Boinc On Pandora

[cb88]

So how about haveing boinc installed as the default screensaver? or as a package also debian has a boinc package for arm so i guess we are set . just imageing team pandora 3000+ pandoras charging at night and runing boinc would be an impressive amount of cpu power

 

[Snu]

So how about haveing boinc installed as the default screensaver? or as a package also debian has a boinc package for arm so i guess we are set . just imageing team pandora 3000+ pandoras charging at night and runing boinc would be an impressive amount of cpu power

eh, a screensaver is pretty pointless with lcds and a clamshell design... and when you are trying to save power...

 

[Game_over]

So how about haveing boinc installed as the default screensaver? or as a package also debian has a boinc package for arm so i guess we are set . just imageing team pandora 3000+ pandoras charging at night and runing boinc would be an impressive amount of cpu power

eh, a screensaver is pretty pointless with lcds and a clamshell design... and when you are trying to save power...


Is what you are referring to is kind of like the electronic sheep screensaver?

 

[atomicthumbs]

Except for a worthwhile cause.

 

[Dingo_aus]

These programs do actually stress the device they are computing on.

I've contributed to several Grid computing efforts over the years and still do but I do notice significant temperature differences.

I'm in Australia without AC (in the northern part too) which means that I monitor my boxes closely in the summer time and running Boinc etc will push my CPU too high.

I'd hate to kill my Pandora because I had cooked the CPU and the CPU is on a PCB which can transfer heat to every other component in the case. Pandora doesn't have a fan does it?

Also if the computationally intensive activity overnight results in more charge/discharge cycles on your battery you'll be going through them pretty quickly - just depends how the charging circuit works I suppose.

I think you'd get a cheaper and more powerful result building a dedicated x86 box and leaving it running in the corner (with some fans).

 

[Parkydr]

Brings back memories of my SparcStation5 processing 1 SETI work package every 25 hours

 

[Blah]

I've never seen an ARM get hot, lol.

 

[AireTamStorm]

I've never seen an ARM get hot, lol.

The XScale manages. My iPAQ 2700, and 5500 especially, cook an egg at 400MHz. Why? SOFTWARE CHARGING.

 

[Chip]

I've never seen an ARM get hot, lol.

And you never will.