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From: Pubkeybreaker on 7 May 2010 09:28 Join NFS(a)Home! Help finish the Cunningham project, the longest ongoing computational project in history.
From: Gerry Myerson on 9 May 2010 23:53 In article <23ec9c50-c0ed-4f38-a722-de91e30247fd(a)j33g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, Pubkeybreaker <pubkeybreaker(a)aol.com> wrote: > Join NFS(a)Home! Help finish the Cunningham project, the longest > ongoing computational project in history. When you want people to join something, it's traditional to tell them how. -- Gerry Myerson (gerry(a)maths.mq.edi.ai) (i -> u for email)
From: Noob on 10 May 2010 03:43 Gerry Myerson wrote: > Pubkeybreaker wrote: > >> Join NFS(a)Home! Help finish the Cunningham project, the longest >> ongoing computational project in history. > > When you want people to join something, it's traditional to tell them how. The project description on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFS(a)Home The official website http://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs/ Regards.
From: Mok-Kong Shen on 10 May 2010 04:51 Noob wrote: > Gerry Myerson wrote: > >> Pubkeybreaker wrote: >> >>> Join NFS(a)Home! Help finish the Cunningham project, the longest >>> ongoing computational project in history. >> >> When you want people to join something, it's traditional to tell them >> how. > > The project description on Wikipedia > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFS(a)Home > > The official website > http://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs/ As I remarked in sci.crypt in a thread (initiated 05.04) of the same title, there are practical issues (no software to tightly control the CPU consumption and necessity of constant connection with the server) that likely renders a participation unattractive for many people with computers running OS like Windows. M. K. Shen
From: Pubkeybreaker on 12 May 2010 08:47
On May 10, 4:51 am, Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.s...(a)t-online.de> wrote: > Noob wrote: > > Gerry Myerson wrote: > > >> Pubkeybreaker wrote: > > >>> Join NFS(a)Home! Help finish the Cunningham project, the longest > >>> ongoing computational project in history. > > >> When you want people to join something, it's traditional to tell them > >> how. > > > The project description on Wikipedia > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFS(a)Home > > > The official website > >http://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs/ > > As I remarked in sci.crypt in a thread (initiated 05.04) of the same > title, there are practical issues (no software to tightly control > the CPU consumption and necessity of constant connection with the > server) that likely renders a participation unattractive for many > people with computers running OS like Windows. > Your reply assumes facts that are contrary to the available evidence. BOINC supports both Windows and off-line processing. Work Assignments are/can be small, so that code only runs for an hour or two, thus limiting CPU usage. |