Hm be a nice excuse/reason for HLUG to do another LAN party ;) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Tetherow" <tetherow@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 2:35 PM Subject: [huskerlug] Re: Rapid SuperComputers Right, I can just see my neighbors trying to model the local gas station's underground gas tank. Heck, I can't imagine me trying to model it and I'm probably the most techno literate person on my block, never the less, a 10 GB LAN party is something I think just about anyone can appreciate :) Jeff Ives wrote: > http://www.flashmobcomputing.org/ > > "Just what is Flash Mob Computing and FlashMob I? > A Flash Mob supercomputer is hundreds or even thousands of computers > connected together via a LAN working together as a single supercomputer. A > Flash Mob computer, unlike an ordinary cluster, is temporary and organized > on-the-fly for the purpose of working on a single problem. Flash Mob I is > the first of its kind. By bringing hundreds of people like you together in > one room, we will have enough computing power to become one of the fastest > supercomputers on the planet." > > Jeff Ives > EE-Shop > University of Nebraska-Lincoln > > > ---- > Husker Linux Users Group mailing list > To unsubscribe, send a message to huskerlug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with a subject of UNSUBSCRIBE > > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sam Tetherow tetherow@xxxxxxxxxx Director of Development NIC Labs (PSSG) http://www.nicusa.com ---- Husker Linux Users Group mailing list To unsubscribe, send a message to huskerlug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of UNSUBSCRIBE ---- Husker Linux Users Group mailing list To unsubscribe, send a message to huskerlug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of UNSUBSCRIBE