XPost: alt.computer.workshop   
   From: CFKinsey@military.org.jp   
      
   On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 22:05:57 +0100, David_B  wrote:   
      
   > On 27/04/2020 20:29, Commander Kinsey wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 04:48:23 +0100, David_B    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 27/04/2020 00:32, Mike Easter wrote:   
   >>>> David_B wrote:   
   >>>>> I've downloaded BOINC and installed it on my old iMac.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> How old is your iMac?   
   >>>   
   >>> Mid-2007 - 24"  Now fitted with 500GB Solid State SATA Drive   
   >>>   
   >>> iMac7,1    6GB RAM  Running OS X El Capitan   
   >>   
   >> Why are you running it on the old one?  Newer machines can do it faster.   
   >   
   > Speed is not of the essence   
      
   It is when they have 11 million of those tasks queued.  There are 34,000   
   people currently running the project, which will get through the queue in a   
   week, but they keep adding to the queue....   
      
   Apparently since the Corona virus appeared, they've quadrupled the number of   
   people running it.  They've been around for ages doing biology research into   
   cancers etc.   
      
   > I like to keep my 'best' computer for day to day computing! ;-)   
      
   And you can.  Rosetta doesn't slow things down, except for some games that   
   need the computer's full attention.  It normally gets out of the way of day to   
   day stuff automatically, the program is set to "low priority" in the operating   
   system.  I let all    
   mine process science 24/7.  The one I use has a couple of "exceptions" in   
   Boinc to pause computation if two specific programs are running (both games).    
   You can even tell it to pause computation whenever you use it (i.e. as soon as   
   it detects you moving    
   the mouse or pressing a key).   
      
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