# Doper distributed computing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-distributed-computing/298561>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 9, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-distributed-computing/298561 "2005-04-09T14:55:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Viscera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/258eb7/32.png) [@Viscera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viscera)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-distributed-computing/298561/1 "2005-04-09T14:55:42Z")

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I’ve seen that many communities seem to have a distributed computing “team”, for instance. SETI@home is probably the most well-known, and I saw [http://folding.stanford.edu/](http://folding.stanford.edu/) today. I know there are many others out there as well, from climate modeling, to other medicinal research ones.

I was wondering if there are any Doper teams, or if there is any interest to start one?

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**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-distributed-computing/298561/2 "2005-04-09T15:22:16Z")

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This is our SETI@home team:  
[http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/team\_display.php?teamid=30652](http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/team_display.php?teamid=30652)

I don’t know if there are teams for other projects.

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**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-distributed-computing/298561/3 "2005-04-09T15:30:36Z")

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Sweet! I am so signing up!

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**Author:** ![Dr.Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Dr.Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Love)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-distributed-computing/298561/4 "2005-04-10T00:30:05Z")

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I’m running Folding@home, and would be up for joining a team if anyone wants to make one.