Since S@H1 fizzled away, I found myself pretty disenchanted with the whole S@H BIONC deal. Seemed too clunky, and as much as I love searching for ET signals, I was welcome to a breath of fresh DC air.
So I poked around and found a pretty neat little project - Climate Prediction. So after giving it a go - I must say, I absolutely LOVE how the client is setup on this project. It's even easier to use than S@H1's CLI with the multiple add-on programs available(except for things like mass network installs perhaps).
The big plus, is that the "work units" take SO long that you don't need to cache large sets of data and the project isn't as prone to falling on its face with network "blips." So far, after a couple of days I'm only 50% done with 1 of 3 phases of this dataset on a 3Ghz P4. So obviously we're talking alot of time per each dataset. I'm pretty sure it is easy to just "dump" the results if you have an intermittent connection like dial-up, but I think it only gets a small amount of results prepared once or twice a day in my case.
There is also a very cool visualization function, where you can see your modelled Earth change right before your eyes with things like temperature, pressure, cloud cover etc.
The only cons I can see are that the datasets do take a long time to crunch, so you have to change your outlook on results from the instant S@H WU times, and that the client uses about 45-50MB of physical memory while running. Not a huge amount for most computers these days, but it might be pushing the limits on a 4-5 year old machine.
Another good reason to join - the TeAm is only in 30th place overall, with only 25 members - most of whom are inactive.
Just thought I'd give a little plug for this project, even though I'm sure most of you already know about it. I've found I really enjoy it, and after a few upper level Biology courses I've recently taken that touched on climate change I find the science quite fascinating. Besides - I need people I can race!!!
So come on and join the Climate Prediction TeAm!!!
So I poked around and found a pretty neat little project - Climate Prediction. So after giving it a go - I must say, I absolutely LOVE how the client is setup on this project. It's even easier to use than S@H1's CLI with the multiple add-on programs available(except for things like mass network installs perhaps).
The big plus, is that the "work units" take SO long that you don't need to cache large sets of data and the project isn't as prone to falling on its face with network "blips." So far, after a couple of days I'm only 50% done with 1 of 3 phases of this dataset on a 3Ghz P4. So obviously we're talking alot of time per each dataset. I'm pretty sure it is easy to just "dump" the results if you have an intermittent connection like dial-up, but I think it only gets a small amount of results prepared once or twice a day in my case.
There is also a very cool visualization function, where you can see your modelled Earth change right before your eyes with things like temperature, pressure, cloud cover etc.
The only cons I can see are that the datasets do take a long time to crunch, so you have to change your outlook on results from the instant S@H WU times, and that the client uses about 45-50MB of physical memory while running. Not a huge amount for most computers these days, but it might be pushing the limits on a 4-5 year old machine.
Another good reason to join - the TeAm is only in 30th place overall, with only 25 members - most of whom are inactive.
Just thought I'd give a little plug for this project, even though I'm sure most of you already know about it. I've found I really enjoy it, and after a few upper level Biology courses I've recently taken that touched on climate change I find the science quite fascinating. Besides - I need people I can race!!!
So come on and join the Climate Prediction TeAm!!!