On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:55:42 GMT, Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>After takin' a swig o' grog, AZ Nomad belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:27:01 GMT, Linonut <linonut@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>> http://www.business-standard.com/iceworld/storypage.php?leftnm=lmnu9&subLeft=3&autono=304236&tab=r
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>>> CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
>>>
>>> # Fourth most powerful supercomputer in the world
>>> # Most powerful supercomputer in Asia
>>> # World's first to be built and owned using corporate funding
>>> # Built in a record time of six weeks
>>> # 1,794 blades with dual-core Intel zeon processors
>>> # Total memory is 28 terabytes
>>> # Storage of 80 terabytes with 5.2 GB per second throughput
>>> # Floor area -- 4,000 sq ft
>>
>>>That's some hobbyist system they got there.
>>
>> In 10 years, it'll won't be enough to draw the desktop for a microsoft OS.
>That's okay. That's okay. We'll all be part of the Microsoft-hosted
>Matrix anyway, so time won't be an issue. We won't even notice.
>And, of course, the Agents will be Microsoft MVPs, who know how to tune
>the system to their advantage, and who sneer at the common meat who
>don't have knowledge of the workings of their computerized environment.
Scarey. Wake up in the morning and get stuck for 25 minutes trying to
get out of bed while the matrix thrashes. "Sorry I'm sixteen weeks late
for work; I couldn't get the car door open."
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