Subject: Re: Version 4.02 for Climate Prediction BOINC Beta
From: Martin 53N 1W
Date: 14/08/2004, 00:17
Newsgroups: alt.sci.seti

Stratcat wrote:
[...]
BOINC launch set for 26th August!

Sylvia Knight
13.08.04

Climateprediction.net will move onto the BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure
[...]
Mac and Linux users will be able to participate for the first time.

Already running fine on Linux! ("Beta test")


[...]
Sorry, everybody, for the CPDN stuff. This seems to be starting to be a bit
of an issue here, as questions come in concerning other BOINC projects. I've
tried to avoid any other proj discussions, as much as possible. I think this
issue MAY grow as BOINC's popularity and proj base grows.

Here are some scenarios I can envision to (possibly) avoid this:

1]  Tossing 'cross project' BOINC topics to comp.distributed. - At this time
[...]

"1" is likely the best option to generate some traffic on there even if a little OT. Then again, is there a newsgroup already active suitable for Climate Prediction? (Similar to how alt.sci.seti supports the s@h stuff?)


Cheers,
Martin

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