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US Air Force Buying Another 2,200 PS3s 144

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday November 25, 2009 @05:02AM from the quick-who-knows-a-good-ps3-flight-sim dept.

bleedingpegasus sends word that the US Air Force will be grabbing up 2,200 new PlayStation 3 consoles for research into supercomputing. They already have a cluster made from 336 of the old-style (non-Slim) consoles, which they've used for a variety of purposes, including "processing multiple radar images into higher resolution composite images (known as synthetic aperture radar image formation), high-def video processing, and 'neuromorphic computing.'" According to the Justification Review Document (DOC), "Once the hardware configuration is implemented, software code will be developed in-house for cluster implementation utilizing a Linux-based operating software."

Comment Re:Surprising? (Score 1) 509

by dr_db on Thursday August 06, 2009 @02:48PM (#28976543) Attached to: Feds At DefCon Alarmed After RFIDs Scanned

Fries with Gravy ... and Cheese.

Never could get them to make it right when I was travelling down south. A good dark brown beef gravy with mozzarella cheese curds would sure hit the spot right now. mmmmm.

And I am not in a French region of Canada, but I still enjoy it. Immensely,

Off topic, we also have a far wider variety of chip flavours, and other gut size-enhancing snacks.

Comment NCC-1701 version (Score 2, Funny) 541

by dr_db on Tuesday June 23, 2009 @01:00PM (#28441003) Attached to: Could We Beam Broadband Internet Into Iran?

We would have to ask Scotty if we had enough power to beam broadband.

Comment Re:Why aren't more roads concrete? (Score 1) 717

by dr_db on Monday June 15, 2009 @03:39PM (#28339389) Attached to: Broke Counties Turn Failing Roads To Gravel

Posting from a place that gets cold... The expansion cracks get ridiculous in the winter, hammers like a flat tire. And they seemed to need lots of maintenance, if my experiences in Winnipeg were any indicator. Where I am now they will put down a concrete pad where trucks stop and rut up the road, like at lights, but the rest is asphalt. The asphalt cracks about every 14 feet after a couple years from the cold/hot cycle.

Also, watermains tend to be run under roads as well, and it's much easier and quicker to patch a cut when they make a repair when the road is asphalt. The curing time to full strength isn't measured in days.

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