Distributed Computing - distributedcomputing.info updates for March 23, 2005

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distributedcomputing.info updates for March 23, 2005

Kirk Pearson

2005-04-11, 5:47 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).

March 23, 2005

- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-math.html#nfsnet ) NFSNET completed
sieving 7^254 + 1 and began sieving 11^208 + 1 today

- the ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap....html#predictor )
Predictor@home project server and website upgrade are complete as of
yesterday

- as of yesterday
( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap....html#lhcathome ) LHC@home is
still adding improvements and bug-fixes to its client application and will
have very little work available for a while. Physicists are analyzing the
project's earlier results.

- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-science.html#cpdn )
climateprediction.net's discussion forum has resolved its security issues
and is available again as of yesterday

- the ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap-math.html#15k2n1 ) 15k Prime
Search found prime 21*2^999599 - 1 yesterday

- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap...tml#rieselsieve ) Riesel Sieve's
stats server will go offline at 9 PM EST on Friday, March 25 (2 AM UTC,
Saturday), and will be down for about 24 hours. Also, the project's LLRNet
server will have a DNS change at about the same time.

--
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