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<title><![CDATA[Administrative Web Interface]]></title>
<link>http://genetical.wordpress.com/?p=43</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>genetical</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I spoke with Bobby today and he told me you can access the Administrative Web Interface by going to ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I spoke with Bobby today and he told me you can access the Administrative Web Interface by going to "<em>sylow.southwestern.edu/suboinc_ops</em>" in your browser.  Until further notice, this must be done from on-campus because John from ITS Networking has not forwarded any ports on Sylow yet to the outside world.  To my (limited) knowledge, this interface is the only utility that can be used to properly cancel workunits.  As of this afternoon, I cancelled all of the workunits that were causing Windows machines to flash a command prompt, so the server is now back up and running.</p>
<p>-Chris</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Folding@home: BOINC para la PlayStation 3]]></title>
<link>http://nachoblanco.wordpress.com/?p=99</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nachoblanco</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nachoblanco.wordpress.com/?p=99</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Son muchas las críticas que ha recibido la PlayStation 3 de Sony debido al tremendo consumo de ener]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Son muchas las críticas que ha recibido la <a title="Página web de Sony PlayStation 3." href="http://es.playstation.com/ps3/" target="_self">PlayStation 3</a> de Sony debido al <a title="Consumo de las consolas Wii, XBox360 y PlayStation 3." href="http://www.xataka.com/2008/06/05-el-consumo-de-las-consolas-wii-xbox-360-y-playstation-3" target="_self">tremendo consumo de energía</a> que tiene la consola. Sin embargo, es algo que se debe asumir si se quiere disponer la <strong>enorme capacidad gráfica</strong> de que dispone. Por otro lado, mucha gente piensa que estos paratos son poco menos que inútiles, porque no les gustan los videojuegos. Pues bien, aparte de mover marcianitos y reproducir BlueRay, las consolas de última generación, debido a que poseen una gran capacidad de procesamiento como los <a title="Cell." href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell" target="_self">microprocesadores Cell</a>, pueden hacer otras cosas mucho más útiles e interesantes que mantener ocupados a nuestros jóvenes. ¿Cómo? continúa leyerndo.</p>
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<p><a title="Folding@Home en la PlayStation 3." href="http://www.xataka.com/2007/03/15-foldinghome-en-la-playstation-3" target="_self">He podido ver en Xataka que se ha creado el proyecto Folding@Home para la PlayStation3</a>, que es un proyecto como los que se administran desde <a title="BOINC, aprovecha tu ordenador y colabora con investigaciones." href="http://nachoblanco.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/boinc-aprovecha-tu-ordenador-y-colabora-con-investigaciones/" target="_self">BOINC</a>, pero para ejecutar en la consola y aprovechar toda su capacidad de procesamiento. Además, permite visualizar los resultados que se van consiguiendo mediante el mando sixaxis. Las investigaciones que se tratan están relacionadas con la búsqueda del origen de enfermedades como el Alheimer, el Parkinson o determinados cánceres. Con "tan sólo" 10.000 consolas que participen el proyecto se duplicará la capacidad de procesamiento actual.</p>
<p>Aquí podéis ver un vídeo del proyecto:<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Success!]]></title>
<link>http://genetical.wordpress.com/?p=30</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>genetical</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[That site I posted below is a blessing!  I has a hello.c program that is the most simple BOINC app ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That site I posted below is a blessing!  I has a hello.c program that is the most simple BOINC app possible and it built successfully on my PC!  I think I may be able to modify this to do a system call for running external executables.</p>
<p>-Chris</p>
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<title><![CDATA[C++ external calls to Fortran executables]]></title>
<link>http://genetical.wordpress.com/?p=29</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>genetical</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On Sylow at /home/summer/wrappertest, there are two folders: simple and boinc-broken.  The former c]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On Sylow at <em>/home/summer/wrappertest</em>, there are two folders: <em>simple </em>and <em>boinc-broken</em>.  The former contains source code for both PC and Linux,  of which the PC source code is stable and the Linux source is stable to the extent of making external calls, but its respective Fortran-executable is not currently working.  In the latter is PC source code that implements the BOINC API but is not properly linked to the BOINC API yet.  I am using the following site now as a guide and hope to have the PC code linked with the BOINC API in the coming days:</p>
<p>http://www.spy-hill.com/~myers/help/boinc/boinc-on-windows.html</p>
<p>-Chris</p>
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<title><![CDATA[World Community Grid]]></title>
<link>http://khartig.wordpress.com/?p=17</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>khartig</dc:creator>
<guid>http://khartig.wordpress.com/?p=17</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tackling the worlds problems with technology. At least that&#8217;s the goal of the World Community ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tackling the worlds problems with technology. At least that's the goal of the <a href="http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org">World Community Grid</a>. The organization uses <a href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/">BOINC</a> as the infrastructure to run software on your computer using idle CPU time for processing power. Remember running SETI@Home on your computers to process of chunks of data looking for radio signals? Same technology. So there is not much new here but BOINC is still going strong and the World Community Grid is a worthy cause and a simple model to help utilize idle compute resources in a worldwide grid. Among the list of <a href="http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/viewResearch.do">active projects</a>, their latest project, launched in May 2008, aims to determine the structure of proteins in rice. With this knowledge better strains of rice can be developed for higher yield crops, stronger resistance to disease and pests and contain higher nutritional value. Hopefully working towards relieving some of the pains of world hunger.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fortran PC Binary ready to go]]></title>
<link>http://genetical.wordpress.com/?p=27</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>genetical</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve compiled/built Dr. Alexander&#8217;s Fortran program for PC (32-bit).  It can be found on]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I've compiled/built Dr. Alexander's Fortran program for PC (32-bit).  It can be found on Sylow in my home directory, <em>/home/chris/PC\ Binaries/SteveAdd/x86/</em> .  The source code is located in <em>/home/chris/src</em> .  The executable takes two paramaters for the input and output files respectively.  Perhaps this is a good candidate for Bob's Haskell script?</p>
<p>-Chris</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Forum]]></title>
<link>http://genetical.wordpress.com/?p=25</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>genetical</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll append any other actual helpful forums that I find as I come across them. For now, you ca]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I'll append any other actual helpful forums that I find as I come across them. For now, you can find the official boinc forum here:</p>
<p>http://boinc.berkeley.edu/dev/index.php</p>
<p>There is also a FAQ with a list of BOINC terminology and explanation of common errors (along with other things) here:</p>
<p>http://boincfaq.mundayweb.com/index.php</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Whispers from Space]]></title>
<link>http://johnnymackintosh.wordpress.com/?p=20</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>keithmansfield</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[
&#8220;All his life Johnny had loved the stars. On some nights when he lay gazing up at them it alm]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"All his life Johnny had loved the stars. On some nights when he lay gazing up at them it almost felt as if they were calling out to him, whispering his name across the vastness of space."</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:right;"><em>JM&#38;tSoL, p.10</em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The beginning of <em>Johnny Mackintosh and the Spirit of London</em> sees Johnny, with a little help from Kovac and Bentley, discovering a signal from space.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://johnnymackintosh.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/johnny-mackintoshs-seti-screensaver.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-24" src="http://johnnymackintosh.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/johnny-mackintoshs-seti-screensaver.jpg?w=300" alt="Johnny\'s Seti screensaver" hspace="10" width="234" height="172" /></a>Scientists involved with <a title="SETI main page" href="http://seti.org/" target="_blank">SETI</a>, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, use radio telescopes to look for signals from aliens. Just like Johnny, you can help them by using the <a title="Seti@home BOINC download site" href="http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/" target="_blank">Seti@home</a> screensaver to analyse genuine signals from radio telescopes and report back with your findings.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Or, if you want a bit of fun, you can have a go on the <a title="Alien Bandstand Mission Briefing" href="http://mystery.sonoma.edu/alien_bandstand/index.html" target="_blank">Alien Bandstand</a> game at the Sonoma Space Mysteries site. A DJ thinks he’s downloaded some alien rock music and is going to make a fortune. It’s up to you to discover if the signal’s genuine. Here are some screenshots from when Johnny had a go:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://johnnymackintosh.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/view-outside-space-mysteries-hq.jpg"> <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-26" src="http://johnnymackintosh.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/view-outside-space-mysteries-hq.jpg?w=300" alt="The view out of the window of Space Mysteries HQ" width="200" height="139" /></a><a href="http://johnnymackintosh.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/message-for-space-sleuths.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-28" src="http://johnnymackintosh.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/message-for-space-sleuths.jpg?w=300" alt="Message for Space Sleuths" width="203" height="139" /></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://johnnymackintosh.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/aurora-signal.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-31" src="http://johnnymackintosh.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/aurora-signal.jpg?w=300" alt="Alien Bandstand\'s aurora signal" width="200" height="139" /></a><a href="http://johnnymackintosh.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/excellent-johnny-mackintosh.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-32" src="http://johnnymackintosh.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/excellent-johnny-mackintosh.jpg?w=300" alt="Johnny gets another question right" width="201" height="139" /></a><a href="http://johnnymackintosh.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/aurora-signal.jpg"> </a></p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><em>Images courtesy of NASA/Sonoma State University</em></p>
<p>There are plenty more space games to play if you visit the <a title="Sonoma Space Mysteries" href="http://mystery.sonoma.edu/index.html" target="_blank">mysteries site</a>, run by California's Sonoma State University.<a title="Bookmark this post using any social bookmarking manager of your choice!" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?&#38;url=http://johnnymackintosh.com/2008/06/29/whispers-from-space/&#38;title=Whispers from Space"><br />
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<title><![CDATA[Generating work on BOINC]]></title>
<link>http://genetical.wordpress.com/?p=20</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>genetical</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[To generate workunits, there are a few commands you must run from the project root directory (in thi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To generate workunits, there are a few commands you must run from the project root directory (in this case: <em>/var/lib/boinc/suboinc/</em>).  First you must move your input file to its proper location as determined by BOINC's hashing protocol.  Execute this command as super user or the boinc user (boinc user preferred - Tommy, is this all set up and ready to go?):</p>
<p><em><strong>#  cp [INFILE LOCATION AND NAME] `bin/dir_hier_path [INFILE NAME]`</strong></em></p>
<p>For example,</p>
<p><em><strong>#  cp apps/uppercase/in-uc_LIN `bin dir_hier_path in-uc_LIN`</strong></em></p>
<p>This moves your input file to its proper location.  Now you must create your workunit:</p>
<p><em><strong>#  bin/create_work -appname [APP NAME FROM "</strong>apps<strong>"</strong><strong> FOLDER] -wu_name [CHOOSE YOUR WORKUNIT NAME] -wu_template templates/wu_generic -result_template templates/result_generic [INFILE NAME]</strong></em></p>
<p>For example,</p>
<p><em><strong> #  bin/create_work -appname uppercase -wu_name uc_nodelete -wu_template templates/wu_generic -result_template template/result_generic in-uc_LIN</strong></em></p>
<p>Note, the "<em>_nodelete</em>" flag makes sure that <em><strong>file_deleter </strong></em>and <em><strong>db_purge</strong></em> do not remove this file, which is important if you want to use the <em><strong>make_work</strong></em> function to generate mass amounts of the same workunit for testing (done from "<em><strong>b</strong><strong>in</strong></em>"):</p>
<p><em><strong>#  ./make_work -wu_name uc_nodelete -cushion 100 -max_wus 1000</strong></em></p>
<p>The cushion defines how many workunits are kept in the queue at any time until the max number of workunits, 1000, is reached.</p>
<p>You can add this as a daemon that runs with BOINC by editing the "<em>config.xml</em>" file with something like:</p>
<p><em><strong>&#60;daemon&#62;</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong> &#60;cmd&#62;</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>make_work -d 3 -wu_name uc_nodelete -cushion 100 -max_wus 99999</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>&#60;/cmd&#62;</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>&#60;/daemon&#62;</strong></em></p>
<p>The "<em>-d 3</em>" option sets it to run as a daemon and at the debug level (<em>3</em>).  This should be listed amongst the rest of the daemons in the config file.</p>
<p>More "useful" reading can be found <a title="here" href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/WorkGeneration" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>-Chris</p>
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<title><![CDATA[BOINC settings for lab computers on campus]]></title>
<link>http://genetical.wordpress.com/?p=19</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>genetical</dc:creator>
<guid>http://genetical.wordpress.com/?p=19</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The following picture is a screenshot of the settings I have decided to use for testing lab computer]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following picture is a screenshot of the settings I have decided to use for testing lab computers on campus with the BOINC client for ITS:</p>
<p><a href="http://buzz.southwestern.edu/~elliott3/boinc%20settings.JPG" target="_blank">http://buzz.southwestern.edu/~elliott3/boinc%20settings.JPG</a></p>
<p>-Chris</p>
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<title><![CDATA[How to: Building PC Binaries for Boinc (C/C++)]]></title>
<link>http://genetical.wordpress.com/?p=17</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>genetical</dc:creator>
<guid>http://genetical.wordpress.com/?p=17</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This first paragraph&#8217;s steps are necessary in full if you have no previously installed librari]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This first paragraph's steps are necessary in full if you have no previously installed libraries, otherwise, only some of these steps may be necessary based on your computer's preexisting libraries.  After obtaining and installing Visual Studio 9.0 Professional Edition from Microsoft's <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com" target="_blank">website</a> (90-day trial recommended, do a full install that includes the .NET 3.5 Framework), I had to download Microsoft's latest SDK <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F26B1AA4-741A-433A-9BE5-FA919850BDBF&#38;displaylang=en" target="_blank">here</a>, as well as the <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d466226b-8dab-445f-a7b4-448b326c48e7&#38;DisplayLang=en" target="_blank">Feature Pack</a>, followed by a rollback to Microsoft's old SDK, found <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A55B6B43-E24F-4EA3-A93E-40C0EC4F68E5&#38;displaylang=en" target="_blank">here</a>.  Even at this point, two more header files must be downloaded and added to Visual Studio's "<em>./VC/include/</em>" folder: "<em>version.h</em>" and "<em>config.h</em>".  Just google them and copy the code into notepad, saving them with their respective file names (save as "All Files" and not as "<em>*.txt</em>"!) in the aforementioned include folder.</p>
<p>Using an SVN client, such as <a href="http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads" target="_blank">Tortoise</a>, I downloaded both the" <em>/boinc</em>" and "<em>/boinc_samples</em>" repositories located at "<em>http://boinc.berkeley.edu/svn/trunk/</em>".  Make sure both folders share the same parent directory.</p>
<p>This <a href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/CompileApp" target="_blank">site</a>, which describes how to build an app for Boinc, recommends you also install Microsoft's debugging tools, <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/debugging/default.mspx" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>Once all of this is completed, go to <em>"./boinc_samples/win_build/</em>" and open "<em>samples</em>".  All projects must be updated to exclude the "<em><strong>glaux.lib</strong></em>" library and you must append "<strong><em>kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib advapi32.lib</em></strong>" to the list of additional dependencies found in <em>Project-&#62;References-&#62;Linker-&#62;Input. </em>This is because the newest version of Microsoft's SDK deprecated the <em>glaux </em>library into 4 separate libraries - apparently it's more stable now.</p>
<p>One other change must be made:in <em>line 191 </em>of "<em>stackwalker_win.cpp</em>", which can be found in the <em>"libboinc" </em>project under "source files", change "<em><strong>LPSTR</strong></em>" to "<strong><em>PCSTR</em></strong>" so that the line reads:</p>
<p><strong><em>BOOL CALLBACK SymEnumerateModulesProc(PCSTR /* ModuleName */, DWORD64 BaseOfDll, PVOID /* UserContext */)</em></strong></p>
<p>Now you should be ready to build the entire solution.  You can select whether you want to build debug or release versions for either 32- or 64-bit platforms, or you can do a batch build which allows you to do multiple builds.  Once this is done the binaries are made but you must create a "<em>job.xml</em>" file before you can run your executable, otherwise it will not read your input file properly.</p>
<p>The "<em>job.xml</em>" template as well and instructions for it can be found <a href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki/WrapperApp" target="_blank">here</a>.   Be sure to have this file in the same directory as your binary and input file.</p>
<p>-Chris</p>
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<title><![CDATA[BOINC]]></title>
<link>http://archernotes.wordpress.com/?p=20</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ferhiord</dc:creator>
<guid>http://archernotes.wordpress.com/?p=20</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Недавно задался вопросом, что же делает мой процесор 90%]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Недавно задался вопросом, что же делает мой процесор 90% времени? Ответ очевиден: фактически отдыхает. Т.к. у меня система работает с минимальным количеством демонов, да никакими DE я не пользуюсь - все легковесное, и установлен у меня Арч, а не Генту или БСД, поэтому я не пересобираю мир каждый месяц... Зачем мне C2D E4400 (довольно бюджетная модель)? Понятно, что когда требуется загрузить процессор, мощное железо позволяет этого практически не замечать. И все же чувствуется, что надо бы простаивающую мощь куда-нить приложить... </p>
<p>Тут мне на помощь пришел komar_ с шуткой, что можно помочь поискать гуманоидов с проектом SETI@home. Я, честно признаюсь, понял, что это шутка, только когда он сам об этом сказал :)</p>
<p>Что такое SETI@home? Википедия: SETI@home (от англ. Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence at Home — поиск внеземного разума на дому) — научный некоммерческий проект распределённых вычислений на платформе BOINC, использующий свободные вычислительные ресурсы на компьютерах добровольцев для поиска радиосигналов внеземных цивилизаций.</p>
<p>Ключевое словосочетание там не Extra-Terrestrial, а BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing). Клиент можно скачать с официального сайта или взять из AUR'а. Конечно, первый проект, к которому я подсоединился - это SETI@home, понимая при этом, что это практически бесполезная работа, хотя является самым популярным проектом... :&#124; Просто посмотрел, как это выглядит и тут же начал искать "нормальный" проект. Область, которая меня интересует в первую очередь - это физика, поэтому я выбрал Spinhenge@home и LHC@home, но ни тот ни другой проект не давали задач, быть может, LHC@home будет загружен, когда запустят Большой адронный коллайдер (ждем..!), а может это у меня проблемы, или у них... Очень интересный проект Rosetta@home (обсчет трехмерной структуры белка и аминокислот). Но в результате я остановился на World Community Grid, где за тебя выбирают задачу для обсчета: к примеру, меня подключили к проектам Nutritious Rice for the World (обсчет риса будущего :) ) и FightAIDS@home (предотвращение распространения СПИДа и ВИЧ).</p>
<p>Лично я считаю WCG наиболее правильным выбором: во-первых они поддерживают множество проектов, во-вторых, этот проект позволяет перераспределять мощности для более эффективного исследования новых или "непопулярных" областей. Я все же не понимаю, зачем столько людей ищут инопланетян (безусловно, это нужно), но надо же расставлять приоритеты...</p>
<p>P.S.:</p>
<p>- Ученым удалось расшифровать послание инопланетян землянам.<br />
- Земляне, вам угрожает огромная опасность, не загрязняйте землю, нам на ней еще жить!</p>
<p>(КВН: ЧП (Минск))</p>
<p>P.P.S.:  В настройках программы можно поставить максимальную нагрузку на процессор, время участия в проекте, и т.д. Лично я ничего не ограничивал и даже не замечаю, что система загружена полностью.</p>
<p>Не принимайте это как рекламу, просто хочется, чтобы как можно больше людей поняло, что на деньги, вложенные в мощное железо, можно не только комфортно посылать на принтер файлы.</p>
<p>P.P.P.S. Не отрицаю и не исключаю возможности использования этих же мощностей для спецслужб и других "родных" им организаций.</p>
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<description><![CDATA[BERKELEY OPEN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NETWORK COMPUTING (BOINC)
&#8230;.è un&#8217;applicazione software]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#00ccff;"><strong>BERKELEY OPEN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NETWORK COMPUTING</strong> (<strong>BOINC</strong>)</span></h2>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-68" src="http://linformazione.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/boinc_logo2.png?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="125" />....è un'applicazione software di calcolo distribuito creata per gestire progetti di ricerca che richiedono una potenza di calcolo così elevata da essere impossibile raggiungere con un solo supercomputer, ma accessibile attraverso la collaborazione di centinaia di migliaia di computer sparsi in tutto il mondo, coordinati attraverso Internet. Viene sviluppata da un gruppo di lavoro dell' Università di Berkeley diretto da David Anderson.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Il progetto più famoso da cui cominciò tutto fu il <strong>Seti@home</strong>, <span class="small_purple"> un esperimento scientifico che usa computer connessi ad internet per la ricerca di intelligenza extraterrestre (SETI) analizzando dati provenienti da radio telescopi.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Come dicevo, il progetto si basa sull'analisi        di segnali captati dai radiotelescopi. Si cercano forme di segnale a larghezza        di banda molto stretta. E' noto che questo tipo di segnali non sono presenti        in natura. La loro scoperta sarebbe una prova evidente della presenza di una        tecnologia extraterrestre.<br />
I segnali dei <strong>radiotelescopi</strong> sono composti prevalentemente da rumore        e da segnali prodotti dall'uomo come le stazioni TV, radio, satelliti artificiali. Nel corso degli anni sono stati analizzati alcuni segnali importanti, detti <strong>"Candidate". </strong>I segnali rianalizzati comunque non hanno dato ancora nessun esito positivo, ma ciò non vuol dire che in un prossimo futuro non ce ne siano.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">In passato il progetto SETI utilizzava un supercomputer nei pressi del radiotelescopio        per analizzare i dati. Nel 1995, <strong>David Gedye</strong> ha proposto di dar vita        al radio SETI usando un supercomputer  virtuale composto da un gran numero        di computer connessi a Internet, Da questa idea è nato il <strong>SETI@home project</strong>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">SETI@home è stato avviato originalmente nel maggio 1999.<br />
Nel <strong>settembre 2004 </strong>una notizia è stata diffusa in tutto il mondo: Intercettata dal radio telescopio di Arecibo un'onda radio       anomala. Secondo i ricercatori non si tratta di una sorgente di emissione naturale.       L'impulso e' stato nominato <strong> SHGB02+14A</strong> e viaggia sulla frequenza di 1420 MhZ.       Questo segnale, come tanti altri è stato inserito nella lista del       progetto Seti come segnale <a title="Segnali Candidati (Best Gaussian)" href="http://seticlassic.ssl.berkeley.edu/Candidates/index.html" target="_blank">Candidate</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Nota curiosa: Chi di voi non ricorda il Film <a title="Contact su Wikipedia" href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_%28film%29" target="_blank">CONTACT con Jodie Foster?</a></p>
<h4 style="text-align:center;">Uno screenshot del vecchio Seti Classic mentre elabora un segnale</h4>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://linformazione.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/setihome_classic2.gif" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-29 aligncenter" src="http://linformazione.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/setihome_classic2.gif" alt="Seti Classic elabora un segnale" width="449" height="290" /></a></p>
<h4 style="text-align:center;">Uno screenshot del nuovo Seti@home mentre elabora un segnale</h4>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://linformazione.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/setihomeboinc.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-30 aligncenter" src="http://linformazione.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/setihomeboinc.jpg" alt="Seti@Home mentre elabora un segnale con software Boinc" width="450" height="337" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ma Boinc non è solo Seti@home, ma un insieme di algoritmi (<strong>progetti</strong>) che negli ultimi hanno sono nati a favore della ricerca, quali astronomia, chimica, fisica, lo studio del clima, delle proteine, la matematica, la biologia e la medicina e tanto altro ancora.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Che cos’è il calcolo distribuito e perché tutti noi dovremmo interessarcene?</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">La risposta è molto semplice e al tempo stesso di grande importanza. Vediamo insieme di cosa si tratta.<br />
I mezzi informatici, che sono uno strumento fenomenale in quanto hanno permesso di accelerare considerevolmente il progresso dell’umanità, sono sempre più fondamentali in qualsivoglia ambito di ricerca scientifica, dalla medicina alla fisica, dalla meteorologia allo studio del cosmo.<br />
Sebbene la potenza dei calcolatori vada aumentando di anno in anno, la necessità di capacità di calcolo risulta spesso maggiore di ciò che le possibilità economiche degli enti di ricerca offrono. Come fare per ovviare a questo problema?<br />
Una soluzione c’è, e qui entra in gioco il “calcolo distribuito”. Dislocati su tutto il pianeta ci sono oltre un miliardo di personal computer - 25 milioni in Italia - che generalmente vengono sfruttati solamente per una minima percentuale delle proprie capacità.<br />
Da qui la geniale idea alla base del “calcolo distribuito”: unire le forze di tanti computer per realizzare potenze di calcolo enormi, sfruttando appunto le risorse inutilizzate dei nostri computer.<br />
Per usare al meglio tutta questa potenza, i ricercatori del progetto Seti dell’Università di Berkeley hanno sviluppato il software BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing), una nuova e potente piattaforma per il calcolo distribuito che sfrutta le risorse dei PC offerte volontariamente.<br />
BOINC.Italy è nato quando alcuni utenti italiani hanno scelto di appoggiare vari progetti che utilizzano questa piattaforma creando un proprio gruppo di calcolo e invitando chiunque voglia a farne parte. Vediamo in dettaglio di cosa si tratta.<br />
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Come funziona?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Il processo con cui funzionano i progetti di calcolo distribuito è semplice e non c’è bisogno di alcuna conoscenza tecnica per contribuirvi. La prima volta che si avvia BOINC viene chiesto a quale progetto vogliamo aderire. Se ne può scegliere uno o anche più di uno. Da questo punto in poi tutto avviene in modo automatico. Ogni progetto scaricherà sul PC il proprio CLIENT, cioè il programma che si occuperà di elaborare i dati. Il programma BOINC si connetterà ad Internet, scaricherà dei pacchetti di dati (chiamati Work Units o anche tasks, abbreviato WUs), li farà elaborare al nostro PC tramite il client del progetto e, completata la Work Unit, provvederà a riportare i risultati ed a acquisire nuove WUs. Durante l’elaborazione non è necessario restare connessi ad Internet.<br />
È possibile elaborare questi dati sul proprio PC quando si vuole, in generale in ogni attimo durante il quale il PC, e in particolare il processore, non viene utilizzato in nessuna operazione o compito gravoso. Si può utilizzare la potenza di calcolo del proprio computer per elaborare mentre si naviga, si scrive una relazione, si legge la posta e persino mentre si guarda un film.<br />
È possibile spegnere il proprio computer in qualsiasi momento, l’elaborazione dei dati si interrompe e riprende automaticamente dal punto in cui si era fermata non appena il PC viene riacceso.<br />
L’elaborazione avviene a priorità bassa, il che significa che non si noterà nessun rallentamento del PC in quanto, quando gli altri programmi richiedono l’uso del processore, BOINC "si fa da parte" e concede la precedenza.<br />
Durante l'elaborazione il processore lavora al pieno delle sue capacità. Questo non deve spaventarvi: i computer sono fatti apposta per lavorare e non si danneggiano se le temperature restano nella norma. Nessun pericolo quindi a meno che non abbiate modificato qualcosa in modo improprio o non abbiate piazzato il PC di fianco al termosifone! Anzi, per dirla tutta, sono molto più pericolosi gli sbalzi di tensione che ricevono quando vengono accesi o spenti.<br />
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Alcune considerazioni</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Chi aderisce a un progetto di ricerca non lo fa per ricevere premi o denaro ma per poter dire di aver dato una mano. Tanti più pacchetti di dati elaboreremo, tanto più saremo utili alla ricerca.<br />
Tuttavia è importante sottolineare che aderendo a un progetto di “calcolo distribuito” non prenderemo nessun impegno vincolante: non ci sono risultati minimi da raggiungere. Chiunque potrà contribuire in maniera spontanea alla ricerca scientifica, lo farà per il tempo che vorrà e con quanti computer vorrà. Alla fine ci sembrerà come una sciocchezza da quant'è facile ma il nostro contributo avrà un valore ben più importante, lo avremo fatto per noi stessi quanto per gli altri. Il “calcolo distribuito” va interpretato come una nuova forma di beneficenza o di volontariato, e una volta iniziato sarà difficile non appassionarsi ad esso.  <strong><br />
</strong>(fonte: www.boincitaly.org)</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Si proprio così, mi trovo pienamente d' accordo con le considerazioni fatte dal portale BoincItaly.org, ma volgio dire qualcosa in più.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Quanti di noi hanno mai fatto una donazione a favore di qualche ente benefico? Tanti, penso  quasi tutti quelli che leggeranno questo articolo, ma vi pongo una domanda, siamo sicuri che quello che facciamo sia veramente giusto? Detto così sembra una cattiveria, quello che voglio dire è che solo una minima parte che doniamo va effettivamente alla ricerca, diciamo un 10-20% ? Si avete letto, la media è del 10-20%, bene, anzi male, normalmente se doniamo 10 Euro, solo 1 o 2 Euro vengono utilizzati per la ricerca. L'altro 80% se ne va tra pubblicità, per la gestione del personale, per la stampa dei foglietti illustrativi e bollettini postali, e per tutto l' indotto che c'è dietro.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Allora mi chiedo una cosa, non è meglio spendere 50 Euro l'anno in più di energia elettrica per l'elaborazione sulla piattaforma <strong>BOINC</strong> dei vari <strong>progetti </strong>(che l'utente può scegliere)? Non può questa essere considerata una donazione? Secondo me si, in quanto i miei 50 Euro spesi in più aiutano VERAMENTE gli scienziati nell'elaborazione di dati che altrimenti non potrebbero fare.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Sulla piattaforma BOINC ci sono progetti molto nobili, quali <a title="Rosetta@Home" href="http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/" target="_blank">Rosetta@home</a> un progetto di Calcolo distribuito per predire le strutture delle proteine. Lo scopo del progetto infatti si occupa di prevedere la struttura tridimensionale delle proteine e le interazioni tra di esse. Lo studio di queste caratteristiche potrebbe portare alla scoperta di cure per alcune delle più diffuse malattie. Le proteine infatti sono i mattoni alla base di tutte le funzioni cellulari ed ognuna ha una funzione diversa data dalla sua struttura che, a sua volta, è data dagli amminoacidi che la compongono.<br />
Quindi, conoscere la struttura equivale a conoscere le funzioni. Aumentando la conoscenza in questo campo, i ricercatori saranno in futuro in grado di dire quali proteine potrebbero essere utili per la cura di varie malattie (come AIDS; Cancro, Malaria o Morbo d'Alzheimer) e persino di modellarne di nuove quando necessario.</p>
<h4 style="text-align:center;">Uno screenshot di rosetta mentre "predice" la struttura di una proteina</h4>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://linformazione.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/rosetta.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-31 aligncenter" src="http://linformazione.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/rosetta.jpg" alt="Boinc con Rosetta@home mentre predice la struttura della proteina" width="450" height="360" /></a></p>
<h4 style="text-align:center;">Uno screenshot di una TOP PREDICTION trovata grazie a Rosetta@Home</h4>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://linformazione.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/rosettat363_superimpose2.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-34 aligncenter" src="http://linformazione.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/rosettat363_superimpose2.jpg" alt="Una delle TOP PREDICTION trovate grazie a Rosetta@Home" width="449" height="335" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Mi piace dire che <strong>BOINC </strong>è davvero uno strumento geniale e da giorno dopo giorno un concreto aiuto alla ricerca.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Elenco di seguito alcuni progetti con i relativi link:</p>
<h3 style="text-align:left;">Astronomia, fisica e chimica</h3>
<ul style="text-align:left;">
<li><a title="SSeti@Home" href="http://http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/" target="_blank">Seti@Home</a><br />
<a title="Seti@Home su BoinItaly.org" href="http://www.boincitaly.org/index.php?option=com_fireboard&#38;Itemid=2&#38;func=view&#38;id=561&#38;catid=19" target="_blank">Seti@Home su Boincitaly.org</a></li>
<li><a title="LHC@Home" href="http://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/" target="_blank">LHC@Home</a><br />
<a title="LHC@Home su Boinitaly.org" href="http://www.boincitaly.org/index.php?option=com_fireboard&#38;Itemid=2&#38;func=view&#38;id=171&#38;catid=19" target="_blank">LHC@Home su Boincitaly.org</a></li>
<li><a title="Cosmology@Home" href="http://lhcathome.cern.ch/lhcathome/" target="_blank">Cosmology@Home</a><br />
<a title="Cosmology@Home su Boincitaly.org" href="http://www.boincitaly.org/index.php?option=com_fireboard&#38;Itemid=2&#38;func=view&#38;id=4572&#38;catid=19" target="_blank">Cosmology@Home su Boincitaly.org</a></li>
<li><a title="Einstein@Home" href="http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/" target="_blank">Einstein@Home</a></li>
<li><a title="Einstein@Home su Boinitaly.org" href="http://www.boincitaly.org/index.php?option=com_fireboard&#38;Itemid=2&#38;func=view&#38;id=2956&#38;catid=19" target="_blank">Einstein@Home su Boincitaly.org</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 style="text-align:left;">Biologia e Medicina</h3>
<ul style="text-align:left;">
<li><a title="Rosetta@Home" href="http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/" target="_blank">Rosetta@Home</a><br />
<a title="Rosetta@Home su Boincitaly.org" href="http://www.boincitaly.org/index.php?option=com_fireboard&#38;Itemid=2&#38;func=view&#38;id=1793&#38;catid=20" target="_blank">Rosetta@Home su Boincitaly.org</a></li>
<li><a title="Poem@Home" href="http://boinc.fzk.de/poem/" target="_blank">Poem@Home</a><br />
<a title="Poem@Home su Boinitaly.org" href="http://www.boincitaly.org/index.php?option=com_fireboard&#38;Itemid=2&#38;func=view&#38;id=976&#38;catid=20" target="_blank">Poem@home su Boincitaly.org</a></li>
<li><a title="Simap@Home" href="http://boinc.bio.wzw.tum.de/boincsimap/" target="_blank">Simap@Home</a><br />
<a title="Simap@Home su Boincitaly.org" href="http://www.boincitaly.org/index.php?option=com_fireboard&#38;Itemid=2&#38;func=view&#38;id=757&#38;catid=20" target="_blank">Simap@Home su Boincitaly.org</a></li>
<li><a title="WCG@Home" href="http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/viewFaahResearch.do" target="_blank">World Community Grid</a><br />
<a title="WCG@Home su Boincitaly.org" href="http://www.boincitaly.org/index.php?option=com_fireboard&#38;Itemid=2&#38;func=view&#38;id=319&#38;catid=20" target="_blank">World Community Grid su Boinitaly.org</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 style="text-align:left;">Clima</h3>
<ul style="text-align:left;">
<li><a title="Climate Prediction" href="http://www.climateprediction.net/index.php" target="_blank">Climate Prediction</a><br />
<a title="Climate Prediction su Boincitaly" href="http://www.boincitaly.org/index.php?option=com_fireboard&#38;Itemid=2&#38;func=view&#38;id=4461&#38;catid=21" target="_blank">Climate Prediction su Boincitaly.org</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 style="text-align:left;">Matematica</h3>
<ul style="text-align:left;">
<li><a title="ABC@Home" href="http://abcathome.com/" target="_blank">ABC@Home</a><br />
<a title="ABC@Home su Boincitaly.org" href="http://www.boincitaly.org/index.php?option=com_fireboard&#38;Itemid=2&#38;func=view&#38;id=301&#38;catid=22" target="_blank">ABC@Home su Boincitaly.org</a></li>
<li><a title="PrimeGrid@Home" href="http://www.primegrid.com/" target="_blank">PrimeGrid</a><br />
<a title="PrimeGrid@Home su Boinitaly.org" href="http://www.boincitaly.org/index.php?option=com_fireboard&#38;Itemid=2&#38;func=view&#38;id=2557&#38;catid=22" target="_blank">PrimeGrid su Boincitaly.org</a></li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ricordo che questi <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">SONO SOLO ALCUNI</span></strong> dei progetti più popolari ma ognuno di noi se vuole può scaricarsi il BOINC e scegliere a quale progetto partecipare ed aiutare così la ricerca contro le malattie e non solo.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Per chi vuolesse partecipare cliccate sul logo del Boinc e scaricare il software e se volete entrate nel Team di BoincItaly di cui faccio parte anche io. Non esitate a lasciare un commento se non sapete come iniziare.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>La Ricerca ha bisogno anche di VOI!</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><a title="Boinc Home page" href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/" target="_blank"><img class="size-medium wp-image-35" src="http://linformazione.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/boinclogo.gif?w=164" alt="Software di calcolo distribuito" width="164" height="73" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><a title="Partecipa con BoincItaly.org" href="http://www.boincitaly.org/index.php?option=com_content&#38;task=view&#38;id=8&#38;Itemid=23" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-37" src="http://linformazione.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/boincitaly1.gif" alt="" width="450" height="40" /></a></p>
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<description><![CDATA[Endlich geht es los: Seit heute läuft das erste SETI.Germany-Teamcrunching. Gecruncht wird mit BOIN]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Endlich geht es los: Seit heute läuft das <a href="http://board.setigermany.de/showthread.php?t=1829">erste SETI.Germany-Teamcrunching</a>. <a href="http://wiki.setigermany.de/index.php/Cruncher">Gecruncht</a> wird mit <a href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/">BOINC</a> für <a href="http://boinc.fzk.de/poem/">POEM@home</a>. Vom 05.06. bis zum 26.06. werden die Maschinen des Teams <a href="http://www.setigermany.de">SETI.Germany</a> heißlaufen, um selbst die letzte noch verfügbare <a href="http://wiki.setigermany.de/index.php/WU">WU</a> zu crunchen.</p>
<p>Ich selbst steuere mein gesamtes Hab und Gut, meinen Athlon X2 4200+, bei. Im Vergleich zu manch anderen ist das natürlich wenig, aber Kleinvieh macht ja bekanntlich auch Mist. Und so sind meine ersten 300 <a href="http://wiki.setigermany.de/index.php/Credits">Credits</a> schon erarbeitet. Und es werden nicht die letzten sein...</p>
<p>Willkommen ist jeder, ob Pentium II- oder Quad-Core-Rennprozessor. Jede WU, jedes Credit ist wichtig und wird von dem Team mit viel Dank angenommen. Und, was man nicht vergessen darf, es ist für einen guten Zweck, denn:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>POEM@HOME (<b>P</b>rotein <b>O</b>ptimization with <b>E</b>nergy <b>M</b>ethods, Proteinoptimierung mit Energiemethoden) des Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe verwendet einen neuartigen Ansatz, um die biologisch aktive Struktur von Proteinen, die Interaktion zwischen Proteinen und Krankheiten, die mit Fehlfunktionen der Proteine zusammenhängen besser zu verstehen, was der Entwicklung neuer Medikamente auf der Basis von dreidimensionalen Proteinstrukturen dient.</em></p>
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<p>(Quelle: <a href="http://wiki.setigermany.de/index.php/POEM">SETI.Germany-Wiki</a>)</p>
<p>In diesem Sinne: Happy Vollgascrunching ;-)</p>
<p>P.S: Meine aktuellen <a href="http://wiki.setigermany.de/index.php/Statistiken">Stats</a>:</p>
<p><img src="http://www.boincstats.com/signature/user_1013526.gif"></p>
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<link>http://genetical.wordpress.com/?p=6</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 22:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>genetical</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The following tutorial explains the step-by-step instructions on how to get network connectivity up ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following tutorial explains the step-by-step instructions on how to get network connectivity up and running (on SU campus) on Puppy after the OS has been installed.  Followed by the step-by-step explanation on how to point the Boinc client to a server and have the Boinc client startup automatically (and connect to specified server) each time Puppy boots.</p>
<p><strong>Network connectivity</strong>:</p>
<ol>
<li>From the desktop, click 'Connect'</li>
<li>Click "Connect to Internet by network interface"</li>
<li>Select 'eth0'  //why does this format my zero to look like an 'oh'????  grr</li>
<li>Select "Auto DHCP"</li>
<li>Wait...</li>
<li>'Yes' (saves settings for subsequent boots)</li>
<li>'Done'</li>
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<p><strong>Setup Boinc client:</strong></p>
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<li>Open a browser window and go to http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php</li>
<li>Download the file to <strong><em>/root/my-documents</em></strong></li>
<li>Open the console</li>
<li><strong># <em>cd ./my-documents</em></strong></li>
<li><strong># <em>chmod +x [</em></strong><em>saved-filename</em><strong><em>]</em></strong></li>
<li><strong># <em>./[</em></strong><em>saved-filename<strong>]</strong></em></li>
<li><strong># <em>cd ./BOINC/</em></strong></li>
<li><strong># <em>ln ./run_manager /root/Startup</em></strong></li>
<li><strong># <em>./run_manager</em></strong></li>
<li>Once Boinc opens up, enter in the information for the server to which you wish to connect.</li>
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<p>Next time you boot, the computer should open up Boinc automatically and connect to the server you set up.</p>
<p>-Chris</p>
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<title><![CDATA[BOINC: aprovecha tu ordenador y colabora con investigaciones.]]></title>
<link>http://nachoblanco.wordpress.com/?p=11</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 09:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nachoblanco</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[¿Nunca te has planteado colaborar con alguna investigación de las que suponen un gran paso para la]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>¿Nunca te has planteado <strong>colaborar con alguna investigación</strong> de las que suponen un gran paso para la Humanidad (contra enfermedades, predicciones climáticas, matemáticas, astronomía, química, etc.)? ¿Nunca has pensado en <strong>aprovechar la capacidad de tu ordenador</strong> cuando lo dejas encendido descargando por P2P o sin hacer nada? Pues ahora vas a poder hacer ambas cosas.</p>
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<p><a title="Página principal del proyecto BOINC." href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/" target="_self"><strong>BOINC</strong></a> es una herramienta desarrollada por la <a title="Universidad de California (Berkeley)." href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad_de_California%2C_Berkeley" target="_self">Universidad de Berkeley</a>, California, EE.UU. que, una vez instalada en tu ordenador permite que te registres en una serie de <a title="Proyectos de BOINC." href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php" target="_self">proyectos </a>de forma que éstos envían tareas a tu equipo, en las cuales <strong>trabajará durante el tiempo que no lo estés utilizando</strong> (o mientras lo usas si lo configuras de esta manera) y después enviará los resultados al servidor de dichos proyectos. ¿Para qué? Pues si únicamente lo hace tu ordenador, no tiene mucho sentido, pero si son varios miles de ordenadores por todo el mundo, se puede conseguir una <strong>capacidad de procesamiento comparable a la de un <a title="superordenador." href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superordenador" target="_self">superordenador</a></strong>. Esto es lo que se llama <a title="computación distribuida." href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computaci%C3%B3n_distribuida" target="_self">Computación Distribuida</a>.</p>
<p>En realidad, a nosotros no <strong>nos cuesta nada</strong> (el incremento en el consumo del ordenador no es apreciable, ya que mientras el ordenador está encendido y sin hacer nada, está consumiendo igualmente) y conseguimos sacar un <strong>mayor rendimiento a la inversión</strong> que hicimos al comprarlo, ya que la informática se queda obsoleta en unos 3-5 años. De esta forma, aprovecharemos mejor nuestra inversión, colaborando en proyectos que pueden <strong>colaborar en curas contra enfermedades como el cáncer, en la búsqueda de vida extraterrestre, o en la predicción de modelos climáticos</strong> que nos ayuden a entender mejor el clima y a actuar contra el cambio climático. Merece la pena, ¿no?</p>
<p>Puedes utilizar los comentarios para exponer tus impresiones o tus dudas.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fold It: juega y colabora en la investigación plegando proteínas]]></title>
<link>http://mmagnum.wordpress.com/?p=1181</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 11:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sergio</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mmagnum.wordpress.com/?p=1181</guid>
<description><![CDATA[
&#8220;Fold It&#8221; es un juego desarrollado por el equipo de Rosetta@home dedicados, principalme]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">"<a href="http://www.fold.it/" target="_blank"><em>Fold It</em></a>" es un juego desarrollado por el equipo de <a href="http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/" target="_blank"><em>Rosetta@home</em></a> dedicados, principalmente, a la investigación del <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estructura_de_las_prote%C3%ADnas#Cin.C3.A9tica_del_plegado_de_las_prote.C3.ADnas" target="_blank">plegado de las proteínas</a> por medio de la <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computaci%C3%B3n_distribuida" target="_blank">computación distribuida</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Este juego es una nueva aproximación a la predicción y determinación de las formas tridimensionales de las proteínas para poder llegar a descubrir curas para diversas enfermedades y para las que, hasta ahora, se usaba la fuerza bruta para poder determinar los patrones proteínicos, es decir, por medio de un gran número de CPU se calculaban miles de posibilidades y cuáles ofrecían los mejores resultados.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Con este juego se pretende añadir el factor humano y las facultades cerebrales de reconocimiento de patrones a estas deducciones que, obviamente, quedan de lado por medio del cálculo computacional.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">En el siguiente vídeo podéis ver cómo funciona el juego y cómo se lleva a cabo el plegado de proteínas que, a grandes rasgos, es el objetivo del juego y, por tanto, de la investigación.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/lGYJyur4FUA'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/lGYJyur4FUA&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Aunque al principio pueda parecer demasiado complicado, el juego comienza a un nivel muy básico con tutoriales que explican, paso a paso, el funcionamiento de todas las herramientas e interfaz.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Para saber más sobre la computación distribuida y (quizá) colaborar con algún proyecto, puedes visitar <a href="http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/" target="_blank"><em>Rosetta@home</em></a> o <a href="http://mmagnum.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/colabora-con-la-investigacion-cientifica-con-tu-pc/" target="_blank">leer una entrada</a> que escribimos hace un tiempo sobre el proyecto <a href="http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/" target="_blank"><em>World Community Grid</em></a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Si te apetece echar un vistazo al juego "<a href="http://www.fold.it/" target="_blank"><em>Fold It</em></a>" puedes hacerlo en su página web.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Visto en el blog de <a href="http://michaelgr.com/2008/05/11/fold-it-the-protein-folding-game/" target="_blank">Michael Graham Richard</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Rettet dein Computer Menschenleben?]]></title>
<link>http://pi73.wordpress.com/?p=20</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 13:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pi73</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pi73.wordpress.com/?p=20</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nein noch nicht dann wird&#8217;s aber höchste Zeit.
1).Lass deinen Computer einfach wenn du Ihm ni]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Nein noch nicht dann wird's aber höchste Zeit.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;">1)<span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;">.</span>Lass deinen Computer einfach wenn du Ihm nicht b</span><span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;">rauchst (Bildschirmschoner)zum Beispiel <span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;">mit rossetta </span>nach Protein suchen, die dann später als Medikamente Leben retten können.</span></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_x89WlZF5Jc8/SCWlY4ZbXaI/AAAAAAAAAC4/wJBTOlxp3ts/s1600-h/rosetta.jpg"><img style="float:left;cursor:pointer;margin:0 10px 10px 0;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_x89WlZF5Jc8/SCWlY4ZbXaI/AAAAAAAAAC4/wJBTOlxp3ts/s320/rosetta.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Die Universität von Berkeley  hat dazu ein Programm zur Verfügung gestellt (<span class="nfakPe">BOINC</span>) das die ungenützt Rechen Power von deinen Normal PC nützt um so riesige Datenmengen zu verarbeiten. So ist dein Computer ein teil eines riesigen Virtuellen Super Computer der hilft so wichtige fragen zu lösen wie die suche nach wichtigen Proteien für die Medizin(rossetta).</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Es gibt aber auch eine ganze reihe anderer Projekte die Du unterstützen kannst, wenn du willst kannst du deine Rechen Kraft auf mehrere Projekte aufteilen, es gibt wichtigen Projekte in Biologie und Medizin und Klimaforschung und auch für Astronomie/Physik/Chemi/Matemathik/StrateySpiele.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Ich empfehle rossetta da es nicht kommerziell ist und nach Heilmittel für Krankheiten sucht! Und einen schönen Übersicht hat nach was gerade auf deine Computer geforscht wird.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Wenn du andere Projekte unterstützen willst informiere dich vorher ob Sie deine Wünsche erfüllen, ob Sie kommerziell sind oder nicht. Es ist deine Rechenkapazität und du kannst damit machen was du willst.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Dein PC ist wichtig und kann entscheidend dazu mithelfen Leben zu retten und die Welt einbischen besser zu machen.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Mach mit und get connected. </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Download unter: </span><a href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:small;">http://<span class="nfakPe">boinc</span>.berkeley.edu/</span></a></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Projekte unter : </span><a href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:small;">http://<span class="nfakPe">boinc</span>.berkeley.edu/projects.php</span></a></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><strong>2.)Sende eine Email an alle die Du kennst weiter und hilef Rechenkapazität zu gewinnen.</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Auch wenn du aus welchen Gründen auch immer nicht mitmachen kannst oder willst, schick eine Email weiter es gibt viele da darausen die gernen helfen würden aber nicht einmal wissen das Sie das könne. </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Ich </span><a href="mailto:Paulzaj@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:small;">Paulzaj@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:small;"> bin selber nur zufällig auf die Seite gekommen als ich nach den Seti@home Bildschirmschoner gesucht habe und war super erfreut das ich statt außerirdische zu finden Menschen halfen kann.Ich will einfach mithelfen daß das System besser funktioniert und bin mir sicher Ihr wollt das auch.</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Deine Kinder werden es Dir Danken</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Wenn du Fragen hast oder dich nicht auskennt dann helfe ich dir gerne schickt mir einfach eine email an die erste adresse da unten.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial Narrow,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-small;"><a href="mailto:Paulzaj@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:small;">Paulzaj@gmail.com</span></a></span></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Il backup di Internet]]></title>
<link>http://motobrowniano.wordpress.com/?p=202</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 17:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Federico Bo</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Questo articolo di Robin Good si riallaccia in parte al tema trattato nel post precedente.
Si sostie]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.masternewmedia.org/it/oltre-internet/peernet-openmesh-la-rete-parallela.htm" target="_blank">Questo articolo di Robin Good</a> si riallaccia in parte al tema trattato nel <a href="http://motobrowniano.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/la-rete-dopo-la-tempesta-solare/" target="_blank">post precedente</a>.</p>
<p>Si sostiene la necessità di creare una rete parallela ad Internet con architettura distribuita <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer" target="_blank">p2p</a> (<em>Peernet</em>). Tale rete sarebbe una rete paritaria, senza <em>hub</em>, molto robusta, in grado di funzionare anche come sistema di riserva nel caso in cui Internet sia colpito da qualche catastrofe.</p>
<p>Viene anche avanzata l'ipotesi di un sistema di backup dinamico di Internet da realizzarsi attraverso un sistema distribuito che sfrutti gli spazi liberi degli hard disk degli utenti. Una sorta di memoria distribuita globale che utilizzi tecniche simili a quelle del calcolo distribuito (tipo progetto <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Open_Infrastructure_for_Network_Computing" target="_blank">Boinc</a>). Solo che in questo caso non verrebbero utilizzati i tempi morti delle CPU ma gli spazi liberi degli hard disk.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Mon ordinateur calcule pour la science]]></title>
<link>http://vacarisses.wordpress.com/?p=74</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>eartells</dc:creator>
<guid>http://vacarisses.wordpress.com/?p=74</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dès que j&#8217;ai commencé ma premiere thèse en France, j&#8217;ai découvert Linux. Et plus con]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dès que j'ai commencé ma premiere thèse en France, j'ai découvert Linux. Et plus concretement la distribution Debian. Mon premier contact hors windows a été il fait peut être un peu plus de 3 ans.. et maintenant mon ordinateur est 100% linux.</p>
<p>Si bien mon ordinateur (que j'ai nommé Nil un jour d'inspiration douteuse), lui il a comme OS linux, je me'n sort plus mal que bien. J'aime bien bidouiller mais j'y connais rien. En plus je n'ai jamais le temps de m'y mettre à fond pour réparer ces petites enmerdes que, c'est possible (on m'a dit), avec une autre distibution genre Ubuntu je trouverai pas. Au même temps, j'y peux rien. J'aime Debian et les bidouilles. Mais celà m'enerve des fois de voir me faire offir une webcam ou une imprimante, avec le joli CD pour windows et quelques mois plus tard j'ai pas encore réussi à installer.</p>
<p>Mr.Google aide enormement pour ces types de cas. Aide aussi la morale voir que je ne suis pas l'unique personne du monde que n'arrive pas à faire marcher les trucs!</p>
<p>Mais là où j'ai appris plein choses, et j'ai trouvé la meilleur aide du monde (lache-cul que je suis) c'est dans le forum debian-fr. J'ai ajouté une catégorie de liens vers linux à la colonne de droite. Oui, là, à coté, vous voyez?</p>
<p>Je suis arrivé sur ce forum par hasard, en chercheant de l'info je ne sais plus sur quoi. Les informaticiens du labo (ceux qui m'ont installé la prèmiere fois linux sur Nil) étaient en vacances et j'avais dejà commencé à chercher comment faire des choses. Après lire pas mal de post, ainsi que d'autre sites internet, finnallement je m'y suis inscrite et commencé a poster. Au début, en demandant à l'aide. Après sourtout à la pause café, en chacheant de plein choses différentes, plus ou moins sérieuses. Ok, d'accord, plutôt que des betises, mais c'est une communoté que j'apprecie beaucoup.</p>
<p>Et voilà que petit à petit j'ai posté plus de 1000 fois sur ce forum! Et à chaque fois que j'ai un problème il y en a plein qui sont prêts pour m'aider. Et j'aime bien aussi les discussions plus ou moins phylosophiques de pause-cafè.</p>
<p>Il fait pas longtemps, sur un fil de discussion du forum j'ai connu qu'il y a un logiciel qui s'appelle Boinc. Qu'est-ce que c'est celà? Boinc est un petit programme qui fonctionne quand on n'utilise pas l'ordinateur et qui profite des ressources pour faire des calcules compliqués pour des projets scientifiques. Et voilà que petit à petit je m'y suis interessé. J'ai réussi à faire marcher Boinc sur Nil. J'ai choisi deux projets, évidentment, sur des conformations de proteines, et je vois comme la graphique des calcules qui fait ma machine monte chaque jour.</p>
<p>C'est rigoló.</p>
<p>Le même gars qui m'a coinvancu pour l'histoire de boinc, il m'a aussi recrouté pour l'equipe "alliance francophone", qui n'est que un ensemble de gens qui ont tous ses ordinateurs en train de calculer comme des malades avec le but d'être l'equipe qui a fait le plus de points de calculs. Sincèrement, moi je m'en fous un peu d'être classé la première ou la dernière. Je suis dejà contente de participer. Et comme de toute façon, l'AF est le troisième mondiale... OUPS! non!! vous avez pas lu ça! Je fais tout le possible pour pousser bien vers le haut la classification de l'AF! J'arrête pas! On va gagner!Ouf...</p>
<p>Dans l'equipe français, il y a des Mini-Teams, et moi je fais partie du mini équipe Linux. J'ai ajouté un deuxième link à côté. Il amene directement sur le site que "mon recrouteur" a mis en place il ne fait pas longemps. Ce site ajoute Boinc, Linux et l'Alliance Francophone. Il est assez nouveau mais il y a dejà pas mal d'infos.</p>
<p>Comme lui, il se plagnait de pas pouvoir tout faire, je lui ai proposé de l'aider en ce que je pourrai bien faire. Et voilà que je suis devenu "moderateur" du forum du site. WOW. Et voilà oui, je suis moderateur, pas moderatrice, parce que je suis, pour le moment, l'unique fille du site et sauf voir mon surnom en rose (BERG!) j'ai pas d'autres privileges. Bon, oui, j'ai un privilege génial: je peux exprimer mon avis sans crainte dans la parti privé reservé aux administrateurs et moderateurs.</p>
<p>Voilà, premier post sur Linux. J'espère qu'un jour je pourrai poster des astuces et autres trucs pour utiliser Linux, et bien sur, la distro Debian. Mais pour le moment, on va se contenter de ça!</p>
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<description><![CDATA[Wenn man ein sehr sehr kompliziertes und Aufwändiges Wissenschaftsprojekt per Computer berechnen wi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wenn man ein sehr sehr kompliziertes und Aufwändiges Wissenschaftsprojekt per Computer berechnen will -  was braucht man dann dafür?</p>
<p>Entweder nimmt baut man dann eine riesige Serverfarm auf, oder man teilt das Projekt in unzählige kleine Stücke und verteilt sie auf viele andere PCs.</p>
<p>Nach der zuletzt genannten Methode geht das <a title="BOINC Wiki" href="http://faq.boinc.de/index.php?title=Hauptseite" target="_blank">BOINC-Programm </a>vor. Nach der Installation von BOINC kann man sich eins oder mehrere der vielen Projekte aussuchen, welche man unterstützen möchte.  BOINC verbindet sich dann selbstständig mit den ausgewählten Projekten und lädt sich die zugewiesenen Einheiten (Units) runter. Dabei braucht man nicht mal Angst um einen lahmenden PC zu haben, denn BOINC nutzt nur die ungenutzten PC-Ressourcen. Das heißt, sobald man irgend etwas startet, was viele Ressourcen verbraucht, gibt BOINC diese auch augenblicklich wieder frei. Eine Übersicht aller Projekte findet man unter folgendem <a title="BOINC Projekte" href="http://www.boinc.de/projekte.htm" target="_blank">Link</a>.</p>
<p>Wenn ihr euch nun entschieden habt auch Crunsher bei BOINC zu werden könnt ihr hier eine Installationsanleitung finden. (Ab Punkt 2.)</p>
<p>Ich persönlich lasse BOINC gerade für das World Community Grid laufen. Auch empfehlenswert ist <a title="Rosetta@Home BOINC Projekt" href="http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/" target="_blank">Rosetta@Home</a>, bei welchem ich auch schon gerechnet habe. Bei dem Projekt geht es um Protein Folding, die Erforschung der 3D-Struktur der Proteine. (Dadurch könnten Krankheiten wie etwa Krebs verhindert werden).</p>
<p>Viel Spaß</p>
<p>~Wegi</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I am sure that most of you are aware of various ways in which you can use your space CPU cycles to h]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am sure that most of you are aware of various ways in which you can use your space CPU cycles to help science and all that, but I recently discovered that I am the founder for the <strong><a href="http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/">rosetta@home</a></strong> <strong><a href="http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/team_display.php?teamid=961">Ubuntu Linux team</a></strong> (it transpired that I founded the team a few years ago and sort of, forgot.. about it). so if you have always thought about dedicating your spare system resources but never got around to it, here's your perfect chance.</p>
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<p>all you have to do is, sudo apt-get install boinc-manager boinc-client and it should be able to handle setting up your account for you, here's some more information <strong><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BOINC">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BOINC</a></strong></p>
<p>you then need to pick a project to 'attach' to, you can attach to more than one if you wish; you can find a list here: <strong><a href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php">http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php</a></strong>. Personally I would go for a 'proper' project, in that its one thats worth dedicating your CPU you to, rather than something like <strong><a href=" mce_src=">SHA-1 Collision Search Graz</a> </strong>(which attempts to find collisions in the SHA-1 hash code) or<strong> </strong><strong><a href=" mce_src=">SETI@home</a> </strong>(which tries to find signs of life in the rest of the universe), but that's just my personal choice. i would recommend the following, <strong><a href=" mce_src=">World Community Grid</a> </strong>-<strong> </strong><strong><a href=" mce_src=">Rosetta@home</a> </strong>-<strong> </strong><strong><a href=" mce_src=">Climateprediction.net</a></strong>.</p>
<p>once you are setup with a project and its all running nicely don't forget to sign up to a team! its nothing more than a bit of fun but its nice, of course if you happen to run Rosetta@home like I do then I would suggest joining the <strong><a href="http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/team_display.php?teamid=961">Ubuntu Linux team</a> </strong>:)</p>
<p>Finally just a quick note; these projects use your spare CPU cycles, that is that they run at a higher 'nice' value than your normal programs (a larger nice value means that the program will sit back and let another program take all the CPU cycles it needs) so your performance should not be affected in a meaningful way, these programs do take up ram though so i would recommend having at least 256MB ram above the Ubuntu minimum suggested ram (for your version, whatever that is).</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[BOINC has been added to the Fedora 7 and higher repositories.  You can use your favorite GUI front e]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BOINC has been added to the Fedora 7 and higher repositories.  You can use your favorite GUI front end or just do</p>
<pre># yum install boinc-client boinc-manager</pre>
<p>The cool part is <a title="-)" href="http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewcvs/rpms/boinc-client/F-7/boinc-client-logrotate-d?rev=1.1&#38;view=markup">my logrotate config file</a> is in the repositories as part of the package.  I don't know how geeky that makes me, but it sure did make me feel good.  I don't program, so there's isn't a whole lot I can do to give back to the Fedora community.  So I think it's cool that I was able to contribute in this small way.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Brain Simulacrum]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[There is a semi-community project to simulate human brain using spare computing cycle in the works.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.intelligencerealm.com/aisystem/system.php" target="_blank">There is a semi-community project to simulate human brain using spare computing cycle in the works.</a></p>
<p>The members of the projects seem to be looking at eventual commercialization of what they achieve using this project. I assume that it might turn off some of the more devoted advocates of GNU philosophy among us, but I still think this is project is interesting enough to devote some of my unused cpu cycles to the cause... Since, well,  what's the point of letting the spare computer time go to waste? Right?</p>
<p>Science is fundamentally specialist and will never be able to achieve the kind of 2.0-everyone pitch in- status afforded by larger community web services today. However, the systems such as BOINC (the system used for the simulation project as well as a number of other worthy, non-commercial projects) gives us a glimpse of what 'open-science' in the future might be like, in that it allows concentration of necessary energy and resources to make the research come to fruition, not through any large scale departmental bureaucracy but through a sort of grassroots recycle programs of the commonly wasted byproducts of our civilization. Indeed, I'd refer to it as making full use of the machinery of the human civilization itself.<br />
I'd like to urge anyone even passively interested to visit the <a href="http://boinc.berkeley.edu/" target="_blank">BOINC website</a> and participate in a project of your choosing. They have a number of projects in progress and the list is likely to grow in the future. Who knows, our little contribution might make the future a bit more interesting place to live.</p>
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