[Beowulf] Slide on big data

[G.M.Sigut]

> Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 07:00:56 -0500
> From: Kevin Van Workum <vanw+beowulf at sabalcore.com>
> To: Nathan Pimental <nathansaint1 at gmail.com>
> Cc: "beowulf at beowulf.org" <beowulf at beowulf.org>
> Subject: Re: [Beowulf] Slide on big data
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> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Nathan Pimental <nathansaint1 at gmail.com>wrote:
>> Pardon me, what exactly IS Big Data
>>
>
>  d888    d888   .d8888b.   .d8888b.   d888    d888   .d8888b.   d888
> .d8888b.   d888    d888
> d8888   d8888  d88P  Y88b d88P  Y88b d8888   d8888  d88P  Y88b d8888  d88P
>  Y88b d8888   d8888
>   888     888  888    888 888    888   888     888  888    888   888  888
>  888   888     888
>   888     888  888    888 888    888   888     888  888    888   888  888
>  888   888     888
>   888     888  888    888 888    888   888     888  888    888   888  888
>  888   888     888
>   888     888  888    888 888    888   888     888  888    888   888  888
>  888   888     888
>   888     888  Y88b  d88P Y88b  d88P   888     888  Y88b  d88P   888  Y88b
>  d88P   888     888
> 8888888 8888888 "Y8888P"   "Y8888P"  8888888 8888888 "Y8888P"  8888888
> "Y8888P"  8888888 8888888
>
...

Now I understand. Big data is data which doesn't fit in 72 columns.

George

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