New Type of Internet?

[soonerhubs]

Has anyone done much reading on "The Grid"?

Fox News Story (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,347212,00.html)

[stoops the eternal pimp]

If it wasn't invented by Al Gore, I want no part of it

[soonerloyal]

Heh.

Wait, are there still people who actually believe AG said he invented the internet? :eek:

[Ike]

We use grid computing quite a lot. When you have to re-process a few petabytes of data to fix some flaw in the reconstruction algorithms, it comes in quite handy.

[King Crimson]

just to say, Cern didn't pioneer or "create" the internet.

it was a DARPA project.

[proud gonzo]

mother****er.

[Ike]

just to say, Cern didn't pioneer or "create" the internet.

it was a DARPA project.

cern did pioneer and create the web however.

[OUDoc]

When you have to re-process a few petabytes of data to fix some flaw in the reconstruction algorithms, it comes in quite handy.

No ****!


;)

[TUSooner]

We use grid computing quite a lot. When you have to re-process a few petabytes of data to fix some flaw in the reconstruction algorithms, it comes in quite handy.

My grandma always told me to stay away from reconstruction algorithms.

[Partial Qualifier]

Although the grid itself is unlikely to be directly available to domestic internet users, many telecoms providers and businesses are already introducing its pioneering technologies. One of the most potent is so-called dynamic switching, which creates a dedicated channel for internet users trying to download large volumes of data such as films.

It sounds like the technology might be a tad expensive to reach every home currently on the Internet.. BUT - dedicated porn channelz, ftw! ;)

I was interested in the municipal power grid-hosted internet access scientists were experimenting with a few years ago. I wonder what ever happened with that.

[shaun4411]

Heh.

Wait, are there still people who actually believe AG said he invented the internet? :eek:

yeah....Al Gore

[BigRedJed]

The relationship it has to consumers sounds very similar to the one they had in the late '60s, 70s and 80s with the technology that became the Internet. That is, very little, other than being benefitted by what the technology did for educational institutions and the government.

That said, technology is progressing much more quickly these days, and more commercial interests will now be looking for ways to exploit this technology in the consumer sector for profit, especially considering how much success the Internet has had in changing the world and the market. I would expect it to touch our lives more directly in a few short years rather than the couple of decades it took for the Internet to make it to consumers.

[Hot Rod]

Great! Another moment in history where I tell my kids..."Well, when I was your age, I didn't have the grid...I had the internet."

[BigRedJed]

Crummy old Internet. Bah.

[Fraggle145]

http://images.lolbots.com/welcometothemachine.jpg

I WANT.

[olevetonahill]

No ****!


;)

You say that like you Knew what he was sayin !:rolleyes:

[shaun4411]

the exciting thing is I2 (Internet 2). I2 wins all.

[12]

I'd like to read the article, but I've got a huge stack of algorithms that need reconstructing on my desk.

[Blue]

The future is now.

http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/StarWars/images/gallery/u03l3s3b.jpg

[MR2-Sooner86]

I'd like to read the article, but I've got a huge stack of algorithms that need reconstructing on my desk.

A year ago I would of actually been doing that for my computing class. By far the worst school work I've ever done.

Anyway, I think I heard about this on the radio a few years ago. They said something about sending the Matrix trilogy from New York to L.A. in under five seconds.

I know the newest stuff they came out with about three years ago was VDSL.

[shaun4411]

A year ago I would of actually been doing that for my computing class. By far the worst school work I've ever done.

Anyway, I think I heard about this on the radio a few years ago. They said something about sending the Matrix trilogy from New York to L.A. in under five seconds.

I know the newest stuff they came out with about three years ago was VDSL.

some nerds at MIT have successfully maintained a 1gb/second transfer rate for 24 hours. i think it was on their LAN, but still impressive. since, i think ive heard of that transfer rate (or close to it) being maintained across the country for a similar period of time.

[Rogue]

What's in it for me?

[Czar Soonerov]

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/7978/walt0021195173011640w42hc0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Uh, yeah, this is Walt, down at Nakatomi. Listen, would it be possible
for you to shut down grid 412?

[MR2-Sooner86]

What's in it for me?

Faster downloads of illegal music and movies! Not to mention quick play times of new HD pornography!

[BudSooner]

But can you download wav files?

















:D

[OUDoc]

You could download a Boomer Sooner ringtone so fast you'd go back in time.