Collaborative Map-Reduce In the Browser 188
igrigorik writes "The generality and simplicity of Google's Map-Reduce is what makes it such a powerful tool. However, what if instead of using proprietary protocols we could crowd-source the CPU power of millions of users online every day? Javascript is the most widely deployed language — every browser can run it — and we could use it to push the job to the client. Then, all we would need is a browser and an HTTP server to power our self-assembling supercomputer (proof of concept + code). Imagine if all it took to join a compute job was to open a URL."
Noscript (Score:5, Informative)
Progress is running less JavaScript, not more.
Re:Random Thoughts (Score:2, Informative)
What does Java have to do with anything?
Maybe you should try reading the post you're responding to?
Link (Score:5, Informative)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapReduce [wikipedia.org]
Re:Noscript (Score:2, Informative)
"First they march you through hundereds of miles of jungle without food or water, then they shoot you, then they disembowel you, then you lose." --Mahatma Gandhi, had the Japs won WW2.
Re:Scripts taking too long (Score:3, Informative)
I sometimes have that with a 1.7GHz box. And even when I don't, reloading the front page of /. makes Firefox sluggish or non-responsive for 5 to 20 seconds.
Re:Scripts taking too long (Score:3, Informative)
Just change your prefs- under Index/General uncheck "Beta Index" and check "simple design" and "low bandwidth." With those prefs Slashdot loads almost instantly on my somewhat aged machine (P4 2.4) and is still usable on a 700MHz P3.