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---+ Big Cluster Project 11 April 2006

Come help us make a big parallel cluster on 11 April 2006!  
   * If you are in CS 521, you'll get five points credit for participating (details below).
   * It's after instruction ends but before exams start, so you have no excuse.
   * It'll be right before Tuesday Tea.
   * Brett says he'll get Google to buy pizza for us.
   * <b>It'll be fun!</b>

We want to get a lot of computers, where "a lot" is on the order of 40.

We want to run a cool parallel program on the cluster.  If you have a suggestion, add it to the list below.  The suggestions we have so far
   * Finding large prime numbers
   * LINPACK
Something graphical -- something interesting to watch -- would be more fun than something purely textual like prime numbers.


---+ CS 521 credit
To get CS 521 credit, you need to do the following:
   * Burn a (tbd) CD.
      * http://bccd.cs.uni.edu/
   * Boot your laptop from that CD to make sure that the burn was correct, that your system will boot, etc.
   * Bring your computer(s) and the CD to (tbd location).  Laptops are preferable, since we might be limited in the number of power outlets we will have.
      * If you don't have a laptop, you can bring in your desktop; we will have at least one monitor that we can swap around.
      * If you don't have a laptop, you can borrow one for four hours (not renewable) from Koerner Library or [[http://www.library.ubc.ca/woodward/][Woodward Library]], Circulation Desk, entrance level.
   * Be fully prepared to boot your own computer as a slave, and to help out anyone who showed up who is not in 521 (i.e. who has even less experience than you have).
Topic revision: r1 - 2006-03-17 - DuckySherwood
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