Not that we should be surprised, but the forecast calls for rain at SC11 in Seattle. Bring an umbrella, folks!
Bring an Umbrella to SC11
November 11, 2011 by 
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Video: Will HPC Move to the Cloud?
Gabriel Broner from Rescale gave this talk at the HPC User Forum. "HPC has transitioned from unique and proprietary designs, to clusters of many dual-CPU Intel nodes. Vendors’ products are now differentiated more by packaging, density, and cooling than the uniqueness of the architecture. In parallel, cloud computing has gained momentum in the larger IT industry. Intel is now selling more processors to run in the cloud than in company-owned facilities, and cloud is starting to drive innovation and efficiencies at a rate faster than on premises." [Read More...]
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ugh…totally rainy right now. Boy do I miss Austin and New Orleans SCs…but guess what?? next it’s Salt Lake City and then it’s Denver!?! So now we will have ice and snow to deal with until we get back to New Orleans again for 2014.
I hope we don’t lose our amazing HPC researchers as they try to navigate their cars in the snow…I don’t forsee good times.
It’s back down to a strong mist. Not so bad, but it’s quite chilly out. The wind on the ferry is hurricane strength. It’s fun for people-watching.
Weather overall seems fine. Spent today mostly wandering Seattle and Winslow on Bainbridge Island. Only needed my umbrella twice. (Wouldn’t do anything against the heavy mist.)
Glad the weather wasn’t too bad. Still nervous about SLC