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pwhodges:
The last computer system I installed for work on genomes has two 250TB storage arrays, and a processing cluster with 256 cores and 16GB of main memory available for each (i.e. 4TB of main memory). When running flat out it draws 39A from the 240V mains; we had to have an extra air conditioning unit installed in the computer room before we could turn it on!
LTK:
--- Quote from: LTK on 13 Jan 2014, 06:09 ---The article compares the genome to Windows XP when it is configured and installed, but a better comparison would be with the installation CD for Windows XP.
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To sate my own curiosity, I've discovered that an original Windows XP disk contains considerably less than 750MB; no more than 600, in fact. The comparison will fall down anyway, because if you follow that analogy then inserting the installation disk in the drive would prompt it to start replicating the entire system, disk included, and it would install a different set of programs on each individual system and network the whole bunch into a massive machine whose primary function is to produce half of an installation disk that is then combined with another half a disk of another network of systems.
If Windows XP did that, tech support would be a nightmare.
LookingIn:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 12 Jan 2014, 21:26 ---No it isn't.
--- Quote ---According to a listing by the U.S. Geological Survey, Rugby is actually approximately 15 miles (24 km) from the geographic center of North America (6 miles (9.7 km) west of Balta), and even this designation carries no official status.
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Most of the other sources I encountered said the same thing: Rugby is the center. Why? Batla is too small(56 or so residents) and being the county seat of the county both towns are in it gets the default title...
LookingIn:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 13 Jan 2014, 06:36 ---The last computer system I installed for work on genomes has two 250TB storage arrays, and a processing cluster with 256 cores and 16GB of main memory available for each (i.e. 4TB of main memory). When running flat out it draws 39A from the 240V mains; we had to have an extra air conditioning unit installed in the computer room before we could turn it on!
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Liquid or gaseous cooling is out of the question with that hardware I take it...
Is it cold in here?:
Three billion base pairs, each with four possible states (two bits). Before compression, six billion bits or 750MB. There are so many repeats that it should be highly compressible.
Today I heard a good example of talking down an upset person in a customer service situation, using a soothing tone of voice and empathizing with the other person's problems. Today I learned that sometimes the customer needs to talk down a weeping "customer service" employee.
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