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distributedcomputing.info updates for February 16, 2005
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| Kirk Pearson 2005-02-17, 5:46 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 16, 2005
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap...mindindoorsense )
OpenMind Indoor Common Sense now has a total of 100 US$25 Amazon gift
certificates to award. It has awarded 52 as of today. Participants can
earn up to 8 gift certificates each. They can earn 1 gift certificate for
each 500 accepted entries they submit.
- every click at
( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap...childhealthsite ) The
Child Health Site this month "is doubled to support tsunami relief effort."
Also, in 2004 the project helped 461,651 children in need.
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap...l#thehungersite ) The Hunger Site funded 45,278,373 cups (about 2,795 metric tons) of food in 2004
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap...reastcancersite ) The
Breast Cancer Site provided 2,135 mammograms to women in need in 2004
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap...theliteracysite ) The
Literacy Site gave 155,720 books to children in low-income families in 2004
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap...erainforestsite ) The
Rainforest Site funded the protection and preservation of 302,304,180 square
feet (2,808 hectares) of land in 2004
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap...nimalrescuesite )
The Animal Rescue Site provided 31,576,589 bowls (7,136 metric tons) of
food for rescued animals in 2004
- the ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-math.html#15k2n1 ) 15k Prime
Search found prime 231 * 2^345183 - 1 yesterday
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap....html#findadrug )
Find-a-Drug will close a number of protein queries to new results on March
5. Check the project forum and finish up any work you have for those
queries. Also, the project began a new Tuberculosis query (1i8t-q1) and a
new leukemia cancer query (1byg-q1) on January 8, and expects to add
further new queries soon.
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap....html#lhcathome ) LHC@home is
alpha-testing its new Sixtrack client applications as of February 11, and
hopes to release them next week
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap....html#predictor )
Predictor@home will update its website to a newer version by the end of this
month: the update should aloow users to find project information and status
more easily
- new ( http://distributedcomputing.info/news.html#050214 ) news article:
( http://google.com ) Google has offered to host some of
( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap....html#wikipedia )
Wikipedia's content
--
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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