The White Island is a truly hostile environment. When I went with a tour group, you weren't allowed back on the boat without washing your shoes - apparently the acid in the ash really screws up the boat fixtures and flooring.
The - very cute - tour guide mentioned she and her fellow guides go through tons of cheap shoes and t-shirts which rot like crazy.
There's some good pictures of the white island here:
http://www.davidrainey.com/travel/nzgallery2.html
third picture down and onwards.
KS
As you will already have seen, the largest super computers are used for scientific research.
The article failed to mention that Scott Houston was in London as a guest of Outsource to New Zealand (O2NZ) and was also meeting with European pharmaceutical, oil and engineering firms to talk about allowing them use of the system for data analysis and FE/CFD work. No sense in having a depreciating multimillion dollar asset just sitting there when there's customers out there who could get their product to market that much quicker.
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The White Island is a truly hostile environment. When I went with a tour group, you weren't allowed back on the boat without washing your shoes - apparently the acid in the ash really screws up the boat fixtures and flooring. The - very cute - tour guide mentioned she and her fellow guides go through tons of cheap shoes and t-shirts which rot like crazy. There's some good pictures of the white island here: http://www.davidrainey.com/travel/nzgallery2.html third picture down and onwards. KS
As you will already have seen, the largest super computers are used for scientific research.
The article failed to mention that Scott Houston was in London as a guest of Outsource to New Zealand (O2NZ) and was also meeting with European pharmaceutical, oil and engineering firms to talk about allowing them use of the system for data analysis and FE/CFD work. No sense in having a depreciating multimillion dollar asset just sitting there when there's customers out there who could get their product to market that much quicker.
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KS