New U.S. earth science supercomputer will be 100,000 times faster than a typical PC

ctv news ^ | 1-11-2016 | The Canadian Press

[Citizen Zed]

And it's powered by unicorn farts.

[Resolute Conservative]

It is quicker to calculate the answer when you are directed to answer a certain way.

[Smokin' Joe]

GIGO

Garbage In, Garbage Out.

[Steely Tom]

It’s a denier killer!

[Blood of Tyrants]

So the garbage they are feeding in will result in even worse garbage out.

[Celtic Conservative]

It will be able to download all porn on the net instantaneously.

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[humblegunner]

100,000 times faster than a typical PC

Yay them.

They can read my posts 100,000 times faster.

That's got to be in the "Add to Mankind" category and somebody should get a coffee cup.

[Slyfox]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- One of the most powerful computers in the world dedicated to climate change

Okay, that is where I stopped reading.

Anything dedicated to climate change models is gonna be crap, and will spew out crap.

So, these computers will give us the crap lies even faster.

[samtheman]

GIGO
Garbage In, Garbage Out.

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That was my first thought. If you start with faulty premises it doesnt matter who fast your computer is.

[katana]

And the answer will still be “42”.

[I want the USA back]

I knew the article was going to link it to “climate change”. Computing faster means that garbage is produced sooner.

[Sgt_Schultze]

They’ll be able to make-up the future now for 250 years away instead of only 100. We’ll never know just how wrong they are today.

[dfwgator]

And they’ll still mainly use the computers to download porn.

[Billthedrill]

Meh, not faster than mine. Mine has a Turbo button. And a MATH COPROCESSOR! So jump back, Jack.

[Paladin2]

GIGO

[steve86]

dedicated to climate change

That is the bias of CTV News, not necessarily the lab or the scientists who will utilize the system. If you bothered to read some of the sample research questions it would become clearer to you.

[Farmer Dean]

“It will be able to download all porn on the net instantaneously.”
Will it want a cigarette after that?

[Celtic Conservative]

Yes. And some chinese takeout.

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[Zathras]

Last time I checked, Silicon Graphics is a dead company.
Google bought most of their property in Mountain View.

I wonder who got paid off to take a Silicon Graphics computer.

[cpdiii]

GIGO Garbage In, Garbage Out.

Yes but it delivers the garbage 100,000 times faster.