Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Grid Computing Game


G
rid computing has either reached a tipping point or jumped the shark; someone has written a grid computing video game.

Ok, I'm being a little facetious--the appearance of one flash-based diversion isn't a harbinger of doom or of success. It's just a fun way to spend 2 minutes.

TryScience.org has the game. In it, you control the world's computer grid, and you have to prioritize the grid as it solves different scientific problems. It's different than the type of grid computing that I usually write about (I'm much more interested in companies using their own machines together), but it's worth looking at.

Check it out here.

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2 comments:

  1. JeffW12:59 PM

    Which raises the important question:

    Does the DigiPede Network have enough GIF/WOM?

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  2. Dan Ciruli1:04 PM

    Hah! My favorite computer acronym ever, straight from the keyboard of the guy who invented it.

    GIFWOM, for the uninitiated, is Gratuitous Interface Fluff/Waste Of Mips.

    Back in the 20th century, we considered CPU cycles important enough not to want to waste them on "fluff."

    Nowadays, though, it seems that the amount of GIFWOM in a website is directly related to how likely the Web 2.0 community will embrace it.

    And, suffice it to say: the Digipede Network has no GIFWOM.

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