Random Cubs Musings

[SouthSideRyan]

"i know this, as someone who read moneyball, billy beane's book"

 

Tell me what on Earth you could need the processing speed of a supercomputer. The benefit is how quick data can be transmitted. There is simply no need for computing data that quickly unless you think we've got all our players armed with bluetooths to be told when to swing and at what trajectory.

 

i think maybe you have no idea what you're talking about. the value of a box like this is that you can run your whole operation on them; i.e. store, manage, consume all of your data, run applications in parallel, as well as user access, etc. it's a huge task, and to be honest, 500k isn't really all that crazy of a spend for a super-specialized stack like this

 

What's the benefit of it beyond near instantaneous processing speed?

[ctcf]

"i know this, as someone who read moneyball, billy beane's book"

 

Tell me what on Earth you could need the processing speed of a supercomputer. The benefit is how quick data can be transmitted. There is simply no need for computing data that quickly unless you think we've got all our players armed with bluetooths to be told when to swing and at what trajectory.

 

i think maybe you have no idea what you're talking about. the value of a box like this is that you can run your whole operation on them; i.e. store, manage, consume all of your data, run applications in parallel, as well as user access, etc. it's a huge task, and to be honest, 500k isn't really all that crazy of a spend for a super-specialized stack like this

 

What's the benefit of it beyond near instantaneous processing speed?

 

Who the [expletive] knows? We know nothing about it other than it is super expensive. You really think a bunch of guys that (I would presume) you believe to be fairly intelligent, thoughtful people just spent half a million on a computer simply because "it goes real fast?"

[SouthSideRyan]

"i know this, as someone who read moneyball, billy beane's book"

 

Tell me what on Earth you could need the processing speed of a supercomputer. The benefit is how quick data can be transmitted. There is simply no need for computing data that quickly unless you think we've got all our players armed with bluetooths to be told when to swing and at what trajectory.

 

man if only you had been able to tell theo this before his ill-fated purchase.

 

Ok, Brett

 

you dont see anything hilarious about someone with no idea whatsoever complaining about a purchase that we dont even know was real because it wasn't necessary despite not having any idea what it might be used for or why?

 

I wasn't complaining about the purchase as I don't think it was us. I read the stories on it when it was first reported a year ago, and read the comments on how unnecessary it was. I personally can't fathom what such instantaneous processing would be needed for. Maybe I'm wrong.

[SouthSideRyan]

"i know this, as someone who read moneyball, billy beane's book"

 

Tell me what on Earth you could need the processing speed of a supercomputer. The benefit is how quick data can be transmitted. There is simply no need for computing data that quickly unless you think we've got all our players armed with bluetooths to be told when to swing and at what trajectory.

 

i think maybe you have no idea what you're talking about. the value of a box like this is that you can run your whole operation on them; i.e. store, manage, consume all of your data, run applications in parallel, as well as user access, etc. it's a huge task, and to be honest, 500k isn't really all that crazy of a spend for a super-specialized stack like this

 

What's the benefit of it beyond near instantaneous processing speed?

 

Who the [expletive] knows? We know nothing about it other than it is super expensive. You really think a bunch of guys that (I would presume) you believe to be fairly intelligent, thoughtful people just spent half a million on a computer simply because "it goes real fast?"

 

I don't think the Cubs bought it. As my original post on the topic stated, I think it was by a group who I don't find to be fairly intelligent when it comes to analytics.

[Tyrant]

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"it says: 's h u t u p k y l e'"

[Banedon]

I personally can't fathom what such instantaneous processing would be needed for.

 

Those dots aren't gonna race themselves across the jumbotron.

[imb]

theyre probably playing world of warcraft on it

[jersey cubs fan]

I'm talking between pitches. Not between innings. Imagine you could correct a flaw in the same at bat it starts. Or you can diagnose quicker, the exert so slight arm angle change, reducing improper mechanics, detecting fatigue, possibly slowing the inevitable Tommy John.

 

So you think that between pitches they will yell out from the dugout that his arm slot dropped by a 1/4" that last time?

 

 

So much for the attempts to speed up the game. Or maybe this is just another example of the league office cutting off the Cubs attempts to beat the competition.

 

 

 

Or more likely it's not the Cubs that spent that much money on a computer.

[Guest]

Maybe they are using it to store information for every player in pro baseball and the top 300 ametures with video and data to help with drafting trades and scouting.

[jersey cubs fan]

Maybe they are using it to store information for every player in pro baseball and the top 300 ametures with video and data to help with drafting trades and scouting.

can't they just do a family share on their cloud storage?

[Guest]

Maybe they are using it to store information for every player in pro baseball and the top 300 ametures with video and data to help with drafting trades and scouting.

can't they just do a family share on their cloud storage?

I don't know I was trying (badly) to be funny.

[CubsInNC]

Maybe they are using it to store information for every player in pro baseball and the top 300 ametures with video and data to help with drafting trades and scouting.

can't they just do a family share on their cloud storage?

I don't know I was trying (badly) to be funny.

 

To be honest, you wouldn't need a supercomputer for that, and Cray would not likely want to be publicly linked to such usage. You could have more than enough storage for that on a single rack in one of the datacenters in Chicago. Easily fit more than a petabyte (1000 tb) in a single 16u rack.

 

Cray bragging about it, is likely indicative it's something semi-visionary. Whether it works for the team who bought it will remain to be seen.

[Tracer Bullet]

theyre probably playing world of warcraft on it

 

derwood's wife bought it so he can finish a lifetime's worth of baseball mogul seasons in one hour so he can go out and mow the [expletive] lawn already

[davell]

I'll be surprised if it were us. I could see it being the Dodgers, pre Friedman, but I'd guess it to be the Phillies or Tigers.

[Guest]

i remember seeing that story a year or two ago and it seemed like it really could've been the cubs

[imb]

it's more likely to be the iowa cubs than the [expletive] phillies

[davell]

it's more likely to be the iowa cubs than the [expletive] phillies

 

Really? I think Amaro is stupid enough to think that buying a really fast computer could check off his lack of analytical knowledge.

[imb]

it's more likely to be the iowa cubs than the [expletive] phillies

 

Really? I think Amaro is stupid enough to think that buying a really fast computer could check off his lack of analytical knowledge.

 

i dont think amaro cares what anybody thinks about his team's analytical knowledge

 

edit [expletive] i cant type

Edited March 4, 2015 by Bunts Lick Butts

[jersey cubs fan]

it's more likely to be the iowa cubs than the [expletive] phillies

 

Really? I think Amaro is stupid enough to think that buying a really fast computer could check off his lack of analytical knowledge.

 

i dont think amaro cares what anything things about his team's analytical knowledge

I don't think he would be the one making the decision.

[imb]

it's more likely to be the iowa cubs than the [expletive] phillies

 

Really? I think Amaro is stupid enough to think that buying a really fast computer could check off his lack of analytical knowledge.

 

i dont think amaro cares what anything things about his team's analytical knowledge

I don't think he would be the one making the decision.

 

well the guys who would spend 500,000k on a computer are not the guys who are going to continue to employ amaro, how about that. it would be like buying a $3,000 laptop when you can't afford a 19 dollar mlbtv subscription

[jersey cubs fan]

well the guys who would spend 500,000k on a computer are not the guys who are going to continue to employ amaro, how about that. it would be like buying a $3,000 laptop when you can't afford a 19 dollar mlbtv subscription

 

That doesn't really add up. The Philly owners are mega rich and just getting richer. They have been more than willing to throw money at a problem and would probably be very likely to spend big on an unnecessary computer in an attempt to play catch-up with the analytics. It would be a slightly larger price tag than whatever Jim Hendry spent to hire the guy who printed out old box scores to be his big jump into the numbers world.

 

Although it could be a number of other teams.

[SouthSideRyan]

it's more likely to be the iowa cubs than the [expletive] phillies

 

Really? I think Amaro is stupid enough to think that buying a really fast computer could check off his lack of analytical knowledge.

 

He can call the computer Chuck Wasserstrom.

[Clem Fandango]

it's more likely to be the iowa cubs than the [expletive] phillies

 

Really? I think Amaro is stupid enough to think that buying a really fast computer could check off his lack of analytical knowledge.

 

i dont think amaro cares what anything things about his team's analytical knowledge

I don't think he would be the one making the decision.

 

well the guys who would spend 500,000k on a computer are not the guys who are going to continue to employ amaro, how about that. it would be like buying a $3,000 laptop when you can't afford a 19 dollar mlbtv subscription

Shots fired

[imb]

boom roasted . jpeg

[imb]

well the guys who would spend 500,000k on a computer are not the guys who are going to continue to employ amaro, how about that. it would be like buying a $3,000 laptop when you can't afford a 19 dollar mlbtv subscription

 

That doesn't really add up. The Philly owners are mega rich and just getting richer. They have been more than willing to throw money at a problem and would probably be very likely to spend big on an unnecessary computer in an attempt to play catch-up with the analytics.

 

while entrusting player decisions to a guy that doesn't know how to use email. yeah right