Dist. Comp. effort by IBM: World Community Grid

[Mephistopheles]

Sponsored by IBM, it seems to be very much more useful than SETI and I've had excellent experiences with it. It feels smooth, runs @ low priority and is exquisitely well programmed... as far as I can tell right now.

Install it and do your bit... if you feel like it!!! Personally, I find the proposals for projects considerably more interesting than SETI...

<A HREF="http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org" target="_new">World Community Grid</A>
Distributed Computing Initiative powered by IBM

 

[Mephistopheles]

I've currently logged on as Mephistopheles with:
<font color=green><b>AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (2.083Ghz)</font color=green>
<font color=blue>Intel 2 x P3 933Mhz</font color=blue></b>

I'm planning on also including:
<b><font color=green>AMD Duron 1.2Ghz</font color=green></b>

Too bad the agent isn't multithreaded... because if it were, those three computers would make Mephistopheles quite a good user. Also, the Duron 1.2Ghz is plugged in my university's electricity network, so it can actually work 24/7 (it's used for word processing and e-mail reading only), and it has incredible internet bandwidth available.

There's also a room in my university filled with P4 1.7Ghz (willamettes! ew) with PC-800 RDRAM (remember those?) on i850-based intel mobos. Wow, if only I could convince the guys over there to use all <b>30xP4 1.7Ghz</b> with world community grid screensavers... (preferably with my username in WCG )... Heck, it's a room filled with P4s for <i>early graduation students</i> anyway! These guys, all combined, have less brain activity than my dog anyway...

 

[HardWareBoss]

IBM sends ma a server I'll hook up with them.

 

[Mephistopheles]

Sorry, my original post included a broken link that has been appropriately punished by correction.

 

[wolverinero79]

Note that you can be part of this project while also dividing your cpu time evenly with cancer research via <A HREF="http://www.grid.org" target="_new">http://www.grid.org</A>

I'm just your average habitual smiler =D

 

[ChipDeath]

hey, just wondering but is the <A HREF="http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/human_proteome.html" target="_new">Human Proteome folding project</A> the same one as being worked on by <A HREF="http://folding.stanford.edu/" target="_new">Folding@home?</A>It's definitely a project with the same aim and using the same idea. Obviously it's exceedingly stupid to have 2 seperate projects working on the same thing, so I hope they're linked.

I only ask because a number of us forumites are in the THGC Folding@Home team. Sadly our motives are purely collective e-penis enlargement rather than furthering the human race, but still...

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"Sex without love is an empty experience...
But as empty experiences go, it's one of the best" - Woody Allen

 

[RichPLS]

have you experienced your e-penis climax!

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And the sign says "You got to have a membership card to get inside" Huh
So I got me a pen and paper And I made up my own little sign</pre><p></font color=red>

 

[ChipDeath]

ummm.. no. have you?

We get that in 10,000 years when we get to the F@H No. 1 spot.

I don't really get your sig, by the way...

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"Sex without love is an empty experience...
But as empty experiences go, it's one of the best" - Woody Allen

 

[RichPLS]

i haven't gotten yours, either...
live long and prosper, followed by
think 5 man accoustical band...

<font color=red><pre>\\//__________________________________
And the sign says "You got to have a membership card to get inside" Huh
So I got me a pen and paper And I made up my own little sign</pre><p></font color=red>

 

[endyen]

Guess you're too young. It's an old song. Rich's sig is a couple of lines.

 

[ChipDeath]

What song? I've probably heard it once or twice...

But you're right, I'm not that old, although try telling that to my knees :frown:

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"Sex without love is an empty experience...
But as empty experiences go, it's one of the best" - Woody Allen

 

[endyen]

It's called signs, I forget the artist, and yes, you probably have heard it. It's a comment on signs, and not too flattering.

 

[RichPLS]

It's a lick from the group Tesla

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And the sign says "You got to have a membership card to get inside" Huh
So I got me a pen and paper And I made up my own little sign</pre><p></font color=red>