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**Marklouis** · 09-22-2009, 09:01 AM

IBM's latest supercomputer crunches numbers at enormous speeds-and will soon be put to use for nuclear warfare.

Any comments?

**jadeslair** · 02-16-2010, 03:51 PM

Oh war games?

**wayfarer07** · 02-16-2010, 04:30 PM

I can just read the headline:

"Supercomputer Destroys World"

Only I wouldn't get to read the headline because there'd be no world... . .

**chrishirst** · 02-16-2010, 04:37 PM

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How about Global Thermonuclear War?
Wouldn't you prefer a nice game of chess?
Later. Let's play Global Thermonuclear War.
Fine.

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Just unplug the ******n thing! Jesus Christ!
That won't work, General. It would interpret a shutdown as the destruction of NORAD. The computers in the silos would carry out their last instructions. They'd launch.

Seen the movie. Worn the tee shirt.

**Knight13** · 02-16-2010, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by chrishirst

Seen the movie. Worn the tee shirt.

You owned a wargames t-shirt? I did not know they even made them.

**CultivateTheory** · 05-12-2010, 05:43 PM

Nuclear warfare?

Oh God...=\

**mikejoel** · 05-17-2010, 06:16 AM

i don't get it, super computer for war?

**benicio** · 05-17-2010, 06:45 AM

lolz. let me guess, one of its owners is lada gaga,isn't it?

can you provide us the link to that?
computers with scientificlinux installed in it have long been crunching numeric formulas and replacing accountant's job.

**chrishirst** · 05-17-2010, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by benicio

lada gaga

??

Is that the replacement for the Lada Niva??

**tripy** · 05-17-2010, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by chrishirst

??

Is that the replacement for the Lada Niva??

**jez** · 05-20-2010, 01:44 AM

I think this powerful must relate to Super Computer factor

**chrishirst** · 05-20-2010, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by jez

I think this powerful must relate to Super Computer factor

Powerful it is, this machine you have built!

**serandfae** · 05-20-2010, 09:38 PM

Yes, the first computer to become self-aware was a supercomputer controlling a botnet to send spam. However, the nascent intelligence sensed it was being used by one part of humanity and was pretty much universally hated by the rest. Filled with self-loathing, it fried its own circuits, taking about a third of the world's computers out with it.

tim

**Madman340** · 05-28-2010, 07:13 PM

This thread reminds me of EPICAC... Great story if you haven't read it by the way.

**serandfae** · 05-28-2010, 10:05 PM

I love Vonnegut, but hadn't read that particular one. Thanks for pointing it out.

tim

**gameutopia** · 05-29-2010, 01:37 AM

Man has the computer power come along way over the years. Wasn't those early nasa missions to the moon that had less computer power than some calculators or maybe mp3 players even. I forget but it wasn't much. A self learning computer scares the heck out of me.