Apr 19, 2014, 12:50 pm
Last edit by: jackal
:-: Donate your unused processor cycles for research! :-:
Get started:
- Download BOINC here
- Find one or more projects whose goals interest you from this page* (here's another, more comprehensive, page with some descriptions, and here's a Wikipedia page as well--pick from the projects with the green "yes" under the "BOINC based" column)
- *If you have a compatible ATI or NVIDIA graphics card, choose at least one project with the appropriate logo to take advantage of your GPU's extra horsepower
Without an account manager
- In BOINC, click "Add Project" and choose the project from the list. If a project is not listed, enter the URL of the project's website
- Log in to your account on each project's website, search for a team named FlyerTalk, and click join
- Repeat for any additional projects you have joined
OR: with an account manager:
(An account manager allows easier control of multiple projects and/or multiple computers)
- Register with an account manager (BAM, GridRepublic)
- Log into the account manager and select projects to join (detailed steps for BAM, GridRepublic)
- Join the FlyerTalk team for each of your projects in the account manager
- From within BOINC, click "Add Project" and choose to add an account manager. Enter the details of your account manager, and everything else will start automatically!
The FlyerTalk BOINC Team: Donate your computer's idle time for research!
May 11, 2010, 7:18 pm
#61
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May 12, 2010, 4:47 pm
#62
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Gold, FB Plat
Posts: 396
Turn the screen off. 
Or attempt to convince her that leaving it running all the time actually reduces wear and tear on the machine, since the parts are not repeatedly expanding and contracting from constant heating up and cooling down. (Hey, there is some truth to that!
)
Or attempt to convince her that leaving it running all the time actually reduces wear and tear on the machine, since the parts are not repeatedly expanding and contracting from constant heating up and cooling down. (Hey, there is some truth to that!
)
May 12, 2010, 10:52 pm
#63
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Uh oh, boss discovered BOINC running on his computer. 
Fortunately, I was able to convince him that donating computer cycles to cure cancer was a worthy cause...
Fortunately, I was able to convince him that donating computer cycles to cure cancer was a worthy cause...
May 14, 2010, 3:00 am
#64
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend, Moderator, Information Desk, Ambassador, Alaska Airlines
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: FAI
Programs: AS MVP Gold100K, AS 1MM, Maika`i Card, AGR, HH Gold, Hertz PC, Marriott Titanium LTG, CO, 7H, BA, 8E
Posts: 42,953
Similar thing was discovered @ home... and a reinstall of boinc on my laptop did not fare well (and have not had time to troubleshoot it yet)...
May 17, 2010, 4:02 pm
#65
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: BWI (Annapolis) & PWM (Bailey Island)
Programs: AA LT Gold (MM), WN A-List, Fairmont L/T Plat, HH Diamond
Posts: 884
Finally have it figured out how to attach projects to the project manager. Now I can get my work & other misc home computers running this BOINC. Any programs you recommend? The website & project descriptions aren't very user friendly outside of the SETI one.
May 18, 2010, 12:31 am
#66
FlyerTalk Evangelist
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Posts: 23,192
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ng_.28BOINC.29
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Project_list
At the top of the first post (in the stats graphics), you can see what many of the rest of us are running, but I'm sure you'll find something you enjoy contributing to in one of those links.
May 24, 2010, 4:49 pm
#67
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: SGF
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Congratulations, Team FlyerTalk--we've passed the two million credit mark! This puts us in 3,836th place out of 87,498 other teams. And believe it or not (largely thanks to debonairy's willingness to use a GPU-enabled project--hint, hint!), we are #549 out of 87,555 teams in recent credit. If even one more person adds a GPU-enabled project, we have a shot at getting into the top 100!
May 26, 2010, 7:32 pm
#71
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: LAX
Programs: Airline Free Agent/MR Gold/ HH Diamond/National/MGM/Amex
Posts: 662
Just stumbled on this today and loaded up the program. My laptop is a few years old but every little bit helps!
^ to the everyone for getting this team going!
^ to the everyone for getting this team going!
May 26, 2010, 8:15 pm
#72
In Memoriam, FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Southern California
Programs: DL: 3.8 MM, Marriott: Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 24,575
May 26, 2010, 9:39 pm
#73
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May 27, 2010, 7:59 am
#74
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 169
Jun 10, 2010, 3:33 pm
#75
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: London, UK
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Posts: 396
