Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!uwvax!oddjob!mimsy!aplcen!osiris!mjr
From: mjr@osiris.UUCP (Marcus J. Ranum)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Cray architecture
Message-ID: <1574@osiris.UUCP>
Date: 27 Mar 88 15:52:37 GMT
References: <7762@alice.UUCP> <418@ole.UUCP> <3216@phri.UUCP>
Reply-To: mjr@osiris.UUCP (Marcus J. Ranum)
Organization: Institute For Felinographical Studies
Lines: 23

In article <3216@phri.UUCP> roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
>
>	There seems to be a lot of concern about the shape of the box the
>Cray-3 comes in.  Maybe, now with Chen gone, Cray's next computer architect
>should be I.M. Pei?

	Seriously - Computers are too hung up on the "Machine Image" - these
big high-tech looking towers. C'mon - for X-Megabucks, I want Art Deco ! I want
pastel shades ! I want pretty moldings and delicate filigree ! Upholstery !
Chrome !

	Another option is the Detroit principle:
"If it isn't really fast - make it LOOK and SOUND fast"

	Maybe computers could issue an impressive spine chilling whine when
the load average gets high - I see spoilers, air dams, MIPS-meters, and curb-
feelers as integral parts of the next generation of super-computers.

--mjr();
-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
...ich bin in einem dusenjet ins jahr 53 vor chr...ich lande im antiken Rom...
                     einige gladiatoren spielen scrabble...ich rieche PIZZA...