Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 06:57:28 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@unix.tfs.net> To: akm@mother.sneaker.net.au (Andrew Kenneth Milton) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building parallel "Beowulf-style" supercomputers with FreeBSD Message-ID: <199710071157.GAA01319@argus.tfs.net> In-Reply-To: <199710072056.UAA13876@mother.sneaker.net.au> from Andrew Kenneth Milton at "Oct 7, 97 08:56:21 pm"
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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+
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