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Worlds fastest supercomputer runs linux

Rachel Ayres — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:18:16 -0400

"IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory break a processing speed record with the world's first petaflop computer, Roadrunner " - Wikipedia

I had to look up what a petaflop is, and I still don't quite get it, but I think I 've grasped it enough to know that it's really fast (10 to the power of 15 flops - a calculator averages about 10 flops). read more »

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ubuntu's the bomb

Rachel Ayres — Sat, 17 May 2008 20:35:38 -0400

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

This is fucking hilarious.

"Ubuntu's da bomb
Boot it for your Mom" read more »

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Are you getting the most out of your Sympatico account?

Deleted Accounts — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:14:38 -0400

I personally switched from Rogers communication cable services to Bell Sympatico services, due to traffic shaping policies held by the former. In recent news however, it appears that Sympatico service subscribers, are on the cusp of suffering the same fate. read more »

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Geek Porn

Rachel Ayres — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:50:27 -0400

This video is pretty graphic... lot's of action..

May or may not appeal to some of our nerdier friends.

watch at your own risk..

-Rachel read more »

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How to get a windows refund

Deleted Accounts — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:29:56 -0500

I was just scrolling through the eeepc forum looking at the discussion over the new 900 series eeepc. What made me look at it, is why asus decided to put windows as an option, and since XP is being cut off in June this year (2008, believe the 30th to be exact), whether vista is going to be the "option".

this article was quoted in the discussion, on how to claim a windows tax refund from the vender of a new computer. read more »

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haha bloatware

Deleted Accounts — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 07:02:16 -0500

aaaaahahahahahahaha

its a bit old, but I figure it would be the perfect to share since we can now add videos to blogs and forums. plus I just upgraded my VM's xp IE6 to IE7, and was surprised that it took 30mins, to do something that should take about 3mins.. oh well..

on another note, the site seems to work in both IE6 and IE7, so thats good.. but USE FIREFOX!!! read more »