Beowulf Questions

[Halpern, Joshua]

Joseph Landman wrote

> You are not nearly paranoid enough to work for NSA.  They
> would never borrow cycles out of house, for fear that
> by looking at what was happening, someone could figure
> out what they are doing...

Now with a slight extension of what you indicate...  are they building
their own power plants for fear of tipping off the watchful eyes of
others by the size of their power bill?  Are they building their own
supers (apart from clusters), or network hardware, or ...

Have you ever visited Ft. Meade?  You do know the standing
joke that NSA stands for no such agency.

josh halpern