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RE: Parallel computing?

	..while swinging from a vine in a loincloth with a cutlass between
	your teeth?  Great theme for a new PC game.

nah, got to be a banyan vine, better yet would be a 10 baseT cable, the
cutlass could be an old memory card (remember those full height fully loaded
things), 3.5 inch disks make great shrukens (edges sharpened of course), now
there's a game for computer hackers... Gotto go battle against the 
Financial Comptroller to get your PC upgraded, or work your way to the
Microsoft Refund Facility.. I'm geting out of hand here aren't I?

Off Topic - Any wearable's make it to Linux World, I was there Mon and Tues
but didn't see any (on attendeees or in the booths), but I found out later
Empeg was hidden in the back of the Debian booth showing off their latest
Car computer, full linux system, email, could probably hack SQL while
waiting in traffic on this...

I did get a Live Free or Die LINUX license plate from Compaq though..

Except for empeg, (which I didn't see), all the machines there were huge
desk hogging power beasts (i.e. Linux running on an 16 processer
Ultra-Sparc-20). VA Research wants $1300 for their cheapest workstation
without a monitor, should give you an idea of the target of this conference,
I didn't feel like I had missed anything when I left after being on the
floor for two hours (except I did miss the empeg) 

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Vaughan Pratt [SMTP:]
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 03, 1999 11:23 PM
> To:	
> Subject:	Re: Parallel computing? 
> 
> 
> >I was thinking about the JUMPtec board (the matchbook sized one) and this
> >group at NASA that purchases hoards of PCs (literal, desktop PCs.. why
> >they aren't using embedded rack version, I have no idea) to create the
> >next-generation super computer.. and wondering.. how about using multiple
> >JUMPtec boards to create a really powerful, parallel processing
> >supercomputer.. that you can wear on your belt?  LOL.
> 
> A similar configuration would be 233 MHz CardPC's from Cellular Computing.
> Cycles/cc (the reciprocal of average displacement for a motorcycle gang)
> for such a Beowulf works out about the same as with JUMPtec's, which
> are about 1/5 the compute power in 1/5 the volume.
> 
> >I am imaging a bandolier of motherboards.. slung across the torso...
> 
> ...while swinging from a vine in a loincloth with a cutlass between
> your teeth?  Great theme for a new PC game.
> 
> Vaughan
> 
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