in the classroom. They did have a good basic education that taught them how to think well enough to invent computing. The main problem I see with classroom computers is that they take away precious time from that basic sound education. Especially given that they are rarely used to their potential.
Yes! This question has to be included in the interview. What message passing protocol to use is very fundamental to anyone (like me) wanting to start on a beowulf project. I've done a bit of research about it on the web but have not reached any conclusions. What are the trade-offs between MPI and PVM? What does the NOAA project use, and why? What does anyone else reading the msg use, and why?
I've been looking at the Linux Router Project for a home firewall/NAT box. One page or another that I've come across suggests that you can ditch the fan when you remove the disk drive from an old '486 system; LRP boots off a floppy and runs off a RAM disk. Hmm. It would be nice if anyone could verify that it's possible to run a '486 w/o a fan. I have run such boxes for long periods with the cover off, preventing the fan from causing any significant.airflow over the CPU or other components.
Didn't Computer Associates or some such actually create a system for this purpose? I even recall that it could simulate an entire network.
NAI has CyberCop Sting. It's supposed to simulate an entire subnet with various boxes on it, all simulated in software on one machine. I'm sure you can read about it on NAI's site. Sounds like fun. Whether it's wise in a given situation is a question I'll leave to others.
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in the classroom. They did have a good basic education that taught them how to think well enough to invent computing. The main problem I see with classroom computers is that they take away precious time from that basic sound education. Especially given that they are rarely used to their potential.
Maybe now my friends will believe me when I tell them that etymology can be so much fun.
Yes! This question has to be included in the interview. What message passing protocol to use is very fundamental to anyone (like me) wanting to start on a beowulf project. I've done a bit of research about it on the web but have not reached any conclusions. What are the trade-offs between MPI and PVM? What does the NOAA project use, and why? What does anyone else reading the msg use, and why?
I've been looking at the Linux Router Project for a home firewall/NAT box. One page or another that I've come across suggests that you can ditch the fan when you remove the disk drive from an old '486 system; LRP boots off a floppy and runs off a RAM disk. Hmm. It would be nice if anyone could verify that it's possible to run a '486 w/o a fan. I have run such boxes for long periods with the cover off, preventing the fan from causing any significant.airflow over the CPU or other components.
NAI has CyberCop Sting. It's supposed to simulate an entire subnet with various boxes on it, all simulated in software on one machine. I'm sure you can read about it on NAI's site. Sounds like fun. Whether it's wise in a given situation is a question I'll leave to others.