





Enter Warriors In GridWars Interactive 30
guts writes "Those interested in parallel computing can enter warriors in the new GRID WARS INTERACTIVE contest by downloading the challenge kit from www.gridwars.com. Prizes will be awarded to those who submit the most winning warriors, with the championship held live at Supercomputing SC2003 in Phoenix in November. Details available on the web site." (See this earlier story about Grid Wars, too.)
OT and burning karma like a madman: GVP (Score:2)
crappy website (Score:2)
You know, I bet more people would be interested if their website was not full of crappy flash.
That said, it sounds like lots of fun.
Flash (Score:2)
Why people do this still i do not understand.
Gripe with installer (and Flash-ridden site) (Score:2)
I'm currently installing the GridWars software, and have a gripe (other than the Flash gripe that's been echoed here several times -- there should always be a way to navigate a site from a text-based browser!). My gripe is that they default to installing on C:, and they greyed out the [...] button which would allow you to change the installation directory!
Yes, I realize my configuration is non-standard (Windo
Re:Gripe with installer (and Flash-ridden site) (Score:2)
1. They didn't properly capitalize the name of the
wow (Score:2)
it is a commercial (Score:1)
1) announced what the prize is
2) allowed you do download an use a full version of the software instead of a 30 day trial.
3) explained the rules better.
Use open grid computing standards instead (Score:2)
Globus [globus.org] is an open-source grid computing
Re:Use open grid computing standards instead (Score:1)
I propose a new slashdot poll:
time globus-job-run machine
Re:Use open grid computing standards instead (Score:1)
Looks like crap (Score:1)
I've written a warrior, but I can't test it since I can't even compile the app...
stupid design, looks like you compile the application with the warriors built into the exe.
What is needed is a dynamic loader / compiler / interpreter built into the game engine like core wars does.
wrong forum... (Score:2)
I'm not quite sure slashdot is the correct forum for advertising such crap.
How is this different from CoreWars? (Score:2)
its certainly not new , though with MS being plastered across the screen I guess re-inventing the wheel and shouting all about it was somewhat expected.
Re:How is this different from CoreWars? (Score:1)