Book Reviews


[Day Permalink] Thursday, March 18, 2004

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Rocks Cluster Register lists clusters build using the Rocks Linux distribution. We are currently evaluating Rocks as a platform for grid infrastructure. Seems that the number of Rocks clusters is growing rapidly.


[Item Permalink] Modeling acoustic waves with Elmer -- Comment()
Today I solved with Elmer the Helmholtz equation, which is used to model lossless acoustic waves. This is example number eight of the Elmer tutorial. The following picture shows a solution for the model:


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Lawrence Lessig says that IP protection is a business, not cultural, battleground: "Contrary to what many people see as a cultural war between conservative business types and liberal independents, this is not a 'commerce versus anything' conflict. It's about powerful (business) interests and if they can stop new innovators."