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distributedcomputing.info updates for April 25, 2005
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| Kirk Pearson 2005-07-03, 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).
April 25, 2005
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap...quaplastics2005 )
Aquaplastics 2005 reached its goal (generating 1.5 million clicks) yesterday,
two months before its June 22 deadline, and one month after it began, and the
European plastics industry will donate 150,000 Euros to WaterAid. The
industry will donate an additional 50,000 Euros if the project generates an
additional 500,000 clicks by June 22, 2005.
- ( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap...tml#rieselsieve ) Riesel Sieve
has an automated sieve range ( http://stats.rieselsieve.com/users/sieve.php )
reservation system as of April 23.
- new ( http://distributedcomputing.info/news.html#0505 ) news article: an
overview of distributed computing and some current projects
- new ( http://distributedcomputing.info/news.html#050425 ) news article: in
its first 6 months, ( http://distributedcomputing.info/platforms.html#wcg )
World Community Grid has recruited 100,000 computers and completed over 6
million work units
- new ( http://distributedcomputing.info/news.html#050425-2 ) news article:
in its first 6 months, ( http://distributedcomputing.info/platforms.html#wcg )
World Community Grid has predicted 50,000 of the 100,000 to 150,000 protein
structures it plans to predict
- new ( http://distributedcomputing.info/news.html#050422 ) news article: an
overview of distributed computing and current projects
- new ( http://distributedcomputing.info/news.html#050422-2 ) news article:
an overview of the search for evidence of gravity waves, and a mention of
( http://distributedcomputing.info/ap...#einsteinathome )
Einstein@home
--
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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