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swarzon   02-19-2006 at 01:21:03 PM

what you pc hardware maniacs think about projects such as BOINC http://boinc.berkeley.edu/ where you can support science with a power of your computer?

some of research:
- Climateprediction.net and BBC Climate Change Experiment: study climate change.
- Einstein@home: search for gravitational signals emitted by pulsars.
- LHC@home: improve the design of the CERN LHC particle accelerator
- Predictor@home: investigate protein-related diseases.
- Rosetta@home: help researchers develop cures for human diseases.
- SETI@home: Look for radio evidence of extraterrestrial life.
- SIMAP: calculate protein similarity data for use by many biological research projects.
- SZTAKI Desktop Grid: search for generalized binary number systems..
- World Community Grid: advance our knowledge of human disease
- Cell Computing biomedical research

It's easy to participate in a BOINC project. Download http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php and install BOINC. You will be asked to enter the project's URL, your email address, and a password.

there is more info about how to participate in BOINC: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/participate.php

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silverpig   02-20-2006 at 03:00:32 AM
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I do seventeenorbust :)

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dedla   02-21-2006 at 09:42:43 AM
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How exactly does SETI try to use an individuals PC? I might be blind, but I didn't see any hows on their site.

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dwellman   02-21-2006 at 11:07:59 AM
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Extraterrestial technology.

Ironic, isn't it?

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EntityAnomly   02-21-2006 at 10:04:34 PM
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Tom's Hardware Community has thier own team for Folding@Home a Stanford University sponsored scientific study researching protein folding.

http://folding.stanford.edu/

We are Team #40051 and we're a Top 100 team!

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Riser   02-21-2006 at 11:03:41 PM
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I'm all for SETI.

But I don't think the majority of females would find that an attractive hobby for a guy. I also don't think I would want anyone finding out that I'm trying to help find ET. Also, the US Gov't is building a giant ass telescope in Mexico for $120 million dollars or something insane like that. It can catch millimeter radio waves. I'll leave it to them.

And I like women.

But hey, work on SETI for me and take one for the team. :P

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Cunninglinguist   02-22-2006 at 11:43:49 AM
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Hey riser, you aren't that far from me. Geographical boundaries aside. I'll swap you a SETI rig for a folding one.

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sigur   02-22-2006 at 10:10:12 PM
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Extraterrestial technology.

Ironic, isn't it?



My SETI has been busted for a few weeks, I guess they must have come back to get it.

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Forlorn   02-22-2006 at 10:14:54 PM
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Someone should start an organization that contracts with corporations and has them fold on all there systems. I bet it would make a huge difference if you had all those corporate machines donating their extra clock cycles. Not to mention the good PR that would go along with it.

"Microsoft finally doing something to help society."

"Enron may be stealing money, but they're also saving your life!"

The possibilities are endless.

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Sarged   04-01-2007 at 11:43:21 PM
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SETI.USA is in a competition with P3DN in Spinhenge. P3DN is not crunching or downloading many Folding@Home WUs because of this. Now would be a good time for THG to grab all of the WUs you can and make up a lot of ground on P3DN.

Happy Crunching!! :D

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tool_462   04-02-2007 at 12:40:53 AM
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OOoo two first post noobs (virgins) posting in the Other.

*whistles* Come here wingy! Here boy!

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fishmahn   04-02-2007 at 02:19:10 AM
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Holy Thread Resurrection Batman!!! :roll:

Over a year old... I'm impressed... ok, not really.

Now Die Newbie Die!!!

Mike.

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Sarged   04-02-2007 at 02:51:38 AM
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Not a real good way to attract people to your forum. I have never seen such bad manners in my entire life.

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mrface   04-02-2007 at 03:06:53 AM
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Quote :

Not a real good way to attract people to your forum. I have never seen such bad manners in my entire life.



fcuk off and Die!

sorry piece of sh[i][/i]it.

leave, dont come back, dont respond to anyone, just go away.


and dont let the door hit you on the way out, fu[i][/i]ckass.

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tool_462   04-02-2007 at 05:11:19 AM
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Bad manners? You think that is as bad is it is going to get? I suggest never coming back, unless you want it to get downright nasty.

I suggest becoming a smarter being and reading the stickies before you come down here thinking you can tell the fish when his manners are out of line.

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mugz   04-02-2007 at 09:39:35 AM
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Someone mentioned 'downright nasty'...

*batters Sarged unto insensibility with a large-print single-volume edition of the Lord of the Rings*

*dresses Sarged ES MkVII llama suits*

*drops the llama-suited Sarged into a deep pit*

Don't worry - it gets nastier...

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WingDing   04-02-2007 at 12:07:47 PM
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...*enters, erection throbbing and stinking spectacularly*...

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dasickninja   04-02-2007 at 12:55:50 PM
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So I missed nothing...

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mugz   04-02-2007 at 01:37:23 PM
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*lazily waves hand*

In the pit, over there.

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_WW_   04-02-2007 at 02:14:24 PM
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..* prepares extraterrestrial-killer FART! *..

You know...in case you actually find one of the beasties.

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llama_man   04-02-2007 at 02:59:00 PM
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Quote :

Not a real good way to attract people to your forum.


8O You think we want you here? :lol:

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mugz   04-02-2007 at 03:38:51 PM
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Stay away from the pit, llama, unless you want to test exactly how real the MkVII engineering sample seems to Wingding.

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llama_man   04-02-2007 at 06:34:25 PM
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Noted.

* shoves noob into pit *

Have fun.

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WingDing   04-02-2007 at 08:18:29 PM
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...*pus, semen and noob anus flies*...

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dwellman   04-09-2007 at 07:52:03 PM
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I just don't get it. . . . not at all. . .

$_REQUEST['get the heck outta here'] = true;

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VBDude   04-09-2007 at 08:16:25 PM
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You're cute when you code. :wink: :wink:

:P

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