[Beowulf] SC18: Needed Beowulf Memories

[Douglas Eadline]

Ha Ha, yes I mean anecdotes

And by the way, you can't use the anecdote when I used antidote
instead of anecdotes, just to be clear

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Doug



> There is no antidote to Beowulfry, but I'm sure you will get anecdotes.
> :-)
>
> Peter
>
> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 8:42 AM, Douglas Eadline <deadline at eadline.org>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hello fellow Beowulfers
>>
>> Normally we send emails about SC and Beowulf Bash in a timely fashion
>> a few weeks before November (okay that is a bit generous,
>> but let's continue)
>>
>> This year is the 30th anniversary of SC (BTW "SC" stands for
>> Supercomputing, which is what it was originally called, but now it is
>> called SC to save letters or something)
>>
>> In any case, this year as part of the historical perspective
>> at SC18 the Beowulf Bash committee is planning a Beowulf Booth!
>>
>> As we are still in the planning phase and I cannot divulge what
>> the booth will "be" exactly, but in the Beowulf tradition
>> it will be built from various constituencies in the community
>> (people, projects, companies, etc) And, I can say you will want
>> hang out at this booth.
>>
>> This is the point where your input is needed, particularly the
>> old-timers
>> on the list (you know who you are) Here is what we are looking
>> for:
>>
>>   - written antidotes, stories, lessons, community, reflections about
>>     the whole Beowulf era (and what it means today) These stories,
>>     at a minimum, will be published on the web (1000 words or less)
>>   - pictures of people, hardware, etc. Please include captions and
>>     credits for the pictures.Please Identify people places and things
>>   - Any old school Beowulf Hardware you would be willing to
>>     loan to the booth. We are not looking for rack of old servers,
>>     but that Pentium Pro motherboard from the basement might be
>>     interesting.
>>   - Any stories about the Beowulf Bash or the LECCIBG  (Google it)
>>   - What ever else you think would be important to have in your booth
>>
>>
>> IMPORTANT PART:
>>
>> Send all materials or suggestions to me (deadline at eadline.org) by:
>>
>>                 ***Monday October 1st, 2018***
>>
>> Also, make sure the Subject Line contains  "BEO18"
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
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>> Doug
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