I've been looking at our stats and noticing that we need some fresh blood (or should I say MegaHertz?) on some projects.
There are a few projects that our team is in that are falling on forgetness, that only one or two people still run them, and I was wondering if there would be anyone out there willing to spare a machine or two to try them.
1. DPAD - I have never ran this one, so I can't say much about it. I do hear that it may be a little tricky at first and/or need some babysitting. We could sure use help here.
2. EON - The Team made a great run on EON not too long ago, but right now we got very little people active on it. Maybe it's enough to maintain rank, but we should dare to dream higher!
3. Folding@Home - In spite of the "@Home" in the name, this isn't a BOINC project (yet, at least). It's simple to run once it's set up and pretty straightforward. I think it comes with a nice screensaver if you wanna watch it work.
4. Grid.org - Our lowest rank across the whole dashboard urgently needs some crunchers to help lift it up. In the last couple of months no more than two or three people have been working on it sporadically.
5. MoneyBee - A very low profile project, at least among our team. Almost no one talks about it, or even crunch it lately. That last part is a shame because on the position we're standing, the teams around us are practically stopped, so with very little effort we could go up alot of ranks.
6. Riesel Sieve - An old timer that has been forgotten for ages and has only been found by some members recently, and added to the stats. Haven't a clue on how it works but I do know that we need to pump up some more activity on it. That goes for both LLR and Sieving.
7. Ubero - Some people claim this project has a much better and more stable platform than BOINC. I can't tell it myself because I never tried it, but I don't doubt them. We're very well classified here, but help is always welcome.
8. ZetaGrid - After a long pause, that most people even believed it was the end, it has recently risen from its grave and it's back in force. Too bad that we're not also back crunching in force on it, because plenty of ranks could be gained.
9. PrimeGrid - The only BOINC project not to fall in the good graces of our team. Yours truly that is writing this was the only member to make it in the closed alpha stage, and gave the initial push for the team to reach top-20. Now that the accounts are open again, not many people have joined in, and even less have been crunching for it.
Remember everyone... Unpopular projects like these pointed out above are a great way to reach the top places on our team (because the competition is standing still), and maybe you can even get the so hard to earn Yellow Jersey that Ototero awards on our stats!
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