Update the Intro?

LotharJade

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Time to update the Welcome to DC Forum, or is this a list of only the DC projects that TeAm AnandTech is part or? I keep seeing DC (Distributed Computing) projects that aren't on the list.

This would be good, because the link above is a great intro I send my friends to.
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Done. :)

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BlackMountainCow

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Go for it Lothar! There's an option in you Personal Message menue so you can send a revised version directly to an admin or at least get in contact with him so he can update the intro.

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Indeed, from a quick glance, we should add Einstein@Home to the list and remove Lifemapper, as the project has ended. Anything else?
 

BlackMountainCow

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Wiz

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Should we remove SETI Classic from the list already??

Hey, it aint over till it's over... The fat lady hasn't sung yet. ;)

As of right now there are 446 actively contributing TeAm members, those who have contributed seti classic work units today. That's substantial by anyone's measure.

If I've learned anything from the seti adminstration it's that when they say something is happening by a certain date you have to take it with a lot of grains of salt.
 

BlackMountainCow

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Hehe, good point Wiz. I figured that myself. I don't know how often SETI was called almost over and she's still around. Thus I sent the following PM to an TA admin:


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Hey!

I'd like you to do the DC forum a favour and update our welcome thread a bit, as it has been a while since we changed it. Thx in advance!


Please remove the following items completley (these projects are over):

MD5CRK
Distributed Folding
Lifemapper Website



Please add the following projects in their corresponding category:


- Mathematics:

Riesel Sieve http://www.rieselsieve.com/


- Science:

Einstein@Home http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/

LHC@HOME http://lhcathome.cern.ch/ (still beta)

World Community Grid http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/projects_showcase/projects_showcase.html



Please change the following item:


Predictor@Home (still beta)




It would be very nice if you could maintain the alphabetical order in the categories where you add some projects, 'cause we don't want to put any project before another.


That's it!

Thx man!

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I hope I captured what we wanted him to do.

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LotharJade

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Actually I did help update a bit. Two of the links were outdated. I had the admin update the link to EoN as it has moved apparently to houston.

Why I posted this, was because I do not know all of the different DC projects going on. I am fairly new to this, and when researching I kept coming upon new projects that things like TeAm Anandtech's knew about, but weren't listed in the Anandtech's into (oh the irony :Q).

Of note I am PM'ing the site admin to add Ubero. :D
 

BlackMountainCow

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I just got PM from the mod. He changed the welcome thread according to what we suggested. He'll also add Ubero. I also asked him to change the date to 2005 for the "updated on". Might look strange to new folks if our welcome thread appears to be a year old. Might think we're inactive or so.

Anyway, task accomplished!!

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Doc Brown

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Originally posted by: LotharJade
Actually I did help update a bit. Two of the links were outdated. I had the admin update the link to EoN as it has moved apparently to houston.

Why I posted this, was because I do not know all of the different DC projects going on. I am fairly new to this, and when researching I kept coming upon new projects that things like TeAm Anandtech's knew about, but weren't listed in the Anandtech's into (oh the irony :Q).

Of note I am PM'ing the site admin to add Ubero. :D

Sounds commerical to me
 

BlackMountainCow

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I don't think that Lothar had any commercial intentions here. He just brought up a topic that we apparently like to negelct. I mean, all of us who participate in these forums on a regular basis usually know about all the DC projects that are going on. And if I set up a friend with a DC project I give him an introduction to DC in general. It just never crossed my mind that somebody actually uses the welcome thread as a link location for interested people. Anyway, it's done now and that's good. I'll try to keep an eye on that thread and stay in touch with the admin once something changes.

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ProviaFan

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Originally posted by: BlackMountainCow
I don't think that Lothar had any commercial intentions here. He just brought up a topic that we apparently like to negelct. I mean, all of us who participate in these forums on a regular basis usually know about all the DC projects that are going on. And if I set up a friend with a DC project I give him an introduction to DC in general. It just never crossed my mind that somebody actually uses the welcome thread as a link location for interested people. Anyway, it's done now and that's good. I'll try to keep an eye on that thread and stay in touch with the admin once something changes.

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I don't think there's any complaints about Lothar's intentions, but rather about the "suspicious" nature of the Ubero project. I for one won't be participating, because it just reeks of using people free computer power for commercial purposes (though they do claim that they'll pay you if they use your system for commercial use, but who knows?).
 

BlackMountainCow

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Ohhhhhh. Sorry, I guess I completely misunderstood the whole thing. Yeah, I had a similar impression with Ubero, but then again the intro is just a general overview of DC and no specific recommendation. I think it's ok to have Ubero in the intro but as I've never seen a single thread about it here at TA, I really don't think that many ppl care about it. Thus if we have some new folks stoping bye and looking what we do, they'll most likely see SETI, F@H, FaD, DPAD, UD and so on. But thx for clarifying that for me Provia!

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LotharJade

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Oh YEAH, NO commercial intensions what-so ever. I just try to get my family and freinds involved and interested. :D The intro page is well... a good intro to what is going on. It just seemed to need updating to give the best info possible.

Yeah, Ubero seemed commerial to me too. :Q I just thought it might be OK cause it is listed on TeAm Anandtech's page and I didn't think they would be doing commercial stuff (Hmmmm :confused: ). Maybe the intro should do a parenthetical aside and note that it is commercial (and you could get paid). Just so people know what the 411 is with their situation.

As you can see I am doing UD and FAD, so that should state what Im all about. :D Im ALL for curing cancer. My mom has cancer, so...
 

BlackMountainCow

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Well, if we include "commercial" in brackets, I guess the mod won't even do that 'cause that's almost a link between TA and a commercial institution. I think we should just leave it as it is and let people build their own impression about Ubero. After all, we all have a brain and can build our own opinion, can't we. Well, some of us! Hehe! :evil::beer::evil:
 

Smoke

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Good work everyone. :thumbsup:

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Spacehead

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LotharJade,
nice work on pointing out the welcome thread needed updating. I guess most of us forget about it :eek:

This is the most comprehensive list of DC projects i've found.

Welcome to the TeAm :)