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Sorry if this has been posted before.

But is anyone taking part in this experiment conducted by the beeb,
downloading software to run on your own PC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/climatchange

I'm curious, I certainly have spare bandwidth and one computer that could be
used. But as the beeb's web site seems a little busy just now and I can't
access the faq there. The important thing for me is the security aspects,
does anyone have any reservations in this regard.

Cheers

John DH


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"John DH" - wrote in message news:441734da.0@entanet...
Sorry if this has been posted before.

But is anyone taking part in this experiment conducted by the beeb,
downloading software to run on your own PC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/climatchange

I'm curious, I certainly have spare bandwidth and one computer that could be
used. But as the beeb's web site seems a little busy just now and I can't
access the faq there. The important thing for me is the security aspects,
does anyone have any reservations in this regard.


No, I've been running the model for nearly two years now and I have had no
problems.

Cheers, Alastair.


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"John DH" - wrote in message news:441734da.0@entanet...
Sorry if this has been posted before.

But is anyone taking part in this experiment conducted by the beeb,
downloading software to run on your own PC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/climatchange

I'm curious, I certainly have spare bandwidth and one computer that could
be
used. But as the beeb's web site seems a little busy just now and I can't
access the faq there. The important thing for me is the security aspects,
does anyone have any reservations in this regard.


No, I've been running the model for nearly two years now and I have had no
problems.

Cheers, Alastair.



No problems here either, there is no personally identifiable information
sent by the program, only program data



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John DH wrote:
Sorry if this has been posted before.

But is anyone taking part in this experiment conducted by the beeb,
downloading software to run on your own PC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/climatchange

I'm curious, I certainly have spare bandwidth and one computer that could be
used. But as the beeb's web site seems a little busy just now and I can't
access the faq there. The important thing for me is the security aspects,
does anyone have any reservations in this regard.

Cheers

John DH



I posted this a week or so ago but there were no takers :-(

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I've joined the "uk.sci.weather" team, currently 4 computers running.
Some interesting information with regards you own computer and 'teams' computers results all in the bbc.cpdn.org site.
Currently 151 Countries running 124,396 Hosts.
http://bbc.cpdn.org/usermap.php
If your interested in joining, as posted before...

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http://bbc.cpdn.org/index.php

A 'group' for interested parties to join.
URL is he http://bbc.cpdn.org/create_account_form.php?teamid=698

Direct email to "lists at reiteration dot net" for account details
snip

Surely we should be the ones promoting such things. Give it a go if you haven't already.

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http://www.southendweather.net


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Keith (Southend) wrote:

I posted this a week or so ago but there were no takers :-(


Beware the Director General, my son!
The edits that bite, the clauses that catch!
Beware the Presenters too, and shun
The Third Division match!"

He took his remote to hand:
Long time the maxim: "Foe" he thought
So rested he on ITV,
Uncertain what he sought.

Miffed, no hope of getting through
And every e-mail that he sent,
Came back whiffing of stinkey-pooh,
So much for giving vent!

Channel one! Then, two! And through and through
The Channel Switch went snicker-snack!
Seeing red, he scratched his head
He then went searching back.

"And, has thou seen the schedule?
What's on today!
Not more repeats?
Of course there are, you bloody fool!

It's still the BBC.



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In article . com,
Weatherlawyer writes:
eware the Director General, my son!
The edits that bite, the clauses that catch!
Beware the Presenters too, and shun
The Third Division match!"

snip

LOL! Excellent.
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John Hall "George the Third
Ought never to have occurred.
One can only wonder
At so grotesque a blunder." E.C.Bentley (1875-1956)
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"John DH" - wrote Sorry if this has been posted before. But is anyone
taking part in this experiment conducted by the beeb,
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The important thing for me is the security aspects,
does anyone have any reservations in this regard.


I've been running it since the beginning of February, John, (I'm up to
1931!) and I've had no problems - IMHO, I don't think there are any security
implications.

The whole thing just rumbles quietly away in the background but it does make
excrutiatingly slow progress. And I'm not yet anywhere near the point where
my model's likely to show anywhere accountably frazzling or freezing yet.

- Tom.


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Tom Bennett wrote:
"John DH" - wrote Sorry if this has been posted before. But is anyone
taking part in this experiment conducted by the beeb,
snip
The important thing for me is the security aspects,
does anyone have any reservations in this regard.


I've been running it since the beginning of February, John, (I'm up to
1931!) and I've had no problems - IMHO, I don't think there are any security
implications.

The whole thing just rumbles quietly away in the background but it does make
excrutiatingly slow progress. And I'm not yet anywhere near the point where
my model's likely to show anywhere accountably frazzling or freezing yet.

- Tom.



I'm November 1936 :-) atm

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Thanks everyone,

Set it up this morning. Have to say that when the computer is not being
used, the fan noise gets on my t*ts. So project suspended until I figure out
how to limit cpu capacity.

Cheers

John DH


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"John DH" - wrote in message news:4417f45e.0@entanet...
Thanks everyone,

Set it up this morning. Have to say that when the computer is not
being
used, the fan noise gets on my t*ts. So project suspended until I
figure out
how to limit cpu capacity.


.... I did have it running for about a couple of weeks, but found it was
capturing too much of my capacity and not releasing it properly. Have
ditched it now and the system is back to normal.

Martin.


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