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!
Apr 19, 2010, 1:12 am
#16
FlyerTalk Evangelist
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: SGF
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Posts: 23,194
Where is
http://www.malariacontrol.net/team_d...hp?teamid=2338
on the team stats?
I know Malaria Control is over capacity (they are always running out of work so I had to add some other projects)
http://www.malariacontrol.net/team_d...hp?teamid=2338
on the team stats?
I know Malaria Control is over capacity (they are always running out of work so I had to add some other projects)
Total credit 0
Recent average credit 0
I'm not entirely sure why, since you do have credit (albeit a RAC of only 1.65). Give it a few more days (and accumulate a bit more credit) and we'll see if it shows up. If MalariaControl.net's team stats start showing more than 0 credit but the stats sites have not picked it up, then I'll look into it more.
Apr 19, 2010, 1:29 pm
#17
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Sherman Oaks, CA
Programs: Ozark Go-Getters Gold, Statler Star Silver, others from a variety of alternate timelines
Posts: 843
The person who's leading in "total credits" is me (guess you all know my real name now, not that it was that hard to find 
) -- I leave my Mac Pro at home on 24/7, and it's been doing BOINC projects when idle for quite a while now.
) -- I leave my Mac Pro at home on 24/7, and it's been doing BOINC projects when idle for quite a while now.
Apr 22, 2010, 4:45 am
#18
FlyerTalk Evangelist
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Welcome to new team member kendrasa!
And
--we were featured in TalkMail! If you came here because of that mention, join the team and say hello! 
And
--we were featured in TalkMail! If you came here because of that mention, join the team and say hello!
Apr 22, 2010, 4:46 am
#19
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
I am on a slow interweb connection with a small finite cap on bandwith... how much bandwith does BOINC eat up?
Apr 22, 2010, 4:49 am
#20
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I'd estimate you'd be looking at under 10MB per day, but don't hold me specifically to that number.
Apr 24, 2010, 1:10 am
#22
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And a big welcome to matt and debonairy!
I went to the SETI@home website to see if I could find a page I could link to for you, but it appears you got it working, since you're listed as a new member.
Apr 24, 2010, 1:50 am
#23
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
Very little. Depending on the project you join, a typical workunit will run from less than a megabyte to just a couple of megabytes. Some of the more in-depth projects (CPDN, IIRC) may have larger workunits, but those will take many months of processing, and so you won't be downloading them as often.
I'd estimate you'd be looking at under 10MB per day, but don't hold me specifically to that number.
I'd estimate you'd be looking at under 10MB per day, but don't hold me specifically to that number.
Oh well
Guess I've joined as well... just waiting for 'validation' of some data
Apr 24, 2010, 9:51 pm
#25
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
Apr 25, 2010, 12:50 am
#26
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Just a note: If you have a compatible graphics card, joining a GPU-enabled project is a great way to help boost our Team FlyerTalk position! I've been letting my GPU at work crunch on Collatz Conjecture (the only project that works with my particular ATI GPU), and it's been helping us out substantially.
Instructions for how to do this are in the link above, but the first key is to open your BOINC client, look at the Messages tab or window, scroll to the top, and look about 10-15 lines down for a mention of a compatible GPU. You should see either "ATI GPU," "NVIDIA GPU," or "No usable GPUs found." If you have a GPU, then attach to one of the projects listed in the above link and watch your recent average credit soar!
I'm also going to add this note to the first post.
Instructions for how to do this are in the link above, but the first key is to open your BOINC client, look at the Messages tab or window, scroll to the top, and look about 10-15 lines down for a mention of a compatible GPU. You should see either "ATI GPU," "NVIDIA GPU," or "No usable GPUs found." If you have a GPU, then attach to one of the projects listed in the above link and watch your recent average credit soar!
I'm also going to add this note to the first post.
Apr 25, 2010, 1:57 am
#28
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The other project that works with ATI cards is MilkyWay@home, but it requires a double-precision ATI card, which mine isn't. Might be worth testing on yours if you want.
Apr 25, 2010, 2:24 am
#29
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 169
Turns out my ATI Mobility does not support double precision. I think the desktop version does. Pity
Apr 25, 2010, 2:29 am
#30
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