DPAD (Muon1) (un)Official Project Information and Links Thread
What does DPAD do?
DPAD stands for Distributed Particle Accelerator Design, and the goal of the project is to design a... guess what... (this will really shock you)... particle accelerator! 😉
"But saying it designs a particle accelerator doesn't tell me much. Do you have more information?" you might ask. To satiate your endless curiosity, here is the quote from the web site:
Are there any interesting advantages of the DPAD client?
Yes. DPAD, unlike the medical projects (Folding@Home, Distributed Folding, FindADrug, etc.) and other scientific projects (SETI), has a rather low memory footprint, so it will run comfortably on a Windows 2000 Pro system with only 128MB of RAM, leaving plenty for your other applications. It also does not require the downloading of any work units; rather, you can have it upload as necessary, or run the manualsend.exe program to upload whenever (and only whenever) you want (remember to change the option in the configuration file to disable automatic sends if you prefer the manual method; more info is on the web site). It also has a "stealth" client (muon1_background.exe) that will run without a system tray icon or task bar button (to close the stealth client, just kill its process in the Task Manager's Processes tab).
Where can I download DPAD and get started?
The not-very-well-organized website lumps everything together on one page, but for your convenience, the download section happens to be at the very top of the page.
How do I join Team AnandTech?
When you first run the client, it directs you to create a user.txt file. In this file, in front of your user name, simply place "[TA]". So, if you wanted to be "some_anonymous_guy", your username would be "[TA]some_anonymous_guy". Simple enough, huh? 😛
Where do I check my statistics?
User rankings are shown at the bottom of the main page, but more details team rankings can be found here. The individual section for Team AnandTech is here.
Thanks to cmarc, here are a few other links to third-party stats for the DPAD project:
What does DPAD do?
DPAD stands for Distributed Particle Accelerator Design, and the goal of the project is to design a... guess what... (this will really shock you)... particle accelerator! 😉
"But saying it designs a particle accelerator doesn't tell me much. Do you have more information?" you might ask. To satiate your endless curiosity, here is the quote from the web site:
Not confused now? Maybe you just want to help, without understanding all the science behind this (like me). If so, proceed to check out the links below. 🙂
Are there any interesting advantages of the DPAD client?
Yes. DPAD, unlike the medical projects (Folding@Home, Distributed Folding, FindADrug, etc.) and other scientific projects (SETI), has a rather low memory footprint, so it will run comfortably on a Windows 2000 Pro system with only 128MB of RAM, leaving plenty for your other applications. It also does not require the downloading of any work units; rather, you can have it upload as necessary, or run the manualsend.exe program to upload whenever (and only whenever) you want (remember to change the option in the configuration file to disable automatic sends if you prefer the manual method; more info is on the web site). It also has a "stealth" client (muon1_background.exe) that will run without a system tray icon or task bar button (to close the stealth client, just kill its process in the Task Manager's Processes tab).
Where can I download DPAD and get started?
The not-very-well-organized website lumps everything together on one page, but for your convenience, the download section happens to be at the very top of the page.
How do I join Team AnandTech?
When you first run the client, it directs you to create a user.txt file. In this file, in front of your user name, simply place "[TA]". So, if you wanted to be "some_anonymous_guy", your username would be "[TA]some_anonymous_guy". Simple enough, huh? 😛
Where do I check my statistics?
User rankings are shown at the bottom of the main page, but more details team rankings can be found here. The individual section for Team AnandTech is here.
Thanks to cmarc, here are a few other links to third-party stats for the DPAD project:
