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Message 1015242 - Posted: 13 Jul 2010, 3:15:56 UTC

Interesting read:
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Based on 64 Intel Core i7-920 running on a lightbulb budget...
wonder how many work units you could crunch with it?


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Message 1015283 - Posted: 13 Jul 2010, 5:31:26 UTC - in response to Message 1015242.  

hahaha... and now unplug 1 wire in that room, and tell the IT guy to go find it :P
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Message 1015284 - Posted: 13 Jul 2010, 5:36:59 UTC - in response to Message 1015283.  

hahaha... and now unplug 1 wire in that room, and tell the IT guy to go find it :P

Speaking as a card-carrying BOFH, I recommend swapping two cables. It's harder to spot and it's amusing to watch a printer try to play MP3's.

Interesting article.

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Message 1015393 - Posted: 13 Jul 2010, 16:07:26 UTC

That looks a lot like the test setup I built at my last job. I only had 2 bakers racks of computers tho.
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Message 1015549 - Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 11:21:48 UTC

saw that on engadget :)

but could someone explain how that "accelerator board" is able to increase its effectiveness 4x?

what is it and what does it do? the source article doesnt say :/
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Message 1015611 - Posted: 14 Jul 2010, 16:30:54 UTC - in response to Message 1015284.  

hahaha... and now unplug 1 wire in that room, and tell the IT guy to go find it :P

Speaking as a card-carrying BOFH, I recommend swapping two cables. It's harder to spot and it's amusing to watch a printer try to play MP3's.

Fantastic, fiendish, nasty!

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