Data Sorting World Record — 1 Terabyte, 1 Minute 129
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An anonymous reader writes "Computer scientists from the University of California, San Diego have broken the 'terabyte barrier' — and a world record — when they sorted more than a trillion bytes of data in 60 seconds. During this 2010 'Sort Benchmark' competition, a sort of 'World Cup of data sorting,' the UCSD team also tied a world record for fastest data sorting rate, sifting through one trillion data records in 172 minutes — and did so using just a quarter of the computing resources of the other record holder."
What is this (Score:2, Funny)
Sort by size.
It is already sorted.
Sort finished. time: 0s! WTH!
Doesn't sound so hard... (Score:5, Funny)
World Cup of data sorting (Score:4, Funny)
Amendments to the Geek Heirarchy (Score:5, Funny)
Been doing this for years... (Score:4, Funny)
Why is sorting 1TB so hard?
I can just instruct my tape library to put the tapes in the library in alphabetical order in the slots... Y'know AA0000 AA0001 AA0002... moves a hell of a lot more than 1TB.
Re:Amendments to the Geek Heirarchy (Score:3, Funny)
LARPers > Fan-fiction writers > Professional Data Sorting Competitors > Furries
Now sort by income level!
Re:What makes it a barrier? (Score:5, Funny)
At 1TB the attraction of the 1-bits gets so large that if you are not careful, your data collapses into a black hole.
Re:World Cup of data sorting (Score:3, Funny)
How many parallel predicting octopuses were required to predict their victory?
Infinite, but one of them wrote some pretty good stories about a ghost.
Re:Been doing this for years... (Score:2, Funny)
That WHOOOOOOSH noise is the sound of a backup tape flying over your head.
Oh brother.. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:How to block KDawson articles? (Score:2, Funny)
Just put a fucking bullet in your head and you'll never have to see another kdawson article again.
Don't do it while reading one of his articles or it will be imprinted in your eyes forever.
Re:Oh brother.. (Score:4, Funny)
Please don't tell my girlfriend, she'll realize I've been faking being a semi-normal cool guy for years, and leave me.
Nah, she'll realize that you're more turned on by a new processor than by a pair of tits, and stay with you forever knowing you'll never cheat on her (except when you go to that site to download algorithms). You might have to give in and move out of the basement though. But not to worry - a good set of blackout curtains and it's almost the same. Plus as you get older the lack of dampness is easier on your rheumatism...
Re:One other area... (Score:2, Funny)
Was the programming language LOGO?