87GT Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/technology/09petaflops.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin Cliffs for the lazy slackers.... "To put the performance of the machine in perspective, Thomas P. D’Agostino, the administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, said that if all six billion people on earth used hand calculators and performed calculations 24 hours a day and seven days a week, it would take them 46 years to do what the Roadrunner can in one day." "This is equivalent to the four-minute mile of supercomputing." "The Roadrunner is based on a radical design that includes 12,960 chips that are an improved version of an I.B.M. Cell microprocessor, a parallel processing chip originally created for Sony’s PlayStation 3 video-game machine." "Roadrunner, which consumes roughly three megawatts of power, or about the power required by a large suburban shopping center..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sol740 Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 It'll be a botnet in no time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 It will still freeze while running GTA4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Skynet??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 I will still only use it for porn and downloading bootlegs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted June 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 It'll be a botnet in no time. That would be an awesome botnet times a gigaflop. shiet~! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinwebb Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 they couldnt have picked a better name for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrhobbz Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 they couldnt have picked a better name for it? MEEP MEEP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Rex Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Skynet??? I think some big guy in a leather jacket and sunglasses is knocking on my door... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Pong HD!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Would you like to play a game? WOPR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Would you like to play a game? WOPR Bill, you could fuck up a crowbar... It's "SHALL we play a game?". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 It's been a long time since I seen it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 It's been a long time since I HAVE seen it. Damn, you almost had a grammatically correct sentence typed! So close! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Damn, you almost had a grammatically correct sentence typed! So close! Que? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Senor Spaceghost es Mucho loco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 You should type in Spanish all the time, that may be the most well written post you have made to date. :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 You should type in Spanish all the time, that may be the most well written post you have made to date. :thumbup: A more accepted way with proper capitilazation. "SpaceGhost esta loco." (With a little ' over the "a". ) Of course, this depends on location and/or teacher. Spanish from Spain is different than Spanish from Puerto Rico is different than Spanish of Mexico, etc, etc. However, those who speak any of the "romance" languages can almost always get the gist of what the other is speaking. For example, between someone who speaks Italian and someone who speaks Spanish. PS - This has nothing to do with a supercomputer. Topical... something topical.... Oh! Got it. I was just playing PS3. Good enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Figlio di puttana! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flippy1974 Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 that thing uses alot of power ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 Figlio di puttana! I recognized that immediately as Italian. (My uncle - by marriage - is straight from Italy.) However, I had to find out what it meant. "Son of whore." lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 Yep but translates to english as, Son of a Bitch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maro Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 Bill, you could fuck up a crowbar... It's "SHALL we play a game?". :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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