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Article #379Re: What are people paying for when they by a supercomputer?
From: Steve Gombosi
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 22:16
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 22:16
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In article <1992Nov17.172227.19613@nas.nasa.gov> fineberg@nas.nasa.gov writes: >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??????? Wrong company. You're thinking of Cray Research. Steve
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