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Comment Re:Quality name? (Score 1) 83

by jtillots on Tuesday April 30, 2013 @12:50PM (#43592051) Attached to: Indiana University Dedicates Biggest College-Owned Supercomputer

I wanted to name it Trident. It's 1.) IU related (our symbol is called the trident), 2.) it's powerful since it's a weapon, and 3.) it's gum-themed (expanding on BigRed as a chewing gum). Who's with me!

Comment Layoffs (Score 1) 1

by jtillots on Thursday February 10, 2011 @01:27AM (#35159050) Attached to: Activition Cancels Guitar Hero

Activision Blizzard has also laid off a large number of staff - some sources estimate as many as 25% of their staff.

Submission + - Activition Cancels Guitar Hero (gamepro.com) 1

Submitted by jtillots on Thursday February 10, 2011 @12:27AM

jtillots writes: Activision Blizzard cancels Guitar Hero citing "decling revenue of the music game genre". Also on the chopping block was DJ Hero and True Crime. Fat_bot put it best — it's the new Day the Music Died.

Submission + - World's Largest Reboot (theregister.co.uk)

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jtillots

on Wednesday November 14, 2007 @11:53AM

jtillots writes: "Yesterday, exhibitors at the yearly SuperComputing Conference (SC|07) experienced two power outages during the open day of the exhibition floor. Happening within a few seconds of each other, the power outage didn't seem to be caused by the large amount of machinery in the convention center, but was a general power grid failure happening over a large section of the city. What is the sound of hundreds of admins collectively saying "crap" at the same time?"

Comment Re:NCDM won the bw challenge (Score 1) 117

by jtillots on Tuesday November 21, 2006 @09:53PM (#16943738) Attached to: Purdue Streams a Movie At 7.5Gb/sec

I'm one of the researchers on the Purdue team, and we didn't mind losing to you guys. Good job and nice application!

People should definitely check your stuff out. I saw your public presentation at SC06 - got a web site?

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