Finally, the petaflops computer is about to arrive (planned for 2008). By the way, what a nice name for a fast computer - "Roadrunner".
Although sometimes it is tiring to continually see the two uses of "speed" confused - a) computer speeds (operations per second), and b) speed of movement (meters per second).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5322704.stm
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
