Use Your PC To Help Predict Climate Change!

[Comrade J]

The BBC is helping to run a worldwide test of how the climate will change in different situations.

Here's the website for it (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/) and here's the FAQ (http://bbc.cpdn.org/help.php#1)

Basically, you download a program that uses your excess computing power (ie- everything else you do is given priority) to see what will happen to the Earth in one situation. It is just calculations running in the background, though you do have the option of viewing your planet in a screensaver. Some people's planets might turn to ice, some peoples' may resemble our current Earth - it just depends on what situation your computer is given the task of monitoring.
You don't need to actually do anything, the computer securely sends a bit of information everyday to an Oxford Uni server based on it's calculations, it's pretty simple.

All the info you need is in the first link, which I recommend you read, and to go to the download page, just click 'take part in the experiment.'

Anyone doing it?

[loveme4whoiam]

This is like the SETI project, right? Meh, why not, it's not like I actually use all of my PC's meagre power at the moment anyway (I've been reduced to playing Flash games *cries*

[dannie]

i'm giving my cpu to the [email protected] project by the stanford university, maybe i'll download this one after i finished the proteine i'm currently folding

[barret]

These are pretty nifty, infact I like the idea that atleast this one gives you a cool screen saver to watch. I used to be a part of [email protected] as well, I'm not totally sure if my computer did much work at all though, its slow enough as it is. :unsure:

[dannie]

i'm using the console version of [email protected], it gets more work done, tough i don't get that much done. A proteïn a week or so.

[which doctor]

I once gave away my time to [email protected] I never helped find any aliens though.

[BattleOfTheCowshed]

I used to do SETI @ Home too. Now I'm contributing to this thing, its pretty ill. My only problem: when the screensaver comes on, it says "press S to see snow view" or whatever. How can I do that? Pressing S usually kills the screensaver for me and returns me back to what I was originally looking at. Any help is welcomed, thanks.