Timothy Jones on 17 Feb 2014 16:44:38 -0800


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Re: [PLUG] Uses for a Beowulf Cluster?


You can contribute to active medical research:

http://folding.stanford.edu

Or use cpuminer to do some cryptocoin mining:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/cpuminer/

seti@home is another option.



> On Feb 17, 2014, at 7:29 PM, Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org> wrote:
> 
> So for no particular reason, I was thinking of setting up a beowulf cluster 
> (probably virtually at first, then perhaps using Raspberry Pi's)
> 
> Then the stunning question arises:  What would I use it for?
> 
> So my question for this august group is: what use would an average person have 
> for a supercomputer cluster?
> -- 
> 
> Casey Bralla
> 
> Chief Nerd in Residence
> The NerdWorld Organisation
> 
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