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distributedcomputing.info updates for December 13, 2004
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| | From: | Kirk Pearson | | Subject: | distributedcomputing.info updates for December 13, 2004 | | Date: | 14 Dec 2004 13:57:34 -0700 |
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 | The following updates are from the distributedcomputing.info website
( http://distributedcomputing.info/ ). These updates cover public distributed
computing projects (projects in which anyone can participate).
December 13, 2004
- new active distributed human project:
( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-human.html#espgame ) The ESP Game
labels images on the Internet
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-science.html#lhcathome ) LHC@home
released its second newsletter on December 9. The project is officially
shut down until the new project servers are available in early 2005.
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-math.html#nfsnet ) NFSNET completed
sieving 2^689 + 1 and began sieving 5^307 - 1 yesterday
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-misc.html#monkey ) The Monkey
Shakespeare Simulator matched a record first 23 letters of "Timon of Athens"
after 12,514,200 billion billion billion monkey-years
- the ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-math.html#3xplus1 ) 3x+1 Problem
confirmed 2 more class records on December 5
- the ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-math.html#15k2n1 ) 15k Prime
Search found prime 80857169 * 2^1251076 - 1 yesterday
- version 2.2 of the
( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-math.html#sierpinski ) Seventeen or
Bust client is available for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and BeOS as of
December 11. This version is 90-110% faster on Athlon XP CPUs and
noticeably faster on Pentium 2 and 3 CPUs. All participants should upgrade
to the new version as soon as possible.
- version 1.6 of the ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-math.html#sigps )
SIGPS genefer80 client is available for P4 Cygwin as of yesterday
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-science.html#cpdn )
climateprediction.net has added a page of school resources about the project
for students and teachers
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-lsciences.html#findadrug ) Find-a-Drug
( http://forum.find-a-drug.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4229 ) closed some of its
old protein queries on December 10. Check the list and delete any jobs you
might have for the listed queries.
- David Anderson, director of
( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-science.html#seticlassic ) SETI@home,
was interviewed on ( http://www.planetary.org/audio/pr20041206.html )
Planetary Radio on December 6
- new ( http://distributedcomputing.info/news.html#041110 ) news article: how
cluster computing is used to visualize and analyze the results of large
computing projects
--
Kirk Pearson, editor of http://distributedcomputing.info (news and information
about public distributed computing projects)
"Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug." -- John Lithgow
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