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| Your personal background. | |
| Name : Chris Harry Born : Neath, South Wales 1959 Achievements :- National Youth Orchestra of Wales (Violin) Imperial College of London (Physics) - Graduated 1980 Yachtmaster : Holder of Yachtmaster (Practical and Theory) and OceanMaster (Theory) RYA Certificates. Professional Work IBM United Kingdom Laboratories Ltd, Hursley Park, Winchester UK 1981 - 1994 Worked on hardware development of Graphics Subsystems. Experience in hardware development, programming (all languages), Quality, Competitive Analysis and Business and Market Analysis. Other projects covered various aspects of all Telecommunications and computing sectors. Other work Returned to Wales (1994) to look after disabled parents. After my mother death in 1997, my father (disabled by stroke) and I voyaged on our yacht CRISTAN from Wales, down the West coast of France to the Gironde Estuary (Bordeaux), and then de-masted the boat for entry into the canal system after Bordeaux. We entered Canal Lateral (at Castets) after Bordeaux and travelled to Toulouse where the canal becomes the Canal du Midi. Onward from Toulouse, past Carcassone, Bezier to the Meditteranean. We entered the Med at Sete in France (put mast up)and thereafter voyaged to Barcelona, Majorca, Minorca, Sardinia, Corsica,Isle of Elba, Italian mainland (Livorno, Pisa, Sienna, Rome and Naples - where father died on boat) Now with both parents dead, I am studying Swedish Massage locally, here in Wales, whilst determining my next challenge. | |
| Your opinions about Einstein@Home | |
| I run Einstein@Home because I have recently purchased a new Targa Ulta AN64 3700+ (2.2 Ghz), Windows XP system from Lidl. I needed this to complete my course work for the Swedish Massage Course I am currently attending. Whilst attending this course, I am also upgrading my computer knowledge and re-visiting my old Physics (Imperial College) days and seeing where things are in Science (I have an Inquiring Mind !). I subscribed to the Einstein WorldWide Webcast befre Xmas, and then became interested in the Einstein@Home Project, of which I am now a member. I think the project is great in terms of being able to use background CPU cycles of my (and other peoples computers) to form a \\'supercomputer\\'. I just wish I had more knowledge of what was going on, from a Physics point of view. I know my computer is working on repeated jobs, something to do with neutron stars or whatever, but I would like to know \\'What are we looking for, Why, and a bit more about the Physics and Mathematics of what my new PC is working on\\' - currently I feel I have something working in background which I think is \\'important\\' without knowing why, and which part of the project is actually running on my PC so that I can \\'feel\\' the contribution my PC is making. Donating my PC and background CPU cycles is one thing but \\'developing an active project community experience\\' seems a bit lacking. User, statistics etc do not provide an \\'experience\\'. It is this \\'experience\\' which is ever so important in galvanising home participants to become involved in the project. Currently, web browser vendors are competing intensely to provide \\'the best web experience\\' so that they capture users. I believe that a similar initiative is required from Cern, to \\'communicate, collaborate with and captivate\\' home users. Otherwise, you\\'ll get switched off to make way for Doom3 or Quake4. Hope this helps, Chris | |
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