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.
Woodles
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by Woodles Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:16 am
Biochemical Library.
"BCL is a research project that uses Internet-connected computers to do research in BCL. You can participate by downloading and running a free program on your computer."
Hosted by Vanderbilt university in Nashville.
https://boinc.vanderbilt.edu/bcl/index.php
John has already set up a team, WU's take ~9 - 15 minutes on this i7 for ~3 - 4.7 credits. An initial download of ~75M, ~6M download per WU.
Useful for 'filling in the holes' on multicore processors with only a few, long duration tasks to run.
Enjoy
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by Temujin Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:31 am
It's not a new project, it's been around for about a year.
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by Woodles Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:51 am
Ah, my mistake, I'd never seen or heard of it before!
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by Woodles Thu Oct 14, 2010 3:06 pm
... And Bob has managed to snag user of the day despite only having joined today!
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by UBT - bobuk Thu Oct 14, 2010 3:43 pm
Woodles wrote: ... And Bob has managed to snag user of the day despite only having joined today!
b.
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by melter65 Fri Oct 15, 2010 12:22 am
Just joined up and waiting for wu's
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by UBT - bobuk Fri Oct 15, 2010 6:33 am
melter65 wrote: Just joined up and waiting for wu's
Chase me......Chase me.....
catch me if you can :lol:
b.
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by melter65 Fri Oct 15, 2010 11:28 pm
UBT - bobuk wrote: melter65 wrote: Just joined up and waiting for wu's
Chase me......Chase me.....
catch me if you can :lol:
b.
I'm ever so slightly starting to worry about your sanity!!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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by UBT - bobuk Sat Oct 16, 2010 8:48 am
melter65 wrote: UBT - bobuk wrote: melter65 wrote: Just joined up and waiting for wu's
Chase me......Chase me.....
catch me if you can :lol:
b.
I'm ever so slightly starting to worry about your sanity!!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Funny thing you saying that Dave
My Doctor said much the same yesterday
" Nurse the white coat please with the buttons at the back"
b.
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by melter65 Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:50 pm
And straps on the ends of the arms?
:lol: :lol: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol: