World Community Grid is now live with a Linux client for BOINC 5. http://worldcommunitygrid.org

I know that some people were not enthusiastic about the "old grid" project. Are there people here (Borgholio?) who were against the UD project (and/or FightAIDS@Home) but are now satisfied that WCG is worth working for?

If you are attached, raise your hand.

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World Community Grid is now live with a Linux client for BOINC 5. http://worldcommunitygrid.org

I know that some people were not enthusiastic about the "old grid" project. Are there people here (Borgholio?) who were against the UD project (and/or FightAIDS@Home) but are now satisfied that WCG is worth working for?

If you are attached, raise your hand.

You remember me...I'm touched! :) My problem was that WCG was too inflexible in both their client design and management capabilities. BOINC is the superior platform, in my opinion. However, I'd LOVE to be able to do the Oxford Cancer Project on my BOINC systems. When WCG develops a Windows client, more than likely I'll be signing up. I'd also like to sign up for FightAIDS@Home if it goes to BOINC, but that project has been in a coma for years.

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I'd also like to sign up for FightAIDS@Home if it goes to BOINC, but that project has been in a coma for years.

Come over to Rosetta they have been giving funding due to there research they are doing and the funding has been given due to HIV research, there protein folding is looking at all kinds of problems.

This extract taken from Rosetta Message Board

Well, I don't know if it is a secret or not but I'll tell you that we've only recently found out that our group, as part of a large collaborative effort, recieved funding for a multi-year research effort on HIV by the Gates Foundation. Our group will be doing large scale studies, designing and testing things, prior to the experimentalist hitting the lab bench. You'll have to ask DB and/or the scientists for more details on this or the other questions...

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I'd also like to sign up for FightAIDS@Home if it goes to BOINC, but that project has been in a coma for years.

Come over to Rosetta they have been giving funding due to there research they are doing and the funding has been given due to HIV research, there protein folding is looking at all kinds of problems.

This extract taken from Rosetta Message Board

Well, I don't know if it is a secret or not but I'll tell you that we've only recently found out that our group, as part of a large collaborative effort, recieved funding for a multi-year research effort on HIV by the Gates Foundation. Our group will be doing large scale studies, designing and testing things, prior to the experimentalist hitting the lab bench. You'll have to ask DB and/or the scientists for more details on this or the other questions...

Originally I didn't want to sign up for Rosetta because it seemed to be a clone of all the other protein programs out there (Folding, Predictor, etc...). Doing protein research that COULD THEORETICALLY be applied to SOME diseases doesn't interest me. Focused research that WILL be applied to SPECIFIC diseases (cancer, HIV, etc...) is what I'm looking for. Although I found the post that you quoted, I don't see anything to indicate that HIV is the only thing it'll be working on.

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... research that COULD THEORETICALLY be applied to SOME diseases doesn't interest me...

But such is the nature of most of scientific research!

You randomly stir up the muddy waters to see what might be there to be seen.

If you already know, then you're just testing earlier scientific work to check for correctness which in itself is important and could theoretically lead onto other new findings and so on...

Now, to circumvent all this expensive tedious silliness and theoretical junk: who's omnipotent?

Hands up now. Don't be shy!


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when i here this i think at United Devices

that has no good Name

it it a commercial Version of WHAT ....

for Info

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2002/03/18/daily9.html

Pharmaceutical giant Novartis [NYSE: NVS] will use the MetaProcessor platform on 1,000 personal computers throughout the Novartis network. MetaProcessor aggregates unused power from personal computers to run computing applications in life sciences and other industries, the release states.

Financial details weren't disclosed.

nothink for me I think...

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I'm not attached because they don't have a BOINC client for Windows.

I'm not attached because they don't have a BOINC client for Windows.

Agreed

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I'm not attached because they don't have a BOINC client for Windows.

Agreed

So I take it you would if the Windows client was available?

I have attached 2 boxes that I could but not all. I gather this is not just like UD, although they are one of the larger sponsors/parters, and it may be worth it. The site is very slick looking, which indicates to me a lot of money behind it. Is that always a bad thing? There are some large companies backing it, but some universities, too. More of a mixed bag than a straight out private venture.

I am still interested in anyone else's comments.

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WCG works with Windows now through BOINC and regardless of who backs a project there is always some financial gain behind it in some aspect.

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WCG works with Windows now through BOINC and regardless of who backs a project there is always some financial gain behind it in some aspect.

They've released the Windows BOINC client? Where?

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They've released the Windows BOINC client? Where?

"We have made the Human Proteome Folding project available on BOINC on Windows."

Sign up for an account as if you are registering for a Linux user. Use the password and Project URL to attach with your BOINC Windows client (or use the 'BOINC Account Key' found under 'My Profile'). This could be done weeks ago (With no work available for BOINC Windows client). The only difference is that they release another project (different project than the WCG Windows client?) to be run with BOINC Windows client now before the current project (WCG Windows Client) can be converted to BOINC Windows in a future date (if and when).

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They've released the Windows BOINC client? Where?

"We have made the Human Proteome Folding project available on BOINC on Windows."

Sign up for an account as if you are registering for a Linux user. Use the password and Project URL to attach with your BOINC Windows client (or use the 'BOINC Account Key' found under 'My Profile'). This could be done weeks ago (With no work available for BOINC Windows client). The only difference is now that they release another project (different project than the WCG Windows client?) to be run with BOINC Windows client now before the current project (WCG Windows Client) can be converted to BOINC Windows in a future date (if and when).

Hmmm...very interesting. My interest has just gone way up. It seems, however, that they're not running the Oxford Cancer project, as UD is doing. And the Protein Folding project looks to be the same as all the other ones out there. So that means there are 3 or 4 different protein folding projects I could sign up for. Decisions, decisions...

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Ive been registered since the 1st day they went on Linux my Windows client has been connected since then awaiting some work still not got any at the moment near to clear some of the work I have already.

WCG have got a HIV project due to launch but it was delayed with the release of BOINC so keeping waiting the HIV Project will be here in the future

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Ive been registered since the 1st day they went on Linux my Windows client has been connected since then awaiting some work still not got any at the moment near to clear some of the work I have already.

WCG have got a HIV project due to launch but it was delayed with the release of BOINC so keeping waiting the HIV Project will be here in the future

My windows clients have mostly gotten and returned work. Have you checked your message logs to see if you have enough HD and Memory for the project?

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What I meant to say John was that BOINC had suspended the work fetch whilst it worked on the many WU's it had, it started the work fetch again and downloaded 5 WCG WU's last night took just over 3hrs on my dial up connection just under 40Mb for 5 WU's

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What I meant to say John was that BOINC had suspended the work fetch whilst it worked on the many WU's it had, it started the work fetch again and downloaded 5 WCG WU's last night took just over 3hrs on my dial up connection just under 40Mb for 5 WU's

Ouch, time for broadband. Yikes. glad I finally moved to DSL after 15 years of dial up.

I have looked under my existing profile at WCG and cannot see a BOINC Account key listed anywhere?

Ouch, time for broadband. Yikes. glad I finally moved to DSL after 15 years of dial up.

Am going back on it when I move shortly came off it a few month back as wasnt working and didnt want to pay out for something I couldn't afford.

Didn't sign up now as it would have been a 12 month contract and I don't want to get tied into one as the area I wil be going to has cable and I want to use them.

I miss Broadband

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I have looked under my existing profile at WCG and cannot see a BOINC Account key listed anywhere?

Contact WCG forums for help over there

And for Borgholio The launch date for the HIV/Aids project has been moved to November 21. We are testing the grid agent and the website changes right now.

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