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Article #373Re: What are people paying for when they by a supercomputer?
From: Samuel A. Fineberg
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:22
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 17:22
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In article <1992Nov17.054017.9167@craycos.com>, sog@craycos.com (Steve Gombosi) writes: |> In article <schumach.721938542@convex.convex.com> schumach@convex.com (Richard A. Schumacher) writes: |> >In <1992Nov16.171314.2178@craycos.com> sog@craycos.com (Steve Gombosi) writes: |> > |> >>>>>what are they getting in addition to computational power? |> >>... several hundred gallons of Fluorinert(r) ;-). |> > |> >Not necessarily. Some of us are ozone-friendly. :-> |> |> Fluorinert is a FLUOROcarbon, not a CHLOROFLUOROcarbon like Freon. |> It doesn't form any weird, nasty ozone-depleting free radicals. |> It's the chlorine that does that. We're a kinder, gentler supercomputer |> company ;-). |> |> Steve Yea, but do you use CFCs in the cooling plant of the Y-MP??????? Sam
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.super Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!ames!data.nas.nasa.gov!win31.nas.nasa.gov!fineberg From: fineberg@win31.nas.nasa.gov (Samuel A. Fineberg) Subject: Re: What are people paying for when they by a supercomputer? References: <1992Nov16.023102.21232@nas.nasa.gov> <1992Nov16.171314.2178@craycos.com> <schumach.721938542@convex.convex.com> <1992Nov17.054017.9167@craycos.com> Sender: news@nas.nasa.gov (News Administrator) Organization: CSC, NASA Ames Research Center, NAS Division Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 17:22:27 GMT Message-ID: <1992Nov17.172227.19613@nas.nasa.gov> Reply-To: fineberg@nas.nasa.gov Lines: 18