Interesting WCG article at Fast Company.

Anything "BOINC" specific can be commented on here...such as Project news and announcements etc. Also: any problems with BOINC or maybe you have found something interesting, tell us about it. Chat about the various 3rd party client applications used for some of the projects such as optimised clients.
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Interesting WCG article at Fast Company.

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Not spam  :D , maybe a good way to advertise Boinc to friends and family ?

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/145 ... ancer.html
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It's an interesting article and a good way to explain Distributed Computing to anyone who doesn't understand what it means  :D
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I was told credits get turned into Pizza tokens which is why i signed up  :lol:
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Ben wrote:I was told credits get turned into Pizza tokens which is why i signed up  :lol:
Should've joined this project then!

http://www.rays-place.com/pizza/
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UBT - Mikee wrote:
Ben wrote:I was told credits get turned into Pizza tokens which is why i signed up  :lol:
Should've joined this project then!

http://www.rays-place.com/pizza/

God bless the lord, the baby jesus, and the wee donkey!  :lol:  :lol:

So it wasn't all a lie  :wink:
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UBT - Mikee wrote:
Ben wrote:I was told credits get turned into Pizza tokens which is why i signed up  :lol:
Should've joined this project then!

http://www.rays-place.com/pizza/



WHY don't WE HAVE A TEAM ?   :)  :)  :)



b.  :D
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The more credibility the better :)


Anyway ... I was promised hob nobs... chocolate IIRC  :D
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So you fell for the old 'choccy hob-nobs' trick as well?

Glad it wasn't just me! :wink:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
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