Sure, if one has the budget to build a better supercomputer, like the NCSA, then all one would be interested in is speed. That's great... unless you can't afford it. I am sure that there are many places, like community colleges, small-scale research labs, and other considerably lower-budget places that would greatly appreciate having a supercomputer brought down to a possibly acceptable level. Of course these places would love a top-notch computer, just as you lust at the Ferrari dealership... on your way to the Honda dealership to see about that cute little Civic. Same thing for the smaller institutions. Who cares that your computer is insanely powerful when you can't afford to turn it on? I think that's the aim of the whole efficient supercomputer idea. An OK-speed supercomputer that an institution can afford is better than a powerhouse that it can't.
Has anyone else noticed that there is really heavy advertising for beefjerky.com on his page? Is this just a huge marketing scheme for beefjerky.com??? Think about it... it gets slashdotted, and many, many people visit the page, and a small percentage of them click on the beef jerky ads. Makes me wonder.
And also, how does NASA's chosen landing site just happen to be "parking space #23" in "OrbDev's Commercial Facility for Spacecraft Parking and Storage"??? Did he even bother to map the damn asteroid before making claims? Who even sets aside even 23 parking spots- just who does he expect to land there? It's not like Eros is a tourist trap or something; by the time something happens there, he's likely to be long-dead by the time 3 of those "parking spaces" are used at the same time.
BTW, does anybody know the legal precedant for property rights when a citizen onf one nation holds property outside the bounds of any soverign power?
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Sure, if one has the budget to build a better supercomputer, like the NCSA, then all one would be interested in is speed. That's great... unless you can't afford it. I am sure that there are many places, like community colleges, small-scale research labs, and other considerably lower-budget places that would greatly appreciate having a supercomputer brought down to a possibly acceptable level. Of course these places would love a top-notch computer, just as you lust at the Ferrari dealership... on your way to the Honda dealership to see about that cute little Civic. Same thing for the smaller institutions. Who cares that your computer is insanely powerful when you can't afford to turn it on? I think that's the aim of the whole efficient supercomputer idea. An OK-speed supercomputer that an institution can afford is better than a powerhouse that it can't.
Has anyone else noticed that there is really heavy advertising for beefjerky.com on his page? Is this just a huge marketing scheme for beefjerky.com??? Think about it... it gets slashdotted, and many, many people visit the page, and a small percentage of them click on the beef jerky ads. Makes me wonder.
And also, how does NASA's chosen landing site just happen to be "parking space #23" in "OrbDev's Commercial Facility for Spacecraft Parking and Storage"??? Did he even bother to map the damn asteroid before making claims? Who even sets aside even 23 parking spots- just who does he expect to land there? It's not like Eros is a tourist trap or something; by the time something happens there, he's likely to be long-dead by the time 3 of those "parking spaces" are used at the same time.
BTW, does anybody know the legal precedant for property rights when a citizen onf one nation holds property outside the bounds of any soverign power?
However, I've put myself on a few email lists, and never have gotten spam to my university account