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- mandarin, on 10/12/2007, -8/+78Porn!
- fantastcandy10, on 10/12/2007, -7/+43but could it run vista?
- shitthisfook, on 10/12/2007, -2/+36"In several decades, we could make an appointment with our doctor for a quick DNA analysis to find out what diseases we're at risk for and pop a single, gene-targeting pill that eliminates all of those foreseeable risks."
God I love science. - vypergts, on 10/12/2007, -3/+28"Every 108 minutes the operator must enter the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 into the computer. Entering the numbers resets the countdown timer to 108 minutes."
- Roger, on 10/12/2007, -9/+28@steelmaverick:
"Oh wait, linux runs on everything! Even the cheap $5 wristwatches at Walgreens!"
So does Windows CE.
Do you heart that too? - i440, on 10/12/2007, -5/+20Does that mean this machine can finally open the Windows version of iTunes 7.0.x in under one minute?
- 5thfreedom, on 10/12/2007, -5/+19I'll bet it can't run games at all. Not to mention Windows operating systems. Imagine trying to find drivers!
- pbaehr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Well, at least they're using it for pharmaceutical research. From the cliff hanger title I assumed it was being used for something retarded like finding new, bold ways to obscure the word "penis" in spam subject lines.
- i440, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15I'm suer you nevre made a tpyographical error beofre.
- Roger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14Thats gonna make a good tip calculator in about 10 years.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+20Decrypting 2048-bit keys from your personal porn archive.
- Stopher, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12The answer is 42.
- daven1986, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9no buzzing noise here, maybe your speakers are broken.
(firefox + adblock) - u8myfoood, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11super computer my ass... it cant even make me a sandwich...
- pseudojd, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12What about a constructed disease that spreads like a normal cold but leaves everyone steryle. Nobody would know for a few months after it first spread. Science is cool, unfortunately our enemy has it also.
- 15charmaxwtf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I wonder what kind of supercomputers the NSA, GCHQ etc have?
- mdmadph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5so... you haven't really heard about the pharmaceutical industry's record-high profit margins, have you?
not to mention the fact that 9 million dollars isn't even a drop in the bucket. - FTLJohnson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Ry5adzRTo
My cpu is a neural net processah, a learning computah! Cybahdyne systems model t-101. - fartingbob, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Now your being obsured, you could use 10 of these super computers and the combined power of the chinese army and the duke still wont get finished in the next 50 years.
- Mousse, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6The question was "At what age will Stopher finally get laid?"
- Ramble, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"HAL, make me a protein"
"I'm afraid I cannot do that Dave" - mdmadph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"What about a constructed disease that spreads like a normal cold but leaves everyone steryle. Nobody would know for a few months after it first spread. Science is cool, unfortunately our enemy has it also."
Speak for yourself -- I'd love to be sterile. - axox, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7In response to a few of the above:
"MDGrape-3 is so specialized that it can't run the software used to officially rank computing speed."
So no Vista and no games. - mazza558, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Ironically, it probably will be known now that digg has taken hold ;)
- synystar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Please explain the following paragraph if it makes sense to you:
Please explain the following sentence if it makes sense to you: "The world's fastest supercomputer will probably never be known at the world's fastest supercomputer."
at? I could undersatnd "as" but "at"?
undersatnd? I could understand "understand" but "undersatnd"? - andrew911tt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4this is really cool and interesting
this is what digg is really about bringing cool new articles to peoples attention that wouldn't see them other wise - deacont23, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3But can it make a glow-in-the-dark nose you can wear over your regular non-glowing nose?
- berwiki, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4lol, good point NanoStuff, who cares about what happens to my kids, I want to live forever now!
- DannySpace, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Joey, I told you not to be doing this ***** from your home!
- waverider1899, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Dr. Ray Kurzweil predicted back in 1999 that this type of super-computer, with this type of speed, and the right software, could eventually be used (starting sometime around 2010) to take over mutual fund management (and do it better than a human).
Looks like we are almost right on schedule.
Managing mutual funds sounds kinda of boring, until you think of the implications.
Once computers with this speed come online, and start managing mutual funds, we will have essentially turned over our world's stock markets and economies to the machines.
Billions of dollars will soon flow each day based upon non-human-machine-made decisions.
That may not necessarily be a bad thing (I don't trust humans very much anymore!)... but... I think I saw a couple of Sci-Fi movies about computer-controlled economies, and it did not turn out so well! (I'm thinking of a 1960's Star Trek episode as well.) - inkubux, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6maybe but I bet yu it still struggles running java apps
- TheN0id, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I guess using it to determine the effect of any chemical compound on one of the most intricate systems in the human body in a couple of seconds is a practical use too.
- Madh2orat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3If they told us, they'd have to commit genocide.
- VeganG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The real question is, is it running Folding@home?
- chris9902, on 10/12/2007, -6/+7what is this 2003?
Crysis is the new benchmark. - NanoStuff, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Several decades? That's a downer. I was hoping by year's end.
- jackspade, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2but can it help 3d realms finish develop duke nuk.....
nevermind - SanjayM, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In a sense it actually is, except its doing exclusively for the owners protein research purposes and not F@H's. Obviously its not using actual F@H software, but it probably wont be far off.
- matthewthomas1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2That's because you didn't ask it to make you a sandwich properly....
SUDO make me a sandwich
That oughta work :-) - antitomato, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5@ fantastcandy10
if it DID run on vista, it would likey crash in record time. - b3mus3d, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"At what age will Stopher finally get laid?" "The answer is 42."
Holy crap!
*universe vanishes, only to be replaced by something even more bizzare and inexplicable* - gregorrothfuss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1With the Folding@Home client for the PS3, they might reasonably reach 10 Petaflops, 10x as fast as this puppy.
http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-FPI.html - tavisjohn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"Under a minute? Even if this is sarcasm mine opens in less then 10 seconds and I only have 1.5 gigs of ram :/"
ONLY 1.5 gig of ram? How do you get by with so little ram? You must really strain your computer when you play Solitaire! - ChileanGoD, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1So when is it going to play against the world's chess master?
- Roger, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3@steelmaverick:
Wrong again.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/usewinemb/ce/sharedsrccode/cesslp/default.aspx
The license might be stricter, but you can download the code and modify it all you want. - BasouKazuma, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I know what you're talking about. That dumb ad with the bee buzzing around. It really is an annoying ad.
- fmin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1oh yea leave it to the pharmies! HAHA
- synystar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1no i think it's:
Mumbo. Jumbo. I'm hungry. Go get me some eggs or something. - 5thfreedom, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4Ads? I don't see any ads.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2its the gibson!
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