March 28, 20206 yr Anyone contributing computer time to the Simmers Without Borders initiative? I just started. My flightsim computer is usually shut down during my workday, or idle if it's on. So this seems like a pretty painless thing to do. There's not a lot I can do to fight the pandemic beyond staying home. Made sense to me to add one more task. Anybody else? Alan Ampolsk"Ah, Paula, they are firing at me!"-- Saint-Exupery
March 28, 20206 yr Moderator I've had all four of my computers doing a genome study for the past ten years. Since learning of this initiative, I've re-tasked two of them full time to this activity. At least it makes more sense that "bitcoin mining!" 😇 Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
March 28, 20206 yr Author 6 minutes ago, n4gix said: At least it makes more sense that "bit mining!" 😇 And there's that...! Alan Ampolsk"Ah, Paula, they are firing at me!"-- Saint-Exupery
March 28, 20206 yr Not using that specific one, I am on Folding at Home. But yes, my computer is being used for helping to fight Covid 19 (and other stuff too). I don't suppose it will make a massive difference, but it's better than making no difference at all by not doing it. Alan Bradbury Check out my youtube flight sim videos: Here
March 28, 20206 yr Author 6 minutes ago, Chock said: Not using that specific one, I am on Folding at Home. But yes, my computer is being used for helping to fight Covid 19 (and other stuff too). I don't suppose it will make a massive difference, but it's better than making no difference at all by not doing it. I believe Simmers Without Borders is a front-end for Folding at Home - at least, that's the client they point you to. I think the Simmers Without Borders name is just a way of tracking the community response. Agree that any one CPU or graphics card is unlikely to be decisive - but it's something. Alan Ampolsk"Ah, Paula, they are firing at me!"-- Saint-Exupery
March 29, 20206 yr Moderator Well, we would probably never know who's GPU cracked the riddle, but then that's not why we do it either! :) Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
March 29, 20206 yr What are the credits offered for completed WU's? Is this some kind of competition? I mean wouldn't a person joining this be doing it for no personal gain? I'm confused. Doesn't take much these days.. Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
March 31, 20206 yr Author On 3/29/2020 at 6:34 AM, HighBypass said: What are the credits offered for completed WU's? I was going on the assumption it was just a scorekeeping token - like the scoreboard in an arcade game. Never though to ask if it was more than that. I figure trying to get high score is enough. Anything else, I'll let them surprise me. 😎 Found out there's one constraint, at least for me - my flightsim PC has no problem with it, but it chews up bandwidth, which is creating issue with my wife's workplace connection (the servers thare are having a hard time as it is). So I'll have to limit myself to overnight runs. Guess I've gotta give up on that high score after all... Alan Ampolsk"Ah, Paula, they are firing at me!"-- Saint-Exupery
March 31, 20206 yr Ah, makes sense, just a bit of friendly competition. Thank you. Mark Robinson Part-time Ferroequinologist Author of FLIGHT: A near-future short story (ebook available on amazon) I made the baby cry - A2A Simulations L-049 Constellation Sky Simulations MD-11 V2.2 Pilot. The best "lite" MD-11 money can buy (well, it's not freeware!)
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