On 22 Oct 2002 at 14:40, Jeff Woods wrote: > At 09:09 AM 10/22/02 -0600, you wrote: > > >Folding@Home's success: > >http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/10/021022070813.htm > > > >Again, they mention SETI@home. As if that were the only other > >distributed project out there. *sigh* > > Two years ago, Pande launched Folding@home – a distributed computing > project that so far has enlisted the aid of more than 200,000 PC > owners, whose screensavers are dedicated to simulating the > protein-folding process. > > </quote> > > Either they were really great activists in signing people up, or GIMPS > has SOMETHING about it that won't get people to participate. We > either need to step up our profile, be more active at recruiting, or > do SOMETHING to get us off the static bubble we've been on, at about > 18,000 members, 31,000 computers, and falling. Our output goes up > ONLY because most of our members upgrade as CPUs get better and > cheaper.
What do you have in mind, a volunteer marketing effort? Eric _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
