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- Aug 17, 2002
In reality what is a super computer really used for? I mean who can really afford them? Why are they such a good alternative for these people? And can't people basically build an infinately large computer by networking together several computers. That has to be cheaper. Just buy a big warehouse and 100 thousand boxes or so networked up and BOOM, a super computer. Figure $300 per box thats about 3 mil. Make it 4 for networking cost and such. For 4 million dollars someone could have 100 thousand computers crunching. That's got to be cheaper. I know i'm blind as a bat on this so I'm sure anyone that does know a thing or two about it is just screaming that I'm talking out of my @SS. Which i very well might be! Enlighten me!