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Aislin
June 25th, 2003, 04:12 PM
The Furbeowulf Cluster Computer is easy to make (with the right equipment) and cheap! Extremely strong, too!

take a look for yourself. shoot off 10 bucks at the mall, and another $20 at radio shack, and you're half way there.

http://www.trygve.com/furbeowulf.html


(Extremely good read, worth the time)
Aislin
June 25th, 2003, 04:31 PM
Okay people. Maybe this will get you to read it: "It's funny."
morse
June 25th, 2003, 04:37 PM
To be fair, however, it should be noted that Furbys placed in IRS telephone support positions received no more complaints than their human counterparts and studies showed that they provided a comparable level of accuracy in their answers to taxpayer questions.
:P
RelandR
June 25th, 2003, 04:42 PM
*fur* - beowulf ... that's good :)
Aislin
June 25th, 2003, 05:11 PM
*happy tears* People noticed my thread. :)
RelandR
June 25th, 2003, 05:21 PM
*feignedSniphle* it's the least we could do .... < snicker > :beam:

jK - it was an as.stounding topic !
urbanscrawl
June 25th, 2003, 08:48 PM
Very funny - but how did you come across the site it's on..?

http://www.trygve.com/

A bit spooky?
Aislin
June 26th, 2003, 02:01 AM
I dunno? I don't know who that is.
I was actually looking to find out how to build my own cluster, and google popped that up. :)
turkey
June 26th, 2003, 02:07 AM
How do I start making a cluster?
Aislin
June 26th, 2003, 02:12 AM
get 8 or more computers, first of all. the rest i'm still unsure of.
Aislin
June 26th, 2003, 02:14 AM
Oh, the reason I have clusters on the mind --->

199$ for a PC! 1ghz, 128 MB ram, 20 gig HD
fifty more and you can upgrade! 2ghz. some other things maybe.

crazy stuff!

I found that on a link to stuff about G5 from in the Apple thread. For the price of a G5 you can just get 10 of these linux comps and make a supercomputer!
turkey
June 26th, 2003, 02:36 AM
I know and I want to make one:) Do you know where I could learn how to do that?
turkey
June 26th, 2003, 02:37 AM
Get 8 or more compx... I kind of want to know what I'm doing first :) lol
RelandR
June 26th, 2003, 03:06 AM
errr-ummmm.... scrooooolllll doooowwwnnn to the bottom of aislin's link..

to the four(?) lnks for *real* clustering info ... [beowulf]- etAl

=)
turkey
June 26th, 2003, 03:14 AM
THANKS R_R!!!
**Slap myself repeatedly
RelandR
June 26th, 2003, 03:15 AM
LOL - =) ... one wouldn't righttly expect a serious direction off of a joke page I 'spose ... now would one ???

>>>Here's a quuickie FAQ 4U<<< (http://www.canonical.org/~kragen/beowulf-faq.txt)
Kajinku
June 26th, 2003, 04:12 AM
And the future of Furby-based supercomputing? With a working supercomputing array, complete with artificial intelligence and speech recognition and synthesis capabilities, why not ask it?

"Oooh-tay u-naigh mahh-weah aye-gwam!" it said, in chorus. I'm not quite sure what that means, but isn't exploring the unknown what science is all about?

lol :P