Tuesday, November 19, 2002

What geeks dream of. Yes, I'm talking about The Top500 List of the world's fastest supercomputers. These machines do it all: Map Earth's weather patterns, perform hundreds of teraflop calculations per second and play the Oregon Trail PC Game.

These computers run thousands of mass produced 'off the shelf' microprocessors that all run as a single unit. Kind of like when all your friends have to push your car to the nearest gas station.

If you haven't heard, The Gimp appears to be moving within the next few months. I'm already taking bets to see if this really happens. Odds are 250:1 that he doesn't move. Oh yeah, you still owe me some beer, freak!
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