November 16th, 2004



NOTE FROM KIM:
IBM has developed what is currently the world’s
fastest supercomputer, capable of doing 36.01 trillion
calculations per second.


The Top 9 Features of the
World’s Fastest Supercomputer


9> It *still* takes forever to download porn.

8> Not only can it beat Gary Kasparov at chess, it can figure out where he’s going to shop and jack up the prices before he gets there.

7> Old favorites Tetris and Donkey Kong are now *impossible* to play.

6> It’s good at finding Sarah Connor and singing “Bicycle Built for Two.” Not so good at opening pod bay doors.

5> Finally, a computer that can keep up with calculating Bill Gates’ finances.

4> Ten minutes after it’s connected, some script kiddie hacks in and does a DoS on the entire Internet.

3> “That’s weird… for some reason it keeps telling us that Al Gore won the election in 2000.”

2> Although it does help you get additional research grants, it’s surprisingly useless when it comes to picking up chicks.

and the Number 1 Feature of the World’s Fastest Supercomputer…

1> It comes with an extra-large cup holder.




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Credits:

Selected from 46 submissions from 14 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Brandon Hunt, Braintree, MA — 1
Matt Van Opens, Kenosha, WI — 2
Brett W. Campbell, Cerritos, CA — 3
RW Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 4, 6
Laura Oberst, Columbus, OH — 5
Gideon Griebenow, Potchefstroom, S. Africa — 7, 9
Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 8
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator,
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