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julho 18, 2005
PC U2
A universidade de Buffalo comprou um computador de alta tecnologia para os seus projectos de genetica, hidraulica e monitorização social. E como se tratava de um «grande» computador, decidiram baptiza-lo com o nome de um grande banda, U2
«[...] "U2" has been selected by the University at Buffalo's Center for Computational Research (CCR) as the name of its newest and most powerful supercomputer, a 1,668-processor Dell high-performance cluster that will be used to support university research ranging from genomics, to groundwater modeling to the monitoring of human-rights abuses.
In naming the supercomputer after the Irish super group, UB's CCR continued its tradition of naming its computers after rock stars or groups that have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland. U2 was inducted in 2005.
"U2 is arguably the greatest current rock band and a recent inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame," explains CCR director Russ Miller, an amateur bass player and card-carrying "charter member" of the hall of fame, "so choosing U2 as the name for our biggest and newest supercomputer was a natural."[...]»
Publicado por U2Only às julho 18, 2005 01:59 PM