Re: [Beowulf] Re: blackbox on Mars?

2006-10-30 Thread Geoff Jacobs
Jim Lux wrote: > At 02:23 PM 10/30/2006, Geoff Jacobs wrote: >> Jim Lux wrote: >> > >> > reduce the variance. Something else to do with that Beowulf sitting in >> > your garage.. >> I believe these techniques require multiple, short exposure samples. >> Apparently, KH-12s have a capability for rea

Re: [Beowulf] IBM p5 cluster discussion list (off-topic)

2006-10-30 Thread Chris Samuel
On Tuesday 31 October 2006 10:54, Craig Tierney wrote: > Sorry to ask this question here, but is anyone familiar with > discussion lists around IBM power systems(p5 575), and in particular > their cluster solution?  I have been trying for several days > to find the right mailing-list or newsgroup

Re: [Beowulf] IBM p5 cluster discussion list (off-topic)

2006-10-30 Thread Greg Lindahl
On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 04:54:04PM -0700, Craig Tierney wrote: > Sorry to ask this question here, but is anyone familiar with > discussion lists around IBM power systems(p5 575), and in particular > their cluster solution? Check out http://www.spscicomp.org/ While it's more general than just pSe

Re: [Beowulf] Re: Re: blackbox on Mars?

2006-10-30 Thread Jim Lux
At 04:55 PM 10/30/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day all With my astronomy hat on... Of course what works in your favour for Earth imaging is that you're not struggling to grab photons. Looking up instead of down means your limited by the Reynolds number. On near-perfect conditions I think

Re: [Beowulf] IBM p5 cluster discussion list (off-topic)

2006-10-30 Thread Brian D. Ropers-Huilman
I cannot help with your original question of finding a list, but if you have specific questions, I have a small team of highly qualified p5 folks on my team. On 10/30/06, Craig Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sorry to ask this question here, but is anyone familiar with discussion lists around

[Beowulf] Re: Re: blackbox on Mars?

2006-10-30 Thread steve_heaton
G'day all With my astronomy hat on... Of course what works in your favour for Earth imaging is that you're not struggling to grab photons. Looking up instead of down means your limited by the Reynolds number. On near-perfect conditions I think Keck can at best get about 200mm of clear air. This

[Beowulf] IBM p5 cluster discussion list (off-topic)

2006-10-30 Thread Craig Tierney
Sorry to ask this question here, but is anyone familiar with discussion lists around IBM power systems(p5 575), and in particular their cluster solution? I have been trying for several days to find the right mailing-list or newsgroup without success. Thanks, Craig __

Re: [Beowulf] Re: blackbox on Mars?

2006-10-30 Thread Jim Lux
At 02:23 PM 10/30/2006, Geoff Jacobs wrote: Jim Lux wrote: > > reduce the variance. Something else to do with that Beowulf sitting in > your garage.. I believe these techniques require multiple, short exposure samples. Apparently, KH-12s have a capability for real time video. I expect the frame

Re: [Beowulf] Re: blackbox on Mars?

2006-10-30 Thread Geoff Jacobs
Jim Lux wrote: > At 10:57 AM 10/30/2006, Robert G. Brown wrote: >> On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Geoff Jacobs wrote: >> Mmm... Except... The high res images are from a plane because you >> can't >> really make out the fine details from a satellite through the earth's >> atmosphere.

Re: [Beowulf] Re: blackbox on Mars?

2006-10-30 Thread Jim Lux
At 10:57 AM 10/30/2006, Robert G. Brown wrote: On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Geoff Jacobs wrote: Mmm... Except... The high res images are from a plane because you can't really make out the fine details from a satellite through the earth's atmosphere. It's true that most of the Google Earth images are a

Re: [Beowulf] Re: blackbox on Mars?

2006-10-30 Thread Robert G. Brown
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Geoff Jacobs wrote: Mmm... Except... The high res images are from a plane because you can't really make out the fine details from a satellite through the earth's atmosphere. It's true that most of the Google Earth images are aerial photos, but I would imagine that one can g

Re: [Beowulf] Re: blackbox on Mars?

2006-10-30 Thread Geoff Jacobs
Jim Lux wrote: > At 06:32 AM 10/30/2006, Jim Lux wrote: >> At 12:45 AM 10/30/2006, Jakob Oestergaard wrote: >>> On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 04:21:31PM -0400, Robert G. Brown wrote: >>> ... >>> ... >>> > geosync on Earth, and if the military and weather programs have >>> given us >>> > nothing else, the

Re: [Beowulf] Re: blackbox on Mars?

2006-10-30 Thread Jim Lux
At 06:32 AM 10/30/2006, Jim Lux wrote: At 12:45 AM 10/30/2006, Jakob Oestergaard wrote: On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 04:21:31PM -0400, Robert G. Brown wrote: ... ... > geosync on Earth, and if the military and weather programs have given us > nothing else, they've given us simply gangbusters orbital

Re: [Beowulf] Re: blackbox on Mars?

2006-10-30 Thread Jakob Oestergaard
On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 04:21:31PM -0400, Robert G. Brown wrote: ... ... > geosync on Earth, and if the military and weather programs have given us > nothing else, they've given us simply gangbusters orbital cameras. I > mean who on this list hasn't gone on Google Earth yet? Through EARTH's > atm