now this is a computer

[archie123]

check out the specs on this bad boy........apparently it takes 2 months to fully boot up!!!! and we whine when Vista takes more than 30 seconds :P and it has 15,000,000mb of ram! (i got this info from an article on it in the Sun newspaper

Met Office says new super-computer will give more accurate forecasts - Times Online

 

[kavita]

Hmmm... 15,000,000mb of ram? Seems fake.

 

[JimJoe]

Cray YMP-2s were used by the US NOAA to model hurricanes, tornadoes, and ocean currents. If the vendor had said '2 month bootup' they wouldn't have received the contract, regardelsss of any claims about it.

 

[K1K1D33]

check out the specs on this bad boy........apparently it takes 2 months to fully boot up!!!! and we whine when Vista takes more than 30 seconds :P and it has 15,000,000mb of ram! (i got this info from an article on it in the Sun newspaper

Met Office says new super-computer will give more accurate forecasts - Times Online

---I read the article---and?---(I actually like the snowman sitting on the bench)---

peace