Yeah my quest at the start of the year to find a DC project I could fall in love with again has been a road of potholes. And yep, sure enough, just got it added and Rosetta is out also. I'm batting zero. Didn't use to be like this and I wonder what the real reason is. Maybe really no work...
With the problems at WCG and the over all negative vibe on their site, I'm thinking of adding Rosetta. Looks easy to do since they're both BOINC. Also, what a great site Rosetta has. All the things you look for and can't find on WCG is front and center. I'm sure $$$ and staffing have a lot...
For those that browse their website, there's not a lot of happy campers when it comes to how the program is being run. Funding will always be an issue with DC but communication is free and that is something they lack also. And yeah to the comment that these issues almost never get fixed if it...
Listen, I get it. If it was easy the world would never have problems because we could solve them the same day we discovered them. I'm still crunching for WCG right now but am very disappointed there hasn't been more progress inmedical DC in 20 years. If you were around way back then, it was...
What an outstanding thread! Every question I had was answered in the next couple posts, page or links. Only thing now as mentioned with the Pi-5 us what's the best bang for the buck bundling them all together in a mount or take advantage of lower prices on the 4.
The common thread seems to be unlimited research hours and a spec of sand found here and there. Research funding gives researchers time, nothing found and then need more money. There's zero connection between results and funding. That's not what DC was sold as in the beginning for those of us...
Lets learn to walk before we run. A find twice a year, how about 1 find in the last 20? At least there would be something to believe in. If we're not making things simple enough with our calculations, then we are moving in the wrong direction.
Science for what we are looking for is getting...
I totally disagree and here's why. DC has never really had much nat'l coverage because there really wasn't much to talk about other than a pie-in-the-sky theory that maybe this will work, we really don't know. And 20 years later, we still don't have much except and people/programs in disarray...
SETI, yeah I remember the start of that and a big push was from Art Bell whom I met at his house. Wasn't interested in finding aliens, my neighbors are easily located. Have you read "BOINC in review", if not, you going back so far will appreciate the time warp in the read. Doing a lot of...
Yes, you are correct that some projects are much simpler to declare success. I base my opinion of research success in the medical field of MD friends and my gf who is a PharmD and worked for a major in research for 5 years. Not the level at which DC is at but understands the concept and 100%...
Some interesting points for sure. I reflect on the best in-depth article I have ever seen about DC about BOINC in retrospect.
Maybe it just makes more sense to me as I was there in the beginning of DC and I like many others didn't just simply install some software and sit back but bought/ran...
DC is just one big cycle of funding...research...use volunteers...no money/funding/desire...no research...less volunteers. Sad that if DC is really helping and I believe it is as we're just essentially a mini super computer for them, a better way of doing business would be in everyone's best...
Thanks for the link, it was exactly what I was looking for. I will put the 7950X on my watch list as its very close to what I'm looking for and the W is reasonable. Sadly, WCG, the best I've looked at so and am running has a questionable financial future as I think many do. Since this rig is...
I use a public DNS server through my vpn which has worked extremely well so far and I'm 100% Linux. Would be interested in a quick detail of your Pi DNS set up. Is there a site that compares on a rough scale how cpu's compare to each other on DC? I'm not a points guy, just what big bang for...
What a nice article. You put some time into that. Thanks for the effort. Didn't finish it yet, but will. I'm looking for a high end system. In short can you list what would be the crazy top performer set up in Pi? I was just earlier today looking at cpu's in the 1k range as a dedicated...
Had no idea about the raspberry pi being so efficient. Can't wait to see how that is possible on 4W. Had been looking at energy efficient 12 or 16 core. Thanks.
Outstanding answer. Thanks, this gives me a good start. The number of cpu cores available have changed a lot since I was last involved. Are most projects up to date in using higher end cores or not? In the past, many were not even taking advantage of 64-bit systems but that seems to have...
Was big into DC a long time ago and looking at maybe trying it again. Four quick questions come to mind I need answered.
1. I recall reading a letter from one of the BOINC founders a few years ago and him stating in essence what a failure or tons of issues that really reflected bad on the...
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