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Thread ID: 47575 2004-07-30 09:02:00 NASA to build 10,240-processor Linux computer mikebartnz (21) Press F1
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256743 2004-07-30 09:02:00 Read about it here (www.infoworld.com) mikebartnz (21)
256744 2004-07-31 03:25:00 I'd _love_ to put Gentoo on that baby!!!! Chilling_Silence (9)
256745 2004-07-31 04:12:00 A bit to go before they match (in numbers) the Connection Machine. It had 64000 processors. Trouble is, it was an answer looking for a question. :D Graham L (2)
256746 2004-08-04 19:10:00 This prompt's me to ask all the doze supporter's who claim linux is old, dying, and unfit for the commercial desktop, why "N.A.S.A." Still commission it for jobs like this. drb1 (4492)
256747 2004-08-04 21:37:00 > why "N.A.S.A." Still commission
> it for jobs like this.

I would say Linux is "scallable". From running on embedded devices and PDA's to running the network of PC's that made Shrek 2 (Or so Ive heard).


Chill.
Chilling_Silence (9)
256748 2004-08-04 22:20:00 Because they get the source and can fine tune it. They are not "locked" into one vendor. You don't have to run a GUI (blah blah blah) :) Dolby Digital (160)
256749 2004-08-05 15:10:00 hilli. It is very (scallable) drb1 (4492)
256750 2004-08-05 18:13:00 Some of NASA's space ships blow up too.
Jack
JJJJJ (528)
256751 2004-08-06 00:21:00 > Some of NASA's space ships blow up too.
> Jack

.....That's why they've gone to windows - to get away from viruses :D
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