I agree completely. Whoever wrote this article has *completely* jumped the gun on this as Apple has not made any statement that they will not be supporting 10.2. They just simply have not released patches at this point. In other words, this entire slashdot article is nothing but ignorant speculation and probably should not ever have been posted.
They've already installed extra fans just to keep everything cool - why put everything in smaller cases just so you can jam it in a room that has "1/10 the space?" That would just make everything much harder to keep cool. As Apple describes here
the G5 case is specifically designed to reduce noise and to provide good ventilation. So, why not use the regular G5 cases?
"Actually, I remember when they posted the manual for potential volunteers for assembly, the instructions were to open the case, install the nic, and close the case, then test it by plugging it in and turning it on. So unless they removed it after that, there are 1100 video cards in that system."
Note the "potential volunteers for assembly." Since when do they have volunteers assemble things in factories? Obviously I was talking about assembling the actual supercomputer. And, as both I and the other guy pointed out, generally when you buy a new computer, it comes with the video card, which (as I meant to imply by saying that all they did is open it, install the nic, and close it and test it) probably remains in each node as we speak.
Actually, I remember when they posted the manual for potential volunteers for assembly, the instructions were to open the case, install the nic, and close the case, then test it by plugging it in and turning it on. So unless they removed it after that, there are 1100 video cards in that system.
Slashdot Mirror
I agree completely. Whoever wrote this article has *completely* jumped the gun on this as Apple has not made any statement that they will not be supporting 10.2. They just simply have not released patches at this point. In other words, this entire slashdot article is nothing but ignorant speculation and probably should not ever have been posted.
Maybe this would be a good way for Verisign to continue using their search service.
They've already installed extra fans just to keep everything cool - why put everything in smaller cases just so you can jam it in a room that has "1/10 the space?" That would just make everything much harder to keep cool. As Apple describes here the G5 case is specifically designed to reduce noise and to provide good ventilation. So, why not use the regular G5 cases?
Ok, let me first repeat my original message:
"Actually, I remember when they posted the manual for potential volunteers for assembly, the instructions were to open the case, install the nic, and close the case, then test it by plugging it in and turning it on. So unless they removed it after that, there are 1100 video cards in that system."
Note the "potential volunteers for assembly." Since when do they have volunteers assemble things in factories? Obviously I was talking about assembling the actual supercomputer. And, as both I and the other guy pointed out, generally when you buy a new computer, it comes with the video card, which (as I meant to imply by saying that all they did is open it, install the nic, and close it and test it) probably remains in each node as we speak.
Actually, I remember when they posted the manual for potential volunteers for assembly, the instructions were to open the case, install the nic, and close the case, then test it by plugging it in and turning it on. So unless they removed it after that, there are 1100 video cards in that system.
It's because we can.