Posts by AdamMY

1) Message boards : Projects : Kickstarter Project to Promote BOINC (Message 47825)
Posted 18 Feb 2013 by AdamMY
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Very interesting. I booked marked it and definitely will look into it in more detail later.
2) Message boards : Projects : Resources wasted on Primegrid project? (Message 45462)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by AdamMY
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Personally I find this thread somewhat comical. While I agree it would be great if we could tackle certain problems like curing disease, getting clean/ renewable energy, and clean water for everyone, before we spend to much time on some of these projects that are more of a passing fancy. But if its not your machine, I do not see where anyone should really nitpick what anyone else is crunching.

FYI this is coming from a Mathematician, though the only real Mathematical project I support is Harmonious Trees as it is related to my research area. I spend most of the rest of my resources crunching WCG projects, or GPUgrid on my GPU.

But in response to something said earlier about the Collatz conjecture, as with most conjectures its not many many positive results that is the concern of the project. The fact that this conjecture has remained so elusive is what is shocking, and it would be a huge deal if a number was found that breaks the conjecture. The potential use of that number, and any other numbers that fail the conjecture, I can not begin to guess. But history has shown that its quite often that mathematicians are studying objects quite a a few years before applications are found for them, and even then its often several more years before those applications find their way into use through products or services. The Harmonious Trees Conjecture also falls into this category.

I say let everyone crunch what they want to crunch and leave it at that.
3) Message boards : Questions and problems : Manager 7 + Ubuntu 12.04 = no advanced mode? (Message 45461)
Posted 27 Aug 2012 by AdamMY
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It took me awhile to realize this too, but on 12.04 BOINC also takes over the bar at the very top of your computer. So when it is open on the top where it says "Boinc Manager" ( not on the small window but along the very top of your screen) take your mouse up there and it will switch to a bunch of options, then simply select view, and Advanced mode.



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