What is this? - Page 117

Gravdigr · 10-25-2011, 01:43 PM

Somewhat different this time around. This time you get the entire picture (almost), instead of a crop or close-up. The blacked out area is a name that would give away the answer.

So, what is this?

BigV · 10-25-2011, 01:47 PM

Cray XMP.

Do you know why it has that circular shape?

To make the connections between the multiple processors as short and uniform as possible, so they could communicate faster and with the minimum difference among the processors.

Spexxvet · 10-25-2011, 01:49 PM

testing lab at Consumer Reports

Gravdigr · 10-25-2011, 02:40 PM

Dayum! That lasted all of four minutes. Good job, Big V!

XMP I don't know from, but, yes, it is a vintage Cray superputer.

BigV · 10-25-2011, 05:13 PM

thanks man! I knew that one on sight. If I'd refreshed sooner, I'd've posted the answer sooner.

The blue and white things behind the two figures... what are they?

footfootfoot · 10-25-2011, 05:41 PM

Kobalt beer fridges from Lowe's?

BigV · 10-25-2011, 06:02 PM

hahahahah good one.

no.

HungLikeJesus · 10-25-2011, 06:54 PM

Printers with built-in document shredders, for homeland security.

Happy Monkey · 10-25-2011, 07:40 PM

Hard drives?

BigV · 10-25-2011, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Hard drives?

Washing machines. heh... yes, hard drives.

Quote:

washing machine /n./

1. Old-style 14-inch hard disks in floor-standing cabinets. So called because of the size of the cabinet and the `top-loading' access to the media packs -- and, of course, they were always set on `spin cycle'. The washing-machine idiom transcends language barriers; it is even used in Russian hacker jargon. See also walking drives. The thick channel cables connecting these were called `bit hoses' (see hose, sense 3). 2. [CMU] A machine used exclusively for washing software. CMU has clusters of these.

GunMaster357 · 10-25-2011, 08:20 PM

I'd say Control Data units from their look.

HungLikeJesus · 10-25-2011, 08:25 PM

I wonder what that computer would compare to in today's market.

ZenGum · 10-25-2011, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

I wonder what that computer would compare to in today's market.

[thread-drifting]

An article at Newscientist (http://www.newscientist.com/article/...nventions.html) which is no longer easily available discussed how much it would take to build the functional equivalent of an iphone using 1980s technology.

The answer is roughly that you'd be pushing around a well-loaded wheelbarrow, with the battery pack on a wagon behind.

Spexxvet · 10-26-2011, 09:03 AM

A wagon has a behind? Junk in the trunk?

wolf · 10-26-2011, 09:14 AM

Isn't it round for most efficient use of the liquid nitrogen cooling tower?

(I was late into the discussion, but I immediately said "Cray." And got a little excited. Old school geekishness. I asked the boss for one for Christmas one year. I didn't get it. Not only was it a mite overpowered for our computing needs, she was Jewish. I didn't get one for Chanukah, either.)

10-25-2011, 01:43 PM	#1
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Somewhat different this time around. This time you get the entire picture (almost), instead of a crop or close-up. The blacked out area is a name that would give away the answer. So, what is this? Attached Images __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-25-2011, 01:47 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Cray XMP. Do you know why it has that circular shape? To make the connections between the multiple processors as short and uniform as possible, so they could communicate faster and with the minimum difference among the processors. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-25-2011, 01:49 PM	#3
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	testing lab at Consumer Reports __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

10-25-2011, 02:40 PM	#4
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Dayum! That lasted all of four minutes. Good job, Big V! XMP I don't know from, but, yes, it is a vintage Cray superputer. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-25-2011, 05:13 PM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	thanks man! I knew that one on sight. If I'd refreshed sooner, I'd've posted the answer sooner. The blue and white things behind the two figures... what are they? __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-25-2011, 05:41 PM	#6
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Kobalt beer fridges from Lowe's? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-25-2011, 06:02 PM	#7
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	hahahahah good one. no. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-25-2011, 06:54 PM	#8
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Printers with built-in document shredders, for homeland security. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

10-25-2011, 07:40 PM	#9
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Hard drives? __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

10-25-2011, 08:20 PM	#11
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	I'd say Control Data units from their look. __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

10-25-2011, 08:25 PM	#12
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I wonder what that computer would compare to in today's market. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

10-26-2011, 09:03 AM	#14
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	A wagon has a behind? Junk in the trunk? __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

10-26-2011, 09:14 AM	#15
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Isn't it round for most efficient use of the liquid nitrogen cooling tower? (I was late into the discussion, but I immediately said "Cray." And got a little excited. Old school geekishness. I asked the boss for one for Christmas one year. I didn't get it. Not only was it a mite overpowered for our computing needs, she was Jewish. I didn't get one for Chanukah, either.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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