Comment Comment by commieneko I can remember, what 20, no, 30 years ago, when the Connection Machine was going to be the harbinger of a new class of computers. We were all going to have to learn to deal with massively parallel programming.And then I never heard of it again until years later this (http://longnow.org/essays/richard-feynman-and-connection-mac...) article about Richard Feynman popped up on the internet.I still don't know why the CM never went anywhere. Inertia, scaling limitations, grabbed by the spooks and now only used by NSA for reading my email? parent commieneko 15 years ago
And then I never heard of it again until years later this (http://longnow.org/essays/richard-feynman-and-connection-mac...) article about Richard Feynman popped up on the internet.
I still don't know why the CM never went anywhere. Inertia, scaling limitations, grabbed by the spooks and now only used by NSA for reading my email?