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Distributed computation of PI ? It has Distributed, Beowolf, Computing ... only Natalie Portman is missing from the scene ... :)

• someone must port the software to Linux, *BSD, Mac, BeOS, HAL9000, PDP8 , fridges and toasters;
• /. TEAM !!!
• copyleft t-shirts with digits of pi ...

go to http://www.cecm.sfu.ca/projects/pi hex/pihex.html NOW !

ps: check out the guy's counter... the site will be /.ed in no time

The integer sequence database has proven quite handy to me on several occasions. Kudos to N. J. A. Sloane for creating and maintaining it, and to the people who keep contributing more good sequences!

-jason

"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."

PiHex

Mersenne Primes

Seti@home

Why do this? Well, first my ultimate goal is not stats-oriented. I don't really care where I am in the stats, where my team is in the stats, etc. What I enjoy most is that I contribute to a number of projects, albiet a little in each.

For example. The Seti@home client runs on a Pentium 166 (overclocked to 200) that is sitting in the living room of my apt. It makes my roomates happy to see eye-candy on the monitor out there and it keeps the otherwise idle machine (it's a proxy/firewall for our cable modem connection) doing something. No, it doesn't zip through data blocks (about 1 every 5 days or so), but it is doing _something_.

So, what's my point? (I'm asking myself that same question). Basicly, it's that people participate in distributed computing projects for various reasons. If Seti@home has brought 1.6 million people into the distributed computing fold, then more power to them! (I do contest their figure of 1.6 million people participating, but that's for another discussion). Even if the client is not 100% efficient (and what software package is 100% efficient?) they are still contributing to the overall education of people in matters of distributed computing, in particular internet based projects.

Finally, it should be noted that distributed.net re-did a large number of CSC data blocks (~25%) as a security measure to reduce/eliminate false-positives from making their way into the stats.

It gets better refresh rates than KVideoGen or the other calculators I've found.

If you have Perl/Tk, you can run the X version with the command xvidcalc, or the command line version with vidcalc (try "vidcalc -h" first).

I did a lot of work on the caclulations to ensure that the resulting modeline was optimal in terms of refresh rate. You have to enter the specs for your monitor (either in the X interface or a settings file), so it's not for the faint of heart; you should probably look through ESR's VideoTimings HOWTO first.

Let me know how it works for you, ggbaker@sfu.ca.

Greg

http://www.sfu.ca/~yzhang/linux /truetype/index.html

This got me up and running with True Type Fonts in no time at all.

Also, for a great source of more "way out" TTF's take a look at http://www.acidcool.com

I have a link to an organizations who wants to build PowerPC mainboards, so you can track it if you want. Next spring to summer is the right time for those who want to buy finished products, IMHO.

The first one wants to be an open startup, which means, no secrets. They are very serious and progress very fast. On these mainboards Linux is to run, but it is CHRP, so other options might arise in the future.

http://raj.phys.sfu.ca/ppc-mobo/

For those who are interested in the CHRP standard:

http://www.rs6000.ibm .com/resource/technology/chrp/index.html

The real action's in the mailing list. :)

--Tom

I'd like to point out that there's an open collaboration also working on producing IBM's design. I doubt we're going to ultimately price competitive with large motherboard manufacturers, but we may be faster, and we're dedicated to keeping design improvements free and available. "Open Source" for hardware, as it were.

It's hard to say anything concrete until IBM releases the design but we're aiming for a US$500-$700 box.

Please subscribe to our mailing list if you're interested in participating.

I'd like to point out that there's an open collaboration also working on producing IBM's design. I doubt we're going to ultimately price competitive with large motherboard manufacturers, but we may be faster, and we're dedicated to keeping design improvements free and available. "Open Source" for hardware, as it were.

It's hard to say anything concrete until IBM releases the design but we're aiming for a US$500-$700 box.

Please subscribe to our mailing list if you're interested in participating.

raj.phys.sfu.ca/~giles/lego-probe/

only partial at the moment, but more going up as it comes across. poor thing.

Now if you'd said it was a lego scanning probe microscope, I would have been there alot sooner!