E-M:/ You can participate in climate research easily, free, painlessly

[jmgear <jmgear@acd.net>]

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Published on 22 Feb 2006 by BBC. Archived on 23 Feb 2006.
Take part in the largest climate experiment ever

by Staff

Trying to predict climate change is hard. There are lots of factors 
involved – air temperature, sea temperature and cloud cover all play a 
part – as do dozens of other variables. Therefore, there are a huge 
number of calculations involved.

One solution is for scientists to use the largest supercomputer they can 
find. But even the biggest supercomputers are only so good.

We think you can do better.

Using a technique known as distributed computing, we’re hoping to 
harness the power of thousands of PCs around the world. If 10,000 people 
sign up, we’ll be faster than the world’s biggest computer. And we’re 
hoping to be even better than that.

Taking part is easy. All we’re asking you to do is download a simple 
programme, which doubles as a screensaver. Once you’ve installed it, 
your computer will take care of the rest. You don’t have to send us 
anything. You don’t have to enter any data. In fact – if you decide not 
set the programme as your screensaver, you probably won’t even notice 
it’s there.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/hottopics/climatechange/

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