Anybody had any experience with Compute Against Cancer DC project? I'm looking to fill the hole that FAD's closure will leave and would prefer something related to cancer research and this fits the bill perfectly but will it run alongside WCG 'cos I would hate to lose the old favourite. After all it, (and DCZone of course - how could anyone be depressd for longer than 2 posts in here  ), pulled me back out of the depression I was sinking into through nonsense at 'the other place'

Got a link for that one?  

Hi Phicks, how you doing?

Link to  Compute Against Cancer

Doing ok I guess and trying to figure out what to do with my computers.  



Don't see XP listed.  

Running fine on my XP SP2 rig so shouldn't be a problem. Gonna let it run for a while and see how it interacts with my WCG crunching.

One big drawback is I don't see the ability to create teams  :evil:

I saw a post over at FaD and said they didn't have teams.  

that's kinda strange

Yep I think so.  

I didn't see any statistics either ... only a spot for a program download.

Download the Frontier® Compute Engine  
Select your operating system.  
 Windows (NT/2000/XP)  
 Linux (2.4 kernel or higher)  
 Mac OS X (10.2 or higher)  
   
 

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System Requirements:
600 MHz processor or faster; 128 MB of RAM or more.
Linux:
The Linux version of the Frontier Compute Engine will run on an x86 platform running the kernel 2.4 or higher. This includes RedHat version 9.0, Fedora Core 1 & 2, or SuSE 9.1.
 
 
hmmm, this is what i saw.

must have updated.

How does compute against cancer correlate to the Cancer jobs that grid.org runs?

What's the scoop with this project?  Anyone know?  Any info on how the fund raising aspect works,....or what kind of things will be going on with the "commercial" side of things???

Sounds somewhat interesting, but finding good info seemed difficult.........is there a forum for the project somewhere that I'm not seeing?

Compute Against Cancer

This is all i've seen Matt..

Interesting if you read the FAQ .....

 Earnings " How much will I earn for Compute Against CancerSM partners?

Your earnings are based on the amount of time your computer spends processing tasks for paying clients, the power of your computer, how often you connect to the Internet, and the speed of your Internet connection. Much of the work currently being processed is for nonprofit cancer researchers. As our paying client base increases, we anticipate an average PC to earn $5-15 per month.

As other participants sign up, these earnings compound. If 5,000 participants support one Compute Against Cancer partner for example, that partner would receive roughly $50,000 monthly. "

And

Task Options " Can I choose the tasks that run on my computer?

For security reasons, when a task is running, you will not be able to tell whether it is for a paying client or a nonprofit researcher or organization. But through your account, you can track how much work your computer has done for nonprofit research and how much money you have earned to donate to your charity. "


And

Parabon " Why does Parabon support Compute Against CancerSM?

The advent of Internet distributed computing creates a resource that computational scientists have dreamed of for a long time. More than anyone else, researchers fighting the most destructive of diseases need this resource.

Philanthropy at Parabon is an integral part of how we conduct business. Dr. Steven Armentrout, Parabon's founder, is committed to pushing the envelope of science, advancing the search for medical cures, and assisting research projects that will benefit all of humanity.

Parabon also does gain commercially by sponsoring Compute Against Cancer. The company's business success depends upon having a strong supply of computational power. Your participation in Compute Against Cancer contributes to building that resource. By choosing to take part in Compute Against Cancer rather than Parabon's standard provider program, you simply choose to donate the money we would pay you for your computer's idle time to the charity of your choice.


So looks to me to be a part commerical/part donate to to the casue - at least the $$ part is out in the open.


Rick

Good bit of research there Rick, well done mate.

I looked at it again several weeks ago but their sign-up makes your home telephone number a mandatory field. Don't know about yous but I'm pretty careful who, and why, I give my personal number out to and they just ain't one of them.

That good info the have EvoDude, i know i don't want any part of that..

Agreed............ you can gather a great deal of personal info from a phone number, no just the address.

I don't like that aspect either.  Maybe someone will get some experience with this project and can report some facts later on.  I'm planning to stay with WCG for now, although I may start using the BOINC client.

The Boinic Client works very well............... especially on older rigs

Except for my antique where it ate a hard drive in under a week

I tried it last week but seems clunky.

Compute Against Cancer?   or BOINC?

The former..........boinc is fine, used it for a year or so.

Ah, thanks. 

There are settings in your account manager to reduce your hard drive activity but you're still WAY at the wrong end of the bell curve for failure time regardless.  Honestly, I think it was on it's last legs anyway.  I've got 2nd hand drives here I've been boinc'ing for well over a year with no problems.

With no warranty and no tech support, I can't afford to risk it.