Twas the month before SC08 ...

… and all throughout the high performance computing solutions house, all the creatures were stirring, they were using their own mouse. The JackRabbits were purring, pushing GB/s of data around, and the ΔV’s being booted, being worked, tested to be sound. The workers were filling orders, building units, making sure none were dead, while visions of high performance file systems and data motion danced in their heads. (with apologies to Clement Clarke Moore or Henry Livingston)