NSF@HOME

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idahofisherman
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Post by idahofisherman »

Neil, would you please consider adding this project to the available stats?

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Sure - any idea what their URL is? I can't find their web site.

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Sorry Neil I should have included it the first time.

http://escatter11.fullerton.edu/infs/


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No worries - the project has now been added.

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Url apparently changed to http://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs/
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Hi Jord,

As it happens, I was already using the URL you posted ;-)

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It goes to show that people will crunch anything. The description of NFS says "NFS@Home is a research project that uses Internet-connected computers to do the lattice sieving step in the Number Field Sieve factorization of large integers."

They lost me after "to do the"... No explanation on the site what's meant with it, people apparently just go "hey, new BOINC project" and look no further.
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Ageless wrote:They lost me after "to do the"... No explanation on the site what's meant with it, people apparently just go "hey, new BOINC project" and look no further.
http://escatter11.fullerton.edu/nfs
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