Internet-based Distributed Computing Projects updates for July 28, 2004

[Kirk Pearson]

The following updates are from the Internet-based Distributed Computing
Projects website ( http://www.aspenleaf.com/distributed/ ). These updates
cover public distributed computing projects (projects in which anyone can
participate).

July 28, 2004

- ( http://www.aspenleaf.com/distributed/ap-math.html#rieselsieve ) Riesel
Sieve reached 2^20 (stage 6) for all 58 of its k's yesterday

- the ( http://www.aspenleaf.com/distributed/ap-math.html#12121 ) 12121 Search
found prime 121*2^410131-1 (123,464 digits) on July 21, 2004. Also, you can
now reserve ranges and submit results through the website.

- the ( http://www.aspenleaf.com/distributed/ap-misc.html#monkey ) Monkey
Shakespeare Simulator matched a record first 18 letters of "Timon of Athens"
after 2,182,280,000 billion billion monkey-years, on July 13

- new development platform:
( http://www.aspenleaf.com/distributed/distrib-devel.html#eluder ) Eluder

- ( http://www.aspenleaf.com/distributed/ap-lsciences.html#dfolding )
Distributed Folding released its next protein target, CASP T0213, yesterday.
Note that the next update will occur next Wednesday, August 4, instead of
next Tuesday.

- ( http://www.aspenleaf.com/distributed/ap-internet.html#dcrawl ) dCrawl is
active again as of July 23

[David C. DiNucci]

Post by Kirk Pearson
- the ( http://www.aspenleaf.com/distributed/ap-misc.html#monkey ) Monkey
Shakespeare Simulator matched a record first 18 letters of "Timon of Athens"
after 2,182,280,000 billion billion monkey-years, on July 13

And to think that some people still claim that results from distributed
computing projects have no practical application!

Thanks, Kirk, for the updates here,
-- Dave
(Shouldn't that be 2.18228 billion billion billion monkey-years?)

[Kirk Pearson]

Post by David C. DiNucci

Post by Kirk Pearson
- the ( http://www.aspenleaf.com/distributed/ap-misc.html#monkey ) Monkey
Shakespeare Simulator matched a record first 18 letters of "Timon of Athens"
after 2,182,280,000 billion billion monkey-years, on July 13

And to think that some people still claim that results from distributed
computing projects have no practical application!

I know, I know... The
( http://www.aspenleaf.com/distributed/ap-lsciences.html#findadrug )
Find-a-Drug project has just thrown away lots of distributed computing power
on silly things like finding 42 potential cancer-fighting drugs and 18
potential HIV-fighting drugs--so far--but fortunately there are serious
applications like proving the
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem ) infinite monkey
theorem and ( http://www.aspenleaf.com/distributed/ap-art.html#electricsheep )
generating random screensavers.

My comments above are tongue-in-cheek, of course :-) There is a LOT of good
and serious work going on in distributed computing theory and applications,
but I am glad there are some just-for-fun projects, too. It's important to
stop and smell the monkey chow--err, flowers--once in a while.

[GaryD]

Yes, check out the GreenTea project too: http://www.GreenTeaTech.com.

Gary

Post by Kirk Pearson

Post by David C. DiNucci

Post by Kirk Pearson
- the ( http://www.aspenleaf.com/distributed/ap-misc.html#monkey ) Monkey
Shakespeare Simulator matched a record first 18 letters of "Timon of Athens"
after 2,182,280,000 billion billion monkey-years, on July 13

And to think that some people still claim that results from distributed
computing projects have no practical application!

I know, I know... The
( http://www.aspenleaf.com/distributed/ap-lsciences.html#findadrug )
Find-a-Drug project has just thrown away lots of distributed computing power
on silly things like finding 42 potential cancer-fighting drugs and 18
potential HIV-fighting drugs--so far--but fortunately there are serious
applications like proving the
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem ) infinite monkey
theorem and ( http://www.aspenleaf.com/distributed/ap-art.html#electricsheep )
generating random screensavers.
My comments above are tongue-in-cheek, of course :-) There is a LOT of good
and serious work going on in distributed computing theory and applications,
but I am glad there are some just-for-fun projects, too. It's important to
stop and smell the monkey chow--err, flowers--once in a while.