Distributed Computing - distributedcomputing.info updates for January 26, 2005

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distributedcomputing.info updates for January 26, 2005

Kirk Pearson

2005-02-06, 5:45 pm

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).

January 26, 2005

- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-math.html#nfsnet ) NFSNET completed
sieving 5^307 - 1, and began sieving 5^307 + 1, yesterday

- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-science.html#cpdn )
climateprediction.net completed its 60,000th climate model yesterday

- version 4.19 of the ( http://distributedcomputing.info/platforms.html#boinc )
BOINC client is available as of today

- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap....html#predictor )
Predictor@home will introduce a new application, which uses
( http://distributedcomputing.info/platforms.html#boinc ) BOINC's new
locality scheduler, over the weekend. Also, it will require participants to
upgrade to version 4.16 or later of the BOINC client by January 31.

- new ( http://distributedcomputing.info/news.html#050126 ) news article:
some climate models generated by
( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-science.html#cpdn )
climateprediction.net predict a 11.50 C rise in Earth's temperature in 50
years

- new ( http://distributedcomputing.info/news.html#050126-2 ) news article:
the BBC version of the
( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-science.html#cpdn )
climateprediction.net story

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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