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发表于 2010-4-2 02:08:13
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Web of hope
希望在网络之中
Even in his sleep, Emu Plains resident John Vandenberg is working towards a cure for cancer, a solution for HIV/AIDS and studying global warming simultaneously.
Having joined BOINC@Australia, John is just one of 40,000 volunteers Australia-wide who dedicate their idle computer time to scientific research.
即使在他入睡时，鸸鹋平原的居民 John Vandenberg 仍在同时为寻找治疗癌症的方法、解决HIV/AIDS的办法以及研究全球变暖而工作。加入了BOINC@Australia，John成为了全澳大利亚4万名贡献他们闲置的电脑计算时间给科学研究的志愿者之一。
BOINC, which stands for Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing, allows users to download and run components of complex research projects, becoming part of a global “super computer” that can tackle problems from searching for extra terrestrial life to curing children’s cancer.
BOINC，代表伯克利开放式网络计算平台，它让用户下载并运行很多复杂研究项目的多个组件， 成为“全球超级计算机”中的一部分，来处理包括从寻找地外生命到治疗儿童癌症等一系列问题。
“I found out about the program a few years ago and it’s basically a way of breaking up a huge problem and spreading it out over lots of computers so that a lot of people can contribute,” Mr Vandenberg said.
“It’s not just for geeks and you don’t have to have a super-powered computer to run it, you just download the program to any normal computer.
“Anybody could get the file that cracks a problem and finds a cure for cancer or solves a mathematical problem - there are lots of different research projects you can contribute to.”
Vandenberg说：“多年前我发现了这个计划，觉得它是一个行之有效的方法，通过把大计算问题分散到众多电脑上处理而解决它，很多人也能为此作出贡献。”，“它不是只为电脑迷们准备的程序，你也不必再弄台计算能力超强的电脑来运行它，你要做的只是把这个程序下载到任何一台普通的电脑里。”，“任何人都可以得到用于解决专门问题的文件，象寻找治疗癌症的方法或解决一个数学上的问题， 那里有很多形形色色的研究项目等着你去作出贡献。”
With a minimum of four computers running at any one time in his house, Mr Vandenberg said he was committed to helping this vital medical research.
“You get points for the amount of work you do, so it can get quite competitive and I am in the top 500 out of about 1.8 million people worldwide,” he said.
“However with four or five computers running all the time, you have to try and find the balance between your carbon footprint and the good work that you’re doing, but I think finding a cure for children’s diseases is pretty important and we also contribute to a program on climate prediction to try and balance that out.
“You don’t have to have it on all day because you can just set the preferences and having it running in the background while you’re on the computer and then it stops when you turn the computer off.”
在他家里，任何时候都有至少4台电脑同时运行，Vandenberg说，他已经决心去帮助这类急需的医学研究。
“你可以从所有工作的项目里得到积分， 这使它很有竞争性，在全球180万人里我处于前500名之内。”
“话说要用4、5台电脑不停运行，你不得不努力在你的碳排放量和作这项愉快的工作间找平衡。不过，我觉得发现一个治疗儿童疾病的方法是非常重要的，而且我也为气候预测项目作贡献来平衡它。”
“你不用被迫全天运行它，因为你可以同过设置参数，让程序在你使用电脑的时候转到后台运行。当你关机时程序也跟着中止。”
P.S.:最后一句似乎是废话，还是作者又在玩文字游戏？ |
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