Since the charity stream got so much love I figure this is a good time to bring this up. I let universities use my cpu and graphics card, through boinc, to do projects like a drug search for Leishmaniasis, or conquering cancer (sadly these units are running out quickly, they didn't expect to get them all done so fast), and looking for pulsars. There are a lot more things you can do with this just go through the project list and find something you like.
home:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
project list:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php
download:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php
World Community Grid is a project I think everyone should do since it researches a lot of different things: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/
I also do Einstein@home which is the one that looks for pulsars: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/
But its not just limited to that, I said in the first paragraph to just look through the project list and find something you like and I hope some of you do find something to do. It's always nice to feel like you're doing something when you're not actually doing anything. Thank you.
I do science with my computer, those links tell you how^.
Since the charity stream got so much love I figure this is a good time to bring this up. I let universities use my cpu and graphics card, through boinc, to do projects like a drug search for Leishmaniasis, or conquering cancer (sadly these units are running out quickly, they didn't expect to get them all done so fast), and looking for pulsars. There are a lot more things you can do with this just go through the project list and find something you like.
home:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/
project list:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php
download:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download.php
World Community Grid is a project I think everyone should do since it researches a lot of different things: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/
I also do Einstein@home which is the one that looks for pulsars: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/
But its not just limited to that, I said in the first paragraph to just look through the project list and find something you like and I hope some of you do find something to do. It's always nice to feel like you're doing something when you're not actually doing anything. Thank you.
I do science with my computer, those links tell you how^.
I forgot to link to the publication page in case any of you were skeptical that these people weren't just stealing your computer power:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Publications_by_BOINC_projects
The program also tracks how much science you did by way of awarding points for any tasks that you did.
screenshots:
http://i.imgur.com/ugAmyDC.png
task page
http://i.imgur.com/LRZlkZp.png
transfers page
http://i.imgur.com/0VDPgw8.png
project points page (separate by project)
It isn't pretty, but it works well and it tells you what it can.
I'll try and answer any questions I think I'm capable of.
edit: I made this post because there are more things than money we can donate.
I forgot to link to the publication page in case any of you were skeptical that these people weren't just stealing your computer power:
http://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Publications_by_BOINC_projects
The program also tracks how much science you did by way of awarding points for any tasks that you did.
screenshots:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ugAmyDC.png[/img]
task page
[img]http://i.imgur.com/LRZlkZp.png[/img]
transfers page
[img]http://i.imgur.com/0VDPgw8.png[/img]
project points page (separate by project)
It isn't pretty, but it works well and it tells you what it can.
I'll try and answer any questions I think I'm capable of.
edit: I made this post because there are more things than money we can donate.
That's kind of awesome. My first thought was "I wonder if it works as a stability test for overclocks"
That's kind of awesome. My first thought was "I wonder if it works as a stability test for overclocks"
I've been an avid supporter of distributed computing projects for the last few years, and have dedicated many machines and GPUs just for the cause. I love accumulating computer hardware, so anything I stop using essentially runs distributed computing applications until it is sold or dies.
WCG stats: http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=user&proj=bwcg&name=652421
F@H stats: http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=479212
I'm going to be sad when Help Conquer Cancer runs out of new GPU work within a month, considering I have an HD 7970, 2x HD 7950s and 2x HD 7770s doing that, but there might be new projects in the future. :)
I've been an avid supporter of distributed computing projects for the last few years, and have dedicated many machines and GPUs just for the cause. I love accumulating computer hardware, so anything I stop using essentially runs distributed computing applications until it is sold or dies.
WCG stats: http://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=user&proj=bwcg&name=652421
F@H stats: http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=479212
I'm going to be sad when Help Conquer Cancer runs out of new GPU work within a month, considering I have an HD 7970, 2x HD 7950s and 2x HD 7770s doing that, but there might be new projects in the future. :)
If this thread gets a good enough response I'll make a boinc-wide "Team Fortress 2" team.
If this thread gets a good enough response I'll make a boinc-wide "Team Fortress 2" team.
Projects page:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/531Ve4z.png[/img]