Re: [CentOS] Million linux virtual machines

2009-08-12 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 08/06/2009 05:45 PM, Drew wrote: > I think this was one of those random /.esque off-topic sorta posts > that tickles some geeks pink and makes others shake their heads. ah! There was a rumor around recently that a rather large cluster was coming up, and CentOS was in the running for it. I tho

Re: [CentOS] Million linux virtual machines

2009-08-06 Thread Les Mikesell
Drew wrote: >> what am I missing here ? Were they using CentOS ? > > I think this was one of those random /.esque off-topic sorta posts > that tickles some geeks pink and makes others shake their heads. > > Myself, I enjoy the occasional off-topic "look at this cool, possibly > weird, new way of

Re: [CentOS] Million linux virtual machines

2009-08-06 Thread Drew
> what am I missing here ? Were they using CentOS ? I think this was one of those random /.esque off-topic sorta posts that tickles some geeks pink and makes others shake their heads. Myself, I enjoy the occasional off-topic "look at this cool, possibly weird, new way of using FLOSS". :-) -- D

Re: [CentOS] Million linux virtual machines

2009-08-05 Thread Dave Stevens
Quoting Jake Shipton : > On 05/08/09 14:15, Bob Hoffman wrote: >> ~Snip~ >> Scientists get a million Linux kernels to run at once >> ~Snip~ >> >> (how long before shared hosts use thislol) >> >> ~Snip! ~ see here: http://xkcd.com/619/ Dave >> >> _

Re: [CentOS] Million linux virtual machines

2009-08-05 Thread Jake Shipton
On 05/08/09 14:15, Bob Hoffman wrote: > ~Snip~ > Scientists get a million Linux kernels to run at once > ~Snip~ > > (how long before shared hosts use thislol) > > ~Snip! ~ > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mai

Re: [CentOS] Million linux virtual machines

2009-08-05 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 08/05/2009 02:15 PM, Bob Hoffman wrote: > If someone posted already, forgive me I get the digest. > > http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/43480/108/ > Scientists get a million Linux kernels to run at once what am I missing here ? Were they using CentOS ? -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.o