Distributed Computing

April 21, 2004 8:37 PM

Any good "distributed computing" projects out there?

SETI is boring. As I recall, it only intersects with likely regions twice, due to the placement of the telescope. They just rehash the same data anyway. Moreover, they really don't have any lack of volunteers. I did DISTRIBUTED NET for a long time. Slim pickin's there; they only have two projects at present. Kinda wanna support another project for awhile. The MERSENNE PRIME group had a resounding success last year and Iguess they are on to the next one. Maybe the FOLDING PROTEIN gang? I dunno ...
posted by RavinDave to Computers & Internet (7 answers total)

this is cool--uses the SETI model to screen millions of candidate drug compounds computationally against detailed models of evolving AIDS viruses.
posted by amberglow at 8:45 PM on April 21, 2004

The ArsTechnica people have teams for 13 different distributed apps at ArsFoodCourt.
posted by falconred at 8:45 PM on April 21, 2004

Response by poster: Hmmmm ... interesting.

Maybe we should get TeamMeFi to concentrate on a worthy DC project in concert.

Matt--???
posted by RavinDave at 9:05 PM on April 21, 2004

Electric Sheep?
posted by AmaAyeRrsOonN at 9:57 PM on April 21, 2004

that hiv one has been promising a mac client forever
posted by rhyax at 10:03 PM on April 21, 2004

There's always Climateprediction.net.
posted by @homer at 11:48 PM on April 21, 2004

I really prefer protein folding and fitting etc., seems like it has a genuine chance of contributing to medicine. I use GRID.ORG/United Devices, which is a protein folding distributed project that's really popular but not that well known. Most known, and probably about as popular, is Folding@Home.
posted by abcde at 9:43 AM on April 24, 2004