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  1. Re:Simple solution ... by pbody · · Score: 2, Funny · on Patents and Open Source Biotech

    Fundamentally, I believe that scientific research is a public good

    Same here. Unfortunately, the money is limited (although, where it is going to besides the public good is a whole other can of worms). I think that if we want more basic research funded (by the people and the corporations) the answer is to get better PR. This is what the APS (American Physical Society) is trying to do this year by promoting 2005 as the "World Year of Physics".

    damn it, they should just pay us for being brilliant. ;)

    Knowledge (K) = Power (P)
    P = Work (W) / time (t)
    t = money ($)

    therefore ...

    K = W / $

    So, your salary is inversely proportional to how much you know :)

  2. World Year of Physics by indig0 · · Score: 1 · on 100 Years of Einstein

    FYI:

    "The World Year of Physics 2005 plans to bring the excitement of physics to the public and inspire a new generation of scientists. Timed to coincide with the centennial celebration of Albert Einstein's "miraculous year," the World Year of Physics will be coming to YOU before you know it. "

    From http://www.physics2005.org/

    I, for one, welcome our new Physics overlords.

  3. Re:black hole collision by scoser · · Score: 3, Informative · on Second Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way

    And here's a distributed computing project to detect such gravity waves: http://www.physics2005.org/events/einsteinathome/

  4. Current and Future BOINC projects by SETIGuy · · Score: 1 · on TeraGrid v. Distributed Computing
    Though I'm not really sure that there are very many other projects running on it.

    Currently available projects are...

    SETI@home
    Predictor-Protein structure prediction

    Coming soon....

    climateprediction.net
    Folding@home

    Farther in the future (i.e. pending funding)...
    Einstein@home -- a search for gravitational waves.

    In the conceptual stage, since sometime last week...
    neuralnet.net -- studies of the nature of intelligence using neural nets and genetic algorithms

  5. Re:Different Projects? by kpearson · · Score: 2, Informative · on SETI@Home Transitions To BOINC

    BOINC doesn't run multiple projects at the same time. It runs one project at a time, but it divides its time between projects according to percentages that you choose.

    There are no active, public projects besides SETI@home yet. Predictor@home is running a public alpha test of its client that anyone can participate in. climateprediction.net began a private alpha test of its client today, and plans to begin a public beta test next month. Folding@home is developing a client, but has not announced any alpha or beta testing for it yet. BOINC Beta Test is still beta testing the BOINC client and may create an Astropulse project based on the client. Einstein@Home may be developing a client based on BOINC for its project which begins in 2005.