Einstein@Home: donate your computer's time to science

[christoph2005]

These projects interest me but I can't justify running my PC at 100% 24/7. The cost of the energy would actually be noticeable on an electric bill. My calculations show that just running 300 watt's 24 hours a day for 30 days, at the current cost of California energy being 18c/kilowathour, will end up costing you 40 bucks a month. When I noticed that I tried looking into projects that would pay you for your cputime but they wouldn't even cover their own expenses. My systems await proper pay.

[g00glian0]

@christoph2005

Well I don't live in Cali but I have been running multiple machines with seti for years without that kind of electric bill spike.

[benthemiester]

They just discovered an unusual pulsar on two home computers. I wish they had something like this for the human genome project. Well they do, but in order to make a contribution it requires a lot of scientific knowledge that I don't have.

[chuxanator]

who's ganna pay for my electric bill?

[g00glian0]

@chuxanator

you are. don't run it.

[MrChristian326]

Thanks for sharing your interest in this field.

[me2super]

Einstein: "I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty." Einstein rejected the rewarding or punishing God of Islam or Christianity.

Einstein: "Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms." Einstein rejected the idea of judgement day and resurrection.

[novomlinski]

he was right!

[chinchonchinchon]

@me2super

Was Einstein ever right in all his theories? No offence but remember, he was a Jew, and I'm not antisemitic either...

He was a genius granted, but...just because einstein asserts something it doesn't mean it's the absolute truth.

since the individual just disappears from existence, don't cry when a loved one dies, just say, good bye molecules and amino-acids! It's that simple!

[g00glian0]

@chinchonchinchon

His theories are put to the test everyday, and most(I'm guessing) still stand. I read everyday about new science and don't see anything about his theories being shot down.

You wouldn't cry if your kids died? Silly!

[batistaker123]

@chinchonchinchon What do you mean don't cry? As an atheist I feel like I would have more of an emotional feeling towards death than a believer who believes they will see the other person again in the afterlife. I can easily turn this against you. No need to cry if your dad is dead you will see him again...

[me2super]

Einstein proved that space, time, and manifest + unmanifest fields *cannot exist separately*, but are always magnificently intertwined in their operation. This is exactly in line with Vedanta's concept of Brahman of the inseparable God & God's creation. Per Koran, God & God's creation are *separate & exclusive* which is impossible per Einstein. Not Koran's, but Hindu cosmology is accepted as the only valid theology by scientists: Carl Sagan, Roger Bertschausen, Stephen Hawking, etc.

[ppaperlilies]

Data supplied for analysis with Einstein@Home are not to be used for any other purpose without the consent of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC).

[grodenbarg]

interesting video

[superman56]

SETI@Home is pretty cool too..

[novomlinski]

seti is pointless...you think if other races would want them to find us....and we suspect that most of other races are more advanced then us wouldnt let us know somehow about their existance?and we are trying to find them with pimitive sound waves....better support more importent projects like einstine,milkyway or climate prediction...

[g00glian0]

@novomlinski I don't think it is silly. It really doesn't matter what we think or believe when we simply don't know. And not knowing is why it's done!

[rileinc]

BOINC especially benefits from multiple core cpus; you can have 1 core processing the downloaded data while doing work with the other core(s). so having it running all the time essentially doesnt impact any average users with dual or quad core cpus (but not gamers).

[hookah604]

join LHC as well in boinc. its not running yet but it will. :D

[savagemike90]

Hey Jon! Can I repost this video on my page? I'll say you made it. I just want to help spread the word but wanted to see if it was o.k. with you.

[SecularAstronomer]

Sure! No problem. I'm all for spreading the word in the most efficient of ways. :o)

[kwakhed23]

5 starred, favorited, and will feature it on my channel. i just went to a lecture on LIGO yesterday -- really amazing theory, work and technology.

[charlieclown]

great idea to dupe ppl into downloading keyloggers

[SecularAstronomer]

Or you could pretend to be a decent human being with a moral compass and refrain... never mind - forget I said anything.

[grodenbarg]

keyloggers? most, if not all anti-virus software catch those now. For more protection install keystroke encryption software on your computer to make any recorded keystrokes useless to one. LOL!

[charlieclown]

Anyone with a bit of programming expertise could make a simulator and say its for a good cause. There is potential for abuse here.

For all I know its a college students scam to phish info from peoples computers.

Why wouldn't the gov't just use a supercomputer to do this easily?

[kwakhed23]

because the research project still has to buy time on a supercomputer. this is a way to get the work done essentially for free, and with nearly limitless time devoted to it. more importantly, you can't get nearly as many mips from one machine with even a thousand processors as you can from running the code part-time on tens of thousands of processors.

[novomlinski]

yeah i thought about it

[g00glian0]

@charlieclown I know this is from 3 years ago. Hopefully you have read a little since then to see how much about this you don't understand.

[novomlinski]

what is that has to do with the subject?

[skunkredhair]

@charlieclown lol please, pleeeeease, hope not serious XD if it was keylogger they would be busted long time ago even with the simplest antivirus software... *facepalm*

[ThoughtScientist]

damn dude, a 633 mhz comp and u still manage to run it, impressive

[nanashimara]

have you followed gravity probe b?

[Hekerui]

I just starting using the programme as well - thanks for making such a nice video.

[rekeltje]

down, joined

[NekaiiOnera]

I might join up :) I've been devoting 100% of my CPU to SETI@home since 2001, folding proteins really isn't in my interest :s though the cause is good... But this is :D I'm gonna run 50/50 seti and einstein

[SecularAstronomer]

If you do, be sure to join our group:

h t t p://einstein. phys. uwm. edu/ team_display. php?teamid=8104

-Jon

[NekaiiOnera]

You'll see me there soon under the alias Gussi :)

[D4Shawn]

That's cool. I know S.E.T.I. used to do that (they probably still do). I'm not a big fan of S.E.T.I. though. I think they're a farce. I'd rather help Einstein.

[howtofoldsoup]

I'm doing something similar for the analysis of protein-protein interactions with focus on proteins that play a role in neuromuscular disease. Another cool tool to throw your computer at is stardustathomeDOTsslDOTberkele­yDOTedu where they're looking for an interstellar dust particle.

[Fighter7000]

howtofoldsoup: can you please send me the link to the protein analysis programs site in a PM

[theBigTakeover]

This idea is fascinating. Its a simple way to contribute in a tangible way to understanding the universe.