Orion's Photos: places - Texas - Dallas
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SuperComputing 2000 (SC2000) Conference
Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, Texas
November 7-9, 2000
The entire Parallel Programming Lab (a dozen people)
went for three days to Dallas to present our Gordon Bell
paper at SC2000. It was a cool conference; with all the
latest, fastest hardware and graphics galore. Our paper
didn't actually win the Gordon Bell prize, but the conference
was fun.
1107_001 through 015 are pictures from the plane as we flew from
Atlanta to Dallas. 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 9 show an odd optical
effect-- a small bright spot in the clouds around the plane's
shadow. The spot was only a few degrees wide, seemed to vary
with height, and had chromatic tinges toward the edges.
It was quite humid that day, and the clouds were thick, puffy
cumulus. I'm not certain what physical scattering effect this
represents, but I intend to find out!
1107_16 shows our incredibly crappy hotel room at the Paramount
Hotel in downtown Dallas. You're seeing a huge water damage spot
in the ceiling; not shown were the lack of a shower curtain,
wet towels wadded up on the bed, or the thick layer of plaster
dust all over everything. When we told the front desk that the
room was unacceptable, we were given a master key to the
fourth floor and told to "stay wherever you prefer." Hmmmm.
1108_1 shows Jay DeSouza and the SC2000 logo.
1108_2 and 3 show the Dallas skyline at night, from the
convention center parking lot.
1109_1 through 3 show the Texas Book Repository and grassy knoll
where Kennedy was shot; taken standing in Daley plaza. This was
only two blocks from our hotel!
1109_4 is the daytime counterpart to 1108_2.
1109_5 through 8 are the enormous showroom floor. 8 shows
Puneet Narula playing with an Immersadesk stereo display.
The remaining images show the sunset, as viewed from the plane
window facing west just before 6 pm. The day was mostly clear
and cold.
All images taken by Orion Lawlor
and placed completely in the public domain.
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