NOTE FROM KIM:

Scientists at the Los Alamos National
Laboratory in New Mexico have built and
tested a new computer cluster called the
IBM Roadrunner that is the first to achieve
a petaflop of sustained performance.

The Top 7 Rejected Marketing Slogans
for the World’s Fastest Supercomputer

7> “Snap! Crackle! Boom!”

6> “When it absolutely, positively, has to be there in a nanosecond.”

5> “Good to the last FLOP.”

4> “The quicker adder-upper.”

3> “It just keeps going, and going, and…oh, wait, it’s done.”

2> “It takes a booting and keeps on computing.”

and the Number 1 Rejected Marketing Slogan for the World’s Fastest Supercomputer…

1> “The ultimate dividing machine.”

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Credits:

Selected from 32 submissions from 12 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Daniel Attema, Adelaide, Australia — 1, 4
Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH — 2, 5, Topic
Doug Crews, San Diego, CA — 3, 5
Bruce W. Alter, Fairfax Station, VA — 5
Pete Van Opens, Okauchee, WI — 5
James Gaskin, Mesquite, TX — 6
Bruce Kane, Charlotte, NC — 6, 7
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator

RUNNERS UP list — Cluster F**k

“Click, click, whizz, whizz, oh what a fast compile it is.”
(Doug Crews, San Diego, CA)

“Why Yes, I *Can* Do That, Dave!”
(Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL)

“You deserve a quintillion breaks today.”
(Bruce Kane, Charlotte, NC)