Re: [Beowulf] SC13 wrapup, please post your own

2013-11-23 Thread Douglas O'Flaherty
On Nov 23, 2013, at 8:32 PM, Lawrence Stewart wrote: > Here are my impressions from the exhibits, in no particular order. > > Interesting technology > > Carbon Nanotube Computer > > In the Emerging Technologies area, there was a Stanford graduate student with > a MIPs compatible microprocesso

Re: [Beowulf] SC13 wrapup, please post your own

2013-11-23 Thread Lawrence Stewart
Here are my impressions from the exhibits, in no particular order. Interesting technology Carbon Nanotube Computer In the Emerging Technologies area, there was a Stanford graduate student with a MIPs compatible microprocessor made out of carbon nanotube transistors. He said this was feasible

Re: [Beowulf] SC13 wrapup, please post your own

2013-11-23 Thread Ellis H. Wilson III
On 11/23/2013 01:40 PM, Joe Landman wrote: > I didn't get a chance to see many booths ... I did get free the last > hour of Thursday to wander, and made sure I got to see a few people and > companies. Had a bit of the same experience, but in the reverse. Was cooped up in tech talks the entire ti

Re: [Beowulf] SC13 wrapup, please post your own

2013-11-23 Thread Adam DeConinck
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 > 14) Quality of talks/BOFs: I've heard from many sources that the talks > and BOFs were great. I miss having time to attend them, but will push > for this next year. The admin BOFs seem to be strongly in demand. > There were definitely a few

Re: [Beowulf] SC13 wrapup, please post your own

2013-11-23 Thread Joe Landman
On 11/23/2013 03:01 PM, Jonathan Dursi wrote: > On Nov 23, 2013, at 1:40PM, Joe Landman > wrote: > >> That is, we as a community have much to offer the growing big data >> community. > > I think this is completely true, and somewhat urgent. The two > communities have a lot to teach each other. >

Re: [Beowulf] SC13 wrapup, please post your own

2013-11-23 Thread Jonathan Dursi
On Nov 23, 2013, at 1:40PM, Joe Landman wrote: > That is, we as a community have much to offer the growing big data > community. I think this is completely true, and somewhat urgent. The two communities have a lot to teach each other. The big data community remains incredibly naive about a

[Beowulf] SC13: the Limulus boxen appear ...

2013-11-23 Thread Joe Landman
[Disclosure: we do have a business relationship with Basement Supercomputing. ] I have to say, that one of the most popular aspects of the show for us, was the Limulus system that Doug Eadline had set up in our booth. This is a terrific system. I really like the concept of a personal superco

Re: [Beowulf] SC13 wrapup, please post your own

2013-11-23 Thread Joe Landman
On 11/23/2013 02:00 PM, "C. Bergström" wrote: > On 11/24/13 01:40 AM, Joe Landman wrote: >> Compilers were there, no doubt. Intel, PGI, ... all there. Was >> PathScale there? Others? > Yes, but I was doing 1:1 customer meetings and presentations. I'll make > sure to ping you next time.. If you'r

Re: [Beowulf] SC13 wrapup, please post your own

2013-11-23 Thread C. Bergström
On 11/24/13 01:40 AM, Joe Landman wrote: > Compilers were there, no doubt. Intel, PGI, ... all there. Was > PathScale there? Others? Yes, but I was doing 1:1 customer meetings and presentations. I'll make sure to ping you next time.. If you're going to ISC or just want to have a call some time

[Beowulf] SC13 wrapup, please post your own

2013-11-23 Thread Joe Landman
I didn't get a chance to see many booths ... I did get free the last hour of Thursday to wander, and made sure I got to see a few people and companies. What I observed (and please feel free to challenge/contradict/offer alternative interpretations/your own views) will definitely be colored by

Re: [Beowulf] Admin action request

2013-11-23 Thread Joe Landman
On 11/23/2013 01:19 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote: Dear lord ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q.E.D. [the person hits bottom, starts digging, all the while supporting my points, making new ones, amplifying everything I pointed out] Its pretty clear that we have a content free poster determined to drag

Re: [Beowulf] Admin action request

2013-11-23 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 10:49:15AM -0500, Peter St. John wrote: > Re: " I don't give a shit about Joseph ..." ; did I mention > "unmannerliness"? You expect me to react civilly to someone who libels me, unrepentantly? Really? To add insult to injury, I've been publicly accused of threatening Joe

Re: [Beowulf] DMCA take down notices

2013-11-23 Thread Ellis H. Wilson III
On 11/23/2013 05:01 AM, Andrew Holway wrote: > There is a legal mechanism to deal with this which protects both the > copyright holder and the host. Please can we talk about supercomputers > again because this "issue" is_EXTREMELY_ boring. Great points Andrew, and I'll /strongly/ +1 this with a f

Re: [Beowulf] Admin action request

2013-11-23 Thread atchley tds.net
I, for one, prefer a short summary as to why the relevance to the list and a link. On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Joe Landman < land...@scalableinformatics.com> wrote: > > > > On Nov 23, 2013, at 10:49 AM, "Peter St. John" > wrote: > > Re: " I don't give a shit about Joseph ..." ; did I ment

Re: [Beowulf] Admin action request

2013-11-23 Thread Joe Landman
> On Nov 23, 2013, at 10:49 AM, "Peter St. John" > wrote: > > Re: " I don't give a shit about Joseph ..." ; did I mention "unmannerliness"? > Peter Someone had an overinflated view of the impact of his threats which he detailed here. I began to ignore him then and there, though his posting

Re: [Beowulf] Admin action request

2013-11-23 Thread Peter St. John
Re: " I don't give a shit about Joseph ..." ; did I mention "unmannerliness"? Peter On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 6:15 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 03:42:35PM -0500, Joe Landman wrote: > > Folks: > > > >We are seeing a return to the posting of multiple full articles > > Failur

Re: [Beowulf] Admin action request

2013-11-23 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 03:42:35PM -0500, Joe Landman wrote: > Folks: > >We are seeing a return to the posting of multiple full articles Failure to address the culprit (me, presumably) by name. Use of majestatis pluralis. Why so pissy? > again. We've asked several times that this not occur

[Beowulf] DMCA take down notices

2013-11-23 Thread Andrew Holway
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=4472d242-ff83-430a-8df4-6be5d63422ca There is a legal mechanism to deal with this which protects both the copyright holder and the host. Please can we talk about supercomputers again because this "issue" is _EXTREMELY_ boring. One of the lurking issue