Super Monkeys & Supercomputing

The IBM companys new $100 million supercomputer called "Roadrunner" can perform 1,000 trillion calculations per second in a sustained exercise. Or more simply it can do in one day what 6 billion people with handheld computers in 24 hours can do in 46 years.

Now what do we super monkeys want with a supercomputer? Scientist monkeys at IBM say their computer will be used mainly for nuclear weapons research. For instance the "Roadrunner" can mimic the blast of a thermonuclear bomb. It's a kind of nuclear holocaust masturbation exercise.The seduction of oblivion beckons but not in the way directed by Buddha.