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 Also blocked by NoScript (Score 1) 225

by jlmcgraw on Friday July 24, 2009 @01:38PM (#28809531) Attached to: Critical Flaw Discovered In DD-WRT

It appears that recent versions of NoScript block this by default with ABE (http://noscript.net/abe/index.html)

Let's hear it for NoScript!

Comment ILS 13L Approach plate for JFK in demo (Score 1) 312

by jlmcgraw on Wednesday May 06, 2009 @04:23PM (#27850711) Attached to: Amazon Kindle DX Details Revealed

Am I the only one out there who's psyched that they used an approach plate as one of the demo PDFs? That's exactly the kind of usage I'm anticipating these being perfect for

Comment Re:159357 popular with lefties? (Score 1) 299

by jlmcgraw on Sunday February 08, 2009 @12:30AM (#26769511) Attached to: Passwords From PHPBB Attack Analyzed

Funny, I do the same thing; swapping back and forth whenever I feel like it, and I've never noticed a difference either way. It's certainly not as hard to learn as writing with either hand.

But _I_ was going to call it mousebidextrous

Comment No seatbelts? WTF? (Score 2, Interesting) 223

by jlmcgraw on Wednesday December 31, 2008 @02:58AM (#26277293) Attached to: NASA Releases Columbia Crew Survival Report

Am I the only one amazed that being in your seat, with all of your safety harnesses fastened, and your suit/helmet on and sealed, isn't absolutely required during re-entry? Having your seat belts fastened during takeoff/landing is legally required in a junky Cessna 152, much less the multi-billion dollar space shuttle

Submission + - Hans Reiser leads police to Nina's body 1

Submitted by jlmcgraw on Monday July 07, 2008 @09:24PM

jlmcgraw writes: CBS5.com is reporting that Hans Reiser is leading police to the location in the Oakland Hills where he buried Nina's body

Comment I think this cartoon hits the nail on the head (Score 1) 574

by jlmcgraw on Friday October 27, 2006 @07:03PM (#16616968) Attached to: Congressman Calls for Arrest of Security Researcher

My father forwarded this on to me and I think it's a perfect appraisal of the situation. The goal isn't necessarily to kill anyone but rather just to keep everyone riled up and unable to focus on what's important.

http://www.wondermark.com/d/220.html