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MacResearch Introduces OpenMacGrid

Posted by kdawson on

Drew McCormack writes "MacResearch.org has just introduced OpenMacGrid. It is a distributed computing grid similar to SETI@home, but unlike other networks, it is built up entirely of Macs utilizing Xgrid, and access is unrestricted. Anyone with Mac OS X 10.4 can donate cycles, and any scientist with a reasonable project can burn cycles."

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  1. but does it run linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    well does it?

  2. Obligatory First Post by Umuri · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of... a cluster?

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  3. Obligatory one... by quigonn · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Hot grids down your pants!

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    1. Re:Obligatory one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Hot grids down your pants!

      "... and you shall have a spade among your tools, and it shall be when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and shall turn to cover up your excrement."

      Deuteronomy 23:13

  4. 3/5 by poopdeville · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    3/5!

    Good use of pakin.org.

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  5. Re:Re-Enactment by Psiven · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mod parent under-rated. The user raises a ligitmate point.

  6. Lean, mean, MacGriddle... by ThomsonsPier · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You'll have to stave off George Foreman, or he'll try to put his name on it.