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The grid computing world is abuzz — Sun has announced the Cool Apps Developer Challenge, with $50,000 in prizes available to developers who put their applications on the Sun Grid Compute Utility.  
Haven’t we been here before?  And more importantly — haven’t we gotten beyond this yet? 
Since early 1999 (at least), there have been prizes related [...]

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There is a stirring moment in the movie version of the Return of the King in which Aragorn rallies his troops in the face of nearly impossible odds.  As the hordes of Mordor pour out of the black gate, he roars: 
“A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break [...]

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