[wplug] Instant Cluster it is now OT

[Matthew J. Hughes]

     Apparently everybody agreed with you as the auction ended with no 
bidders. Course how you would get 46 pc's of varying (low)value to their 
final destination is beyond me. Seems it would cost more to transport 
them then it would to actually buy them.
     Though I still prefer the XboX linux cluster idea myself. I figured 
they would be cheap on ebay by now, and I was right. Though it seems 
they didn't start showing up until page 17. The ones I did find were 
about $100 and new ones cost $179. Anyhow the the idea tickles my funny 
bone.

Here is what I learned while looking thou;
    Xbox360 has a home grown market of people who purchase it 
($300-$400) so you can't and then want to sell it to you on ebay($600+).
    I can still be surprised at the stuff people make(Jenna jameson skin 
for xbox) and the way they sell(ebay item #8243397291).
    when you name your product, you should name the new one with greater 
ambiguity then adding 360.
-matt

Vanco, Don wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org 
>>[mailto:wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org] On 
>>Behalf Of Nathan Marcus
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 10:45 PM
>>To: General user list
>>Subject: [wplug] Instant Cluster
>>
>>
>>I saw this lot on ebay, it is a pretty darn good deal for an "instant
>>cluster."  Mind you these I know are not fast, probably not incredibly
>>reliable, but for the price and quantity...  I dunno, its in Kentucky,
>>and if anyone has $500 lying around, and needs a cheapo cluster, link
>>is here: 
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=40176&item=52155
>>    
>>
>94047&rd=1
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>	I suppose as a cluster leaning framework it might be OK, but I
>can assure you that that pile of crap would likely be slower than a
>single 2.4GHz HT P4 when it came to actual computing power....
>
>	This stuff is better suited to a NFP/Church/Small
>(pre)school.... JMO
>
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