That way you can backfill the resource with jobs from VOs (Virtual Organizations, think projects/groups) you choose. It is similar to BOINC in the sense you can pick what science to support.
The idea is that the sharing will go both ways. You will give spare cycles to other users on OSG, and in return, you will be able to use spare cycles on other resources.
Spend some time on the OSG website reading the things under "Learn About Us". Also check out the research highlights to see what kind of science is being done on OSG resources:
(Shameless plug - I'm part of this team)
The good news is that OSG have an ongoing effort to help you join your resource to OSG, and help your users get going on the grid:
Just call Amazon.com Customer Service department at (800) 201-7575. Bitch for a while and tell them that you want to close your account. It works.
When this kind of stuff happens, call them up! Complaint e-mails are easy to delete, while getting rid of a customer on the phone is much more work. If enough people call them up...
No. It will not email you the password, unless you can give them:
"a few words from the title of any item you have ordered from us. To help us identify you, try to not use common words like computer or finance. (You may also enter an item's ISBN or ASIN instead of title words)."
"the last five digits of a credit card number you have used at our store before"
type of credit card
a ZIP code (or postal code) to which you have had an order shipped
Hmm. It only takes 1-Click to buy something, but a bunch of personal information to get of their mailing list...
CPen (http://www.cpen.com) is very portable and very cool. It is big as a highlight pen and you scan a word in the same manner as you would with a highlighter. It comes with one dictionary but you can buy them also. It also beams text to and from PalmPilots and Laptops using IR. Also contains an address book.
A lot of comments about hardware and hosting here and almost none about design misstakes.
I'll tell you a story: for more than a year ago I started collecting links to different Linux programming resources. Is started out with some static pages and got my self a domain (linuxprogramming.com). After a while I needed a database to keep track of all the resources so started learning MySQL, because that was what my hoster provided. I didn't know any SQL nor any database theory. After many hours of work, I manage to get everything to work the way I wanted it to.
But then I got more and more ideas. I came across a big problem: because I didn't know what I was doing when I created my base, I made alot of misstakes (especially in the design of the database). Te result was that I could not implement all the new stuff. This summer I decided to redo all of it. That is more than 4 months ago, and I'm still not done! (School and work takes a lot of time)
Anyways, what I'm trying to say is that if you have such a great idea, create a base that is easy to scale. In my opinon, it is easier (and a lot more fun) to upgrade hardware och bandwith than correcting stupid design misstakes you did for 6 months ago...
Slashdot Mirror
http://www.opensciencegrid.org/
That way you can backfill the resource with jobs from VOs (Virtual Organizations, think projects/groups) you choose. It is similar to BOINC in the sense you can pick what science to support.
The idea is that the sharing will go both ways. You will give spare cycles to other users on OSG, and in return, you will be able to use spare cycles on other resources.
Spend some time on the OSG website reading the things under "Learn About Us". Also check out the research highlights to see what kind of science is being done on OSG resources:
http://www.opensciencegrid.org/About/Research_Using_OSG/Research_Highlights/Research_Highlights_Archive
(Shameless plug - I'm part of this team) The good news is that OSG have an ongoing effort to help you join your resource to OSG, and help your users get going on the grid:
https://twiki.grid.iu.edu/twiki/bin/view/Engagement/WebHome
Or CD disc.
But now it doesn't matter anymore. I called them up and had them erase my account.
Just call Amazon.com Customer Service department at (800) 201-7575. Bitch for a while and tell them that you want to close your account. It works.
When this kind of stuff happens, call them up! Complaint e-mails are easy to delete, while getting rid of a customer on the phone is much more work. If enough people call them up...
Hmm. It only takes 1-Click to buy something, but a bunch of personal information to get of their mailing list...
CPen (http://www.cpen.com) is very portable and very cool. It is big as a highlight pen and you scan a word in the same manner as you would with a highlighter. It comes with one dictionary but you can buy them also. It also beams text to and from PalmPilots and Laptops using IR. Also contains an address book.
Hmm...
A lot of comments about hardware and hosting here and almost none about design misstakes.
I'll tell you a story: for more than a year ago I started collecting links to different Linux programming resources. Is started out with some static pages and got my self a domain (linuxprogramming.com). After a while I needed a database to keep track of all the resources so started learning MySQL, because that was what my hoster provided. I didn't know any SQL nor any database theory. After many hours of work, I manage to get everything to work the way I wanted it to.
But then I got more and more ideas. I came across a big problem: because I didn't know what I was doing when I created my base, I made alot of misstakes (especially in the design of the database). Te result was that I could not implement all the new stuff. This summer I decided to redo all of it. That is more than 4 months ago, and I'm still not done! (School and work takes a lot of time)
Anyways, what I'm trying to say is that if you have such a great idea, create a base that is easy to scale. In my opinon, it is easier (and a lot more fun) to upgrade hardware och bandwith than correcting stupid design misstakes you did for 6 months ago...
Good luck with that idea!!