[LINK] Exotic Particulars [Was Grid Computing dialogue]

[Roger Clarke]

This isn't quite what Stephen (or Ian) were looking for, but try 
reading this message as though it was written by Terry Pratchett. 
Feels right to me.


>----- Original Message -----
>To: <link at anu.edu.au>
>Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 1:13 AM
>Subject: [LINK] CERN drives Grid computing, needs volunteers
>
>
>>  Although one expert claims they haven't done enough,
>>  (http://www.gridtoday.com/grid/711859.html) CERN
>>  is working hard on the development of a world Grid.
>>
>>  The problem appears to be the lack of commercial apps
>>  driving grid-computing development. We need Grids :-)
>>
>>  http://gridcafe.web.cern.ch/gridcafe/GridatCERN/gridatcern.html
>>
>>  "CERN has a reputation for being at the forefront of networking
>>  technology and 'where the Web was born' is the lab's motto.
>>
>>  When it comes to Grid technology, this is particularly true: CERN is
>>  leading some of the most ambitious Grid projects in the world.
>>
>>  CERN has chosen Grid technology to solve a huge data storage and
>>  analysis challenge it faces in 2007, when the Large Hadron Collider,
>>  the biggest scientific instrument in the world, starts running.
>>
>>  At that time, thousands of physicists around the world start clamouring
>>  for access to the huge mounds of data that will come out of the
>>  instrument. The data will be a goldmine for finding traces of new
>>  exotic fundamental particles of matter, which in turn will tell
>>  physicists a lot more about how the Universe was formed and what its
>>  future might be.
>>
>>  The data will be produced at about 10 Petabytes a year. That is more
>>  than 1000x the amount of information in book form printed every year
>>  around the world, and nearly 10% of all information that humans produce
>>  on the planet each year - including digital images, photos and what
>>  have you. In short, that is a LOT of information.
>>
>>  The only reasonable way to access this amount of information seems to
>>  be Grid technology.
>>
>>  So CERN has taken a big gamble on Grid technology, and is pushing the
>>  technology forward in several ways, in order to make the 2007 deadline
>>  for the LHC ..."
>>
>>  **Current Volunteer @home public projects**
>>
>>  http://gridcafe.web.cern.ch/gridcafe/gridprojects/athome.html
>>
>>  Climateprediction.net
>>  Compute Against Cancer
>>  Distributed Folding
>>  figthAIDS at Home
>>  Folding at Home
>>  Genome at home
>>  LHC at home
>>  Mersenne Lifesaver
>>  SETI at home
>>  The Smallpox Protection Project
>>  World Community Grid
>>  ----
>
>Cheers, Ian
>Stephen Loosley
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