Message boards : Projects : New project appeared in my boinc manager itself !!!
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Send message Joined: 25 Nov 16 Posts: 1 |
I have participated in find@home and from some time there were no jobs from the project. Today on November 25, 2016, suddenly it's name itself got changed to Fight Neglected Diseases in the boinc manager. Multiple attempts of file downloads for the project failed with some of the errors shown in the event log are as follows. Friday 25 November 2016 06:25:37 PM IST | Fight Neglected Diseases | [error] Signature verification error for ce12-1_1_2_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Friday 25 November 2016 06:25:37 PM IST | Fight Neglected Diseases | [error] Checksum or signature error for ce12-1_1_2_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Also, one of the messages said that i am using the wrong URL and also suggested a new URL as follows: Friday 25 November 2016 06:14:28 PM IST | Fight Neglected Diseases | You used the wrong URL for this project. When convenient, remove this project, then add https://compute.gridrepublic.org/ Can somebody kindly explain what's going on as such activity raises concerns ??[/img] |
Send message Joined: 5 Oct 06 Posts: 5121 |
You missed possibly the most important message: 25/11/2016 10:39:39 | Fight Neglected Diseases | [error] New code signing key doesn't validate They are moving the project back-end services to a new location under the auspices of GridRepublic, and there are clearly teething troubles: I suggest you keep an eye on recent posts in the project message-board thread at http://findah.ucd.ie/forum_thread.php?id=267 Edit - looks like they've sorted out the code signing key problem, and work is downloading, crunching, and being returned without problems. But I think they still have some less critical problems to sort out. |
Send message Joined: 5 Apr 13 Posts: 16 |
As the guy ranked 10th in the USA for this project, I recommend WAITING and using caution. It looks like the original team for Fight Malaria at Home sold it to GridRepublic (which is for-profit and only allows subscribers to run charity work when all for-profit work is completed). In particular, that means that we could be giving free research to the pharmaceutical industry which they can use to overcharge people in the future. Months ago we were told that GridRepublic would be providing server space, but at this point it looks like our contributions are their profit, and that they'll point to our contributions and say that they, GR, are charitable. A few posters, including myself have asked direct questions on the forms, and we have not yet gotten a direct answer. |
Send message Joined: 5 Apr 13 Posts: 16 |
At this point I can at least confirm that it is no longer associated with the University College of Dublin, and that the antimalarial drug discovery is finished and the work is already published. So the Project Description is highly misleading! |
Send message Joined: 19 Aug 08 Posts: 87 |
It appears that FiND staff (Dublin, Ireland) gave GridRepublic (Boston, USA) the FiND project, Boinc user accounts and all. GridRepublic seem to be (and correct me if I'm wrong) sending Charity Engine tasks to FiND account users. Charity Engine seems to be a trade name for the Limited (for profit) company (registered in the UK) The Worldwide Computer Company Limited whose share holders include David Anderson. This company appears to sell our computing resources. https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06723910/filing-history So, Dave, perhaps you would be so kind as to let us know what's going on? |
Send message Joined: 19 May 15 Posts: 123 |
So, Dave, perhaps you would be so kind as to let us know what's going on? Why would Dave have to let you know what Gridrepublic is doing? He's not involved with either the former project or Gridrepublic. If you have an issue, I'd suggest contacting European authorities. They're more paranoid about user data than the FTC. They'd have to make a determination whether that data was legally transferred in part or whole. |
Send message Joined: 2 Jul 14 Posts: 17 |
This whole change as been nothing but a nightmare for me and most of today. It Corrupted my BAM! Usage and Reset my Projects today on all of my computers. I have stop running this Project until they get their act together . This is Their 3rd Change BTW. FightMalaria@Home FiND@Home and now gridrepublic network computing (compute.gridrepublic.org) Running vina.exe New Name: Fight Neglected Diseases |
Send message Joined: 10 Aug 16 Posts: 1 |
At the level of technical logistics there have been some changes at the project, but I don’t think there have been any changes with respect to the concerns expressed here in this thread. Maybe by way of preliminaries, it’d be useful to clarify some of the participants:
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