On Monday 15 October 2001 10:26 am, you wrote:
> JIM Wrote:
> > Many problem domains are not suitable for parrellelism anyway.
>
> [<]
> Suitable ::
> Number Crunching (SETI).
> Crypto Key Breaking.
> DataBases (Logic Trees).
>
> Parrallel Distributed Programming:
> AI. 2k3wl.
> Neural Nets.
>
>
> Games.
>
> Do you know of any others?
Many scientific apps: nuclear bomb simulations, weather prediction, molecular
science for instance.
Myself, I would love to continue the artificial life sims that I did at uni.
This is very suitable for parrallel machines, as each node can process a
bunch of individuals independantly from all others.
I can see databases being to most generally useful.
>
> > Nice idea though - I would love the k3wl factor of having a supercomputer
> > in
> > my house!
>
> [<] Me too. I am starting to do some of my own research into
> Beowolfs.
Good luck, dude! Keep the group posted on how it goes.
Jim
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