I’ve tried to find out lately what is the job queue of a supercomputer. I wanted to know what kind of software runs (I’m not talking about the actual OS), the process of running the software on a supercomputer. It seems is very difficult to find information on the Internet about it.
A small divagation about supercomputers
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May 282009
Another way the technology will help you in the very near future. Don’t mind the fact that the software is slow or the fact that the screen takes 2 seconds to do a refresh. The important part is the hardware behind this gadget. I am sure that in less than 2 years time we will have an ebook reader which will have colors, very good refresh time (maybe even video capable) and if we are lucky will be subsidized by the content providers (the same thing that the communication companies are doing now with the phones).
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Nov 152008
This morning on my Engadget feed I found a possible future gem. So far it doesn’t do much, but the concepts are very interesting. Still thinking about the implications.
g-speak overview 1828121108 from john underkoffler on Vimeo.
Aug 162008
Below you can see 2 videos. Both have to do with using photos for creating nice videos. The alghoritms behind these 2 demos are the actual interesting part, and the even more interesting part is that these kind of alghoritms are getting into the comercial space.
First video
Second Video
A new way of propulsion for standard airplanes. It looks weird, but if flies very well.
Jun 112008
I’ve watched the Steve Jobs keynote from a few days ago that culminated with the Iphone 3G presentation. My take is that this is going to be my next phone 
. This being said, below you have my critique of the device and the associated software
The device seems complete and the reason for the missing things it seems to me that it has to do a lot more with the marketing part than to the real technical dificulties. I am sure that if they really wanted they could have implemented a front camera with ichat video capabilities but that would have been a direct attack at ATT.
Also the way Apple is solving the multitasking issues is pure genius. Not from technical point of view but from business point of view. Apple will be able to control what and when goes to your phone from all the apps that will run on the Iphone.
I am not at all happy with the way Apple implemented their Mesh version (btw now it makes perfect sense why Microsoft had choose to preview the Mesh in advance, even they didn’t had the mobile support implemented). It seems that Apple is not able to make up it’s mind. If the syncronisation works so well why are you duplicating Google’s work and create a suite of web based apps? At least the way Microsoft is doing it you aren’t presented with duplicated way of doing things. Also it seems to me that Microsoft has the edge on this one from technical point of view. I am sure I am not going to pay 99$ per year for something that I can have for free one way or another.
Not sure if something can be done related to the video and audio codec support. I hope that the VLC for iphone project is completely succesful. Also it seems to me that the storage capacity is too small. Because now I am sure that a good part of that storage capacity is going to be taken by the application data.
Last point that I want to make is the lack of device level encryption. I may be wrong but so far I am pretty sure that you can not have something similar with truecrypt in the Iphone firmware. I know thath you can nuke an iphone remotely but I would be happier if I know that my personal data is encrypted and unavailable if I loose my phone
Jun 072008
May 152008
I am pretty sure that this symphony orchestra actually follows the conductor and not the first violin (backup conductor ).
May 132008
Lately I tried to go through all the buzz that LiveMesh generated. After watching all the videos on channel 9 and channel 10 (microsoft videos) I am disapointed. I don’t denied the posibilities that livemesh could generate. But if you go to .Mac and to LiveMesh you will see that at this moment LiveMesh is not able to do what .Mac is doing it. The only advantage is that you get LiveMesh for free.
Apr 122008
What do you get when you combine Second Life with some new hardware? Check the video below. I am still thinking of the possibilities….
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