22 Feb
2004
22 Feb
'04
10:25 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com>
To: "Classic Computers Mailing List" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 5:17 AM
Subject: Flash mob computing
Interesting concept: get a bunch of people together who all have at least
a 1.3Ghz P-III (or AMD equivalent) laptop with at least 256MB RAM and a
100baseT network connection and hook them all together to try to get onto
the list of the world's 500 fastest supercomputers:
http://www.flashmobcomputing.org/
Maybe I'm behind the times, but I don't think that many people can afford
such a laptop right around now.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
Festival
Unfortunately the way things work is that some people (that normally would
have) cant afford one while others can buy two if they desire. Last
Christmas the high tech stores had a great year while the cheaper stores had
a very bad year. I am still waiting for the recovery myself.