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Hans Dorn Volunteer developer Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 2262 Credit: 26,448,570 RAC: 0	Message 58239 - Posted: 29 Dec 2004, 19:42:28 UTC - in response to Message 58234. > UD (short for United Devices) is a for profit DC project. No linux client, phhht. :o) Regards Hans ID: 58239 ·

Grant (SSSF) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13751 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304	Message 58275 - Posted: 29 Dec 2004, 22:56:01 UTC - in response to Message 58234. > Like I said before, I'd probably still be running > it if there were price controls for using the results. That is if/when a > compound is found, the drug is delivered at costs that are reasonable based on > production costs. They don't assure that. Same here. I'd support a medical research project, if i knew the results would be accessble by most people that needed it. Unfortunately these days only the rich can afford medical attention. Grant Darwin NT ID: 58275 ·

kinnison Send message Joined: 23 Oct 02 Posts: 107 Credit: 7,406,815 RAC: 7	Message 58322 - Posted: 30 Dec 2004, 5:17:33 UTC I suppose the only good thing I can say about UD is that it introduced me to the idea of distributed computing back in 2002. I think I got involved when I heard about the anthrax research from a BBC website. They dropped the anthrax program a few months later, and I searched for a worthy successor... SETI won out I guess! Chris. <img border="0" src="http://boinc.mundayweb.com/one/stats.php?userID=268&prj=1&trans=off" /><img border="0" src="http://boinc.mundayweb.com/one/stats.php?userID=268&prj=4&trans=off" /> ID: 58322 ·

Carl Cuseo Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 Jan 02 Posts: 652 Credit: 34,312 RAC: 0	Message 58325 - Posted: 30 Dec 2004, 5:37:33 UTC - in response to Message 58322. SETI is the only project that is as old as mankind It got grandfathered in when somebody looked up for the first time I run climate as well just to see if the Greenland glaciers will melt Before I return a completed work unit...cc ID: 58325 ·

N/A Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 18 May 01 Posts: 3718 Credit: 93,649 RAC: 0	Message 58355 - Posted: 30 Dec 2004, 9:39:21 UTC - in response to Message 58325. I run climate as well just to see if the Greenland glaciers will melt Before I return a completed work unit ROTFL! ;-D ID: 58355 ·

5 and a half of 13 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 21 Jan 02 Posts: 240 Credit: 21,261 RAC: 0	Message 58671 - Posted: 31 Dec 2004, 12:35:34 UTC - in response to Message 58101. > > Robotic sheep??? uhhh... actually it would be kind of a cool AI project. > And > > it could be something people relate to (take that however you want). > > It will be based in Scotland. ;-) Nah, New Zealand ;) Need help? Check out the excellent Unofficial BOINC-Wiki! 'We are the BOINC. Prepare to be assimilated.' ID: 58671 ·

Grant (SSSF) Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13751 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304	Message 58823 - Posted: 31 Dec 2004, 22:55:35 UTC - in response to Message 58671. > > > Robotic sheep??? Do androids dream of electric sheep? > > It will be based in Scotland. ;-) > Nah, New Zealand ;) Definately. :-) Grant Darwin NT ID: 58823 ·

Robert Sullivan, MD Send message Joined: 31 Oct 00 Posts: 221 Credit: 358,173 RAC: 0	Message 58830 - Posted: 31 Dec 2004, 23:14:12 UTC - in response to Message 58823. > > > > > Robotic sheep??? > > Do androids dream of electric sheep? > :-) > Nice science-fiction reference, GrantSSF. Philip K. Dick's work, on which the movie "Blade Runner" was based. Thanks for the SF blast from the past. Robert ID: 58830 ·

kinnison Send message Joined: 23 Oct 02 Posts: 107 Credit: 7,406,815 RAC: 7	Message 59211 - Posted: 2 Jan 2005, 4:14:28 UTC And your next question for ten.. on which author's short story work is the Hollywood movie AI based? <img border="0" src="http://boinc.mundayweb.com/one/stats.php?userID=268&prj=1&trans=off" /><img border="0" src="http://boinc.mundayweb.com/one/stats.php?userID=268&prj=4&trans=off" /> ID: 59211 ·

Walt Gribben Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 353 Credit: 304,016 RAC: 0	Message 59213 - Posted: 2 Jan 2005, 4:18:17 UTC - in response to Message 59211. Last modified: 2 Jan 2005, 4:21:18 UTC > And your next question for ten.. on which author's short story work is the > Hollywood movie AI based? Super-toys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss? ID: 59213 ·

dbernat Send message Joined: 13 Nov 99 Posts: 39 Credit: 145,132 RAC: 0	Message 59275 - Posted: 2 Jan 2005, 10:39:39 UTC - in response to Message 59213. > Super-toys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss? I'd really like to see a movie based on Aldiss' book _Barefoot in the Head_. ID: 59275 ·

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