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Why did you [http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Scientific_method&curid=2218&diff=23247&oldid=22770&rcid=21899 remove references to setiathome or einsteinathome]? I'm not the original author, but I think it's a good reminder of some of really big efforts (much like the OLPC itself) that need to be distributed and collaborative (ok, the child wouldn't do the math ;) Nevertheless, I also think they are a good pedagogical start-, mid- or ending-point for many subjects in science... 'even' the mersenne project could be interesting to the typical question: 'Which is the largest prime number?' we've all asked at one point or another... --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 12:45, 30 January 2007 (EST) |
Why did you [http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=Scientific_method&curid=2218&diff=23247&oldid=22770&rcid=21899 remove references to setiathome or einsteinathome]? I'm not the original author, but I think it's a good reminder of some of really big efforts (much like the OLPC itself) that need to be distributed and collaborative (ok, the child wouldn't do the math ;) Nevertheless, I also think they are a good pedagogical start-, mid- or ending-point for many subjects in science... 'even' the mersenne project could be interesting to the typical question: 'Which is the largest prime number?' we've all asked at one point or another... --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 12:45, 30 January 2007 (EST) |
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:Follow-up to reply [[User talk:Xavi#seti at home et al.]] |
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::1) Advertising? Of free software? I don't agree... I would label it more on the 'plug' side, or 'btw, look at this'. |
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::2) Those ''screen-savers'' '''are''' designed for off-line computing (they connect, download a work-unit, disconnect, work..., connect, upload results, get a new work unit, disconnect...). They don't need 24/7 connectivity, and are designed to work during the idle-process of the computer (thus the analogy to a screen-saver). They have several [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/prefs.php configuration parameters or preferences] to fit almost any user's whims... |
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::3) It's upto the laptop user to install and use it. Similarly, connecting and using a [[USB Peripherals|USB CD-Rom]] will also eat your battery away... it's upto the user the balance the trade-offs; not us. |
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::I still think that somewhere they should at least be mentioned. |
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::Millions of the children live in [http://www.who.int/topics/malaria/en/ malaria-infested areas]; and for them it may make perfect sense to collaborate in a project like [http://www.malariacontrol.net/ malariacontrol.net] both for awareness and a (hopefuly) a possible solution. --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 11:50, 1 February 2007 (EST) |
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Revision as of 16:50, 1 February 2007
re: deleting top 10 concerns. Thank you. I agree.
talk:idea policy Duke 20:09, 24 October 2006 (EDT)
distributed computing
Why did you remove references to setiathome or einsteinathome? I'm not the original author, but I think it's a good reminder of some of really big efforts (much like the OLPC itself) that need to be distributed and collaborative (ok, the child wouldn't do the math ;) Nevertheless, I also think they are a good pedagogical start-, mid- or ending-point for many subjects in science... 'even' the mersenne project could be interesting to the typical question: 'Which is the largest prime number?' we've all asked at one point or another... --Xavi 12:45, 30 January 2007 (EST)
- Follow-up to reply User talk:Xavi#seti at home et al.
- 1) Advertising? Of free software? I don't agree... I would label it more on the 'plug' side, or 'btw, look at this'.
- 2) Those screen-savers are designed for off-line computing (they connect, download a work-unit, disconnect, work..., connect, upload results, get a new work unit, disconnect...). They don't need 24/7 connectivity, and are designed to work during the idle-process of the computer (thus the analogy to a screen-saver). They have several configuration parameters or preferences to fit almost any user's whims...
- 3) It's upto the laptop user to install and use it. Similarly, connecting and using a USB CD-Rom will also eat your battery away... it's upto the user the balance the trade-offs; not us.
- I still think that somewhere they should at least be mentioned.
- Millions of the children live in malaria-infested areas; and for them it may make perfect sense to collaborate in a project like malariacontrol.net both for awareness and a (hopefuly) a possible solution. --Xavi 11:50, 1 February 2007 (EST)