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Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

Quote of the day:

"Actually they need a pedaflop," he said, referring to a system capable of performing a quadrillion, or 1,000,000,000,000,000 calculations a second.

-said of Lawrence Livermore Lab..

Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

See, I was picturing a down-and-out Michael Jackson.

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

[ROFL]

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

I declare Annie the winner of the future Michael Jackson-based Pun Smackdown.

Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :

Sweet! I win without having to go through all the agony og participating!

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Do you mean D Agonee? Yes, his puns are painful.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Yuk yuk yuk.

That's not sarcastic laughter - it's my response to a typical Liz pun.

Dagonee

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Your puns are so nonfunny that when I laugh, I go: "hardly har har," Dagster.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

snicker?

Maybe a sugar buzz will make you funny again.

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

Yeah, I read that article, and was reminded yet again about how little reporters and editors care about science&technology. Petaflop.

[ November 18, 2004, 03:50 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]