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- inactive, on 02/25/2008, -6/+72I fail to see an automatic porn download application.
- NinjaPirateDude, on 02/25/2008, -1/+63my computer doesn't want to do anything during its spare time, it just sits around watching tv.
- woodcoxcb, on 02/25/2008, -7/+34electric sheep gets my vote. some of the stuff it comes up with is simply stunning.
http://www.electricsheep.org - jongos, on 02/25/2008, -0/+22Bittorent your way to curing diseases? Start-up idea!
- H2Glitch2007, on 02/25/2008, -1/+22Is it just me or was the font really small?
- phazon88, on 02/25/2008, -1/+21My computer just torrents ***** all day.
- protogenxl, on 02/25/2008, -3/+22And I will be sure to curse your name when the system becomes self-aware and decides humans are redundant.
- smacksaw, on 02/25/2008, -4/+21Actually, I had a similar idea. BT takes almost zilch in cycles and RAM. Someone should have plugins for Azureus that participate in things like this.
Imagine if there were tens of millions of people sharing files AND using these programs as a side-effect. It's almost as brilliant as Hugo Chavez giving heating oil to poor Americans. I mean, how can you hate a man who gives cheap heating oil to the poor?
Imagine the RIAA and MPAA having to deal with accusations that they are stopping the cure for AIDS or cancer because of profit. It's really a classic bait-and-switch tactic, but no one is going to bother running this crap for no good reason. But if they're going to run their computer 24/7 to share torrents they might as well do this. If they do it of their own volition, it's pointless. But if they do it without any sort of choice, ie their BT software automatically includes this and runs it no matter what...you can't say "shut the file sharers down" because you will shut down research. They won't run it otherwise. And then you get colleges to help you. And since many of them have legal departments and people with a lot of time on their hands... - didgital, on 02/25/2008, -4/+20Electric sheep rocks, but I decided ultimately to let the computer go into power saving mode and save a few pounds of CO2.
- wiifm69, on 02/25/2008, -0/+10Not as long as you have adequate cooling for the CPU, the PS3 stock cooler is definitely sufficient. Have been running folding@home on the PS3 ever since I first got it, it only consumes about 200 Watts of power at full load, so ***** all really.
- Andareed, on 02/25/2008, -0/+9As long as your CPU doesn't overheat it should be ok. I've never heard of a processor dying of causes other than overheating.
- dbr_onix, on 02/25/2008, -0/+9Yes.
Anything using up 100% CPU is going to heat up your computer a lot. Having the machine hotter for longer is going to reduce the life of the machine. How much of a reduction in life is debatable, but there is *no way* it doesn't have an effect.
Personally, I don't run F@H or similar. Ran "on spare CPU cycles" or not, it slows the machine down, and it heats the hardware up. But, more importantly, having a constant-70*C lump of metal in a room raises the temperature - while I was in Scotland, that might have been beneficial, but in Australia where it's generally over 30*C outside, it makes the room rather horribly warm after a while.. - darson, on 02/25/2008, -2/+10I'm curing AIDS as we speak !
- Spawn2105, on 02/25/2008, -0/+8Dugg for the greater good of mankind and in hopes that more people let their cpu's do something useful instead of idling. Who knows, maybe it'll speed up cancer/aids research, or through the LHC project we can develop some new cool technologies or discover something that redefines the laws of physics. Anything is possible...
- xxxana, on 02/25/2008, -1/+9I'm sure highly graphics-intensive games are doing more "damage" to your ps3 than these programmes.
- ZachSka87, on 02/25/2008, -1/+9Cure for AIDS, cool screensaver.....yup. Same difference.
- Catbert107, on 02/25/2008, -1/+8I've always wondered, does running these things weaken your CPU in any way or wear it down? I haven't been running it on my PS3 for that fear
- thesauce, on 02/25/2008, -0/+7*****, I accidentally dugg you up.
Please forgive me, digg. - NoozeHound, on 02/25/2008, -1/+8How does the green versus research equation come out? Is it better to do say, climate modeling in redundant processor time, or simply switch off your PC?
- dfraser, on 02/25/2008, -0/+6Modern computers don't really have "wasted" CPU cycles. When idle, the CPU goes into a low-power mode, and the the entire computer can shut down and go to sleep. This means a huge energy savings! Running distributed computing clients can waste a surprising amount of electricity. Check with your favourite ammeter!
- proliance, on 02/25/2008, -0/+6You can crunch numbers on your pc, on your PS3, or even on your gpu. You can search for a cure for deadly diseases or listen for aliens. You can even build your own butt-kicking diskless, overclocked, quad-core for what you would pay for the cheapest Dell. (No case, no OS, no hdd, no floppy drive, no CD/DVD ROM, no video expensive graphics card, no monitor, keyboard or mouse, and a minimum of RAM)
There are many people out there doing what they can to save the world in their own little way with a motherboard sitting on a piece of plywood with only a CPU, power supply, decent heatsink, 512 - 1gb of RAM, and a USB drive with a 16 MB Linux distro that has all the necessary code.
Team Digg unite! - DeviantDragon, on 02/25/2008, -0/+6Seti@Home and some of the other projects all use the BOINC app which is convenient for a lot of your distributed computer needs all in one nice place.
- c0mputar, on 02/25/2008, -1/+7Money: I think this method of contributing to a cause is far better then plainly donating money.
Energy: This energy will be wasted inevitably... why not waste it sooner and save some lives. - fedak, on 02/25/2008, -2/+8These articles always seem to assume that you are somehow using resources that would otherwise be wasted.
While that is true of the capital investment, they forget to mention the enormous electricity costs of keeping your CPU maxed when it would otherwise be idling. - matx, on 02/25/2008, -1/+7Some problems such as Folding@Home is better solved by using a distributed system of volunteers computers.
Firstly, they don't have to buy lots and lots of expensive computers themselves. The cpu time on most peoples computers would be wasted anyways, your computer uses only less then 5% cpu time most of the time you use it so why not let the rest be used for research. That also results in energy being saved because your letting them use your energy to do there research instead of them needing to get a large number of computers resulting in more energy being used ( to power other devices required ).
Also, it can be more expensive to switch computers on and off because the boot up is one of the most cpu/energy intensive bits ;) - c0mputar, on 02/25/2008, -0/+5Your point falls a part when this processing has to take place inevitably even if it's 100 years from now. Meaning we can either waste the power now and possible quicken the pace for a cure or something, or wait 100 years for the same result.
- Promantarius, on 02/25/2008, -2/+7I assume it'd be beyond the capabilities of your mind to recognise this, but it is possible to obtain AIDS through activities other than homosexual intercourse. The two most likely being heterosexual intercourse and blood. What you naively dismiss as a disease acquired only by those you disapprove of may one day impact someone you care about greatly; we'll see who gives a damn when that occurs.
- antdude, on 02/25/2008, -0/+5On another TV or does it have a TV tuner? :)
- synthesis811, on 02/25/2008, -0/+5In theory yes, the extra heat will reduce the life of the CPU however the reality is any reduction in life is marginal and that by the time the CPU dies or 'wears' out technology will have moved on considerably, so its generally never a problem.
- oatmealsnap, on 02/25/2008, -1/+5I got my MacBook Pro's fans up to 6000rpm! whoo!
- inactive, on 02/25/2008, -0/+4My computer spends all of its free time seeding social and political documentary torrents in an efforts to educate the masses.
- RedRummy, on 02/25/2008, -0/+4Most processors get thrown away, more than a few years before they would normally burn out.
- thugok, on 02/25/2008, -0/+4You've obviously never bench tested a motherboard. Do you think that the case imbues some sort of magic to make the computer run?
- Yatata, on 02/25/2008, -0/+4so awesome. i just installed the application and now i'm running the rosetta project :))) they don't have it in that list but it's pretty cool http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/
- roberto_deneero, on 02/25/2008, -0/+415. downnload porn
16. leave Transmission running all night - mentat, on 02/25/2008, -1/+5Yeah, helping those poor kids who are infected with AIDS because of their parents don't deserve our help. ***** 'em! Or those who got AIDS from blood that wasn't properly screened (before we knew about AIDS). Screw them, it's their own fault they needed blood.
- jxfallout, on 02/25/2008, -0/+4Ok...
So please explain how the "lifestyle" argument works for people after an auto accident? Actually, let's go back several years; how would the "lifestyle" argument work for people who were in the Twin Towers on 9/11?
Surely being in a collapsing building is a choice of lifestyle...
You sir are the reason why the gene-pool needs more chlorine. - Gabberwok, on 02/25/2008, -3/+7Why'd you think the net was born? http://youtube.com/watch?v=YRgNOyCnbqg
- mentat, on 02/25/2008, -0/+4Well, except for the wear and tear on your computer... but what about all those fifteen minute moments where you get up, go to the bathroom, wash your hands, make a sandwich, brew some coffee, carry it all back to the computer and get back to doing whatever it is you're doing. Or you could leave your computer on overnight as a philanthropic cycle donation. Sure, it'll cost you in the electrical bill (it's not super-expensive), but it'll also cost you if you make a cash donation. The only difference here is that you're donating RESOURCES, not CASH. It's like giving someone a sandwich instead of cash: you know where your donation is going.
- mentat, on 02/25/2008, -1/+4WTF? How is needing blood a "lifestyle"? Being a hemophiliac is a lifestyle choice? Being shot up in the crossfire between warring gangs is a lifestyle choice? Going into surgery is a lifestyle choice? Please think about this a sec before posting. kthxbai
- voyvf, on 02/25/2008, -0/+3Thanks to distcc, my desktop machines and servers rarely have "spare time." Though when they do they're running electricsheep's client. :D
- Andareed, on 02/25/2008, -1/+4You could try porn-get - see http://lesbian.mine.nu/.
- SumguyTwentyOne, on 02/25/2008, -0/+3I choose Progress Quest!
- EBFoxbat, on 02/25/2008, -1/+4Have you nothing better to do with your time?
- ileftfark, on 02/25/2008, -0/+3Become part of The Onion Router network.
- reefsurfer226, on 02/25/2008, -0/+3distributed.net anyone?
- sbgunn, on 02/25/2008, -0/+3ctrl++ is a lifesaver.
- mentat, on 02/25/2008, -0/+31) BitTorrent uses more RAM than you think. Cycles too (though it uses fewer cycles than RAM, relatively speaking)
2) The MPAA/RIAA would say to you "well, run the stand-alone client instead of your BT-client-and-Dist-Comp-client combo."
This isn't as revolutionary as you think. - Ifligus, on 02/25/2008, -0/+3World Community Grid should have been at the top of the list. http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/
It has a variety of projects including FightAIDS@Home and Human Proteome Folding. Why waste cycles "dreaming" when you can crunch numbers for a good cause?
" World Community Grid's mission is to create the largest public computing grid benefiting humanity. Our work is built on the belief that technological innovation combined with visionary scientific research and large-scale volunteerism can change our world for the better." - ep53, on 02/25/2008, -1/+4Im about to get AIDS as we speak.....To soon?
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