World Community Grid computing - BOINC FlyerTalk Team - Page 2

jasonvr · Nov 12, 11, 8:30 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL

I went to this page:
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/index.jsp
Signed up, and downloaded the program. I got the "Intel Mac's don't support PowerPC Applications" error.

Therefore, I assume that the program is PowerPC.

The download page for WCG clearly states "PowerPC, x86" which means it should work on both. Something is amiss here

PVDtoDEL · Nov 12, 11, 9:26 am

I downloaded it again and it seems to work this time...

**jackal** · Nov 12, 11, 7:26 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL

I went to this page:
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/index.jsp
Signed up, and downloaded the program. I got the "Intel Mac's don't support PowerPC Applications" error.

Therefore, I assume that the program is PowerPC.

Oh, oops. I got my threads mixed up. I was thinking we were in this thread: The FlyerTalk BOINC Team!

AA_EXP09 · Nov 16, 11, 4:10 pm

I joined using my FT name.

AA_EXP09 · Nov 18, 11, 4:29 pm

Is it just me or does this cause your battery life to go down?

**jackal** · Nov 18, 11, 6:45 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by AA_EXP09

Is it just me or does this cause your battery life to go down?

Running a CPU at 100% does use significantly more power, whether it's computing a malaria vaccine or compressing a video or playing a FPS video game.

However, the app has an option to pause computation when on battery power. I'd suggest turning that on.

jasonvr · Nov 29, 11, 1:42 pm

Just got my first badge! Bronze (14 days) for Human Proteome Folding - Phase 2

1000k00 · Dec 1, 11, 7:50 am

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Originally Posted by jasonvr

Just got my first badge! Bronze (14 days) for Human Proteome Folding - Phase 2

that's great! keep up the good work.

**JDiver** · Dec 3, 11, 9:38 pm

Congratulations! And thanks for the opportunity to say "I don' need no steenkeen' badge"...

(But I've got a silver and several bronzes myself - I guess we need some kind of status for it to work on FT!)

Current stats:

Current Members 19 (#1,422)
Total Run Time (y:d:h:m:s) (Rank) 16:311:23:55:05 (#1,901)
Points Generated (Rank) 6,318,826 (#2,945)
Results Returned (Rank) 18,157 (#2,368)

jasonvr · Dec 3, 11, 9:44 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by JDiver

Congratulations! And thanks for the opportunity to say "I don' need no steenkeen' badge"...

You're welcome

And I think it was the link in your signature that got me started

antichef · Dec 13, 11, 2:20 pm

I didnt know there was an FT team until I noticed your signature strap either!

I have the office desktops all set to run seti@home on the BOINC system. I will have to look to see how I can get them linked to the FT account.

Monty_GER · Dec 15, 11, 1:31 pm

Count me in.

I will set up my Office Computer since my home laptop tends to overheat and has not too much capacity.

My accountname euqals my handle.

S.

**JDiver** · Dec 16, 11, 7:16 pm

We have a growing team...

20 members, and with dual or quad processors, our contributions grow:
Total Run Time (y:d:h:m:s) 17:127:09:48:41
Points Generated 6,735,108
Results Returned 18,751

and here's the BOINC - World Community Grid e-mail for the holidays:

Quote:

Originally Posted by World Community Grid

Dear jdiver,

We want to take a moment to thank you for participating in World Community Grid during this past year and contributing to valuable humanitarian research.

Thanks to many of you, there are now ten (10) projects running on World Community Grid. In 2011, exciting new projects were launched. These include Go Fight Against Malaria and Drug Search for Leishmaniasis. There are more to follow in the coming year.

So your help is needed more than ever before.

If you are not participating in World Community Grid at this time, we invite you to rejoin and help the researchers complete their studies. To rejoin click on "Register Now" under Quick Links on the right.

If you are participating, we thank you for that and invite you to ask your family and friends to also participate. The easiest way to do that is to use the Tell-A-Friend feature.

We're on a mission to reach the 2 million registered device count as soon as possible. Your help toward meeting that goal is appreciated.

Thank you,

The World Community Grid Team

antichef · Dec 21, 11, 3:27 pm

Got the signup sorted. Ferret is the BOINC handle - as I have been on it for longer than FT, and is there for a different reason.

UNHBuzzard · Jan 28, 12, 9:31 pm

I'm in. I used to do the old BOINC thing, but my laptops that were running it slowly died due to old age. I may resurrect one just for poops & giggles.