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Distributed Computing and Climate Change

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the talking-about-the-weather dept.

GraWil writes "The BBC are reporting the launch of climateprediction.net. The aim of the project is to investigate the approximations that have to be made in state-of-the-art climate models which frequently give rise to inconclusive predictions. More info on the current state of climate modeling is given by the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report which highlights the need to quantify uncertainties of climate projections. So now, in addition to finding ET or curing cancer, your PC can now contribute to our understanding of climate change."

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  1. Heat by Clowning · · Score: 5, Funny

    The heat from running these distributed computing apps causes climate change inside my apartment.

  2. Distributed Computing and Climate Change! wow! by Tellarin · · Score: 1, Funny


    man, i did'nt know that distributed computing would cause climate change! :)

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  3. Global warming by Krunch · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Your PC can now contribute to our understanding of climate change.

    And you can contribute to climate change itself too. Let's accelerate global warming by using 100% CPU at any time.

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  4. +5 Funny by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Jurgen wrote:
    Hi

    What is the current status of the Linux-client, Will it be ready for the project start at sep. 12 ?

    Jurgen

    No, unfortunately it won't. We hope it's going to be ready soon, though. We know there are lots of linux folks out there keen to participate and we won't let them down. But unfortunately they will have to be a bit more patient than Windows users. (We have quite a few linux enthusiasts among the meteorological community here in Britain, who remind me about the importance of a linux port. In the interests of not having to hide from them at conferences I'm very eager to have the linux version out soon!)

    Dave

    Yeah! Linux zealot power all the way baby!

  5. inconclusive predictions? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I predict the chance of inconclusive predictions today is 60%

  6. Distributed computing changes climate... by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 2, Funny

    See, all those jokes about overclocked Athlons contributing to global warming are now coming true.

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