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

    I predict the chance of inconclusive predictions today is 60%

  4. 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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