More PC Vendor Suggestions 2004-07-28 - By Alain Bellon
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Impersonating supercomputers is just a recreational past time, not
something I would make money from...
...hmmm but it could be interesting.
-Alain Bellon
Dave Angelini wrote:
>For some reason, I thought you were going to say:
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>"I don't work for SGI, but I play one on TV"
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>;-)
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>Dave Angelini
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>-- -- Original Message -- --
>From: "Alain Bellon" <neuronal@(protected)>
>To: <truespace@(protected)>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 6:39 PM
>Subject: Re: [TSML] More PC Vendor Suggestions
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>>I do not work for SGI, but I have worked with SGI machines, so I am a
>>little skeptical :)
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>>>These things are fast,
>>>NASA uses some of our Larger systems to pilot the Mars
>>>Rover in real time, THERE IS NO LAG here people! :).
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>>Hmmm so the machines are so fast they are able to overcome the lag due
>>to the
>>radio waves traveling at the speed of light (20 minutes for the round
>>trip)? Or was this a joke? :)
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>>While there is no doubt that the current SGI larger machines are in the
>>super computer class,
>>people here would be interested in knowing how a smaller SGI workstation
>>compares with a
>>PC workstation about the same price. In other words, what is the
>>price/performance ratio of
>>an SGI machine vs. a PC, for the smaller SGI workstations.
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>>Best rgards,
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>>-Alain Bellon
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