27 Sep
2012
27 Sep
'12
11:59 a.m.
On 09/27/2012 05:07 AM, Pontus wrote:
Not here they don't. The typical reaction here is "Oh, those big
computers are the OLD ones, don't you know that? We have laptops now!
Nobody uses those big computers anymore."
Showing them pictures of a Blue Gene machine usually results in
remarks like "Wow, that one is HUGE, it must be REALLY old! I bet my
iPad is faster!"
(usually followed by: "Durrrr...what game is on tonight?")
Like I said...I find it beneficial to simply avoid associating with
such people.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
Though, I find
if you can connect it to something historical that they
know about and understand, then they *really* get it.
That is also true. I have a alpha rack which used to be part of a
Top-500 computer. Not just the model, but the actual computer.
Supercomputers is something that people "understand".