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caferace

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I've been thinking about a couple of things:

1) We start our own project. Setting up a BOINC system is pretty easy from a infrastructure standpoint. Finding the right science cause is more difficult. Manning it with volunteers and hardware is difficult, especially if it becomes popular.

2) Creating a Distributed Computing Hall of Fame.

This is appealing, simply because it requires less ongoing effort. Obtain a domain name, evaluate a list of possible candidates, and provide a system where people can vote every year. I kinda dig this one, because as far as I know no one has done it. And there are people that should be recognized for their contributions.

Thoughts?

-jim
 
1) Distributed Neffing - not very scientific but alot of fun 😛

"Finding the right science cause is more difficult."
Umm... yeah. You kind of need a sound project, not just create something "'cause it's cool".
Here's an idea, maybe



2) That sound cool. You thinking a TeAm thing or for everyone?
 
I think a neat project would be to test electrical power line designs for sympathetic vibrations. Or suspension bridges, like Galloping Gertie, the old Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Certain weather conditions can cause structures to behave like strings on a bass fiddle.

I don't have any idea what math would be involved, but I do know it would take a lot of crunching.
 
Hehe, I remember seeing pictures of Galloping Gertie; oh my gosh, I've never seen a road twist and bend that much before. I guess it Would have been awesome to skate on that bridge during a storm or to take it as a roller coaster prototype 😀 But as far as I know - from discovery channel and such - architects for bridges already have programs to simulate the influence of wind on bridge structures. They even try model in wind channels. So I don't know in how far we'd be able to contribute something meaningful.

Let alone the question who of us could come up with a good scientific structure and algorithms that would really do some good science.

🙂
 
Here's one that will do the world a huge favor. Since computers are good at sniffing out patterns, why don't we set up a project to find the patterns in all the Microsoft Windows BSODs. We would never run out of WUs!

Of course, we would only run it on Mac and Linix to avoid self-referential BSODs.

We could call it: Debug@Home or BSOD@Home!
 
I think it would probably be easy to set up be a Prime Number search project.

If the TeAm found a prime it would bring a lot of people to the forum and other projects maybe.
 
Originally posted by: GLeeM
I think it would probably be easy to set up be a Prime Number search project.

If the TeAm found a prime it would bring a lot of people to the forum and other projects maybe.
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Actually, that might not be a bad idea! I have the SBPRP server that can serve Proth-style numbers (k*2^n+1) to the Seventeen or Bust client. Then, there's also the open-source LLRNet server/client (which is better load-tested).

But be aware, there are a lot of prime-finding projects already. Many are here. Two are here. And, there's still Seventeen or Bust and Riesel Sieve.
 
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