[Computer-go] rent-a-supercomputer

[terry mcintyre]

Interesting article at 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/18/amazon_cloud_sha_password_hack/


Their focus is the use of rented computer resources to crack passwords, etc. but 
the same principles could also apply to, for example, running large tests of 
computer go programs. 
 
See also http://www.openstack.org/ - an effort to make cloud services 
open-source, so anybody can roll out a cloud and make it available to the 
public. Could cloud computing become today's version of the ISP boom? 

What would you do if you could rent lots of computer power for pennies per hour?
Terry McIntyre <terrymcintyre at yahoo.com>


Unix/Linux Systems Administration
Taking time to do it right saves having to do it twice.



      
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