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distributedcomputing.info updates for December 24, 2004
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| | From: | Kirk Pearson | | Subject: | distributedcomputing.info updates for December 24, 2004 | | Date: | 4 Jan 2005 11:07:45 -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 24, 2004
- new active knowledge project:
( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-knowledge.html#excerpt ) Project
Excerpt is creating a large, public collection of excerpts from various
books and authors
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-math.html#nfsnet ) NFSNET completed
the factorization of 2^689 + 1 on December 20
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-math.html#rieselsieve ) Riesel Sieve
found prime 502541 * 2^1199930 - 1 on December 21. Also, a new riesel.dat
file is available as of December 21.
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-math.html#sigps ) SIGPS found prime
99033888^16384 + 1 today
- the ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-lsciences.html#predictor )
Predictor@home project server is running on its new hardware as of December
21, the website should be updated with current project information soon, and
the project still hopes to be back online before December 31
- new ( http://distributedcomputing.info/news.html#0501 ) news article: an
interview with a co-creator founder of
( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-knowledge.html#wikipedia ) Wikipedia
- new ( http://distributedcomputing.info/news.html#050118 ) news article:
a short overview of ( http://distributedcomputing.info/platforms.html#wcg )
World Community Grid
- new ( http://distributedcomputing.info/news.html#041222 ) news article:
another short overview of
( http://distributedcomputing.info/platforms.html#wcg ) World Community Grid
- new ( http://distributedcomputing.info/news.html#0412 ) news article: an
overview of distributed computing and some of the major 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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