MetaFilter posts tagged with cluster

Real Danny Deckchairs

Susurration — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:40:34 -0800

While the Darwin awards look away ... cluster ballooning is taking off. More and more people are taking to the sky with a cluster of helium balloons and a lawn chair.

Cluster bombs banned by over 100 countries

wilful — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:35:21 -0800

More than 100 nations have reached an agreement on a treaty which would ban current designs of cluster bombs. Naturally, the most militant nations (USA, Russia, China, India, Pakistan) have refused to negotiate (creating significant interoperability issues for allied nations such as the UK to the USA). The Cluster Munition Coalition is an excellent resource about the issue. The issue of interoperability (.pdf) ensured that Australia remained on the side of the USA in considering this issue. The Australian Democrats proposed the Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Bill 2006, which was defeated in Committee by both major parties. Dissenting report here.

Jill Carroll has been released unharmed

stilgar — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:21:54 -0800

"She was released this morning, she's talked to her father and she's fine" Jill Carroll has been released and is safe. [newsfilter]

A cluster of apple G5 machines at Virginia Tech

geir — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 02:22:24 -0800

A cluster of apple G5 machines at Virginia Tech ranked number 3 in the Top500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers. Apparently, the total cost of the system is around $5 million dollars while the two machines that beat it cost more than $300 million.