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485980 2006-09-20 22:50:00 16nodes, 75mHz pentiums, 64MB ram per node.
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Is there any practical use for it other than boosting my geekdom and the geekdom of my friend?
Mirddes (10)
485981 2006-09-20 23:39:00 This would be less powerful than a new computer even on an embarrasingly parallel task, so the only gain is in geekiness. TGoddard (7263)
485982 2006-09-20 23:55:00 woot Mirddes (10)
485983 2006-09-21 02:36:00 It will make quite a good heater. :cool: You could connect a weather station, and have it run the appropriate number of computers, dependng on the outside temperature

You might be able to do some long term weather forecasting; probably a 14 day forecast wuld take no more than a year to produce.

But its will still be an interesting project. It doesn't have to be useful.
Graham L (2)
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