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  1. May 16th, 2002, 01:27 PM #1
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    Post The fastest computer to date...

    <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/reu/20020422/computer.html#jump" target="_blank">http://dsc.discovery.com/news/reu/20020422/computer.html#jump</a>

    I wish I had a computer that did gigaflops.
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  2. May 16th, 2002, 01:32 PM #2
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  3. May 16th, 2002, 01:39 PM #3
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    </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by /DiR:
    <strong><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/reu/20020422/computer.html#jump" target="_blank">http://dsc.discovery.com/news/reu/20020422/computer.html#jump</a>

    I wish I had a computer that did gigaflops.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yeah, but I bet the video on it sucks!!
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  4. May 16th, 2002, 03:01 PM #4
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    </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by /DiR:
    <strong><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/reu/20020422/computer.html#jump" target="_blank">http://dsc.discovery.com/news/reu/20020422/computer.html#jump</a>

    I wish I had a computer that did gigaflops.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Cool! Almost as fast as your comp, /DIR.
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  5. May 16th, 2002, 03:46 PM #5
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    </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by KINGofBLEH:
    <strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by /DiR:
    <strong><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/reu/20020422/computer.html#jump" target="_blank">http://dsc.discovery.com/news/reu/20020422/computer.html#jump</a>

    I wish I had a computer that did gigaflops.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Cool! Almost as fast as your comp, /DIR.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Muh wha ha ha
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  6. May 17th, 2002, 02:47 AM #6
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    OMG! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />

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  7. May 17th, 2002, 09:02 AM #7
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  8. May 17th, 2002, 01:26 PM #8
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    Just wait a couple years... <a href="http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/wwwr_thinkresearch.nsf/pages/bluegene499.html" target="_blank">Blue Gene</a>
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  9. May 17th, 2002, 01:49 PM #9
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    Cool, but what the heck is a gigaflop?
    user: "I'm having problems settting up my laptop. Can u help me?"
    me: "Sure, no problem"
    user: "Ok, let me open the box up"
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    </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by da_grinch:
    <strong>Cool, but what the heck is a gigaflop? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Viagras biggest customer?
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  11. May 18th, 2002, 05:51 AM #11
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    </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by da_grinch:
    <strong>Cool, but what the heck is a gigaflop? </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">gigaflop

    As a measure of computer speed, a gigaflop is a billion floating-point operations per second

    <a href="http://search390.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid10_gci213966,00.html" target="_blank">FLOPS</a>

    </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Viagras biggest customer?</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
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  12. May 18th, 2002, 11:00 AM #12
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    I think you're all high. I wouldn't date a computer even if it did petaflops.
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