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- Beowulf (Parallel Computing) -- Beowulf Project
The central concept of a Beowulf cluster is the use of commercial off-the-shelf computers to produce a cost-effective alternative to a traditional supercomputer. One project that took this to an extreme was the Stone Soupercomputer. - Beowulf (Parallel Computing) -- Beowulf Cluster
The first Beowulf was built with DX4 processors and 10Mbit/s Ethernet. At the time the processors were too fast for a single Ethernet and Ethernet switches were still too expensive. To balance the system Don Becker rewrote his Ethernet drivers for Linux and built a "channel bonded" Ethernet where the network traffic was striped across two or more Ethernets. As 10Mbit/s and even 100Mbit/s Ethernet switches became cost effective, the need for channel bonding has diminished (at least for now). In late 1997, a good choice for a balanced system was 16 -- 200MHz P6 processors connected by Fast Ethernet and a Fast Ethernet switch. The exact network configuration of a balanced cluster will continue to change and will remain dependent on the size of the cluster, the relationship between processor speed and network bandwidth and the current price of components. - Beowulf (Medieval) -- Robert Zemeckis
Beowulf is the oldest surviving epic poem in the English language. While Robert Zemeckis’ film adaptation contains many of the poem’s characters and themes – great monsters and heroes, the eternal conflict between good and evil, and a layered exploration of the nature of valor and glory – it is definitely not your high school teacher’s Beowulf. - Old English Alphabet -- Electronic Beowulf
For those of you who are fans of the English language, there are ways to get closer to its roots by studying Old English... known as Anglo-Saxon. With the right resources and some hard work, you can learn it well enough to read Beowulf in the original, write poetry like the Anglo-Saxon bards and impress any medievalists you happen to know. - Crispin Glover -- Los Angeles
Inspired by the epic Old English poem of the same name, director Robert Zemeckis's digitally rendered film follows the Scandinavian hero Beowulf (Ray Winstone) as he fights to protect the Danes from a ferocious beast named Grendel (Crispin Glover). Though at first Grendel seems invincible, Beowulf eventually manages to defeat him in a desperate battle to the death. Devastated by her son's violent demise at the hands of Beowulf, Grendel's mother (Angelina Jolie) sets out in search of revenge. Later, Beowulf faces the biggest challenge of his life when he attempts to slay a powerful dragon. Anthony Hopkins, Robin Wright Penn, Alison Lohman, John Malkovich, and Brendan Gleeson co-star in an epic fantasy adventure penned by Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide - Crispin Glover -- George Mcfly
Crispin Glover will play the lead role of a vengeful ice cream vendor in indie horror pic "The I Scream Man." Cast includes Tom Sizemore, Judd Nelson and Haylie Duff. Horror filmmaker George A. Romero will cameo in the pic, which is written and directed by J.T. Mollner. Nicholas Terry produces. Lensing begins June 11 in Eugene, Ore. - British Literature -- Students
British Literature covers so much ground that it's often difficult for the teacher or student to know where to start. These anthologies present comprehensive views of literature from Old and Middle English (600-1485), through the Renaissance (1485-1660), the Restoration, the Romantic Period (1789-1832), and beyond. These books provide the texts for some of the greatest British writers of all time, including Chaucer, Milton, Shakespeare, and many others. Read on. - Neil Gaiman -- Dave Mckean
Everything Neil Gaiman touches has been turning to gold lately, or at least film. MirrorMask, a film project he worked on with Dave McKean has received great reviews at the Sundance Film Festival and is being released in the Fall of 2005; Beowulf, for which Gaiman wrote the script, is in the process of being filmed by Robert Zemeckis; and the film version of Good Omens directed by Terry Gilliam is back in the works. - Geoffrey Chaucer -- Kings
Henry IV quite quickly confirmed Chaucer in his positions and regular income but no money appeared, and he needed money for his new house in the garden at the east end of Westminster Abbey. He therefore sent the new king a poem, The Complaint to his Purse, which he may have written before. Whether because of it or not, he was paid soon after but did not collect the payment himself. Perhaps he was sick? Chaucer is traditionally said to have died on 25 October 1400 and was buried in the south transept of Westminster Abbey. A monument to him was erected during the reign of Mary Tudor in 1556, starting the tradition of "Poet's Corner." - Angelina -- Movies
Angelina Jolie is an Oscar-winning actress known as much for her offscreen romances, adoptions and political activism as for her movie roles. Jolie first made a small splash in 1998, playing doomed model Gia Marie Carangi in the HBO movie Gia