Turn That Pc Into A Supercomputer

[J'Pol]

Will it come with minesweeper tho'.

[Rat Faced]

JPaul,

You, like me, will remember the British Met Office having the most powerful Supercomputer in the world at one point.... which isnt bad, for an organisation whose 1st contact with computers was one that was owned by Lyons (yes, the food company) that they were allowed to use occasionaly.

Now their super-duper "upgraded" Cray only sneaks in at Number 161

[clocker]

Originally posted by JPaul@15 October 2003 - 12:48
Will it come with minesweeper tho'.

Apparently not, sorry.

A wicked version of Tetris, though.

I can hardly wait for this new technology. Right now it takes me at least a couple of minutes to screw up my PC, soon I shall be able to do it in nanoseconds!
That is what teraflop is referring to, is it not? Or should that be teracrash...?

[J'Pol]

RF - indeed I like you, there is no need to start your post by saying it. Everyone knows that already.

Clocker - I bought a pair of flip flops when I went to Mallorca on holiday this year. Being a Luddite (and now something of a sophisticate) I threw them into my computer when I returned. It had little effect, back to clogs I suppose

Seriously tho - can it be said that a man with terraflops has his feet firmly on the ground.

[j2k4]

I must say-

I like hanging around all you techie kibbutzers.

It would seem, though, that the terms "teraFLOP" and "gigaFLOP" are just a bit retrograde; we finally got the "FLOP" out of "FLOPPIES" and now we're going to resurrect the term?

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by j2k4@16 October 2003 - 05:44
we finally got the "FLOP" out of "FLOPPIES"

Is it your contention that I should now do my backups on pies. Why was I not informed.

[dwightfry]

Doesn't 'flop' come from 'Floating operation'?

[clocker]

Originally posted by dwightfry@16 October 2003 - 07:18
Doesn't 'flop' come from 'Floating operation'?

No.

It comes from cows.

Where have you been?

[j2k4]

Originally posted by JPaul+16 October 2003 - 03:33--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (JPaul &#064; 16 October 2003 - 03:33)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-j2k4@16 October 2003 - 05:44
we finally got the "FLOP" out of "FLOPPIES"

Is it your contention that I should now do my backups on pies. Why was I not informed.[/b][/quote]
It&#39;s right in the (as yet unprinted) manual, JPaul.

It says, "Pies for backups are optional, the type of pie very much up to the conscience of the individual user". I prefer mince, though they are hard to come by, and cherry is acceptable as a substitute.

Only cretins use cow.

[j2k4]

Originally posted by dwightfry@16 October 2003 - 09:18
Doesn&#39;t &#39;flop&#39; come from &#39;Floating operation&#39;?

Renfield (welcome back, BTW), your obvious scholarship on the matter is corking our spam.

Well done&#33;