Ditto... but worth noting is that another similarly amazing distributed-computing project, Folding@Home, is still going strong. So if you still feel like you want to contribute towards something...
Ditto... but worth noting is that another similarly amazing distributed-computing project, Folding@Home, is still going strong. So if you still feel like you want to contribute towards something cool/positive with your spare CPU/GPU cycles: https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/
Damn, crazy to read this. I was just musing with a friend about SETI@home barely a week ago. I participated from 2006 to 2010, at what felt like a "late stage" of the project—Astropulse work units...
Damn, crazy to read this. I was just musing with a friend about SETI@home barely a week ago. I participated from 2006 to 2010, at what felt like a "late stage" of the project—Astropulse work units were coming on line, GPUs with CUDA processing exploded onto the scene, and I made a ton of early online friends on the SETI@home forums.
I had a terrible Intel Celeron desktop at the time which got a stunning RAC of 80, which I then augmented with my epic Windows Vista laptop which achieved ~400 RAC. Finally in 2009 I built my own PC with the just-released Nehalem Core i7's from Intel, and my credit earning capabilities went through the roof.
What a nostalgia trip. Congratulations to the team at Berkeley including Eric Korpela for running such a foundational distributed computing project.
Ditto... but worth noting is that another similarly amazing distributed-computing project, Folding@Home, is still going strong. So if you still feel like you want to contribute towards something cool/positive with your spare CPU/GPU cycles: https://foldingathome.org/start-folding/
I'm an interesting twist, they've just started analyzing COVID-19 structures.
Me too. The decision doesn’t seem permanent though. The project will remain, they’re just not gonna receive any more data for now.
Damn, crazy to read this. I was just musing with a friend about SETI@home barely a week ago. I participated from 2006 to 2010, at what felt like a "late stage" of the project—Astropulse work units were coming on line, GPUs with CUDA processing exploded onto the scene, and I made a ton of early online friends on the SETI@home forums.
I had a terrible Intel Celeron desktop at the time which got a stunning RAC of 80, which I then augmented with my epic Windows Vista laptop which achieved ~400 RAC. Finally in 2009 I built my own PC with the just-released Nehalem Core i7's from Intel, and my credit earning capabilities went through the roof.
What a nostalgia trip. Congratulations to the team at Berkeley including Eric Korpela for running such a foundational distributed computing project.