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« on: March 20, 2009, 11:40:09 PM »
Stumbled across this link and thought it was very interesting.

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... In contrast, according to the latest Top 500 list, the most powerful supercomputer in the world, Roadrunner at the US governments Los Alamos nuclear weapons research laboratory, produces just 1.46 petaflops. In fact, the total output of Folding@home is greater than the combined output of the top 6 fastest supercomputers on the list. ...
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« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2009, 11:55:48 PM »
woa! thats a fast computer!  :o :o O0
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« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2009, 01:21:45 AM »
So it is not that there is a really fast computer but more that WE are the really fast computer.
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« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2009, 05:20:44 AM »
Quote from: Boozu on November 24, 2009, 01:21:45 AM
So it is not that there is a really fast computer but more that WE are the really fast computer.

That's why clusters are so integral in research.
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« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2009, 07:34:36 PM »
Quote from: Boozu on November 24, 2009, 01:21:45 AM
So it is not that there is a really fast computer but more that WE are the really fast computer.

yup.
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