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- rankinreb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3OMG! It's a Borg Cube! RUN!
- adml_shake, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3*looks at his own PC's*
You know it's not just about size!! How you use it is just as important!! Screw you all! - jmstewart, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3http://krone.physik.unizh.ch/~stadel/zBox2/
looks like a newer one - DiggerT, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2when desktop compters are that powerful, ppl will look at that and laugh
- spartan777, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2nice, but what kind of frames-per-second in half life 2 are we talking about?
- Vill4no, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1nice but will it play Asteriods?
- scottbrown, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1obligatory joke: with that computer I could surf for pr0n at perverted speeds!
- psyonide, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It looks like the owner of that computer is DESPERATELY trying to compensate for something he lacks "down there."
- geoboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've seen bigger
- kmilden, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Is this the hardware requirements for vista?
- TopGaler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1And I bet Open Office still takes ten seconds to load.
- millmaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0notice they chose AMD processors not crappy intel. Real pros no AMD are the best and cheaper too.
- IceKnight, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i wonder how battlefield 2 looks on it
- CatSoup, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Now it just needs 288 kick ass video cards running in SLI (144x144). That's what I want for Christmas!
- Abraxis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That's one hell of a toaster there!
- chuckles777, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Why would you use crappy desktop systems, put them in a rack so they're easy to replace when one goes bad!
This is so stupid, the way the cables are run, it would be nearly impossible to replace a system or a part. - Jasoco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I just have the urge to lock myself in a room alone with it and see how easy it will be to bring it down. Just gimmie a chance!
- wetelectric, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0*fap**fap**fap**fap**fap**fap**fap* aww my keyboard all weeet
- Jon2x4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0NoNoNo...This isn't BIG...it's Ginormous
- bobetr, on 11/27/2008, -0/+0Almost looks photoshopped, all the cables are so neat.
- Satertek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"I wonder how fast that thing could play Half-Life 2 or Serious Sam II :D"
Probably slower than you're own computer, as both those games were written to work on 1 CPU. Dosn't matter if there are 288 cpus, it will only use 1. - merdeisel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0if you scroll up and down it looks like its moving.
- phuct, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0nvm, looks like they mentioned it
- phuct, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i wonder how hot a room can get with 288 cpu's
- dieselpuker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0SuSe 7.3, Not some crap out of Redmond.
- SatNav, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0yeh, ive got 2
- fredosan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I guess this is how geeks overcompensate?
- Sharp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It looks like the owner of that computer is DESPERATELY trying to compensate for something he lacks "down there."
yes, because we all know that if you like computers you have a small dick. it's simple logic. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://digg.com/technology/This_is_an_Even_Bigger_Computer
- WickedOwl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0does anyone else notice the plethera of plugs (sorry about that one) going into the wall behind that mother? i bet the electric company loves that thing...
- BAKER, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0the framerate would be SICK
- Alaerus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is nothing. My computer is SOOO powerful, when I turn it on all the neighbor's lights dim!!
- some_guy22, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0.......oh yeah so that is what my computer is called....a zbox, i knew it was super fast but never knew what it was called, i bought in at the local swapmeet a year ago :P
- synae, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What, no one has ever seen/heard of a supercomputer? I'm not impressed.
- D4r7h3v1l, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"that ***** prolly runs games well i hope"
why? multiple procs don't matter to games, they are Athlon XP 2200s, and it doesn't have a good video card(s). - sabster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0that ***** prolly runs games well i hope
- dbr_onix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Actually it kind of reminds me of a mini Matrix. What if all teh power this thing was using came from little naked Gerbils in pods?" It never mentioned where it got all its power from.. *Becomes scared*.. :P
Pretty impressive, even if they are using gerbil-power.. Hmm, an upshot of having this thing, you will save a bit of money on heating :p
What I want to know, though, is what the hell their using this for.. Surely theirs a limitation to what it can calculate, and be used.. It somewhat reminds me of the oollldd PCs, a huge room full of stuff that outputs a tiny bit of paper with a few numbers on it..
As for 11TB harddrives, not that huge now adays, but it's what you store in them, really.. what's a company going to do with thousands of TBs of numbers? They dont need it :P
As for people asking how it plays HL2, chances are, it doesn't.. I don't think it'll have a very good graphics card, and I'm not sure how well it's run on Linux, and how well games would work on cluster systems anyway..
And, for some strange reason, I don't think they'll be allowed to play games on it :P
- Ben - fu_fish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Cool, but I work with bigger every day. I like the rawness of this cluster. Who needs cases?
- ctoph0, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0amagine how short of a time it would take to calculate pi... hmm.. or doing graphics processing or soemthing useful
- dude2425, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'd hate to be the ***** in charge of upgrading these to faster duel/quad core CPU's! It'd be a nightmare! Or a wet dream!
- D4r7h3v1l, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0why? it doesnt have good video.
- aplardi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Now THAT'S NEWS!
- compu73rg33k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0A SUPERcomputer? I want one.
- roblesjesse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0toasty
- SirBriggs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The name of the story deserves a digg in and of itself.
- antoniojvr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Apparently those are the minimum settings to run Windows Vista.
- PAlacrosse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0minesweeper
and yes BAKER it would be SIIIIIIICCCCCK - barbobot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0that'd be okay for nethack
- IronChef, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0My wife would definitely kick me out of the house if I had that ..........ha ha
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