Solve : Projects that utilize idle PC's to do work?

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Answer» Several years back, I had a FRIEND who participated in the SETI home project where you installed a program that downloaded data from radio telescopes, let your PC crunch the data during its idle time, and then sent the results back to the WEB site. I have always thought that utilizing the power of all the millions of PC's sitting idle at any given moment to do something productive was a great concept, but although the search for EXTRA terrestrial life is an interesting venture, I wished that there was some project that I could play a part in that would be more beneficial to mankind. Does anyone know what I am talking about and are there any current projects such as this? Or with the advancement of processors over the past few years, is this type of project a moot point, as any individual machine could do just as well to crunch the data? PK The developers of Prime95 are looking for the next prime number... Or something like that. Mersenne Prime Search Or This patio. 8-) Quote Or This I was going to mention that, Folding Home.... The DESKTOP runs it as it is left idle a lot I don't run it on my laptop because I shut it down when not in use, plus I worry about heat problems running the CPU at 100% all the time may cause....yes I know you can set it to use less but still....I would not suggest it for any laptop... Quote I have always thought that utilizing the power of all the millions of PC's sitting idle at any given moment to do something productive was a great concept Trojans that attack micro$haft are indeed great. But seriously, yeah. I remember this software from a few years ago, but unfortunately nowerdays internet providers generally make you pay for going over bandwidth limits. :\| Quote Quote I have always thought that utilizing the power of all the millions of PC's sitting idle at any given moment to do something productive was a great concept Trojans that attack micro$haft are indeed great. But seriously, yeah. I remember this software from a few years ago, but unfortunately nowerdays internet providers generally make you pay for going over bandwidth limits. :\| HuH ? ? ? Quote Quote Quote I have always thought that utilizing the power of all the millions of PC's sitting idle at any given moment to do something productive was a great concept Trojans that attack micro$haft are indeed great. But seriously, yeah. I remember this software from a few years ago, but unfortunately nowerdays internet providers generally make you pay for going over bandwidth limits. :\| HuH ? ? ? Time to switch provider, then.

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Several years back, I had a FRIEND who participated in the SETI home project where you installed a program that downloaded data from radio telescopes, let your PC crunch the data during its idle time, and then sent the results back to the WEB site.

I have always thought that utilizing the power of all the millions of PC's sitting idle at any given moment to do something productive was a great concept, but although the search for EXTRA terrestrial life is an interesting venture, I wished that there was some project that I could play a part in that would be more beneficial to mankind.

Does anyone know what I am talking about and are there any current projects such as this? Or with the advancement of processors over the past few years, is this type of project a moot point, as any individual machine could do just as well to crunch the data?

PK
The developers of Prime95 are looking for the next prime number... Or something like that.

Mersenne Prime Search Or This

patio. 8-) Quote

Or This

I was going to mention that, Folding Home....
The DESKTOP runs it as it is left idle a lot
I don't run it on my laptop because I shut it down when not in use, plus I worry about heat problems running the CPU at 100% all the time may cause....yes I know you can set it to use less but still....I would not suggest it for any laptop... Quote

I have always thought that utilizing the power of all the millions of PC's sitting idle at any given moment to do something productive was a great concept

Trojans that attack micro$haft are indeed great.

But seriously, yeah. I remember this software from a few years ago, but unfortunately nowerdays internet providers generally make you pay for going over bandwidth limits. :| Quote

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I have always thought that utilizing the power of all the millions of PC's sitting idle at any given moment to do something productive was a great concept

Trojans that attack micro$haft are indeed great.

But seriously, yeah. I remember this software from a few years ago, but unfortunately nowerdays internet providers generally make you pay for going over bandwidth limits. :|

HuH ? ? ? Quote

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I have always thought that utilizing the power of all the millions of PC's sitting idle at any given moment to do something productive was a great concept

Trojans that attack micro$haft are indeed great.

But seriously, yeah. I remember this software from a few years ago, but unfortunately nowerdays internet providers generally make you pay for going over bandwidth limits. :|

HuH ? ? ?

Time to switch provider, then.

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