Blind spots

Post by **BlueGene** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 6:24 am

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/blindspot1.html

Try the thing at the bottom it's really odd.

Post by **Bdw3** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:03 am

That's pretty cool. :icon28:

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:04 am

bluegene - as in the ibm supercomputer?

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:11 am

That was bigblue, wasn't it?

Well I was close, it was deep blue.

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:22 am

FragaGeddon wrote:That was bigblue, wasn't it?

Well I was close, it was deep blue.

deep blue is a chess playing machine - i'm talking about a newer one. I think it's still in development.

Check out this wired article - it's where i first read about it:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.07/blue_pr.html

Post by **BlueGene** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:44 am

Yes, I think it's still the fastest supercomputer.

Post by **Canis** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:46 am

Faster than the earth simulator?

Post by **BlueGene** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:59 am

BlueGene/L is about 280 TeraFlops #1 (2005)
BlueGene 2 is 91 TeraFlops #2 (2005)
NEC Earth-Simulator is very old, made in 2002 and it's only 35 TeraFlops #7

http://www.top500.org/lists/2005/11/TOP10_Nov2005.pdf

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:38 pm

even faster than the quantum computer that will be on sale next week ?

Post by **R00k** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:57 pm

BlueGene wrote:http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/blindspot1.html

Try the thing at the bottom it's really odd.

That's pretty crazy, I wasn't aware of the blind spot.

Anybody try out the java mapper thing? Apparently this is how big my blind spot is, from about 9 inches away from the monitor:

!

Post by **Transient** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 2:38 pm

Pretty cool shit there. Here's my blind spot:

Post by **BlueGene** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 2:57 pm

Yup, mine looks about the same but it also depends how close you are to the monitor. Kinda odd how your brain fills in the missing area, if there is a pattern it should finish the pattern. :icon28:

Post by **BlueGene** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:00 pm

MKJ wrote:even faster than the quantum computer that will be on sale next week ?

Haven't heard of it, can't find any info do u have a link by any chance? However I doubt that the first quantum computers will be able to beat a supercomputer doing 250+ teraflops.

Post by **Ryoki** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:04 pm

Post by **Tsakali_** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:24 am

BlueGene wrote:
MKJ wrote:even faster than the quantum computer that will be on sale next week ?
Haven't heard of it, can't find any info do u have a link by any chance? However I doubt that the first quantum computers will be able to beat a supercomputer doing 250+ teraflops.

you missed the joke on your blindspot

Post by **Canis** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:27 am

BlueGene wrote:
MKJ wrote:even faster than the quantum computer that will be on sale next week ?
Haven't heard of it, can't find any info do u have a link by any chance? However I doubt that the first quantum computers will be able to beat a supercomputer doing 250+ teraflops.

http://www.quantum-computer.com

Post by **BlueGene** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:24 pm

Yeah I figured, just wasn't sure.

Post by **menkent** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:49 pm

go brain go!

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:31 pm

BlueGene wrote:Yeah I figured, just wasn't sure.

that wasnt even what i was hinting at

do a search on toxicbug and youll figure it out

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