Very interesting.

Last year, I actually met Dr. Taufer at the University of Delaware, and discussed "Docking@Home".

Anyway, I see the article states:

Kevin Kreiser, a third-year graduate student in Taufer’s group, is developing the software for ExSciTecH (an immersive volunteer computing system to Explore Science, Technology, and Health), which will allow volunteers to “throw” a molecule right into a protein using a Nintendo Wii.

Don't know exactly what “throw” a molecule right into a protein exactly means, but I suspect that it is something very different that the computationally intensive "folding" that F@H does.

Would love to be wrong about this. Anything that will bring more people into DC is a good thing...

Very interesting.

Last year, I actually met Dr. Taufer at the University of Delaware, and discussed "Docking@Home".

Anyway, I see the article states:

Kevin Kreiser, a third-year graduate student in Taufer’s group, is developing the software for ExSciTecH (an immersive volunteer computing system to Explore Science, Technology, and Health), which will allow volunteers to “throw” a molecule right into a protein using a Nintendo Wii.

Don't know exactly what “throw” a molecule right into a protein exactly means, but I suspect that it is something very different that the computationally intensive "folding" that F@H does.

Would love to be wrong about this. Anything that will bring more people into DC is a good thing...

maybe its similar to the fold-it game

Possibly.

If so, then its more like Distributed Thinking than Distributed Computing. My premise was the WII likely isn't strong enough cpu/gpu wise, and "open platform" enough to perform Distributed Computing in a meaningful way...

Possibly.

If so, then its more like Distributed Thinking than Distributed Computing. My premise was the WII likely isn't strong enough cpu/gpu wise, and "open platform" enough to perform Distributed Computing in a meaningful way...

if you find out please post

Seems like Dell and I were able to resolve our differences re alleged pricing error, and an XPS 9000 Intel Core i7 920 should be on its way...

As I wasn't certain that it was going to happen, finished buying up parts to build my own i7. So, that should be coming online also.

That will be 2 quadcores with hyperthreading, or 16 threads capable of running Boinc.

I'm not certain, but I thought I read somewhere that if you're going to use hyperthreading, its best to give the cpu a good mix of Boinc, rather than all the same project. Don't remember all the technical reasons, but just that to maximize hyperthreading, best for multiple projects, not all Rosie.

So, I haven't done so in awhile, but I guess I'll go take a look at all the new projects that have come on line, and make a list of all the projects I'm willing to allocate resources to, and then decide what the percentages will be.

So, with two i7 920's and my current q6600, thats 20 threads for Boinc'ing !

Rosie and Simap are my two favorites, and that will be reflected in my ultimate allocations...

The main reason was just that some HT systems share a floating point processor for both of the virtual cores. Since R@h is so floating point intensive, this shared resource becomes a point of contention. A mix of applications, especially one that uses more integer arithmetic, would help utilize both cores while not overcommitting the shared floating point processor.

If the system is low on memory (i.e. less then about 1GB per core), then a mix of projects would also tend to include things that use less memory then R@h and avoid swapping and memory contention issues.

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silly question, but is there a list somewhere (a thread here at Rosie, or external website) that would list which Boinc Projects play nice (i.e., more integer arithmetic, use less memory then R@h) on hyperthreaded cpu's?

silly question, but is there a list somewhere (a thread here at Rosie, or external website) that would list which Boinc Projects play nice (i.e., more integer arithmetic, use less memory then R@h) on hyperthreaded cpu's?

I do not know of one but hope someone does, this could get tedious otherwise!!
I run Malaria right now and it is using 155K for Malaria itself while Boinc Manager is using 13K, I am only running it one of the 2 cores on this laptop.

The UBW is the only one I'm aware of that gives you a feel for the resources used.
http://www.boinc-wiki.info/Choosing_a_BOINC_Powered_Project

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Thanx!

Gonna be my first experiences with Win7 (64bit). Home Premium on one, Professional on the other.

Does it have the same (UAC - User Access Control) "problem" that Vista does? (i.e., won't automatically start Boinc upon a reboot)

Thanx!

Gonna be my first experiences with Win7 (64bit). Home Premium on one, Professional on the other.

Does it have the same (UAC - User Access Control) "problem" that Vista does? (i.e., won't automatically start Boinc upon a reboot)

Both of my 64 bit machines restart just fine after a reboot. I did go in and make them not ask for the account password during the setup though. I do that on all my machines, it seems silly to ask for a password when it is just the family here.

The UBW is the only one I'm aware of that gives you a feel for the resources used.
http://www.boinc-wiki.info/Choosing_a_BOINC_Powered_Project

Boy someone needs to go in and update that page! There are quite a few more Projects than are listed there, but it does provide the needed info for what is there.

Reboot itself isn't the issue, but the fact that Boinc won't restart once Windoze has.

Have to go through a UAC "rig-a-ma-row" to restart Boinc once Windoze is running.

Both of my 64 bit machines restart just fine after a reboot. I did go in and make them not ask for the account password during the setup though. I do that on all my machines, it seems silly to ask for a password when it is just the family here.

Reboot itself isn't the issue, but the fact that Boinc won't restart once Windoze has.

Have to go through a UAC "rig-a-ma-row" to restart Boinc once Windoze is running.

Both of my 64 bit machines restart just fine after a reboot. I did go in and make them not ask for the account password during the setup though. I do that on all my machines, it seems silly to ask for a password when it is just the family here.

Yes that is what I was talking about too, I have to do that on my main machine, which is 32 bit, but my 64bit machines don't have that problem.

eta on dell xps 9000 (core i7 920) is 01-20-10.

just received the 60gb ocz vertex solid state drive, for my core i7 920 build. can't believe how small/light that thing is! there's nothing to it! and allegedly very energy efficient. hdd's are dead...

eta on dell xps 9000 (core i7 920) is 01-20-10.

just received the 60gb ocz vertex solid state drive, for my core i7 920 build. can't believe how small/light that thing is! there's nothing to it! and allegedly very energy efficient. hdd's are dead...

Actually I think their demise might be held up just a little bit, the ssd's are NOT cheap yet, but are getting less expensive. The cost of the hdd's are dropping every day so yes I think it will happen, just not yet. I actually got a 64gb ssd last year for about 100 dollars US and I put that in my netbook so I could test different OS's and not worry about the OS that came with it, Windows XP Home. The netbook is currently running Win7 Beta. I have not found a Linux OS I like that supports all the things it can do. I have tried Ubuntu, Mint and half a dozen others but either the wireless doesn't work, the camera doesn't work or something else doesn't work. I will keep looking though! I want to try the new Google OS but haven't found a download for it yet. I have an Asus 1000HA and have upgraded to 2 gig of ram already, so Win7 runs just fine but the screen won't go beyond 1024 x 600 so it looks funky.

I got some money for Christmas so I may work on building my own i7 here shortly.

it has been stated that only Win 7 supports the ssd TRIM command. supposedly coming to linux "soon". so, i'm going with win 7 pro...

Boinc can always use as many i7's as we can get !

merry xmas one and all !!!

here's a large tin of fresh deep frozen krill for your holidays pengy.
here's to 2010.
going to install microspy 7 now are you?
good luck with that.

A very Happy New Year to all!