Otter - Slashdot User

+ - TerraSoft to build the first Cell supercomputer

Submitted by Otter on Thursday October 12, 2006 @12:45PM

Otter writes "Terra Soft Solutions announced that they and Sony will build the first Cell-based supercomputing cluster at their Colorado headquarters. The cluster will be based on PS3 systems, IBM's Cell Broadband Engine and Yellow Dog Linux, and targeted at life sciences applications. Can the Wii top that?"

+ - UK DNA database versus spitting on bus drivers

Submitted by Otter on Sunday September 03, 2006 @07:37PM

Otter writes "The UK DNA database has been discussed here before. Recently it ID'd a teenager who had spit on a bus driver. The "Gobstopper" program issued DNA swab kits to bus drivers, and the teen's saliva was screened and used to identify him from the database. Apparently being spit upon is a widespread problem in the UK, as they seek to expand "Gobstopper" to bouncers, traffic wardens and others at risk."

+ - Kongratulations!

Submitted by Otter on Tuesday August 29, 2006 @01:22PM

Otter writes "Two KDE developers marry:
Matze and Eva have just returned from their honeymoon which they enjoyed on the the island Bali in Indonesia. There they did not only find some quiet moments without KDE but also an internet cafe which was using KDE on Linux of course.

(What the hell, I'll check the "Submit" box on this one...)
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+ - Mathematician turns down the Fields Medal

Submitted by on Tuesday August 22, 2006 @10:17AM

Otter writes "Russian mathematician Grigory Perelman, recently awarded math's top prize, the Fields Medal, for his solution to the Poincare Conjecture, has declined the prize. Colleagues describe him as "reclusive" and he resigned from his job at the begining of the year and is now unemployed. He is rumored to be turning down an additional $1M reward for his solution."