Developer Forum

The following updates are from the Internet-based Distributed Computing
Projects website ( http://www.yqcomputer.com/ ). These updates
cover public distributed computing projects (projects in which anyone can
participate).

September 2, 2004

- new active science project:
( http://www.yqcomputer.com/ #lhcathome ) LHC@home,
based on the BOINC platform, allows users to help design the
( http://www.yqcomputer.com/ ) Large Hadron
Collider. Note that the project only has a Windows client for now and is
limited to 1000 participants for now (and the first 1000 participants signed
up within 24 hours).

- new active charity:
( http://www.yqcomputer.com/ #povertyfighters )
PovertyFighters gives poor families "microloans" to start their own
businesses and work their way out of poverty

- ( http://www.yqcomputer.com/ #dfolding )
Distributed Folding achieved a best RMSD of 0.60 on its final CASP6 target,
T0277. It released its next regular protein target on August 31.

- the ( http://www.yqcomputer.com/ #32n1 ) 3*2^n-1
Search found prime 3*2^1232255 - 1 (370,947 digits) on August 30

- happy birthday
( http://www.yqcomputer.com/ #rieselsieve ) Riesel
Sieve! The project turned 1 on August 27. It has found 10 primes in its
first year.

- ( http://www.yqcomputer.com/ #predictor )
Predictor@home is down until the project server can be upgraded to
( http://www.yqcomputer.com/ #boinc )
BOINC 4.x

- new ( http://www.yqcomputer.com/ #040902 ) news
article: Reports of SETI@home Extraterrestrial Signal Highly Exaggerated

- new ( http://www.yqcomputer.com/ #040902-2 )
news article: Astronomers deny ET signal report

- new ( http://www.yqcomputer.com/ #040901 ) news
article: Mysterious signals from 1000 light years away

- new ( http://www.yqcomputer.com/ #040830 ) news
article: an overview of the BOINC platform

- new ( http://www.yqcomputer.com/ #040826 ) news
article: Home Computers Aid Efforts To Develop New Medications

- new ( http://www.yqcomputer.com/ #040825 ) news
article: Research reveals flaw in storage algorithm

--
Kirk Pearson, editor of Internet-based Distributed Computing Projects
http://www.yqcomputer.com/
Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug. -- John Lithgow