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Super computer on Burnaby mountain: BC Hydro.

There is a new bird on the perch at Burnaby Mountain, a state of the art academic computer. The project replaced transmission control center and is a asset in the quiver of Simon Fraser University as well as the country.

Simon Fraser University’s Cedar supercomputer is the most powerful of its kind in Canada, and it comes with some impressive green credentials.

“It’s one of the most energy-efficient data centres in North America, and in the world for that matter,” says former BC Hydro media spokesperson Geoff Hastings, now a CTV news anchor in Edmonton. “It’s an intellectual juggernaut that really puts SFU and the Lower Mainland on the map when it comes to research computing. And it’s an opportunity to really advance our civilization in a lot of ways.”

Data linked to CERN collider in Switzerland.

The project has a manager and is a partnership between BC Hydro and SFU.

On this Day: January 8th 1800

Victor of Aveyron is found wild after 7 years.

Crab dinner

There are two Rotary clubs in Merritt British Columbia they meet at the Brambles bakery meeting room on Quilchena Avenue. The group are hosting a fund raising dinner on May 1oth, the tickets are 50 dollars. The proceeds are for the Merritt Community Cinema Society that are raising funds for a downtown cinema building and the local food bank .They are also having a silent auction by ” BC Hall of fame auctioneer ” Wild Bill Henke” .

The event is at 6pm at the Merritt Civic center on Mamette avenue city center near the City hall.

Today in history: April 30th 1993

There is an announcement about The World Wide Web  ” the web  protocols will be free” :CERN