{"id":2231,"date":"2004-02-11T16:02:03","date_gmt":"2004-02-12T08:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/12\/own-11100th-of-a-supercomputer\/"},"modified":"2019-12-09T16:15:02","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T00:15:02","slug":"own-11100th-of-a-supercomputer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/02\/11\/own-11100th-of-a-supercomputer\/","title":{"rendered":"Own 1\/1100th of a supercomputer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11772,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.vt.edu&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260309041608\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.vt.edu\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 19:04:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-16 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