Borging school computers

LordShadow · 18 Dec 2006 at 21:04

Anyone ever tried putting F@H or any other project onto computers at school before?
Im thinking about putting F@H very discreetly onto some computers at school and seeing what happens

. The only real problem I can forsee is that they are shuttles, would this mean they are likely to run too hot?
Also, as we are on a network that uses a log-on screen, and many of the PCs arent logged on for much of the time, would this mean that F@H would only run when someone is logged on?

Just an idea atm, but it could be fun

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LordShadow · 18 Dec 2006 at 22:20

Indeed perhaps borging the PCs deceitfully is totally wrong for all the above reasons, I guess you are right.
Never really thought of actually asking the IT guys at school whether they have ever thought about it - that might be worth a try if I could get like a good presentation about F@H and its benefits together, and ensure that they realise that it wont really affect them.... Will think about that.
Cheers guys.

LordShadow · 19 Dec 2006 at 08:17

SiriusB said:
There is something you have to consider assuming you get permission to install F@H at school... will the school let you fold under your username under team 10? I doubt it.

So getting your school to fold would be purely to benefit the science, and not your own PPD.

SiriusB

I've thought about this and no i doubt that they would, but it would be beneficial to the project and there is a possibility I could wangle them to use their own username but join OcUK

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I had a think about it last night and I reckon that if I can make it into sort of like a publicity stunt for them they might just go along with it, so I shall have a go in the New Year. It has to be worth a try.
Even if taking into power considerations I could get them to agree to all PCs using 20% CPU for F@H, we must have well in excess of 70 PCs at school now, so that would be (in effect) 14 PCs folding full-power during all school hours which would be very useful indeed.

LordShadow · 19 Dec 2006 at 12:08

Well yeah im fairly friendly with the new school IT admin guy and could see him being up for it, not too sure about the headmaster though. Maybe If i convinced him he could get some form of good publicitity (like an article in the local paper "School supports new project for science") then it could work.