would be nice if we could get paid to take part in distrobuted computing

LopeDogg · 11-27-2004, 07:54 AM

supercomputers get rented out... there should be some organisation which has a server and write code to split up the work and send it out to people like us, who get paid for work units completed...

seems possible, pity its not happening now...

bigben2k · 11-27-2004, 01:19 PM

Does anyone want to explain it to this poor fellow, or should I?

It's called making a contribution to the community...

LopeDogg · 11-28-2004, 10:57 AM

youre assuming i consider simulating protein folding a contribution to the community

Nightfall · 12-07-2004, 10:04 AM

I would assume, then, that you would also like to get paid to serve food at a shelter?

Sure, it adds a little more money to your electric bill, but the point is that you are helping to possibly find new cures and/or vaccinations for different diseases.

killernoodle · 12-07-2004, 11:30 AM

Exactly, it could come back to you if you get ill later on... You could be curing your own diseases with your computer.

Tempus · 12-07-2004, 12:58 PM

there are a number of other (proposed) distributed projects that directly benefit corporations.

I do agree that if someone is making money off our (computer's) labor then we should get a piece of it.

JWFokker · 06-14-2005, 01:41 PM

It's voluntary. If you don't like it, don't do it. I don't know why you'd expect to receive anything for it. But then again, some people think Seti@home is a more worth while use of their CPU cycles than F@H.

MadHacker · 06-14-2005, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JWFokker

...But then again, some people think Seti@home is a more worth while use of their CPU cycles than F@H.

Finding extraterrestrial life sooner would be better cause then we could use alien technology to cure cancer

jaydee · 06-14-2005, 06:52 PM

I have yet to see any proof the extra $65 a month in electric bills I was paying actually benifits anything. Hell by the time they figure out all the work units uploaded computers will be so fast one computer could do all the work in a month that has already been done over the last 3 years. Not to mention they are making faster progress in labs than on distributed computing projects...

jaydee · 06-14-2005, 06:58 PM

Looks like getting paid might actually happen: http://news.com.com/2100-1001-245266...e.1002.tgif.ni

EDIT: Well maybe not. That article was written in 2000....

MadHacker · 06-14-2005, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by jaydee

I have yet to see any proof the extra $65 a month in electric bills I was paying actually benifits anything.

I guess i'm lucky.. my place is inclusive..
so i don't mind running the hydro to the max...
then again i'd rather have my own house.. with an electric bill...
but then i probably wouldn't bew folding and save myself teh $$$

IndianaCouple · 06-19-2005, 06:48 PM

Man, sometimes I can't believe this sh*t! Paid! You gotta be kidding... Come to my place (space)... I'll pay ya!

jaydee · 06-19-2005, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by IndianaCouple

Man, sometimes I can't believe this sh*t! Paid! You gotta be kidding... Come to my place (space)... I'll pay ya!

Yeah, after 4 years and over $6,000 pissed away on the distributed computing projects they will have to pay to cover my costs if I am ever to do it again.

MadHacker · 06-19-2005, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by jaydee

Yeah, after 4 years and over $6,000 pissed away on the distributed computing projects they will have to pay to cover my costs if I am ever to do it again.

how did you get $6000 pissed away?

jaydee · 06-19-2005, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MadHacker

how did you get $6000 pissed away?

Electric bills and computer parts. I built 5 computers spacifically for DC. I kept records. $3,120 in electric bills and the rest in computer parts....

MadHacker · 06-19-2005, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by jaydee

Electric bills and computer parts. I built 5 computers spacifically for DC. I kept records. $3,120 in electric bills and the rest in computer parts....

I myself do folding on PC I have around me at home or at work...
I think that building PC's exclusively for folding would be a bit obsessive.
Would you consider yourself obsessive?

jaydee · 06-19-2005, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MadHacker

I myself do folding on PC I have around me at home or at work...
I think that building PC's exclusively for folding would be a bit obsessive.
Would you consider yourself obsessive?

I sure was.

Long Haired Git · 06-20-2005, 12:42 AM

The whole point of {x}@home was to make use of spare computing cycles of existing PCs otherwise left on.
Right now in this building there would be over 4000 PCs, all of which are left on overnight, and all of which exist and have been paid for.
I'm trying to get some seed money to port our VAR engine to a distributed platform so instead of maintaining 40+ dedicated servers we just run it as a screen saver on the PCs over night.

No way we'd get Folding@Home installed and operational though. We can't see the code, it talks to the internet and sociability on Win32 platforms is a continuous battle....

Shame, I could start my own team, and with 10k PCs in the Syd CBD area alone, I'd do pretty well...

IndianaCouple · 06-20-2005, 08:50 PM

Quite right MadHacker... Man, if ya give something for free, don't piss about what it cost! Charity, begins with what you have to give...

IndianaCouple · 06-20-2005, 08:57 PM

Oops, forgot to say... I can't even imagine pissing $6000 worth of anything! (but then again, I'm only "average") LOL!!!

jaydee · 06-20-2005, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by IndianaCouple

Quite right MadHacker... Man, if ya give something for free, don't piss about what it cost! Charity, begins with what you have to give...

Charity is only Charity if it is used. Nothing came from the 4 years of "Charity" I gave with DC. Would have been a lot better used for other things.. Live and learn....

Good luck with F@H. No reason to post here again. Good luck with the projects.

IndianaCouple · 06-20-2005, 09:15 PM

No offense intended, please accept my apology if, well, yeah, I stray off course. I guess it's earsier for me cause I know me. I won't spend a lot of money on this, but, what the hey! If I'm on here, I'll let them use it... but I'll never let it take me money away...

The eighth fan helped! What? can't hear you!

11-27-2004, 07:54 AM	#1
LopeDogg Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 69	would be nice if we could get paid to take part in distrobuted computing supercomputers get rented out... there should be some organisation which has a server and write code to split up the work and send it out to people like us, who get paid for work units completed... seems possible, pity its not happening now...

11-27-2004, 01:19 PM	#2
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	Does anyone want to explain it to this poor fellow, or should I? It's called making a contribution to the community... __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

11-28-2004, 10:57 AM	#3
LopeDogg Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Africa Posts: 69	... youre assuming i consider simulating protein folding a contribution to the community

12-07-2004, 11:30 AM	#5
killernoodle Thermophile Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,014	Exactly, it could come back to you if you get ill later on... You could be curing your own diseases with your computer. __________________ I have a nice computer.

12-07-2004, 12:58 PM	#6
Tempus Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 456	there are a number of other (proposed) distributed projects that directly benefit corporations. I do agree that if someone is making money off our (computer's) labor then we should get a piece of it. __________________ Thou art God.

12-07-2004, 10:04 AM	#4
Nightfall Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2004 Location: 39.78N - 104.88W Posts: 149	I would assume, then, that you would also like to get paid to serve food at a shelter? Sure, it adds a little more money to your electric bill, but the point is that you are helping to possibly find new cures and/or vaccinations for different diseases.

06-14-2005, 01:41 PM	#7
JWFokker Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2004 Location: Kingston, NY Posts: 269	It's voluntary. If you don't like it, don't do it. I don't know why you'd expect to receive anything for it. But then again, some people think Seti@home is a more worth while use of their CPU cycles than F@H.

06-14-2005, 06:52 PM	#9
jaydee Put up or Shut Up Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 6,506	I have yet to see any proof the extra $65 a month in electric bills I was paying actually benifits anything. Hell by the time they figure out all the work units uploaded computers will be so fast one computer could do all the work in a month that has already been done over the last 3 years. Not to mention they are making faster progress in labs than on distributed computing projects...

06-14-2005, 06:58 PM	#10
jaydee Put up or Shut Up Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 6,506	Looks like getting paid might actually happen: http://news.com.com/2100-1001-245266...e.1002.tgif.ni EDIT: Well maybe not. That article was written in 2000....

06-19-2005, 06:48 PM	#12
IndianaCouple Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 29	Man, sometimes I can't believe this sh*t! Paid! You gotta be kidding... Come to my place (space)... I'll pay ya!

06-20-2005, 12:42 AM	#18
Long Haired Git Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sydney, Oz Posts: 336	The whole point of {x}@home was to make use of spare computing cycles of existing PCs otherwise left on. Right now in this building there would be over 4000 PCs, all of which are left on overnight, and all of which exist and have been paid for. I'm trying to get some seed money to port our VAR engine to a distributed platform so instead of maintaining 40+ dedicated servers we just run it as a screen saver on the PCs over night. No way we'd get Folding@Home installed and operational though. We can't see the code, it talks to the internet and sociability on Win32 platforms is a continuous battle.... Shame, I could start my own team, and with 10k PCs in the Syd CBD area alone, I'd do pretty well... __________________ Long Haired Git "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." (Prof. Gene Spafford) My Rig, in all its glory, can be seen best here AMD XP1600 @ 1530 Mhz \| Soyo Dragon + \| 256 Mb PC2700 DDRAM \| 2 x 40 Gb 7200rpm in Raid-0 \| Maze 2, eheim 1250, dual heater cores! \| Full specifications (PCDB)

06-20-2005, 08:50 PM	#19
IndianaCouple Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 29	Quite right MadHacker... Man, if ya give something for free, don't piss about what it cost! Charity, begins with what you have to give...

06-20-2005, 08:57 PM	#20
IndianaCouple Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 29	Oops, forgot to say... I can't even imagine pissing $6000 worth of anything! (but then again, I'm only "average") LOL!!!

06-20-2005, 09:15 PM	#22
IndianaCouple Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 29	No offense intended, please accept my apology if, well, yeah, I stray off course. I guess it's earsier for me cause I know me. I won't spend a lot of money on this, but, what the hey! If I'm on here, I'll let them use it... but I'll never let it take me money away... The eighth fan helped! What? can't hear you! Last edited by IndianaCouple; 06-20-2005 at 09:16 PM. Reason: not thinkin'

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