Comments on: Mininova, the javascript cluster

By: Chris Donnelly

Chris Donnelly — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:05:32 +0000

Just a quick word on the XMLHTTP stuff. I had a MASSIVE slowdown when using the AJAX menu with a particular setting on IE8 (both my 64-bit Vista and 32-bit Vista installs). If you find that the box works slowly, and pauses between each letter typed, go to your advanced settings, and DISABLE the setting labelled “native XMLHTTP support” – LEAVE IT UN-TICKED. That should speed you up.

-c

By: David

David — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:37:05 +0000

Well here is a proof of concept, It is still in its early stages but hope to have everything completed by the end of April.

Popup version: http://www.grid-project.co.uk/agent/
In page version: http://www.grid-project.co.uk/interface/

The project itself uses browsers CPU power to crack MD5 Passphrases, will release a full write up of how it works in June once my dissertation has been marked.

By: mr skin

mr skin — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:16:48 +0000

I heard a rumor that Disney might be making a Harry Potter theme park? I imagine that it would do very well for a while, but in the long run it would flop.

By: ruisu

ruisu — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 10:16:48 +0000

oops, i mean that the other way around.

By: ruisu

ruisu — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 10:14:41 +0000

it takes more than one clock cycle to execute an intruction. that pdf your numbers are based on is all wrong.

By: 7erial

7erial — Sun, 21 May 2006 16:07:56 +0000

Good job !
My ips is over 4′800 000 …

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:45:18 +0000

a) it’d be very, very bad etiquette indeed to hijack cpu cycles. If, at all, you’d have to do this on a opt-in base, and that’d seriously reduce your userbase.

b) what the hell would you let this cluster calculate? SETI? ;P It’d be cheaper and easier to just buy another machine and let it do nothing but whatever calculation you want to do.

I did enjoy the thought experiment, but I can’t see a use that would justify a)

By: null

null — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 10:00:14 +0000

This locked up my P3. Its flucked.

By: roeles

roeles — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 18:54:27 +0000

For effeciency, you should take a look at RFC 1149. That’ll boost your performance

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 07:11:43 +0000

Probably aren’t too many kinds of calculations that only 10 seconds of javascript execution would be useful.

But yea, I did find this blog an interesting read. I too would’ve thought you would get more raw power…