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benson…are you too young to remeber Seymour Cray & Cray Computing????? They are still around and dominate supercomputing.
> “can’t we find alternate ways of getting from Park Slope to Zabars?”
Agreed. Where’s my jetpack and finned helmet that all of those 1930’s science magazines kept promising?
Thanks benson,
though that chin up reference has loaded connotations in these parts.
I am personally over the whole computer business. I want something that makes real life easier. Like the robots on the Jetsons or a fake mimi-me I can send to boring evening meetings and receptions in my place. Four or five standard pre-recorded messages could get him/it through the night.
Also, somebody has to do something about how we get around the city, I mean the subways were a brilliant idea in 1901, but honestly, can’t we find alternate ways of getting from Park Slope to Zabars? Where are the REAL inventions??
that sounds fascinating, benson. You are going to have to tell me more at the get together. Is this similar to the SETHI (Was that the nae?) where they were listening to signals from deep space by drawing on huge numbers of voluntarily participating computers? I don’t remember much of the details but I seem to remember they called it supercomputing. And where can I get one? 🙂
Apologies, my dear ennuiater.
Sam;
There is hope out there. The next “big thing” out there is “supercomputing”,though this is not on a consumer level. I am actually working with several companies on this technology. Companies like IBM and Sun have found a way to “cluster” ordinary servers together, using fiber optics, so as to make a fairly cheap supercomputer. In the old days, supercomputers were massive machines that had a price tag which was the same as the GDP of some lesser nations. Now, many companies will be able to afford supercomputers.
The significance of this development is that it will save the companies big buckeroos, or give them capabilities they never had before. For instance, the auto companies plan to use supercomputers to completely simulate new models, rather than build expensive prototypes. The oil companies are using supercomputers to perform complex geological similations, so that they can predict where hidden deposits of oil lie. Finally, alot of climate researchers are using supercomputing to predict the changes – if any – in the earth’s atmosphere (Al Gore’s, and your, favorite project!).
Keep the chin up! Life moves ahead.
Hey now Snark, don’t be confusing me with Randolph. I lurk here quietly all the time.
🙁
Fulton mall wig addiction.
You mean they have a name for it?
And I thought I was the only one.
Am I mistaken or has the quality of trolls gone way down?
Randolph- if you’re intending to overwhelm us with witty ripostes or the laser beamlike intensity of your intelligence, let me clue you in. So not working. I put you at about the maturity level of a 6 year old with serious playground issues. Remember bye-bye? Did you know what it meant when you used it in a sentence?