Category Archives: Communities

Crunch the Grid to produce better rice

World Community Grid adds the ‘Nutritious Rice for the World‘ project. Here’s what Business Week has to say on it. And here’s a video of this new project on YouTube

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Social bookmarking is del.icio.us

Social bookmarking. OK. Now I get it. I understood it before but now, I really get it. And what prompted this eureka! moment? I started using it. Then, I got it. Simple as that. I began by using Dogear (on … Continue reading

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How it works – World Community Grid

IBM has a podcast series available to listen to/view from your browser. How it works – World Community Grid explains, well, how it works. Other podcasts are available at www.ibm.com/podcasts/howitworks

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Learn Linux and help the world, virtually

Well, sort of. Any regular readers of my blog will know that I bang-on about World Community Grid. It’s so simple to install and it only runs when your computer is powered on but idle; I don’t know why everyone … Continue reading

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WGC teams statistics

I wrote in the previous post that Easynet was ranked #1 in all-time points generated by a team. Strictly speaking, this is perfectly true. However, a keen eye will spot that although team IBM is ranked #4 (and rapidly closing … Continue reading

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Grid.org has completed its mission

Grid.org announced that on April 27, 2007, it had completed its mission to demonstrate the viability and benefits of large-scale Internet-based grid computing. From 2000-2007 in excess of 1.3 million registered members collectively contributed over 210 years of (otherwise unused) … Continue reading

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IBM ShortCuts site just launched

IBM has launched a new site with weekly podcasts dedicated to getting the most out of email, IM, blogs and other tools. This week it’s a short podcast about beating spyware by security expert Rocky Oliver. I’m looking forward to … Continue reading

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Mac version available for WCG

World Community Grid now has a Mac OS X version available (PPC only though by the look of things). I’m not sure how long it’s been available as I haven’t checked for a couple of months or so. WCG Download … Continue reading

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Sulphate parameter is to blame

backbytes article Indefinite Particle (27.4.06) explains what has gone wrong with the climate model project that the BBC’s been promoting. The model, which simulates conditions from 1920, wasn’t producing enough sulphate particles. Apparently these troublesome little chaps are a by-product … Continue reading

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Error strikes ‘BBC climate model’

An error in the grid computing project climateprediction.net, backed by the BBC, has been uncovered. It would appear that the data collected on models run on past climates is different to actual climate measurements that have been observed. Essentially, if … Continue reading

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