Scientific Linux is Part of the Large Hadron Collider Grid
It’s on everyone’s lips: the Swiss CERN’s 3-billion-Euro Large Hadron Collider(LHC) research project. Scientific Linux is part of it.
The giant particle accelerator is looking, among other things, for the theoretical Higgs boson. The process involves accelerating hydrogen atoms to the speed of light and then colliding them. A particle detector then records the resulting paths. Data to record this yearly is in the magnitude of 15 petabytes (15 million gigabytes). The Scientific Linux jointly developed at CERN helps sort the information. An LHC Computing Grid (LCG) consists of around 40,000 worldwide distributed CPUs that process the data. The participating MACs and PCs will have loaded, among other software, the CERN-adapted Scientific Linux (currently Scientific Linux CERN 4). The LCG wiki page includes instructions in how to set up the required systems and which applications grid participants need.
Contrary to what its name implies, Scientific Linux is not a collector of research software. It is rather based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. CERN, Fermilab and other universities and research facilities contribute to the Linux distribution’s development and adapt it to the needs of the worldwide research community. A newer, more stable version 4.7 of the distribution appeared a week ago.
To take a peek at Scientific Linux, go to their project page. You can download the distribution as an ISO image. Those interested in CERN can go to the CERN Linux pages.
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RE: Lego Black Hole
how
Hadron Collider
Yes...
LHC threat to us
http://www.dailymotion.com/..._tech/video/x6l5s0_hawrad_tech
http://www.dailymotion.com/...large-hadron-collider-lhc_tech
Even though the odds of the black hole appearing are not that high, did anyone ask you if you're willing to trust a bunch of scientists with your life just so that they can test their theories? I hope that
anyone who cares about the future will take an action. Please suggest your ideas (legal, etc) on how to do this. I hope that if enough of us stand united against CERN, the organization behind LHC, we will be
able to save our planet.
I LOVE THE HLC!
If my calculations are correct there is a 50 million to 1 chance that it will do something.
Also, does the LHC use the desktop cube very often or do they prefer the desktop wall?
Lego
previous post
Er...
No no, it is million
Little mistake