| 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).
February 2, 2005
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap...ml#proofreaders ) Distributed
Proofreaders posted its 6,000th unique title to Project Gutenberg today
- the ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-math.html#15k2n1 ) 15k Prime
Search found primes 13236795 * 2^167188 - 1 on January 22,
355424355 * 2^244702 - 1, 794977755 * 2^280941 - 1 and
794977755 * 2^282306 - 1 on January 30, and 13236795 * 2^199020 - 1 and
13236795*2^199516-1 on January 31
- ( ap-science.html#setinew ) New SETI@home's new database server crashed when
it tried to migrate the database to it. It will attempt to restart the
migration in the next day or two. Also, the project has created a
( http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/books.php ) SETI@home bookstore where you
can learn more about SETI and the science behind it.
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap...mindindoorsense )
OpenMind Indoor Common Sense participants can now earn up to 8 $25US Amazon
gift certificates. Participants earn 1 gift certificate for each 500
accepted entries they submit.
- new ( http://distributedcomputing.info/news.html#050202 ) news article: an
overview of ( http://www.sun.com/ ) Sun Microsystems's new service, which
offers grid computing for $1US per CPU per hour
- new ( http://distributedcomputing.info/news.html#050201 ) news article: an
overview of the
( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap...s.html#proteome ) Human
Proteome Folding project
--
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
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