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From: eugene@nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
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Subject: Re: How you define a supercomputer ?
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Date: 20 May 91 22:56:41 GMT
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In article <1991May20.194335.15560@ns.network.com>
robp@gumby.network.com (Rob Peglar) writes:
>I recall sending Eugene a blurb on the subject more than a few months
>ago - still got it, Eugene?  I don't...

Nope, sorry, Rob.

>   intrigue and/or occasional international espionage/scandal.

I recall Creon coming back from Chippewa Falls in 1984 saying how
beautiful a Cray-2 looked.  Then Clancy came out with The Hunt for Red
October with a Cray-2 looking nothing like a real one (since he
didn't know).  So after the announcement, George Michael (officemate)
who had a daughter at Annapolis and whom saw Clancy every now and again in
the Academy bookstore.  So he gave to her a picture of a real Cray-2 to give
to Clancy.

Intrigue is just silly.  Bring on the killer micros.

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
  Resident Cynic, Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers
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