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[Scott Lawrence <bytbox@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm going to assume that everyone understands the basic concepts for
modred: a set of networked computers (by 'networked' I mean, they're
all on the internet), divided for the sake of discussion into three
classes: the 'hub' (the dude in charge, who compupters who want to
join connect to), the 'servers' (dedicated computers that can be
pretty much relied on not to go down, although redundancy is always
nice), and the 'clients' (computers that send in requests and can be
used for spare CPU cycles.

Ok, so much for assumptions... :-)

Things *I* think any design should emphasize:
 * security.
 * relative ease of use, while retaining significant power.
Challenging.  In particular, it should be possible to set up a modred
network in under an hour, provided the computers are already set up.
 * along with the previous bullet point, having an interface that lets
one use the entire network like a single computer.  This is sort of
like the way google docs works, except the cloud is private
 * therefore, it should be a multi-user system with well-designed
privileges etc...

I'm not going to discuss my implementation ideas, let's hear others first.

-- 
Scott Lawrence

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The Blair Robot Project
Montgomery Blair High School