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Supercomputing For Everyone: Page 2 of 2

Of course, the usual suspects are offering some devices with real whiz-bang power, like IBM's P690 eServer. (More on that here). Imagine if one of THOSE plugged into this pow-wow. And, as always, technology wonks
are still debating the whole need for outrageous speed (More on that here).
And there
are perils along with the promises of grid computing. (More on that here).

Still, I can't help but feel warm and fuzzy thinking about FlashMob I. It's an innovative, ambitious project, giving power to the people. And that's right on.