National Weather Service Super Computer
 

two hundred and twenty four million dollars -> $240,000,000.00

WOWIE ..........SHiZAMMMMM

from the news:
In a $224 million, nine-year outsourcing agreement with IBM, the U.S. government division responsible for predicting the nation's hurricanes and high pressure systems will now do its weather modeling in a hosted IBM facility rather than on government property.

WITH 7 TRILLION CALCULATIONS PER SECOND....the NWS will be able to tell you 7 day forcasts with much more accuracy.

purty cool...

:D i wonder if they'll get it ...... RIGHT .....this time:jester: :jump1: :jump1: :wid: :bsod:

Raven....they're always right.....


...after the fact. :smash: :smash: :laughs:

hmmmmm,

7 tera flops per second. thats faster than my home computer.

Moooooooom, I need a new computer

uuuh, I mean Hon I need a new computer....

Nils:cool:

yeah RIGHT!!!!!!:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: