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...
i wonder if they'll get it ...... RIGHT .....this time
