About BOINC
BOINC is an open source program that allows you to participate in a cluster. Research that requires large, complex computations can be distributed to many normal computers, as opposed to a really expensive and powerful one. This is what Google does with their servers. The difference is that you can donate your idle system power to research. You can even choose what research you want to help.
- For those interested in alien life, there is SETI, which analyzes the signals from space for unnatural sounds.
- For those who often render with Blender, there is BURP. This is a distributed render farm through boinc. You can have your own projects rendered.
- For those concerned with humanity, there are a few World Community Grid projects. Many try to find cures for diseases. All research done on world community grid becomes publicly available.
Most importantly, theres no performance draw on your computer. It takes your idle power by having the process be very low priority. You have the option of not running it while your computer is in use, but I leave it on all the time and there is no problem.
A NeoMenlo.org team?
Right now I've got 5 modern computers running world community grid, and I'm gaining rank fast. The widget below is updated every 12 hours.
I have been considering forming a BOINC team to spread the word of NeoMenlo. I do not want to be the only member, so please let me know if you are interested.
EDIT: With the promise of 4 computers from Jillene, I have made the official NeoMenlo.org BOINC team.
If you use World Community Grid, you can join here:
If you do not use World Community Grid, but would like to become a member of both Wolrd Community Grid and the NeoMenlo.org team, follow this link:
great cause
I think this is such a great thing. Only wish people would be more willing and open minded about it. When I tell them to get something, they just see it as annoying and even if I tell them what it's about and they say they're convinced. They usually just "never get around to it". And they always somehow believe that it's fake or harmful or will mess something up on their computer. It's tough. I hope enough people take initiative to make a difference. I'll keep trying though. My Dad actaully seemed convinced. And if he doesn't, I will for him. D=
It's safe
It's pretty safe to say that it's safer than browsing the internet, and people do that all the time. Boinc is structured in a very unique way that makes it completely different than most supercomputer clusters. The client computer has to request work form the server, and work is done in packages called work units.
World Community grid is supported by IBM. They're trustworthy enough to make your computer and many of the servers you browse on a daily basis.
NeoMenlo Boinc Team Stats
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