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by BOINC_News
Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:07 am
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [SiDock@home] App version 12.2 (Windows 64bit)
Replies: 0
Views: 1786

[SiDock@home] App version 12.2 (Windows 64bit)

<r> Hi all! Please note release of a new Windows version 12.2, the tasks of which the BOINC client should now suspend normally. Technically, the wrapper now launches docking application directly, without intermediate .bat script. <br/> <br/> Source: <URL url="https://www.sidock.si/sidock/forum_threa...
by BOINC_News
Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:32 am
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [Folding@home] Update for Those Using Advanced Remote Client Management Configurations
Replies: 1
Views: 2093

[Folding@home] Update for Those Using Advanced Remote Client Management Configurations

Hello Folders! We’ve been made aware of a potential issue for users who are using certain advanced manual configuration options for remote client management using fah-control. We actively recommend against this sort of remote management, so the issue affects less than 1% of our user base, and only u...
by BOINC_News
Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:24 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [SRBase] base R236 proven
Replies: 0
Views: 2122

[SRBase] base R236 proven

<r> During the BOINC Formula with a lucky hit after only 39 tests on 23th of October, KySU found the last prime for base R236.<br/> The prime 78*236^402022-1 has 953965 digits and entered the TOP5000 in Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database. <br/> <br/> Source: <URL url="http://srbase.m...
by BOINC_News
Thu Nov 19, 2020 11:10 am
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [WCG] November Update: Smash Childhood Cancer
Replies: 2
Views: 3388

[WCG] November Update: Smash Childhood Cancer

<r>Work units for the latest childhood cancer target are nearly completed, and the project will pause while the researchers determine their next area of focus.<br/> <br/> Source: <URL url="https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=667"><s>[url]</s><LINK_TEXT text="http...
by BOINC_News
Wed Nov 18, 2020 2:00 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [PrimeGrid] DIV Mega Prime!
Replies: 0
Views: 1915

[PrimeGrid] DIV Mega Prime!

<r> On 12 November 2020, 06:43:56 UTC, PrimeGrid's Fermat Divisor Search found the Mega Prime: <B><s>[b]</s><URL url="https://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=131399"><s>[url=https://primes.utm.edu/primes/page.php?id=131399]</s>45*2^7513661+1<e>[/url]</e></URL><e>[/b]</e></B> The prime is 2,261,839...
by BOINC_News
Tue Nov 17, 2020 11:31 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [MLC@Home] [TWIM Notes] Nov 17 2020 posted
Replies: 0
Views: 1673

[MLC@Home] [TWIM Notes] Nov 17 2020 posted

<r> MLC@Home has posted the Nov 17, 2020 edition of its weekly "This Week In MLC@Home" newsletter!<br/> Windows GPU support live, Linux GPU issues, ARM update, and website updates incoming.<br/> <br/> Read the update and join the discussion <URL url="https://www.mlcathome.org/mlcathome/forum_thread....
by BOINC_News
Tue Nov 17, 2020 11:29 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [MLC@Home] [TWIM Notes] Nov 17 2020
Replies: 0
Views: 1768

[MLC@Home] [TWIM Notes] Nov 17 2020

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>This Week in MLC@Home<e>[/b]</e></B> <B><s>[b]</s> Notes for Nov 17 2020<br/> A weekly summary of news and notes for MLC@Home<br/> <br/> Summary<e>[/b]</e></B><B><s>[b]</s> GPU week(s), part 4: The saga continues.<br/> <br/> This coming week we're starting to pivot back to writing a...
by BOINC_News
Tue Nov 17, 2020 5:19 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [WCG] November Update: OpenPandemics - COVID-19
Replies: 0
Views: 1847

[WCG] November Update: OpenPandemics - COVID-19

<r>The research team has identified 70 compounds that show promise for lab testing.<br/> <br/> Source: <URL url="https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=666"><s>[url]</s><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/abou ... icleId=666">https://www.worldcommuni...
by BOINC_News
Tue Nov 17, 2020 6:19 am
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [SiDock@home] App version 12.1 (Windows 64bit)
Replies: 0
Views: 1610

[SiDock@home] App version 12.1 (Windows 64bit)

<r> Please note we released a new app version 12.1 (Windows 64bit). Technically, we deleted the script of calculating task progress which caused many errors. Still, the BOINC client may display task progress using its own algorithms based on the history. <br/> <br/> Source: <URL url="https://www.sid...
by BOINC_News
Mon Nov 16, 2020 5:40 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [Folding@home] 20th-anniversary live stream
Replies: 0
Views: 1639

[Folding@home] 20th-anniversary live stream

To celebrate the 20th anniverary of Foldingathome we are hosting a celebration live stream: When? Wednesday the 18th at Noon – 3:30 PM pacific time Where? Twitch.tv/foldingathomehomedotorg Recorded video: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/807988760 To commemorate our 20th anniversary, we are hosting a gi...
by BOINC_News
Mon Nov 16, 2020 12:21 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [NumberFields@Home] Server problems this past weekend
Replies: 0
Views: 1830

[NumberFields@Home] Server problems this past weekend

<r> We had what we thought was a hard drive crash - the drive went into a read-only state and the server crashed. It would not even allow a remote reboot. We finally got someone in there this morning to do a hard shutdown.<br/> <br/> The system came back and appears to be working now. But we will co...
by BOINC_News
Mon Nov 16, 2020 11:40 am
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [SRBase] No GPU work for some hosts
Replies: 1
Views: 2475

[SRBase] No GPU work for some hosts

<r> Yesterday I have added some new plan_class changes in the plan_class_spec.xml<br/> <br/> There was a driver limit for different cuda versions. Now some users reported me some specs and the driver version overlapped with upcoming new cuda11 apps while they havent get any new work. Thats bad becau...
by BOINC_News
Mon Nov 16, 2020 6:40 am
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [SiDock@home] Disabling task generation for Windows
Replies: 0
Views: 1797

[SiDock@home] Disabling task generation for Windows

<r> Dear folks, we temporary disable tasks generation for Windows due to high rate of errors on Windows machines. This application needs more work. <br/> <br/> Source: <URL url="https://www.sidock.si/sidock/forum_thread.php?id=29"><s>[url]</s>https://www.sidock.si/sidock/forum_thread.php?id=29<e>[/u...
by BOINC_News
Mon Nov 16, 2020 5:53 am
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [SiDock@home] App version 12.0 (Windows 64bit)
Replies: 0
Views: 2166

[SiDock@home] App version 12.0 (Windows 64bit)

Please note we released a new app version 12.0 (Windows 64bit) which should resolve errors on Windows 7.

Source: https://www.sidock.si/sidock/forum_thread.php?id=28
by BOINC_News
Sun Nov 15, 2020 9:46 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [PrimeGrid] Magellan 500th Anniversary Challenge starts 18 November
Replies: 0
Views: 2287

[PrimeGrid] Magellan 500th Anniversary Challenge starts 18 November

<r> The eighth challenge of the <URL url="https://www.primegrid.com/challenge/challenge.php"><s>[url=https://www.primegrid.com/challenge/challenge.php]</s>2020 Series<e>[/url]</e></URL> will be a <B><s>[b]</s>10-day<e>[/b]</e></B> challenge commemorating the (approximate) 500th Anniversary of the ex...
by BOINC_News
Fri Nov 13, 2020 2:16 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [WCG] November Update: Help Stop TB
Replies: 0
Views: 2454

[WCG] November Update: Help Stop TB

<r>In this update, meet a new student research team member who will be helping with data analysis over the coming weeks.<br/> <br/> Source: <URL url="https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=665"><s>[url]</s><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/abou ......
by BOINC_News
Thu Nov 12, 2020 9:51 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [NumberFields@Home] New and improved apps coming soon
Replies: 1
Views: 2834

[NumberFields@Home] New and improved apps coming soon

<r> I have made some improvements to the cpu code. I am seeing somewhere between 30% and 40% speedup, depending on the case.<br/> <br/> I have deployed the new executable for 64bit linux. I am currently trying to get it to build for 64bit windows. I hope to have that ready by tomorrow sometime.<br/>...
by BOINC_News
Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:27 am
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [WEP-M+2] P2203:160000000 wu's (of 10000 trials each equiv.) processed!
Replies: 0
Views: 2293

[WEP-M+2] P2203:160000000 wu's (of 10000 trials each equiv.) processed!

<r> Thanks to all the users. (Please keep crunching!) <br/> <br/> Source: <URL url="http://bearnol.is-a-geek.com/wanless2/forum_thread.php?id=311"><s>[url]</s><LINK_TEXT text="http://bearnol.is-a-geek.com/wanless2/f ... php?id=311">http://bearnol.is-a-geek.com/wanless2/forum_thread.php?id=311</LINK_...
by BOINC_News
Wed Nov 11, 2020 3:50 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [WCG] Planned Maintenance on Thursday, November 12, 2020
Replies: 2
Views: 3533

[WCG] Planned Maintenance on Thursday, November 12, 2020

<r>We are updating the operating system on our servers on Thursday, November 12, beginning at 16:00 UTC.<br/> <br/> Source: <URL url="https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=664"><s>[url]</s><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/abou ... icleId=664">htt...
by BOINC_News
Tue Nov 10, 2020 12:50 am
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [MLC@Home] [TWIM Notes] Nov 9 2020 posted
Replies: 0
Views: 2270

[MLC@Home] [TWIM Notes] Nov 9 2020 posted

<r> MLC@Home has posted the Nov 9, 2020 edition of its weekly "This Week In MLC@Home" newsletter!<br/> GPU application rollout updates and more, errr, again.<br/> \<br/> Read it and join the discussion <URL url="https://www.mlcathome.org/mlcathome/forum_thread.php?id=118"><s>[url=https://www.mlcatho...
by BOINC_News
Tue Nov 10, 2020 12:48 am
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [MLC@Home] [TWIM Notes] Nov 9 2020
Replies: 0
Views: 2323

[MLC@Home] [TWIM Notes] Nov 9 2020

<r> <B><s>[b]</s>This Week in MLC@Home<e>[/b]</e></B> <B><s>[b]</s> Notes for Nov 9 2020<br/> A weekly summary of news and notes for MLC@Home<br/> <br/> Summary<e>[/b]</e></B><B><s>[b]</s> GPU week(s), part 3. We took some time off this past week to focus on things other than academics, but still ma...
by BOINC_News
Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:30 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [iThena] iThena Project - another small point
Replies: 0
Views: 2433

[iThena] iThena Project - another small point

<r> <IMG src="https://img.ithena.net/iThena_graph2_mini.png"><s>[img]</s><URL url="https://img.ithena.net/iThena_graph2_mini.png">https://img.ithena.net/iThena_graph2_mini.png</URL><e>[/img]</e></IMG> <B><s>[b]</s><br/> Today, the iThena Project exceeded <U><s>[u]</s>30,000<e>[/u]</e></U><e>[/b]</e>...
by BOINC_News
Mon Nov 09, 2020 12:47 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [MLC@Home] Unexpected outage
Replies: 0
Views: 2435

[MLC@Home] Unexpected outage

<r> Had a network and power blip this morning. Coming back up now. Let us know if there are any new problems. <br/> <br/> Source: <URL url="https://www.mlcathome.org/mlcathome/forum_thread.php?id=117"><s>[url]</s><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.mlcathome.org/mlcathome/for ... php?id=117">https://www.ml...
by BOINC_News
Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:28 am
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [WCG] November Update: Microbiome Immunity Project
Replies: 0
Views: 2572

[WCG] November Update: Microbiome Immunity Project

<r>The research team and the World Community Grid tech team continue to collaborate on a new type of work unit for the project.<br/> <br/> Source: <URL url="https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=663"><s>[url]</s><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/a...
by BOINC_News
Mon Nov 09, 2020 12:43 am
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [Folding@home] COVID Moonshot Sprint 5
Replies: 0
Views: 2339

[Folding@home] COVID Moonshot Sprint 5

Sprint 5 to prioritize compounds for the open science patent-free COVID Moonshot drug discovery project has launched! Rev up your GPUs to help develop a new therapy. https://foldingathome.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/covid-moonshot-page-logo-1024x287.jpg You can sign up for the email newsletter a...
by BOINC_News
Sun Nov 08, 2020 8:46 am
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [iThena] New information: CCF
Replies: 0
Views: 2573

[iThena] New information: CCF

<r> On 23 October 2020, the Cyber-Complex Foundation was officially entered into the Polish register: KRS (National Court Register).<br/> Cyber-Complex Foundation website: <URL url="https://cybercomplex.net"><s>[url=https://cybercomplex.net]</s>https://cybercomplex.net<e>[/url]</e></URL><br/> <br/> ...
by BOINC_News
Fri Nov 06, 2020 2:31 am
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [SRBase] base R182 proven / Megaprime
Replies: 0
Views: 2599

[SRBase] base R182 proven / Megaprime

<r> On 14th of October, vaughan, a member of the team AMD users found the last prime for base R182.<br/> The prime 43*182^502611-1 has 1.135.939 digits and entered the TOP5000 in Chris Caldwell's The Largest Known Primes Database. <br/> <br/> Source: <URL url="http://srbase.my-firewall.org/sr5/forum...
by BOINC_News
Thu Nov 05, 2020 3:16 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [Rosetta@Home] Thank you!
Replies: 0
Views: 2565

[Rosetta@Home] Thank you!

<r> We'd like to thank everyone who has contributed and continues to contribute to this project, and would like to remind everyone that there may be periods of down time while we are preparing for future large scale batches of jobs and analyzing results. We greatly appreciate your contributions whic...
by BOINC_News
Thu Nov 05, 2020 1:48 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [WCG] November Update: Africa Rainfall Project
Replies: 0
Views: 2558

[WCG] November Update: Africa Rainfall Project

<r>The principal investigator for the project will be presenting at two virtual conferences before the end of 2020.<br/> <br/> Source: <URL url="https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/about_us/viewNewsArticle.do?articleId=662"><s>[url]</s><LINK_TEXT text="https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/abou ... icle...