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Ethan Volunteer moderator Send message Joined: 22 Aug 05 Posts: 286 Credit: 9,304,700 RAC: 0 |
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tralala Send message Joined: 8 Apr 06 Posts: 376 Credit: 581,806 RAC: 0 |
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Research_at_Home.html Cool! Let's hope it will attract more users. We created a landing page for the new participants but it is obviously not used. May I suggest a slight modification of the Join Rosetta part of the homepage? http://iwanuschka.de/rosetta.htm The Join-process is more straight forward explained. The "Create account" step is no longer needed already since Boinc 5.2 was released. |
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BennyRop Send message Joined: 17 Dec 05 Posts: 555 Credit: 140,800 RAC: 0 |
How does this paragraph end in the printed form? The project now has participants from around the world, but the earliest donor of idle computer time came from across campus at the university's Housing and Food Services, where . where space period seems like a strange end to a paragraph. |
LP Send message Joined: 4 Nov 05 Posts: 16 Credit: 177,147 RAC: 0 |
Didn't Google stop sign ups on Google Compute, some time ago? And that was for Folding@Home, not Rosetta. "Thank you for your interest in Google Compute. The latest versions of the Google Toolbar do not support the Google Compute feature. If you would like to support the Folding@home project, please download the official Folding@home client." |
 Hoelder1in Send message Joined: 30 Sep 05 Posts: 169 Credit: 3,915,947 RAC: 0 |
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Research_at_Home.html So could it be that AP intended the article only for local consumption ? So far it only seems to have been carried by news media within the State of Washington (try a Google News search with 'Rosetta@home' and 'Donna' in the search window, for example). Team betterhumans.com - discuss and celebrate the future - hoelder1in.org |
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Dimitris Hatzopoulos Send message Joined: 5 Jan 06 Posts: 336 Credit: 80,939 RAC: 0 |
Didn't Google stop sign ups on Google Compute, some time ago? Yes indeed. GoogleToolBar/GoogleDC doesn't offer any DC project anymore, although older GTB version still run the old Tinker core of F@H. I think the reference to GoogleCompute might be due to my mentioning it Donna's request for feedback thread here: "Back in Dec05, I had been running GoogleCompute (via GoogleToolBar) on my PCs for about 2yr, but I never actually looked into the details. GoogleDC was supposed to donate the computer's idle time to various worthy causes. As the recent GoogleToolbar versions didn't support the DC feature anymore, but I wanted to contribute my PCs' idle time to worthy causes, rather than just jumping on the "default" project, I tried to educate myself about the various projects available." Best UFO Resources Wikipedia R@h How-To: Join Distributed Computing projects that benefit humanity |
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Dimitris Hatzopoulos Send message Joined: 5 Jan 06 Posts: 336 Credit: 80,939 RAC: 0 |
We created a landing page for the new participants but it is obviously not used. May I suggest a slight modification of the Join Rosetta part of the homepage? The extra step (first register at project's site, wait for email and THEN input this info into BOINCmgr) is indeed redundant. I've written about this many times. The 1-2-3 (a la Einstein@home) info is best, like you did on your sample or have a look at my version at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta%40home#How_to_join Best UFO Resources Wikipedia R@h How-To: Join Distributed Computing projects that benefit humanity |
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Donna Blankinship Send message Joined: 4 May 06 Posts: 10 Credit: 0 RAC: 0 |
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003027076_homecomputer30m.html is a more complete version of the story and includes a photo. It is supposed to go national (and not just local), but it seems to be taking a little longer than expected. Donna |
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BennyRop Send message Joined: 17 Dec 05 Posts: 555 Credit: 140,800 RAC: 0 |
Thank you for the complete article, Donna. :) Have you considered testing out the program on your computer(s), to see how easy it is to setup, and remove the stigma of having Rosetta claiming you're a Zero (according to credit score and RAC)? /e ducks. :) |
Vester Send message Joined: 2 Nov 05 Posts: 257 Credit: 3,158,457 RAC: 9,572 
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Benny, Benny, Benny... Thanks, Donna! |
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Tarx Send message Joined: 2 Apr 06 Posts: 42 Credit: 103,468 RAC: 0 |
[quote]Didn't Google stop sign ups on Google Compute, some time ago? Yes, when Google made major changes to their tool bar, the Google Compute part was no longer compatible with the latest version. The older version is still running on 6,774 computers (active CPUs within 50 days). http://toolbar.google.com/dc/offerdc.html In their FAQ (see link), I laughed when I saw question 9 "I already get enough protein in my diet... why should I care?" For more info about why it stopped check http://forum.folding-community.org/viewtopic.php?t=13539 |
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tralala Send message Joined: 8 Apr 06 Posts: 376 Credit: 581,806 RAC: 0 |
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Gerry Rough Send message Joined: 2 Jan 06 Posts: 111 Credit: 1,389,340 RAC: 0 |
Now the article is gone national. See here for yourself: I think our wildest dreams have just come true. Hopefully the major networks and largest newspapers will run stories as well. I sent an email a few days ago to the O'reilly factor asking them to do a segment since that show often gets into good causes and such. I was just thinking that if a bunch of us sent notes to them from the foxnews web site, they might just decide to run the story. After all, what better cause to join than one with national health care implications, as well as national security if we are ever attacked with a biological weapon for which there might not be a cure as of yet. Look folks, so the argument would go, we need this important data for bioscience to bring cures quicker to the marketplace. Head for the foxnews website and mention this in your emails! Or you can send the email to Oreilly@foxnews.com. To neglect to do so, art thou not of dufus repute?!! Gerry Rough |
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sslickerson Send message Joined: 14 Oct 05 Posts: 101 Credit: 578,497 RAC: 0 |
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Dimitris Hatzopoulos Send message Joined: 5 Jan 06 Posts: 336 Credit: 80,939 RAC: 0 |
Big help over at CNN, atleast a couple hundred thousand pass thru's a day... Yes, it's great for publicity, but if you look closer you'll see that many media (republishing Donna's article for AP), incl. CNN's version quoted above, DON'T INCLUDE THE ROSETTA URL :-( Which explains why my DC-page keeps getting hits from Google from people looking for "baker" "idle" etc: xx.xx.xx.15 - - [05/Jun/2006:15:51:40 +0300] "GET /dc-howto.html HTTP/1.1" 200 27716 "http://www.google.be/search?hl=nl&q=baker+protein+idle&meta=" "Mozilla/4.0 Best UFO Resources Wikipedia R@h How-To: Join Distributed Computing projects that benefit humanity |
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sslickerson Send message Joined: 14 Oct 05 Posts: 101 Credit: 578,497 RAC: 0 |
Big help over at CNN, atleast a couple hundred thousand pass thru's a day... Oh wow, I didn't even notice that. I think maybe the AP should be contacted? Edit: I contacted Donna by email just to let her know, although I'm sure nothing can done at this point :(  |
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Robert Everly Send message Joined: 8 Oct 05 Posts: 27 Credit: 665,094 RAC: 0 |
Noticed the CNN.COM article didn't provide a link to the project. So I sent a request to the editor. You can too at this link http://www.cnn.com/feedback/dotcom/ |
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