{"id":223,"date":"2007-09-21T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-21T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hausderluege.org\/wp\/?p=223"},"modified":"2026-04-20T17:27:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:27:19","slug":"kick-my-ass-save-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hausderluege.org\/wp\/2007\/09\/21\/kick-my-ass-save-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Kick my ass, save the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve been using the [Boinc](<a href=\"http:\/\/boinc.berkeley.edu\/\">http:\/\/boinc.berkeley.edu\/<\/a>) client to particpate in a number of grid computing projects for the last year. My involvemnt started off with the need to stress-test a system that was having hardware issues that we couldn&#8217;t pin down accurately. I moved the client over to my workstation, and it&#8217;s run there ever since, running in idle cycles mode, for the last 8 months or so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are several really interesting projects being farmed out by [World Community Grid](<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/\">http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/<\/a>) right now: [FightAIDS@Home.](<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/projects_showcase\/viewFaahResearch.do\">http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/projects_showcase\/viewFaahResearch.do<\/a>); [AfricanClimate@Home](<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/projects_showcase\/ach\/viewAchMain.do\">http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/projects_showcase\/ach\/viewAchMain.do<\/a>); [Discovering Dengue Drugs](<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/projects_showcase\/dddt\/viewDddtMain.do\">http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/projects_showcase\/dddt\/viewDddtMain.do<\/a>) and [Human Proteome Folding &#8211; Phase 2](<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/projects_showcase\/viewHpf2Research.do\">http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/projects_showcase\/viewHpf2Research.do<\/a>). Projects rotate out of the WCG every few months, and new ones come in. Chances are that something that interests you will appear in the pipeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if you&#8217;re wondering why I do this, let me explain&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m not someone that gets too hung up on competition for it&#8217;s own sake. While I don&#8217;t generally suffer from an excess of humility &#8211; as my [darling wife](<a href=\"http:\/\/antikanueva.com\/antikablog\/node\/5\">http:\/\/antikanueva.com\/antikablog\/node\/5<\/a>) pointed out the other day &#8211; I have been kind of astonished at the stats for my account at WCG of late. Here&#8217;s the thing- I run a Double-Dual Core 2.66 GHz Xeon System, on Mac OS X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s a ballsy system. It keeps me warm in Winter, and sweaty all summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is NOT, in my opinion, ballsy enough to justify my current ranking in the Grid, which has been climbing really fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are **326,464** total members of WCG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*I&#8217;m ranked **5,743**.*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve climbed *tens of thousands* of rank positions since I got the new Mac in JUNE. With a single workstation. I&#8217;m all WTF? are people being stingy with their processor cycles?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m user lsmft5235. Will someone please sign into the grid and kick my ass?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been using the [Boinc](http:\/\/boinc.berkeley.edu\/) client to particpate in a number of grid computing projects for the last year. 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