On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 01:59:31AM -0500, John Fultz wrote: > What many people don't realize is that computers (and by computers, > I'm referring to the CPU's which run the computer) spend most of their > time doing absolutely nothing.
But if you'd like to join the ranks of those of us who usually peg our cpus 24/7 you can join any number of distributed computing projects. Two of the largest: fold proteins or search for aliens! Who knew you could be doing such exciting stuff without leaving your house. http://folding.stanford.edu/ http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ Or you can run 20-ply quackle sims until the results converge. > Quackle simulations are not unique in pushing the CPU in this way. > Many other programs do, although you don't see such programs as often > running on computers in the home. You do see them, but they're not doing it on purpose. I've caught more software than I care to think lost in infinite loops - firefox is especially skilled at this. -- Paul Phillips | Gir! Remember with your brains... you must Future Perfect | behave like a human dog monster. Empiricist | -- Zim ha! spill, pupil |----------* http://www.improving.org/paulp/ *---------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quackle/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quackle/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
