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  The Ecclasian Fellowship - Articles - Entropia
Entropia not only sees the butterfly inside the caterpillar, but takes it one step further and acknowledges no difference between the two, as it is only the illusion of time that separates them.
In Entropia there is to be found not only faith but certainty that the materials will be made into their finished form given time and patience.
Entropia is also associated with study rooms where creative writing is done, either by hand or on the computer.
members.aol.com /Ecclasia1/entropia.html   (557 words)

  
  Entropia (album) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is a concept album concerning a family in a fictional society that is torn apart by a war.
Entropia was first released by the Japanese company Marquee on their Avalon label in August 1997.
As a result, the album is released a number of times on a number of different labels in a number of countries, as demonstrated with Pain of Salvation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Entropia_(album)   (422 words)

  
 Entropia 3000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Entropia 3000 incorporates advanced technology to address the most critical concerns in properly implementing a distributed computing grid - security, application portability, and unobtrusiveness in the desktop environment - while providing seamless access to massive compute power according to the company.
Entropia 3000 provides airtight protection of application data by fully encrypting it and isolating it completely from the PC user.
The Entropia client checks for the availability of processor cycles every 1/100th of a second, even between keystrokes, to ensure that there is never a disruption of service to primary desktop applications.
www.hoise.com /primeur/01/articles/weekly/AE-PR-03-01-37.html   (319 words)

  
 ZoomInfo Web Summary: Entropia Inc
Entropia was founded in early 1997 to exploit the potential of the Internet through sharing the enormous computational resources of networked PCs.
The first architecture of the Entropia network (with its first application PrimeNet) was created to test the ability to recruit public participants in an Internet computing grid, develop a technology to handle tens of thousands of computers at a time in an enterprise environment, and demonstrate operational management, support, and results at scale.
Entropia is a global leader in PC Grid Computing, with solutions that harness and manage the untapped processing power of desktop PCs.
www.zoominfo.com /Search/CompanyDetail.aspx?CompanyID=13074559&cs=QFx4B@4FI   (814 words)

  
 GRIDtoday: AN INTERVIEW WITH ENTROPIA'S ANDREW CHIEN
Grid Today invited Dr. Andrew A. Chien, co-founder and CTO of Entropia and member of the Global Grid Forum Steering Group and director of the Peer to Peer Area to discuss the role of PCs in enterprise grids, and the kinds of applications and markets where adoption of PC grids is happening.
There are unique desktop challenges in the first two areas (for which Entropia has patent pending technology), and our isolation technology provides for the fastest implementation and trouble-free operation on PC grids within a reasonable range of system configurations.
Chien: Entropia has always been and continues to be a strong supporter for open protocols and interoperation on the grid.
www.gridtoday.com /02/0715/100110.html   (2084 words)

  
 Entropia, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Entropia Inc. is creating the largest Internet-scale distributed computing service in the world.
Entropia allows PC owners to make a genuine difference, providing a free method to connect their computers' otherwise wasted processor time to important non-profit research that improves the quality of our lives and our world.
Entropia is headquartered in the "Golden Triangle" region of La Jolla, only minutes away from the UCSD campus and Torrey Pines State Beach.
www.acor.org /drugs/pipeline/companies/203104.profile   (252 words)

  
 Centillium Communications, Inc. - Products: VoIP - Service Providers & Enterprise - Entropia™ II
Entropia™ II is part of the family of products targeted at gateways that bridge traditional circuit and cell/packet switched networks.
The main function of Entropia™ II is to provide format conversion and switching between individual voice streams, flowing across packetized voice and conventional circuit switched voice highways.
Additionally, a single Entropia™ II supports 4:1/8:1 over-subscription on the ATM (AAL2) interface, where type 3 and refresh messages from up to 4x336/8x336 channels are transported to-and-from the host processor to enable call setup and tear-down functions.
www.centillium.com /html/voip_spe_entropia_2.htm   (454 words)

  
 Design Studio Press - Entropia
Entropia: A Collection of Unusually Rare Stamps is a uniquely crafted storybook for all ages.
This is the true story of Queen Pingo the Young and her unwavering pursuit to end occupation and bring justice to all sentient beings.
This is also the testimony of a country named Entropia, with its traditions, inhabitants, and historic milestones masterfully documented through a collection of unusually rare stamps.
www.designstudiopress.com /books/entropia   (147 words)

  
 Stratics Central - Entropia - Project Entropia Business Model
The concept design of Project Entropia was initiated in 1995 and was performed by one group of engineers in Switzerland, lead by Benny Iggland, and by one group in Sweden headed by Jan Welter Timkrans.
Features and attractions Project Entropia is directed towards creating a dynamic and ever expanding virtual 3D universe, with the formation of complete societies where adventures, challenges, and social functions, may be performed alone or in a group with friends.
The initial world in which she or he enters, is made up of varying environments like cities, villages, mountains, forests, deserts, caves, lakes, rivers, islands, etc. The world is designed with the thought in mind to appeal to both genders, and to a wide spectrum of potential users of varying age and preferences.
www.stratics.com /content/portals/entropia/content/gameplay/guides/pebizmodel.php   (2047 words)

  
 Entropia Universe - MMORPG News - QJ.NET   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Given Entropia's reported success, and that lawsuits, mudslinging, and sabotage is a sure sign/symbol of success, we now wonder when Entropia will be assaulted by a horde of flying wangs.
Entropia Universe will undergo a big bang as gamers pop virtual bottles of Sjoeblom winery sparkling wine to welcome the New Year.
Entropia avatars will be able to pop the cork on their bottles and enjoy the New Year's festivities at the stroke of midnight in their respective time zones.
mmorpg.qj.net /category/Project-Entropia/cid/790   (2218 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Entropia: Music: Pain of Salvation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Entropia is such an eclectic synthesis of so many different musical styles that it truly is original and, well, progressive.
With Entropia, PoS took a chunk of metal and tossed it into the blender with everything from jazz, symphonic prog rock, extreme metal, funk, among other things (most of which can't be individually identified because they are implemented very well, but you know they are there).
ENTROPIA is a wonderful album, and again shows the diversity of Pain of Salvation, one thing it has common with all of their albums, is that they're all completely different.
www.amazon.com /Entropia-Pain-Salvation/dp/B00002MZ50   (1763 words)

  
 Entropia Universe — StrategyWiki, the free walkthrough wiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Entropia Universe — StrategyWiki, the free walkthrough wiki
The real cash economy means that the internal Entropia Universe economy is linked to the real world economy, by using a currency called the Entropia Universe Dollar (PED), which have a fixed exchange rate to the US Dollar (10 PED equals 1 USD).
A unique aspect of Entropia Universe is that a player may elect to transfer PED back into real life currency, thereby enabling them to earn real money while playing an online computer game.
strategywiki.org /wiki/Entropia_Universe   (395 words)

  
 PAIN OF SALVATION Entropia reviews and MP3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Entropia is incredibly unique and varied, it's like a roller-coaster ride of emotion as the music switches constantly between heavy riffs and soft, soothing guitar work.
Magdic composed part of some songs of Entropia, and it's great, because his influence made this songs variated and this fact rest a little of the melancholy and sadness of the Gildenlow's compositions.
entropia is one of the best debut albums ever!every moment is great.you can find nice melodies,heavy riffs,a little of funk and other interesting ideas(discover them).this album is an essential(like all pain of salvation albums).
www.progarchives.com /Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=1022   (4521 words)

  
 Entropia Universe - Uvvy
Entropia Universe is something halfway between Second Life and a FPS or action videogame such as Half Life 2 or SiN (see Game_engines).
There is some action, for example the player may have to fight native animals, but action is not as central to the game as it is in FPS videogames.
Entropia Universe is based on the game engine gamebryo developed by Emergent Game Technologies.
uvvy.com /index.php/Entropia_Universe   (798 words)

  
 GRIDtoday: SDSC & ENTROPIA REPORT SUCCESS IN PARTNERSHIP
With its successful deployment of Entropia's DCGrid, a powerful and cost- effective PC grid computing platform that provides high-performance computing capabilities by aggregating the unused processing cycles of existing Windows-based PCs, SDSC has begun taking advantage of a previously untapped computational power, enabling new biological and molecular research that was previously impossible.
Entropia's commitment to the Open Grid Services Architecture ensures that PC grids can be integrated with other high-performance computing resources to provide our users a comprehensive set of resources for their problems."
Entropia's solutions benefit enterprises that deploy compute-intensive applications such as those widely used in pharmaceutical, material sciences, chemical and financial services industries.
www.gridtoday.com /02/0826/100277.html   (853 words)

  
 Computer Graphics World - Project Entropia Launches First In-Game Interactive Online Advertising and Event Hosting ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Project Entropia is leading the next generation of online entertainment which has quickly evolved into a virtual world rather than a standard online video game.
The heart of Project Entropia lies in a distant planet named Calypso, encompassing two continents with large expanding cities that offer a variety of entertainment and social interaction for its citizens.
Members of Entropia can create their own persona (avatar) via a character generation system, then having the option of choosing a suitable life and virtual existence for their avatar.
cgw.pennnet.com /news/display_news_story.cfm?Section=WIREN&Category=HOME&NewsID=132648   (786 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE Entropia Universe Debuts First-Ever Real-World ATM Cards for Easy Access to Virtual Funds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The card is associated with the participants' Entropia Universe account (similar to a bank account), allowing one to efficiently and securely access funds to make a withdrawal of virtual money (Project Entropia Dollars) in real life currency using any Versatel machine around the world.
Entropia Universe is the only virtual gaming community that actively supports sales of virtual products with actual cash value within its real economy system.
Members of Entropia can create their own persona (avatar) via a character generation system, then having the option of choosing a suitable life and virtual existence for their avatar.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=126317   (794 words)

  
 Envive Selects Entropia's Peer-to-Peer Technology to Enhance Web Performance Testing And Monitoring
Entropia creates new communities and unites people in their desire to accelerate important progress in the fields of user Web experience, medicine, science, research and digital entertainment.
By downloading Entropia software from the company's Web site, people and organizations can rescue their computers' otherwise wasted processor time for important projects that significantly accelerate progress and production in the medical, scientific, research and entertainment industries.
Entropia is a privately held company headquartered in San Diego, Calif. For additional information or to connect a PC to the Entropia network, visit http://www.entropia.com.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-16-2000/0001368091&EDATE=   (497 words)

  
 IGN: Project Entropia Interview
MindArk´s objective is that Project Entropia leads the development of Interactive Entertainment for a long time to come, that we constantly apply new aspects and technology.
But despite these threats, the human cities remain as secure islands of tranquillity in the midst of an untamed world where settlers are free to live their lives as they please.
What we have built into Project Entropia is a system that allows you to create your appearance through 30 to 50 different parameters.
pc.ign.com /articles/095/095373p1.html   (1884 words)

  
 Blue's News: Project Entropia Goes Gold!
Project Entropia is a three-dimensional virtual universe on the Internet accessible from any computer with an Internet connection, anywhere in the world.
Project Entropia introduces unique features like a real economy where its currency, PED, is exchangeable with any major currency in the world.
The software needed to enjoy Project Entropia is free to download, and this virtual universe is free to enter and spend time in.
www.bluesnews.com /cgi-bin/articles.pl?show=505   (327 words)

  
 RPGPlanet - News, Screenshots, Previews, Reviews, Guides
Project Entropia is a MMORPG in development by Swedish developer, Mindark AB.
Patric: When we say that Project Entropia will be a combination of the real world and the virtual world we mean that most of the things you can do in the real world you can also do on Calypso.
What we intend to do in Project Entropia is to give every object in the game its own unique ID number which will be kept in special databases outside of the actual game.
www.rpgplanet.com /features/interviews/entropia   (1034 words)

  
 Centillium Communications, Inc. - Products: VoIP - Service Providers & Enterprise - Entropia™ III
Entropia™ III provides all this functionality with minimal power overhead - boasting the best power dissipation numbers in the industry at 3mW per PCM channel.
Entropia™ III's echo cancellation technology is tail-independent - which means all channel densities are guaranteed at the full 128 mS tail length.
Entropia™ III's echo cancellation technology is state-of-the-art, and has passed ATandT's Subjective and Objective testing for quality as measured against two reference carrier grade echo cancellers.
www.centillium.com /html/voip_spe_entropia_3.htm   (344 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE "Project Entropia" Transforms Into "Entropia Universe": The Ultimate Virtual Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Within Entropia Universe, players have the opportunity to invest their own currency into the game in order to purchase and sell virtual land and equipment, further boosting their persona (avatar) within the game.
Entropia Universe is collectively leading the next generation of online entertainment, with numerous enhancements and improvements on a day-to-day basis.
Entropia Universe was launched in 2003 and has reached over 400,000 registered accounts.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=122123   (684 words)

  
 WarCry™ Network
Project Entropia is more than a traditional MMORPG, it is a true virtual universe with over 160 000 registered accounts and increasing with some 2000 accounts per week.
The Project Entropia software is available to users free of charge with no monthly costs or associated subscription fees.
Project Entropia’s economy turnover is expected to reach beyond 60M USD in 2004.
www.warcry.com /scripts/games/view_games.phtml?id=788&site=15   (282 words)

  
 The Armchair Empire - Interviews: Project Entropia Q&A
Project Entropia will consist of one huge world, which will be located on multiple inter-linked servers.
This is to ensure that everybody is in the same world without having to think about which server he or she has to connect to.
As stated earlier, Project Entropia will be a single global world that everybody can log in to, regardless of where they are in the world.
www.armchairempire.com /Interviews/entropia_QnA.htm   (1012 words)

  
 Features
In order to develop your character in the Entropia Universe it is necessary to invest in your character.
Why not become a proficient miner and sell the resources you mine from Calypsos soil to manufacturers, who in turn mould the resources into everything from advanced weaponry to clothing and furniture, which are then sold to other colonists.
The Entropia Universe Community is an unrivalled community due to the unique nature of the product itself.
www.entropiauniverse.com /en/rich/5357.html   (794 words)

  
 Project Entropia Development Report #5
Here again, we don't want to say too much too soon, but we are definitely planning and considering many more ways to help us reach more potential participants, such as website and magazine advertising, more contests and other promotions, various publicity programs, and of course, lots more interviews, diaries and other editorial coverage.
Perhaps it's a bit ironic, but the most exciting thing of all for us may be knowing how many parts of Project Entropia are still completely secret, including a number of highly innovative and very important ones.
You can be sure that you will be seeing and hearing a lot more about Project Entropia and MindArk in the months to come, although as you can probably guess, I will not tell you what any of them are right now.
rpgvaultarchive.ign.com /features/den/pedev05.shtml   (910 words)

  
 Play Project Entropia and Make Money - MegaGames pc
Project Entropia is such a game, it introduces unique features like a real economy where its currency, PED, is exchangeable with any major currency in the world.
Some 15 million USD have been invested in the development of Project Entropia to date and we expect to continue developing Project Entropia in the years to come for a sum of at least 5 million USD annually, says Managing Director Jan Welter Timkrans.
There is an obvious danger that the game will quickly become a gambling adventure and will lose all credibility, the developers however, hope that it will manage to retain its game-like characteristics and involve players in its various storylines.
www.megagames.com /news/html/pc/playprojectentropiaandmakemoney.shtml   (389 words)

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