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Thread: "I can do science, me" (World Community Grid)
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Alan Cresswell
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And, on the subject of extra projects ... WCG have just launched a new project Drug Search for Leishmaniasis.
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Alan Cresswell
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And, another new project GO fight against malaria has just been announced.
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Joined. Used existing package within repositories versus installing from the website using their shell script. Running Linux Mint 11 on a new install on an old confuser that happens to be dual core. I don't get many old castoffs with that!
Will have to see if there is a minimize to taskbar applet available.
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Alan Cresswell
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Well done team!
The total computational time from the Ship of Fools team has just exceeded 100 years! Here's to the next century.
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Tukai
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Alan: thank you for bumping this thread up, so that it came to my attention.
As a semi-retired scientist, now working from home (mainly just writing), I am pleased to contribute to this effort, and have now registered
As my home computer and internet have only modest performance , I have had to decline its services for two of the projects that are most relevant to my 'professional' interests, but I'm sure that all contributions are welcome.
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Alan Cresswell
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Originally posted by Tukai:
Alan: thank you for bumping this thread up, so that it came to my attention.
I regularly see if I can find some reason to return this thread to near the top of the AS board. Then people who might be interested can see it and think about joining WCG ... even if they don't join the Ship team.
Sometimes I just need to bump it without any particular reason ...
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ShadoK
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I have a question that saves you having to bump...
Are there any plans for WCG to work on ARM-based devices, such as the iPad, the Excito B3 or the Raspberry Pi (when I get one!), etc.?
When I tried to install BOINC/World Community Grid on my B3, there was no work available for it. That's a pity as the B3 uses less energy than the PCs so is more likely to be left switched on continuously.
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Theophania
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*madly overexcited flailing at the wonders of Science*
I'm just setting up as a member of the SoF team - thank you for bumping the thread so I saw it!
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Alan Cresswell
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Originally posted by ShadoK:
I have a question that saves you having to bump...
Are there any plans for WCG to work on ARM-based devices, such as the iPad, the Excito B3 or the Raspberry Pi (when I get one!), etc.?
When I tried to install BOINC/World Community Grid on my B3, there was no work available for it. That's a pity as the B3 uses less energy than the PCs so is more likely to be left switched on continuously.
Shadok
I've had a very quick trawl through the WG forums, and it appears that there isn't currently a BOINC option for non-Windows ARM devices (it appears that the current Windows versions work OK on ARM devices). But, there's work ongoing that might get such an application in 18-24 months. There is some discussion as to whether it would be practical to run WCG on such devices given their power-saving architecture, running WCG would prevent the almost complete power-down when not in use (because, they would be in use crunching WCG data) and thus significantly increase average power consumption and reduce battery life. Would people really want a very low average power device and then operate it in such a way as to have power consumption not much less than coniderably cheaper x86 devices?
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Alan Cresswell
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A new project has been launched on WCG, Computing for Sustainable Water it's being run by University of Virginia and builds on existing work for Chesapeake Bay, but will hopefully provide information transferable to other areas where sustainability of clean water is of more vital importance.
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Alan Cresswell
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News from the World Community Grid, they have just passed the milestone of 1 billion results returned. The Ship team has contributed 146000 of those, so well done all (and, well done those who also contribute to WCG and other similar projects but aren't members of the Ship team).
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Jack the Lass
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Since my latest Windows 7 upgrade I am getting an error message every time I log on about the BOINC manager not being connected. I'm meant to log onto my account to link to a project, but can I remember my password? ![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif)
Will keep trying.
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Alan Cresswell
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There is a "forgotten password" link on many WCG pages, including the top of the Ships Team Home Page
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Alan Cresswell
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We recently passed the 150,000 results mile stone. Well done all, and keep crunching numbers.
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