NationStates Jolt Archive

Yes, that's right! those boffins at berkeley have done it again! Based upon the idea of their old SETI@home computation distrubation system (SETI classic) they have created BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing). The upshot of this is that you can now donate your computer idle time to crunching other things! Here is a list, however due to the design of BOINC many other applications of a similar sort can be designed to run on this program.

Climateprediction.net: Improve the accuracy of long-term climate prediction. Beware! The workunits are so large that my celeron would take 2 years if I had 10 hours of idle time each day devoted to it. So for faster computers only! I'd say MINIMUM 600Mhz

Einstein@home: search data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (LIGO) in the US and from the GEO 600 gravitational wave observatory in Germany for signals coming from rapidly rotating neutron stars, known as pulsars. Still in testing and so not quite ready for your help yet.

LHC@home: improve the design of the CERN LHC particle accelerator. Not accepting new users at the moment as it is at capacity at 6000 and have no current workunits that need to be calculated. Try again later.

Predictor@home: Solve biomedical questions and investigate protein-related diseases. Also not accepting new users at the moment, possibly for the same reason.

SETI@home: Analyze radio-telescope data, looking for evidence of extraterrestrial life. A new cover on an old book really, shame that you cannot transfer your old workunits from SETI classic to BOINC. Once you know what you are doing it's pretty good.

So if you want a cool screensaver, more info on BOINC can be obtained at: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/

BOINC bump

I would if I could ever get the units to send back to Berkeley. :(

So for now... Seti@home. :)

Google is also attempting to employ a system like this.

Erastide - I've had no problems sending WUs back, it was just installing the damned thing and getting it working that made me want to pull out my hair!:)

Teranius - I didn't know that, do you have a link or more information?:)

Heh. Scientific Progress goes BOINC! :)

Predictor@home: Solve biomedical questions and investigate protein-related diseases. Also not accepting new users at the moment, possibly for the same reason.

So if you want a cool screensaver, more info on BOINC can be obtained at: http://boinc.berkeley.edu/

Just read that they will be accepting new accounts on Monday. :)

would rather BONG.

(sorry that was cheap :rolleyes: )

sounds good, although seti still the coolest

I'll stick with something that will actually help save people's lives, http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org folding proteins

I'll stick with something that will actually help save people's lives, http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org folding proteins

Folding proteins? You can now do that on BOINC too (starting again on Monday).