[kj] OT: Save the world with your Playstation

[Bo Krogsgaard]

Already folding at work .. Er, i mean ..!

2008/12/12, Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>:

> Seeing as we were talking about computers before, thought I'd ask if anyone

> takes part in any distributed computing

> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_computing>  projects (& suggest

> you look into it if not).

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> The gruntiest DC project (folding at home, which models protein folding /

> misfolding) has about 350 000 PCs / Playstations running it, and from what I

> can tell exceeds the processing power of the funkiest supercomputer around.

> Runs best on PCs / games consoles with decent graphics cards, because they

> are specialised at that type of processing (parallel, floating point

> maths).generally they are at least 10x more effective with those

> calculations than the CPU.

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> Note: it will cost a bit more power as the computer uses more when it's

> working harder, but if you have off-peak power you can take advantage of

> that, and if the PC is on anyway the extra cost isn't generally that much.

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> Look at it as small price to pay to assuage your guilt and negate the

> negative karmic effect of torrenting artists' life's work; leave the PC on

> overnight doing both and you get off scot free (the RIAA and Lars Ulrich may

> not agree). You may even score a free sticker out of it.

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> BQ

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