> write the dame question down this time. The question was well known (“What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything?”), it was merely ill-formed. It clearly didn’t obey the supposed first law of court interrogation: “Never ask a witness a question for which you do not know the answer.”
From lower in the thread, I am amused that these machines are re-using Meiko product names (CS-1, CS-2) :-) -- Jim James Cownie <jcow...@gmail.com> Mob: +44 780 637 7146 > On 15 Jun 2020, at 16:46, Douglas Eadline <deadl...@eadline.org> wrote: > > >> On 13/6/20 10:11 pm, Jonathan Engwall wrote: >> >>> There is the strange part. How to utilize such a vast cpu? >>> Storage should be the back end, unless the use is an api. In this case a >>> gargantuan cpu sits in back, or so it seems. >> >> My guess is that this sits connected to the server, they load an >> algorithm on to it and they shovel data at it over the vast number of >> network cards and eventually it comes back with an answer. Hopefully >> their acceptance test will say "42". > > The 7.5 million year runtime might be a bit of a drag, but > let's give it a shot, and write the dame question down this time. > > -- > Doug > > >> >> -- >> Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Berkeley, CA, USA >> _______________________________________________ >> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing >> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >> https://beowulf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >> > > > -- > Doug > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > https://beowulf.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
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