process. This will make programs using threads REALLY fast. I hope they have a cell computing device (like a cell computing PDA) made out of some of these things!
Now are there any benchmarks for this on the internet? Are the benchmarks slashdotted, too? Someone should compare the speed, battery life, weight, etc. of this thing vs. a tablet PC.
Now everyone say after me, Imagine a Beowulf Cluster out of these things!
Cute but worthless? Not true. A sphere has the most volume for area thing, so you use less of a case for more computer space. Of course, in the case of a PC, (no pun intended) all parts are more or less rectangular, so a rectangular case would be better.
>it seems customers don'd mind all
>that much if their computer does not run Windows >and doesn't carry an Intel processor.
Well, that's news. If someone is desperate enough to buy a PC from walmart (I wouldn't buy it even though it has linux) then I guess Joe Average doesn't care about it as long as it can go on the
"Innur-Net".
But I can imagine Joe Average saying "LINdows?" is that a new version of windows? Is it newer than Windows Ecks-Pea? What does this shiny button do?
Etc. Etc.
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... Sounds like a very corny hoax! Sorry, but it had to be said!
Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of these. It'll probably be too tiny to see, but it will still be a Beowulf Cluster!
What if you have one of these and it looks like algae, and you keep it in a fish tank?
"Hey, What happened to my computer! It's gone!" "I didn't do anything, I just cleaned the fish tank!"
And last of all, can it play Ogg?
I dream of making a miniature remote controlled submarine. I have dreamed of putting torpedoes on it, too. It's a whole new way of fishing! Torpedo-Fried Algae/Fish/Dirt/Water/etc!
"65 CPUs that were overclocked from 100 mhz to 3.06 ghz"?? I know I certainly did...
You can patent the gene and sue everybody on earth for copying it! Except for all the pop bands out there, that is...
Well, if the security hole is unreal, then why are we worrying about it? The definition of unreal is non-existent... Oh, wait, you're talking about the GAME unreal! My mistake :-)
I saw somewhere some idea for a device called a space elevator. Basically it consists of a very long and thick conveyor belt that is made of extremely resistent materials. It would be placed closest to the equator as possible, and one end would be launched into the air, while the other is firmly resting on the earth. The force of the earth spinning around keeps it up. Then you use the conveyor part to launch satellites into geosynchronous orbit for a fraction of the cost of rockets. Spacecraft could be launched towards the moon with very little fuel, and refuel on the moon, if there is a power plant there, and they could go really far with very little fuel onboard. More room for scientific equipment!
An old 36k modem if anyone wants one. And I still have the first computer I ever used, a Pentium II that is at 233 MhZ. It is currently being used as our router. I remember playing Pacman and Prince of Persia on it. Ooh, the memories of a classic computer...
I was thinking of getting a PowerPC computer and install GNU Darwin on it, but unfortunately GNU Darwin is dropping PowerPC and Cocoa support, so it is kind of useless. Considering that NetBSD runs just about every computer out there, the ability to run OSX binaries is greatly appreciated. I really hopes this becomes popular and that is really DOES run OSX binaries well, cuz then I'll be VERY happy. Mmm. OSX compatiblilty...
Can you imagine a beowulf cluster of that? Seriously though, I want to know if it is possible to cluster in *BSD (which I suppose it is). If anyone knows a site that shows benchmarks of identical Linux and *BSD clusters. If the *BSD cluster is faster, then I will search with all my might for >1GhZ used boxen and make a cluster myself!
GOOD LORD a company is exploring how to compete with other products??
M$ doesn't compete with other products, it eliminates them. When it can't eliminate the competition (in the case of linux), it FUDs or sues them to death. I strictly believe to compete with a product is to make a better product. That's just my $0.02
And then we will get a M$ distro of linux!
Of course, the M$ programmers will be complaining about the unusually cold weather.
Free Software is not necessarily free as in "free beer", but free as in "free speech"! You could easily find that out anywhere. I don't mind buying open source/free software if it is good or has something innovative (3d GUI's anyone? Well???).
That's my $0.02
The candidates are as follows:
Command-line Remote-capable Advanced SHell (CRASH)
Microsoft Advanced SHell (MASH)
Synchronous Multi-user Advanced SHell(SMASH)
What is YOUR favourite?
Lots of people have heard that the PlayStation3 will have "Cell computing", which is when they have lots of tiny cpu's clustered together each doing an extremely small part of the computing process. This will make programs using threads REALLY fast. I hope they have a cell computing device (like a cell computing PDA) made out of some of these things!
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these things!
Now are there any benchmarks for this on the internet? Are the benchmarks slashdotted, too? Someone should compare the speed, battery life, weight, etc. of this thing vs. a tablet PC.
Now everyone say after me, Imagine a Beowulf Cluster out of these things!
Can It Run Linux?
Can It Play Ogg?
Cute but worthless? Not true. A sphere has the most volume for area thing, so you use less of a case for more computer space. Of course, in the case of a PC, (no pun intended) all parts are more or less rectangular, so a rectangular case would be better.
first post plz!!!
>it seems customers don'd mind all >that much if their computer does not run Windows >and doesn't carry an Intel processor. Well, that's news. If someone is desperate enough to buy a PC from walmart (I wouldn't buy it even though it has linux) then I guess Joe Average doesn't care about it as long as it can go on the "Innur-Net". But I can imagine Joe Average saying "LINdows?" is that a new version of windows? Is it newer than Windows Ecks-Pea? What does this shiny button do? Etc. Etc.