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CERN To Tap Unused Desktop Power To Help Find Higgs Boson

Posted by samzenpus on from the god-particle-the-home-game dept.

hypnosec writes "Research institute CERN has launched a new project to tap into the extra computing power from the public for its Large Hadron Collider atom smashing project. According to the organization, the LHC@home project will, for the first time, allow volunteers to aid in high-energy collisions of protons in CERN's Large Hadron Collider and in turn helping physicists to unravel the mysteries of the origin of the universe"

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  1. Re:default by piripiri · · Score: 5, Informative

    *@home uses processing power. Processing power uses electricity. Electricity costs money.

  2. Looks good, but... by arth1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Have to use Oracle VirtualBox? Have to run with 32-bit compatibility libraries? Sorry, those are showstoppers.
    Let me run it in the sandbox of my choice, and I'll invest electricity in running this. Otherwise, no.

    1. Re:Looks good, but... by Temkin · · Score: 4, Informative

      Has to run as a privileged user... That's the show stopper for me. Clearly, someone hasn't done their homework. So I'm afraid I will not be joining.