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Australians Look To SkyNet For SKA Telescope

Posted by timothy on from the well-they're-actually-looking-down dept.

angry tapir writes "Key players behind the Australian-New Zealand joint bid to host the $2.1 billion Square Kilometre Array radio telescope will launch a grid Cloud computing initiative by September with the aim of harvesting the computing and storage power of desktops worldwide."

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  1. Can we quit the Skynet references? by syousef · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Can we quit the Skynet references? Please?

    We've had distributed computer networks for decades now. We've used them for scientific research for as long as we have had them. "Cloud" computing is just marketing nonsense. Not every distributed network is some global monster that's going to go sentient and send our killer robots. When so many stories mention the Terminator series, we all sound like pathetic geeky children with too much time on our hands and no sense of originality. Doubly so when it's in the title. Is there a new Terminator film or series just out or something?

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    1. Re:Can we quit the Skynet references? by zaxus · · Score: 3, Funny

      No Doubt third wave references will show up. That's the Impression that I Get, anyway...

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  2. BOINC by Arador+Aristata · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "harvesting the computing and storage power of desktops worldwide." Oh cool, you mean like BOINC has been doing for ages......

    1. Re:BOINC by Push+Latency · · Score: 2

      If I understand correctly, this project would use Nereus-V instead of BOINC. The former transmits data through a Web browser, where the latter does so using the BOINC client. I can't say more because I don't really see how those are much different at the end of the day, but with Nereus, you connect to projects over HTTP, which they argue is easier for users than launching a pre-configured native client.

  3. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 3, Funny

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  4. forget space, where's...... by the+simurgh · · Score: 2

    i say we stop this space watching crap and get down to whats really important. WHERE THE HELL ARE THE PERSONAL JET PACKS???

    1. Re:forget space, where's...... by dakameleon · · Score: 2

      In SPACE. Where we are LOOKING FOR THEM.

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  5. Re:FORGET grid computing by dakameleon · · Score: 2

    fondling@home is already available to a wide, wide population... it's what the internet is for, after all.

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  6. Im happy.. by philmarcracken · · Score: 2

    Since the SKA was going to be built close to my town of Geraldton(300kms is close in aussie terms) we got non-monopoly controlled backhaul fibre at our exchange quicker. Its also going to be part of the FTTH network eventually so two birds with 1 cable.. Not that last mile is going in the ground anytime soon but hey, progress.

  7. Well, it sounds like this SKA telescope.... by RevWaldo · · Score: 2

    ...is going (sunglasses) one step beyond.

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