Hey - it was an idea, so sue me. :-) But seriously, though, if there was a distributed project that could be broken down into small enough pieces, and we made it into a program that you'd have to run(just like every other program), and it would only work on it while it was running, then once it was finished w/ the packet of info, it would up/download on the next hotsync where the user was connected to the net... in theory, it could work.
_____In theory_____. :-) --- Dave Lippincott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It takes ~12 hrs to do one work unit on a PIII > running @1GHz. Imagine how > long it would take on a 20 or 33MHz dragonball! I > think the work unit would > time out on the server before you could finish it on > your Palm. Not to > mention how many AAA batteries you would go through. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Craig Belson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Palm Developer Forum" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 1:54 PM > Subject: Re: Thesis > > > > SETI@Palm? or something of a similar ilk? Maybe > you > > could get in touch w/ the distributed.net people, > and > > look into writing a port of their software for the > > palm - let people use their spare dragonball > cycles to > > work on encryption... :-) > > > > -C > > > > > > --- Dave Lippincott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The Palm has 14,000+ applications available. > Good > > > luck finding one that > > > hasn't been done before. Maybe you could look > into > > > an app that does > > > something over a network. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Samir Bhana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Palm Developer Forum" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 1:17 PM > > > Subject: Thesis > > > > > > > > > > I am currently doing my Honours thesis (BSc > > > Electronic & Computer > > > > Engineering) and my partner and I are > currently > > > looking for > > > > applications which we can develop for the Palm > OS. > > > We are looking for > > > > apps which have preferrably not been done > before > > > and are not > > > > commercially available. If anyone out there > has > > > any projects which > > > > they would like to see completed, or has seen > > > something which they > > > > would like to be done again (properly), please > let > > > me know. > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > Samir Bhana > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > > > http://www.webmail.co.za the South-African > free > > > email service > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > For information on using the Palm Developer > > > Forums, or to unsubscribe, > > > please see > http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > For information on using the Palm Developer > Forums, > > > or to unsubscribe, please see > > http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes > > http://autos.yahoo.com > > > > > > -- > > For information on using the Palm Developer > Forums, or to unsubscribe, > please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > > > > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, > or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
