I joined because i thought this might just be a LITTLE more useful than searching for aliens (SETI@home). Plus it seems to be growing quite rapidly these days, and i'd like to see how things go.

I have a poweful computer with a top of the line CPU, so I thought this would be good so that my CPU doesn't get under used, and it is good to help out with scientific research.

I'm here thanks to an article in today's electronic-mail news summary from the British Broadcasting Corporation. I've been running climateprediction.net, LHC@home (Large Hadron Collider) and SETI@home (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) — all via the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC).

We'll see how it goes running both BOINC and United Devices (UD) software simultaneously! I've used UD software before, on other projects; but since my computing system is an off-the-rack low-end model I've previously had to dump applications when my local machine's resources became problematically low.

Frankly, I really wish there could be just one number-crunching application which would encompass all the various and sundry networking programs. Sadly, that ugly word "turf" gets in the way; but perhaps the day will come when world-wide co-operation will trump turf wars.



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I joined the grid to give back to the world a little bit of what my country seems to be taking away from the world lately on a regular basis... that is the ability of people to live their own lives in their own countries with dignity, health and peace. I feel that we have been a net-detriment to the world in the last 4 years and this is my little "2 cents worth" to try to make it right... just a little bit.

It is a shame that a country with as many resources as we have... as much wealth as we have... squanders a half-trillion dollars a year on something called "defense". We could be taking 3/4 of that money and putting it to use solving world hunger, poverty, and things like protein-folding. But, as is usually the case... the golden rule applies... those who have the gold make the rules... and in this case the people who decide where the money goes (read: Bush and his band of Texas cronies ) think the money is better spent on bombs than bread.

So... THATS why I joined... I realize my little effort isn't much more than a "pee in the pool" but hey... I figure this puts-back some of what we have cost the world lately.

(Just an aside to those who worry about "terrorists"... while the NYC attack on 9/11 was an abomidable tragedy in which 2,800 died three years ago.... since that time over 100.000 have died of the FLU in our country. Are you afraid of getting the FLU? Don't let the politics of fear ruin your interpretation of the world or the way it ought to be! Let your politicians know that we want them to spend money on projects like THIS instead of dropping bunker-busters on Iraqi houses. )

Just my "two-cents worth". Sorry if you don't like my answer, but ya shouldn't have asked the question!

Very nice. Just only happy storys. But think about how much it will be cost all this CPU (y.d.h.m.s).
Try to consider electricity which we shall spend for this project. Because the our PC suspended and hard working needs different quantity of electro energy.
May be I mistake but efficiency of this project not so obvious.