Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan, the head of Virginia Tech’s recent construction of a 1,100-node Power Mac G5-based supercomputer (currently tentatively ranked as the 3rd fastest supercomputer in the word) gave a talk at the O’Reilly Mac OS X conference this week.
Categories: Technology
- Published:
- October 30, 2003 – 4:30 pm
- Author:
- By Michael Hanscom
While the current page is certainly friendly and cheerful, it’s not quite the Boing Boing I’m familiar with.
Categories: Links
- Published:
- October 30, 2003 – 2:51 pm
- Author:
- By Michael Hanscom
The NRA has a 19-page ‘blacklist’ of groups, associations, companies and individuals known to support gun control legislation posted on their website. Feeling left out ‘cause you’re not on it? Sign up to be added!
Categories: Politics
- Published:
- October 30, 2003 – 1:18 am
- Author:
- By Michael Hanscom
The security breaches and known vulnerabilities of the current E-voting systems make it clear that in their present state, they cannot be trusted — and I, for one, would greatly prefer it if I could be sure that my vote in 2004 goes to the candidate I intend it to.
Categories: Politics
- Published:
- October 30, 2003 – 12:45 am
- Author:
- By Michael Hanscom