Well, you're going to love this [links below]. The Google Toolbar has a new icon today stating that it had updated itself. Reading further shows that one of the updates is the ability for Google Toolbar users to automatically run the Folding@Home distributed computing effort.
I am guessing there are at least many thousands of Google Toolbar users and a fair percentage of them will find this "new" distributed computing thing interesting; maybe even 5-10%. Regardless of the actual number, Folding@Home is going to receive a huge boost from "Joe and Jane web user" just because they were not previously educated on other distributed projects and this one happened to fall into their lap. I initially am jealous of the free boost that Folding@Home will receive, but at least maybe a tiny percentage of Joe's and Jane's will find their way to us now that they have been introduced to distributed computing. Someone mentioned marketing. It appears that Folding@Home simply found a large userbase already attached to a neat tool, then cut a deal. http://toolbar.google.com/dc/aboutdc.html http://toolbar.google.com/dc/faq_dc.html#about8 Erle Greer Evangel University Webmaster <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Subscribe to The Gann Letter if you are interested in: varying levels of humor/jokes/quotes, parody/satire, science/space/technology items, cool news, games, programs, pics, and other interesting stuff. subscribe #1: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe #2: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheGannLetter/join subscribe #3: gann (at) ganns.com read online : http://ganns.com/TheGannLetter <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Quoting "E. Weddington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Folding@Home's success: > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/10/021022070813.htm > > Again, they mention SETI@home. As if that were the only other > distributed project out there. *sigh* > > Eric Weddington > _________________________________________________________________________ > Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm > Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers > _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
