[Beowulf] Given all the recent infrastructure talk...

...it looks like some folks still subscribe to the "racks of desktops" model. See . Is there anyone here from Sandia who wants to comment on the cluster design decision? -- Joshua Baker-LePain QB3 Shared Cl

Re: [Beowulf] Why We Need a Supercomputer on the Moon

On 10/03/2012 11:40 AM, Robert G. Brown wrote: > > > Oh, and did I mention that fact that I get to be its sysadmin (and hence > get free transport to and from and live on the moon)? No? Have you learned nothing from Elton John's "Rocket Man"? It's lonely out in space, and it ain't the kind of p

Re: [Beowulf] Why We Need a Supercomputer on the Moon

> Ouliang Chang floated his lunar supercomputer idea a few weeks ago at a > space > conference in Pasadena, California. The plan is to bury a massive machine > in > a deep dark crater, on the side of the moon that’s facing away from Earth > and > all of its electromagnetic chatter. Nuclear-powered,

Re: [Beowulf] Why We Need a Supercomputer on the Moon

On Wed, 3 Oct 2012, Prentice Bisbal wrote: > > On 10/02/2012 11:56 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: >> >> Should we build a supercomputer on the moon? >> > > And you all laugh at me every time I bring up Iceland. As long as we name it "Michael" I'm down with it. You can balance the fact that the moon is o

Re: [Beowulf] Why We Need a Supercomputer on the Moon

On 10/02/2012 11:56 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > > Should we build a supercomputer on the moon? > And you all laugh at me every time I bring up Iceland. -- Prentice ___ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your

[Beowulf] Liquid air for power storage

An intriguing concept: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/03/liquefied_air_power_storage/ Using tanks of liquefied air to store energy from wind/tidal power, so it can even out the fluctuations of these power sources. Heat is needed to warm up the liquefied air - when then goes to spin a ge