why is the boinc project still useing

ultra sparc's?

440mhz?
its no wonder they have problems

these cpu's are ancient 199x

i have more processing power in my house by far

maybe they should consider porting over to linux
for some athlon 64 loveing

or getting some newer sparc's?


i can understand keeping the 6cpu ones btw!!

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why is the boinc project still useing

ultra sparc's?

440mhz?
its no wonder they have problems

these cpu's are ancient 199x

i have more processing power in my house by far

maybe they should consider porting over to linux
for some athlon 64 loveing

or getting some newer sparc's?

I am sure that once you send them your computers from home with more processing power they will be glad to set it up. Until then, every think maybe they don't have the money to do it?

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- cJ

every uni i have been to is packed with pc's!!

why is the boinc project still useing

ultra sparc's?

440mhz?
its no wonder they have problems

these cpu's are ancient 199x

i have more processing power in my house by far

maybe they should consider porting over to linux
for some athlon 64 loveing

or getting some newer sparc's?

I am sure that once you send them your computers from home with more processing power they will be glad to set it up. Until then, every think maybe they don't have the money to do it?

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every uni i have been to is packed with pc's!!

why is the boinc project still useing

ultra sparc's?

440mhz?
its no wonder they have problems

these cpu's are ancient 199x

i have more processing power in my house by far

maybe they should consider porting over to linux
for some athlon 64 loveing

or getting some newer sparc's?

I am sure that once you send them your computers from home with more processing power they will be glad to set it up. Until then, every think maybe they don't have the money to do it?

Doesn't mean they are all used for one thing, or even that they are all "good" PCs

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- cJ

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or getting some newer sparc's?

Seti doesn't have the funds. Their priority is Coffee,donuts,pizza,soda[not diet] and electricity bill.
Not necessaryly in that order. Coffee is definitely first.If the lights go out at least they have the energy to get on the bike generator. whoa nelly!!!! someone forgot to clamp down the bike!!!

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http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Registration/feesched.html

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im sure they dont need my pc's with them fee's

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http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Registration/feesched.html

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im sure they dont need my pc's with them fee's

Something tells me they have more than just SETI/BOINC on their plate that gets money too.. But don't forget that before they can buy new computers, they have to pay the staff that keeps this up and running.. Basically, as has been reciently discussed.. Unless they are for profit (SETI) then they wont have money. So unless you want to pay to crunch, just wait, and eventually, things will speed up.

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- cJ

http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Registration/feesched.html

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im sure they dont need my pc's with them fee's

Something tells me they have more than just SETI/BOINC on their plate that gets money too.. But don't forget that before they can buy new computers, they have to pay the staff that keeps this up and running.. Basically, as has been reciently discussed.. Unless they are for profit (SETI) then they wont have money. So unless you want to pay to crunch, just wait, and eventually, things will speed up.

It could also be that the tasks they're being asked to run are just not compute-bound, but I/O bound.

If they are limited by I/O, then speeding up the CPU won't help much.

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http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Registration/feesched.html

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im sure they dont need my pc's with them fee's

Something tells me they have more than just SETI/BOINC on their plate that gets money too.. But don't forget that before they can buy new computers, they have to pay the staff that keeps this up and running.. Basically, as has been reciently discussed.. Unless they are for profit (SETI) then they wont have money. So unless you want to pay to crunch, just wait, and eventually, things will speed up.

It could also be that the tasks they're being asked to run are just not compute-bound, but I/O bound.

If they are limited by I/O, then speeding up the CPU won't help much.

I still think something like this would help.

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But don't forget that before they can buy new computers, they have to pay the staff that keeps this up and running.. Basically, as has been reciently discussed.. Unless they are for profit (SETI) then they wont have money. So unless you want to pay to crunch, just wait, and eventually, things will speed up.

Ummm...the people that run Seti are volunteers or are paid thru grants.
MOST are volunteers!

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When are they gona migrate to newer cpus?


Here is a better question:

When are some people going to stop whining?

Answer: NEVER

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Red Bull Air Racing

Gas price by zip at Seti

I still think something like this would help.

Did you see the size of that thing? I have computer envy now.

P.S. The data sheet has a picture of it under a desk.

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[font='courier,courier new']Hello? IBM? Yes, this is Berkeley... I'm doing well, thanks. Me an' the boys were wondering... how'ja like to pitch in a few Blue Gene racks so that we can find aliens? ... No, we're not stoned. Yes. Yes, we're dead serious. Hello? Hello...?

.o0(Considering that IBM is busy with Blue Gene, which will return a p$r$o$f$i$t...)[/font]

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Yeah, and I bet it sounds like a 747 taking off too!

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I demand a refund. Oh wait, I didn't pay to join,
I VOLUNTEERED!

[font='courier,courier new']Hello? IBM? Yes, this is Berkeley... I'm doing well, thanks. Me an' the boys were wondering... how'ja like to pitch in a few Blue Gene racks so that we can find aliens? ... No, we're not stoned. Yes. Yes, we're dead serious. Hello? Hello...?

.o0(Considering that IBM is busy with Blue Gene, which will return a p$r$o$f$i$t...)[/font]

Check out the Blue Brain project.

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[font='courier,courier new']Hmm... a blue 747-sized brain... !-)[/font]

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http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Registration/feesched.html

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im sure they dont need my pc's with them fee's

Yoikes, check out the cost if your a non-resident!

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This machine would make a good client as that is what it is intended to do. But, not for the back end. Different machines for different purposes.

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"The system that will be installed at EPFL will occupy the floor space of about four refrigerators, and will have a peak processing speed of at least 22.8 trillion floating-point operations per second (22.8 teraflops), making it one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world."


I want one of these. I just need to find a way to throw my brother out of his room so I can fit this in.

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Yo, Cake Boy... don't you know this is the era of Anti-Science? There's no money for real science right now. All the money must be spent on convincing the world that Intelligent Design is The Truth. Seti might actually prove otherwise, so no money!

See how that works?

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