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Old 06-12-2008, 08:14 AM
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for us geeks: The Roadrunner

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With over an 18000 CPU core and over 1 petaflops it would be fun to play around with this baby.

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Old 06-12-2008, 08:25 AM
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It'll still have problems with Vista.
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Old 06-12-2008, 08:29 AM
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That's why they ain't running any M$ crap, they're hosting Linux on it.
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Old 06-12-2008, 08:50 AM
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cool, but does it support the super cool linux screen savers?
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Old 06-12-2008, 09:17 AM
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cool, but does it support the super cool linux screen savers?
If you use one that tells the time, it warps timespace to comply with the comp's minimal processor speed.
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Old 06-12-2008, 09:25 AM
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meep meep.
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Old 06-12-2008, 10:29 AM
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If you use one that tells the time, it warps timespace to comply with the comp's minimal processor speed.
well thats LAME! You would figure if it can support the linux time screen saver, that it would just create time as it goes along....then it could be 243 o'clock.
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Old 06-12-2008, 10:39 AM
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That's why they ain't running any M$ crap, they're hosting Linux on it.
So it will have limited 3rd party software? WOW! That is better......

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Old 06-20-2008, 05:55 AM
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good to be geek

well, i know one thing: if sony were to put metal gear solid on this thing, it would be as good as they want! (multiple blu-rays? thats insane!)
i hope im not the only one who gets my lame gamer jokes...
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Old 06-20-2008, 06:02 AM
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Meh. I run teh int0rwabz from my quantum computer.
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Old 06-20-2008, 09:55 AM
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I bet that thing could play pong REALLY fast!
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Old 06-20-2008, 10:28 AM
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With mine, you'd both win and lose at the same time. Who knows?!
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Old 06-20-2008, 10:31 AM
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RockStar Games could develop a worldwide GTA on this thing.
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