SETI@Home Transitions To BOINC

SeaDour writes "The team at SETI@Home have finally released their highly-anticipated new client software based on the BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) software platform. This new platform promises transparent version upgrades, more efficient work unit distribution, and the ability to seamlessly integrate other distributed computing projects that are also using the BOINC standard. For now, SETI@Home is allowing both the Classic and BOINC clients to run, but eventually they will shut down the Classic data server and force everyone to upgrade. You can read more about the transition here."

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Re:Waste

[ari_j]

Your friend was pretty short-sighted. How can people honestly expect the whole world to dedicate itself solely to the problems they feel are important? Rape and child abuse are not the only problems in the world, which you'd find out in a hurry if every computer programmer (or practicer of any other profession) ran off to try to prevent rape and child abuse.

If a psych. major "friend" said that to me, she'd be sure to hear that the women and children are asking for it, or at least that I studied CS because I like programming, just like she studies child abuse and rape because she likes abusing children and being raped. But, then again, I'm in the George Carlin "rape can be funny" camp, and don't much care for anyone telling me what I should be doing with my life or how I should be thinking. :)

Re:Ah, Seti@Home

[exp(pi*sqrt(163))]

Hmmm...I wonder if my sig is being mistaken for my content. Interesting, it kinda fits the context.

That's unfair.

[pseudochaotic]

Who modded this flamebait up? Give me one example of a psychologist letting a rapist go free. Just one. I dare you.