Favorite Supercomputers

From Kinetiki

Top 8 Favorite Supercomputers (Real and Fictional)

1. Storm botnet - This was the first botnet as a major computing entity that was brought to my attention, so it has a special place in my heart. This is a similar model I plan to use in my future attempts to build my own.

2. JARVIS - JARVIS, from the movie, places because he's everything I'd want out of a powerful AI system: workshop majordomo, holographic interface, dry wit, and capable of being loaded into a portable armor system for a quick getaway. If I couldn't have a completely distributed AI, I'd want one with a built-in escape plan.

3. Intersect - I already have a pretty powerful supercomputer knocking around in my skull, so if I could apply a little better interface atop it, I'd be pretty happy.

4. Life grid - I once did a rough count, and at the time, by my figures, the network of computers that compose the Second Life grid was actually bigger than a few of the low end systems on the Top 500 list. I'm not a big fan of SL or Linden Lab, but as this is the biggest grid I've ever played with, it makes the count.

5. Cortana - Because Cortana is awesome, that's why!

6. Ancient database - Not so much because it ever showed itself to be that great of a computer in the show, but because I like to daydream about being the IT guy that gets sent to Atlantis to index all the files on various activated and unactivated systems, so people can search through everything...for, you know, like ZPM specs.

7. Worldmind - One of the reasons I like Nova so much is because they have a really fun, oddly powerful supercomputer for a character. Worldmind falls somewhere between JARVIS and the Intersect in terms of my ideal system, a snarky cloud computer that exists beyond physical space.

8. HERBIE - From the Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes cartoon, because he makes me laugh. You can't beat a lovable, neurotic supercomputer when it comes to comedy relief.

This list does not include My Computers.