blike Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Any of you run @home projects? Currently I run folding@home, einstein@home, and seti@home...I want either join a team or start a small team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Wasn't there a sfn team for at least one of them at some point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pangloss Posted April 17, 2007 Share Posted April 17, 2007 Yeah there was an SFN Folding team. I guess it... folded. (sorry) I used to do SETI but I gave it up a couple of years ago because I was annoyed at the expense. A lot of processors still out there can crank out 120 watts or more. Would you run a 120 watt light bulb 24/7 for science? That could be 30 bucks a year.... But a lot of newer processors are far more energy-efficient, and many can never go more than half of that wattage. Some of the newer programs also allow greater control over how much processor time/energy they consume, or how many "cores" it uses, etc. So it's probably much more reasonable now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blike Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 Wasn't there a sfn team for at least one of them at some point?Mayhaps, I don't think I ever contributed as serious as I am now though. I used to do SETI but I gave it up a couple of years ago because I was annoyed at the expense. A lot of processors still out there can crank out 120 watts or more. Would you run a 120 watt light bulb 24/7 for science? That could be 30 bucks a year....Sure! But that's just me. I think some of the newer software lets you control how much CPU is used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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