From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Oct 7 04:57:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA19759 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 7 Oct 1997 04:57:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from unix.tfs.net (root@unix.tfs.net [199.79.146.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA19752 for ; Tue, 7 Oct 1997 04:57:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jbryant@argus.tfs.net) Received: from argus.tfs.net (node25.tfs.net [207.2.220.25]) by unix.tfs.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA20459; Tue, 7 Oct 1997 06:56:05 -0500 Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by argus.tfs.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) id GAA01319; Tue, 7 Oct 1997 06:57:29 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant Message-Id: <199710071157.GAA01319@argus.tfs.net> Subject: Re: Building parallel "Beowulf-style" supercomputers with FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199710072056.UAA13876@mother.sneaker.net.au> from Andrew Kenneth Milton at "Oct 7, 97 08:56:21 pm" To: akm@mother.sneaker.net.au (Andrew Kenneth Milton) Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 06:57:28 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Reply-to: jbryant@tfs.net X-Windows: R00LZ!@# MS-Winbl0wz DR00LZ!@# X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE #0: Wed Jul 9 01:01:24 CDT 1997 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply: > +-----[ Jordan K. Hubbard ]------------------------------ > | > | > How about "The Swarm" then? It would have already been built had I not > | > bought myself a place to live instead. It had sort of a priority over > | > toys :( > | > | Hmmm. Swarm. That makes me think of locusts, those industrious > | little insects which often move from place to place in great numbers, > | eating and overcoming all in their path. > > How about the 'Hive' then for a group of industrious hardworking insects > working in harmony... hmmm.... "The Hive", i like it. hives have intelligent movement of data, cell stucture, and get a lot of work done! but then, someone is sure to mention that the other kind of hives are caused by herpes, and nobody wants that :^( ahh, simply put a gif of a BEE and some honeycomb [yumm, sweet] in the tarball, and that connection won't be made, unless the implementation sucks... heheheheh, i've got to say it, if only for terry's sake... HyperHive > | Yeah, I like it! It's got legs, gents! Let's do it!! Let's... > | What? I should stick to engineering, you say? But it's so *catchy*, > | I mean, haha, consider just the pun opportunities! No? Well fine, be > | that way then! [*sulk*] I think Jordan needs some sleep... The Plague? jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28pw voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+