World's Most Beautiful Supercomputer

1. jack.wh
   December 16th, 2007 at 9:54 am

   Isn't Mare Nostrum a "sea" on the moon?

2. jack.wh
   December 16th, 2007 at 10:00 am

   Mare Nostrum translates from Latin to english as "our sea". And I swear one of the Mare's on the moon is called that.

3. Sid Morrison
   December 16th, 2007 at 12:01 pm

   Reminds me much of the "computing center" at my alma mater:
   http://www.rpi.edu/about/campustour/vcc/index.html

   It had formerly been a large stone chapel when that part of the campus was part of an adjacent seminary. It always struck me a bit ironic that the geeks at a technical school now "pay worship" to the computer housed therein.

4. victor
   December 16th, 2007 at 12:10 pm

   Mare Nostrum is indeed "our sea", and it was the name given to the Mediterranean sea during the roman and bizantine periods. Therefore, it was considered appropriate for a supercomputer in a city on the Mediterranean coast.

5. Alex
   December 16th, 2007 at 2:30 pm

   Ah, Latin! I thought it sounded like the nostril of a female horse.

6. ted
   December 16th, 2007 at 4:46 pm

   It is kinda sci-fi when former chapels become altars of technology.

7. Nicholas Dollak
   December 16th, 2007 at 9:34 pm

   A supercomputer in a chapel...

   Programmer to omniscient supercomputer: Is there a God?

   Supercomputer: There is now.

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