KWSN Orbiting Fortress

[LanDroid]

In a close vote Citizen Science Grid won as first time CPU PotM for June. This grid actually covers four sub-projects. I'll leave it to expert Knights to discuss the details of how to run each one, especially Wildlife and Climate Tweets.

The Subset Sum problem is described as follows: given a set of positive integers S and a target sum t, is there a subset of S whose sum is t? It is one of the well-known, so-called "hard" problems in computing. It's actually a very simple problem, and the computer program to solve it is not extremely complicated. What's hard about it is the running time – all known exact algorithms have running time that is proportional to an exponential function of the number of elements in the set (for worst-case instances of the problem).
http://volunteer.cs.und.edu/csg/subset_sum/

The goal of DNA@Home is to discover what regulates the genes in DNA. Ever notice that skin cells are different from a muscle cells, which are different from a bone cells, even though all these cells have every gene in your genome? That's because not all genes are "on" all the time. Depending on the cell type and what the cell is trying to do at any given moment, only a subset of the genes are used, and the remainder are shut off. DNA@home uses statistical algorithms to unlock the key to this differential regulation, using your volunteered computers.
http://volunteer.cs.und.edu/csg/dna/

Wildlife@Home is ... aimed at analyzing video gathered from various cameras recording wildlife. Currently the project is looking at video of sharp-tailed grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus to examine their nesting habits and ecology. The nest cameras have been set up up both near western North Dakota's oil fields and also within protected state lands. We recently have also begun studying two federally protected species, interior least terns, Sternula antillarum, and piping plovers, Charadruis melodus.
http://volunteer.cs.und.edu/csg/wildlife/

The Climate Tweets project is focused on personal opinions about climate change or global warming. The goal is to sort tweets and view the different views in various countries, how the discussion has changed over time, and how opinions change with political orientation
http://volunteer.cs.und.edu/csg/climate/

Attach to CSG here:
http://csgrid.org/csg/

Starting stats:
19th Place
3,083,884. Total points
10,113. average daily production past week
9,055. RAC 30th place

On edit: corrected address to attach to CSG.

[Pooh Bear 27]

[LanDroid]

Fixed it, thanks Pooh Bear 27.

Here's a link to badges for those needing additional motivation. Wildlife awards badges for both time and points.
http://csgrid.org/csg/badge_list.php

[JumpinJohnny]

If you had run DNA, SubsetSum or Wildlife in the past. You should detach from the CSG completely and re-attach to http://csgrid.org/csg/

There is plenty of work for Subset Sum and DNA >> http://csgrid.org/csg/server_status.php

The wildlife program could use your help in marking "Events" in bird videos.
The occasional Wildlife@Home CPU work that does come around depends on people to continue to participate in viewing these videos.
The Wildlife WU's are always for Linux and OSX first and then compiled for Windoz last.

We have definitely slipped a bit in April thru May.... 14th to 19th team.

[LanDroid]

Hath I shrubbed in excess of 10K points in yon projects in less than one turning of the sun upon the Earth? Forsooth! It doth appear to be so. This Quest could be a guoduon for me!

How doth a Kanigit commence the Quest to watch birdie videos? Are they DL'd, must one select from the site, ay / Ni? Reflect henceforward: Am I truly that bored? I daresay No! But ask me again in an hour. Ni!
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[JumpinJohnny]

[JumpinJohnny]

You may see a drop in your CSG credit totals today.
Headline: KWSN drops -117,977 in a single day!!!
Two steps ahead, 1 3/4 steps back... do the silly walk like you know how.

It is a correction and a result of a fixed mistake.
There were problems leftover from the server move that caused DNA credits to randomly increase the CGA total more than actual.
If you have not recently shrubbed DNA you won't see the drop.
It's "all systems go" for the SubsetSum and DNA projects.
(If you are bored you can use the CSG website to classify climate change tweets or mark events in bird videos.)

[LanDroid]

Despite that setback, KWSN has moved up 2 spots. Ten Knights are actively shrubbing CSG so far.

Milestones:
JumpinJohnny 250,000
Plomos 30,000
PimpInTheBox 30,000
Gemjunkie[TeaM] 30,000
John Galt 007 20,000
Sir Mifun Fat in a Right Place 10,000
LanDroid 10,000
Colleen 500

[PhastPhred]

[LanDroid]

Got me badges in SubSetSum and DNA. Now dropping SubSetSum and going for the badge for 100K in DNA. Also on to some birdie videos, KWSN gotsta keep our #1 status!

KWSN daily production tripled in the past few days and we hit the Top 10 in team production today! nI!



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[LanDroid]

Bit of discussion on CSG at the DC-Vault. [H]ard|OCP and the Cows have been hitting this project hard as a stress test and will probably do so again in July before adding CSG to the Vault.
http://www.team-ninja.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=56225

KWSN is 3rd on the Twitter project!

Lot's of milestones falling quickly...

Rick A. Sponholz 1,700,000
John Galt 007 70,000
PimpInTheBox 50,000
Gemjunkie[TeaM] 40,000
LanDroid 30,000
PhastPhred 8,000

[sir spuddly buddly]

I'm in baby!

(err ... I mean I've joined up too .. not what you think it might be ... carry on now the good work chaps!)
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a monster can be excused for his behaviour . . . The problem is not how a monster could do it, but how a human being did it.
Scaring 11 year olds since 2005
"There is only one path to Ni!-dom - through the shubbery"
Click every day at http://naturarvet.se/en/ to save a forest!

[LanDroid]

Due to numerous Twitterpations, both JumpinJohnny and KWSN are # 1 in the Twitter sub-project!

[sir spuddly buddly]

I seem to be checking somebody called Gibbs' DNA. It says he's left a sample. Can anyone leave a sample and where do I put it in my 'puter? In a free USB port?
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a monster can be excused for his behaviour . . . The problem is not how a monster could do it, but how a human being did it.
Scaring 11 year olds since 2005
"There is only one path to Ni!-dom - through the shubbery"
Click every day at http://naturarvet.se/en/ to save a forest!

[JumpinJohnny]

[sir spuddly buddly]

"a 5" floppy" ? I should be so lucky!
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a monster can be excused for his behaviour . . . The problem is not how a monster could do it, but how a human being did it.
Scaring 11 year olds since 2005
"There is only one path to Ni!-dom - through the shubbery"
Click every day at http://naturarvet.se/en/ to save a forest!

[PhastPhred]

Back when I got into PCs we had 8-inchers

Nowadays you guys need 'Niagra' or something...

[sir spuddly buddly]

I thought that our DNA was what made us different from other species. so are we secretly trying to breed a man/snail hybrid with a super strong shell but moves very slowly? Supersnail! Look down on the ground! It's a slug, it's a newt, it's SUPERSNAIL! Run away evil doers! (ok, you don't have to run, a slow amble is enough)
Wait a minute ... Is Spiny Norman behind all this?

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a monster can be excused for his behaviour . . . The problem is not how a monster could do it, but how a human being did it.
Scaring 11 year olds since 2005
"There is only one path to Ni!-dom - through the shubbery"
Click every day at http://naturarvet.se/en/ to save a forest!

[LanDroid]

It's the extra slime we're going for with this bizarre hybrid. What could possibly go wrong?

[LanDroid]

DNA is out of work so our lil' experiment is halted.

Milestones:
JumpinJohnny 250,000
John Galt 007 100,000
PimpInTheBox 90,000
Gemjunkie[TeaM] 60,000
multijumper 50,000
LanDroid 50,000
Sir Mifun Fat in a Right Place 25,000
sir_spuddly_buddly 1,000