The Grid

what a bad article

"For example, with the internet it is possible to view a web page displaying a weather forecast for your region. This is not much use if you want a barbecue in your back yard at the weekend and want to know if it will be sunny, said Tony Hey, director of the UK's core e-science program. "

wow, how stupid. look at the above quote - "this is NOT much use" ?!?!?

I disagree. I think its very useful to be able to see the weather forecast in my region.

OH, AND.... the article is from 2002. I don't think its happening.

Astute

It is happening, and has already happend, was in the newspapers ages ago and is still being tested, a few thousand computers are currently on the grid from what i last looked up on it.

zogby said:

"For example, with the internet it is possible to view a web page displaying a weather forecast for your region. This is not much use if you want a barbecue in your back yard at the weekend and want to know if it will be sunny, said Tony Hey, director of the UK's core e-science program. "

wow, how stupid. look at the above quote - "this is NOT much use" ?!?!?

I disagree. I think its very useful to be able to see the weather forecast in my region.

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The point of the quote is that a forcast for your backyard would be more useful in that situation. A broad forcast of the region won't tell you if it will be sunny in your backyard.

Jim_ said:

The point of the quote is that a forcast for your backyard would be more useful in that situation. A broad forcast of the region won't tell you if it will be sunny in your backyard.

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Name something that can do that.

liam_d said:

It is happening, and has already happend, was in the newspapers ages ago and is still being tested, a few thousand computers are currently on the grid from what i last looked up on it.

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Binaryman & Liam have been paying attention in class :tu: It ("GRID"...officially reffered to as "Semantic Web Services" or just "Semantic Web") is far into the works, and who knows exactly where it may lead. The idea is being pushed big-time by Tim Berners-Lee (considered by many as the "founder" of the internet, at least as we know it) and the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), which he is the director of. A few good links: http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/