kaini Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/17/1444246 Quote "I worked for an internet start-up last year and during the 'we have plenty of money' phase, a lot of server hardware was purchased. Eight months later, there is very little money, but we're still plugging along — using only a fraction of the hardware. We just cleared out a co-lo and I now have a stack of 17, 1U servers in my garage. Each of those has 2 servers, each of which is a 2-processor, dual-core box with 8 GB of RAM. Add that up and I have 136 processors and 272 GB of RAM with nothing to do. The IT guy in me thinks that's a waste of FLOPS. The wanna-be businessman in me thinks its probably a waste of money as well. So I've been brainstorming ways to put all of that power to good use. Any ideas?" personally, i'd bullshit my way into getting a sweet grant/public funding, and dedicate a couple to routing and leave the rest 100% exposed to the open internets. maybe running IE with scripts to click fucking everything. and make a paper from it. also i'd heat my house from the thermal output the idea of a malware farm, realised in this manner fascinates me. and yeah i know xkcd covered this. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide kaini's signature Hide all signatures On 5/7/2013 at 11:06 PM, ambermonk said: I know IDM can be extreme On 6/3/2017 at 11:50 PM, ladalaika said: this sounds like an airplane landing on a minefield Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42763-what-would-you-do-with-a-small-server-farm/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 kaini said: and yeah i know xkcd covered this. You're one step ahead of me :laughing: I'd use them to render ghost porn. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures I haven't eaten a Wagon Wheel since 07/11/07... ilovecubus.co.uk - 25ml of mp3 taken twice daily. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42763-what-would-you-do-with-a-small-server-farm/#findComment-954873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pilcat Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 mcbpete said: I'd use them to render ghost porn. hahaha, i was gonna say just "lots of 3d rendering" but you found the perfect application! Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42763-what-would-you-do-with-a-small-server-farm/#findComment-954876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted February 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 a customized linux kernel designed for distributed computing dedicated entirely to: "heat or night?" run brute force attacks on CUP's password Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide kaini's signature Hide all signatures On 5/7/2013 at 11:06 PM, ambermonk said: I know IDM can be extreme On 6/3/2017 at 11:50 PM, ladalaika said: this sounds like an airplane landing on a minefield Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42763-what-would-you-do-with-a-small-server-farm/#findComment-954885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 i'd use it to run the world's most intense convolution reverb. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42763-what-would-you-do-with-a-small-server-farm/#findComment-954932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted February 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 lol "...and this is the reverb profile of... new york city. averaged." Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide kaini's signature Hide all signatures On 5/7/2013 at 11:06 PM, ambermonk said: I know IDM can be extreme On 6/3/2017 at 11:50 PM, ladalaika said: this sounds like an airplane landing on a minefield Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42763-what-would-you-do-with-a-small-server-farm/#findComment-954936 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 i want to know what it'd sound like inside that 3D pipes screensaver that windows has. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/42763-what-would-you-do-with-a-small-server-farm/#findComment-954945 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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