1) Message boards : BOINC Manager : BOINC is a big step backwards (Message 2519) Posted 11 Jan 2006 by Scott in SC Post: After SETI was shut down, I decided to check this BOINC deal out. What a confusing, stupid waste of time! The main page reads "To participate in a project, download and run BOINC software, then enter the project's URL." What could be simpler, right? I did exactly what that says, almost two weeks ago, and I am no closer to folding a protein than I was then. My screensaver reports various states of disfunction, and the BOINC Manager has said nothing but "communication deferred" the whole time. How SIMPLE!! Different accounts for everything? SIMPLE! I was just thinking the other day that I just don't have enough passwords and account numbers to remember. Rosetta account email, rosetta account key, rosetta account screen name, seti account email (no longer active, but I'm not about to try and change it using this interface), seti account password - er, no, wait, that must be my account key. Uh...or is that the account key I got from Rosetta? Password doesn't work, but maybe that's because it demanded a format different than the one I used on seti... Steps to run SETI@home: Download. Install. Enter email address. Run. Steps to run BOINC: Unknown. Haven't gotten there yet. Big step backward here, guys. I'll come back to look for a reply if I can remember how to log on to this board...

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