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Thursday, January 29, 2004
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XGrid or the future of computing: "[Y]ou could install this on anyone's computer without changing this person's workflow in any way - the only difference is that the regular screen saver is replaced by a program that displays the cluster's power on the screen (in a very cool way, might I add) and tells the cluster controller that the computer it is running on is free to do some calculation."
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Whale explodes in Taiwanese city: "A dead sperm whale has exploded while being delivered to a research centre near the southwestern city of Tainan. Passers-by and cars were soaked in blood and body parts were sprayed over a road after the bursting of the whale, which was being carried on a trailer."
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Among Databases, Open Access Is Growing Rare: "[R]estricted access makes it harder for other databases to incorporate your data and produce an even better result. For example, my group develops public databases focused on specific diseases. We collect data from multiple, mostly public sources, and present the information in ways that are more useful for scientists working on our diseases. To preserve open access to our databases, we cannot incorporate data from...restricted sources, even if they allow downloads. Too bad. It means we have to spend time and money duplicating work already done. Delay, delay, delay." [via Open Access News]
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