终于，要划下句点了......

这是昨天grid.org论坛贴出的公告

All Good Things Come To An End…
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With seven years and five projects under its belt, Grid.org has successfully completed its mission: To evangelize the benefits (and demonstrate the viability and security) of large-scale Internet-based grid computing. Therefore, it is with great pride for all the accomplishments of this pioneering resource, and above all with the utmost gratitude to each of our members around the globe, that we announce Grid.org will be retiring on Friday, April 27, 2007.

We’ll be making a public announcement on the site later this week, but we felt it was important to give you, our loyal member base, an early heads-up out of respect for the years of support you’ve given to Grid.org. This way you’ll have time to gather final statistics, exchange contact info, and prepare for the official shutdown.

What exactly is happening:
At 12:00 noon Central Time on Friday, April 27, Grid.org will retire: Jobs will stop running, forums will be closed, and the website will be updated to reflect the retired status of this resource. We will leave the actual servers up for 1 week, so agent messages about this action can continue to be sent to members around the globe who might not check forums regularly. We will also leave the Stats up for one week so you have plenty of time to gather this data. After that, only the Home and Projects pages will remain, along with the instructions for uninstalling the agent ( http://www.grid.org/help/faq_uninstalling_agent.htm ).

Why?
Grid.org has completed its established mission to prove the benefits and viability of Internet-based grid computing. Grid.org was the largest and most ambitious public interest grid venture ever attempted when it was conceived – and thanks to Grid.org (and more specifically to all of you), today such a grid is no longer a novelty. Many public grids are now available, sponsored by large organizations better positioned to provide support to millions of member volunteers and the scientists who leverage their processing power. So, with the underlying technologies now well established globally in both public and private research programs, Grid.org’s goal of establishing the underlying technology has been achieved.

But what about…
We realize that over the past few months, Grid.org has made several announcements about upgrades coming in anticipation of a couple of new projects that we were working on. While we were fairly optimistic about these projects being launched, they ultimately fell through for a number of reasons. We realize that many of you had looked forward to participating in a beta program ahead of launching these projects, and we’re sorry you won’t have that opportunity.

Moving on: Where to go from here?
It’s clear from your years of loyalty to Grid.org that Internet-based research projects of this kind are important to you… and so we’re sure many of you will take your valuable resources to other projects of this kind that are ready and willing to accept you as new members.

Below are just a few of the projects we encourage you to investigate:
> World Community Grid ( http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ ), operated by IBM
> Distributed.net ( http://www.distributed.net/ ), operated by distributed.net
> Compute Against Cancer ( http://www.computeagainstcancer.org/ ), operated by National Cancer Institute
> Folding@Home ( http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/ ), operated by Stanford University
> fightAIDS@Home ( http://fightaidsathome.scripps.edu/ ), operated by Olson Lab at Scripps Research Institute
> LHC@home ( http://athome.web.cern.ch/athome/ ), operated by CERN
> Distributed Folding ( http://www.distributedfolding.org/ ), operated by a group of partners including Hogue Bioinformatics Research Lab, Mount Sinai Hospital, and University of Toronto
> SETI@home ( http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ ), operated by University of California at Berkeley

Also, here are a few great sites to visit to learn more about these and other projects:

> http://enterthegrid.com/
> http://gridcafe.web.cern.ch/gridcafe/gridprojects/fora.html
> http://www.ogf.org/
> http://www.grid.org.il/

Uninstalling the agent
The agent will no longer be processing work after Friday at noon, so you will want to uninstall it from your home device. Here’s how: http://www.grid.org/help/faq_uninstalling_agent.htm . Some more explicit instructions, including Troubleshooting, will be posted online Friday when Grid.org actually retires.

Last but not least
As we’ve tried to emphasize not only in this announcement but throughout our years of operations, we are fully aware of the debt of gratitude we owe to all of you, our loyal members.

The excellent work Grid.org has done, both in contributing massive research power to critical health research and in establishing this kind of research as viable, would not have been possible without your faith, efforts, and donations of compute power and goodwill. There is no superlative high enough to describe the value we place on your ongoing support for Grid.org, and so we simply say Thank you, and we hope you feel as proud as we do of the work you’ve done.

Sincerely,
The Grid.org Team

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Grid.org 所主导的 UD癌症分析, 历经了七年五个专案, 已顺利的完成目标任务了.
UD将会在 2007年4月27日正式退休.
感谢MyChat UD团队队员们这些日子以来的辛劳!

所有队员皆会加赠 完成目标任务奖励!

MyChat UD团队队员们, 若尚未报到, 还请即刻补签到, 以利发给奖励.
数位男女UD团队队员签到处 http://bbs.mychat.to/read.php?tid=84543

而分数已达奖励之队员们, 也别忘了快来补登记喔.
UD破万奖励提报专用帖 http://bbs.mychat.to/read.php?tid=534623
UD TEAM10万奖励提报专用帖 http://bbs.mychat.to/read.php?tid=534623
UD TEAM100万奖励提报专用帖 http://bbs.mychat.to/read.php?tid=534630

注: 论坛已着手研议新的电脑公益活动可能性与执行方式, 详情还请留意论坛公告.

　

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下面是引用here2dl于2007-04-26 12:25发表的 :
Grid.org 所主导的 UD癌症分析, 历经了七年五个专案, 已顺利的完成目标任务了.
UD将会在 2007年4月27日正式退休.
感谢MyChat UD团队队员们这些日子以来的辛劳!

所有队员皆会加赠 完成目标任务奖励!
.......

除了惊叹号～我还不知道能打上什么样的符号来表示震惊～
印象中的研究，是永无止境的一条路....

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感谢大家热心参与

小弟在此向所有队员致上最大的敬意
大家辛苦了

我们团队加入的时间比较晚

这2年4个月的时间

我们不断的创造出许多纪录

终于也到了谢幕的一刻

学术是没有终点的

我们完成的 只是阶段性任务

往后若有相同的活动

希望大家也能再次热诚参与

再次感谢所有队员

以及论坛所有工作人员的协力

感谢大家

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震惊

人家还在努力往 300 万迈进说  

不过

换各角度想，表示重大问题已经有初步解决了

所以 UD 才会走向休息

算是好事一桩

感谢各位的付出与努力

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补充一下
有 100 万奖励，那有没有 200 万奖励

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下面是引用bassplayer于2007-04-26 13:39发表的 :


除了惊叹号～我还不知道能打上什么样的符号来表示震惊～
印象中的研究，是永无止境的一条路....

应该是永久研究的吧

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下面是引用wi5046于2007-04-26 15:59发表的 :

应该是永久研究的吧

嗯！目前的消息是，光荣身退！

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小弟才跑到两万五千多而已就要划下句点了...

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这.....
小弟才短短加入一个多月
UD就要画上句号了
真是有点可惜
难得有一点机会可以对别人有所贡献

这个月来每天开电脑总是先看看UD跑的如何
偷装的几台电脑有没有正常运作
一点一滴的累积微不足道的分数
却也感觉"我也是对这个社会有一点贡献"

这样突然的结束
实在是百感交集
虽然只有区区几万分
但是看着其他大大遥不可及的分数
总是把其他人当作目标并想着说"总有一天我也要这样"
但是.....一切都结束了

换一个角度想想kevinkuo大讲的话
也是没错
UD的结束意味着我们的付出有了一些成果

如果以后还有类似的活动
也请各为多多指教
也谢谢各位这段时间的指导

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刚才发现我的ud
还在继续回传
与下载任务耶
真的停止了吗？？
大家今后有什么打算阿
我的电脑陷入了无穷的空虚～！

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嗯~~这算是一种晴天霹雳的消息~~

不气馁.........希望ud运算后的结果能为人类带来一些些的幸福未来~~

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居然会结束...
难道癌症已经可以完全防治了吗??

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UD运算虽然结束了
但是至少你我都曾经参与过


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嗯..也是要有结束的时候..刚好最近破了百万的阶段目标~也看到这二年多来的努力..在广大的研究中.是有一点点的贡献的!! 接下来..视目以待..新的研究的出现~~

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还真还蛮惊讶的!
手头上的任务还在跑耶
不论如何大家都有近一份心力了!
可以考虑办个庆功宴!

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今早吴大跟我说明这个消息
就久久无法平缓复杂的心情

喜的是，研究告一段落，表示有一定的成果，对我们来说，算是完成阶段性的任务
另一方面，就有点失落
想到这一段时间，所认识的朋友，所投入的心力...
真难以忘怀

感谢工人兄，让我有机会来到数位
可能，是我任务告一段落的时候了

感谢曾经付出过的朋友
相信，有一天，这样的努力会回到自己身上

祝福大家

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下面是引用gogo21于2007-04-26 19:57发表的 :
刚才发现我的ud
还在继续回传
与下载任务耶
真的停止了吗？？
大家今后有什么打算阿
.......

到04/27 2000结束......
不只您啦，一堆人也会感到空虚......

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我希望 UD 不要再开放了
让大家走向健康的生活环境

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哇
好久不曾关电脑了说

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嗯17楼那位birds大大
希望大家走向健康的生活 <-----??
跑UD 我也生活的很健康啊 不太懂您的意思
Maybe 是这样我才分数不太积极

虽然我才跑个1X万多分  
不过研究运算 永无止尽 我个人是不会停止啦 到处算 乱乱算啰
天文 医药 物理 数学...等等 有许多的运算项目   期待等待大家参与啰

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拼了许久终告结束
毕竟这也是个任务阶段啊！
或许觉得好像失去什么
但却也代表着大家努力已经有成果了

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残念, 自己都快半百, 还是无缘了, 勋章啊勋章, 你要保重啰 XD

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想不到重新再加入不到20天就要划下句点了..

没关系, 有尽到力了...

期待下一个吧...

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oh~不
我的潜d舰队
花了很久才建造完成的舰队
结束了～一切都结束了

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哇~~要结束了
加入ud两年多，虽然贡献不多
感觉有点不舍
但能为全球尽一份心力，心中还是觉得很充实
希望Mychat ud团队的大家也能再到别的计画为全球尽一份心

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果然回来这里看看,也是无限愁怅....
还有很多计划可以跑的啦!像它提到有个机构网址也是跑癌症的,
看看有没有人要试试介面.........

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下面是引用Milk于2007-04-27 09:24发表的 :
残念, 自己都快半百, 还是无缘了, 勋章啊勋章, 你要保重啰 XD

喵，你够多了啦~XD

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才跑不到一万就结束了 觉得没出道什么力...


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终于到了一个段落了
希望对全人类有所帮助
我会再继续支持数位男女的类似活动

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大家要不要投票选个新的分散式研究计划继续支持阿
我目前推荐folding@home和wcg这两种
这两种都是跟医学相关的
folding@home

优点 ->研发团队掌握软体开发   因此支援平台众多 LINUS和MAC都有支援 软体patch更新速度很快   连显示卡 ps3都可以拿来跑(效果比CPU还好上10倍 对有这两设备的人是一大诱因)   还有现阶段参与人数较WCG多(约是60万人)
             

缺点 ->只有单一任务 画面不比WCG华丽   还有系统计分方式跟UD不同 需要一小段时间上手

wcg          

优点 ->跟UD一样的软体 大家可能比较易上手 上面任务比较多 有蛋白质折叠 还有防治AIDS的 画面比较炫
             

缺点-> 由于软体是跟UD一样系统   都是跟别人买来的 所以开发权不在他们手上   因此有为人所垢病的更新速度慢 跨平台支援性不好等缺点   目前参加人数较F@H少(约是20~25万人(

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