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Sleepyjack · 10-05-2003, 06:14 AM

I was wondering if there are any other computer research programs like SETI, which use your home computer when it's not doing anything to process some data or do its own thing.
Are there any other good cause you can get your computer to work for otehr than SETI?

not saying SETI is crap or anything, i was just wondering about any other alternatives which may be for a good cause?
like cancer or other diease research etc

oiekeooiyw · 10-05-2003, 06:17 AM

Folding@Home is a distributed computing project which studies protein folding, misfolding, aggregation, and related diseases
http://folding.stanford.edu

Sleepyjack · 10-05-2003, 08:16 AM

cheers oiekeooiyw.
i just saw the sticky at the top as well. Am gonna try it out

tekaweni · 10-05-2003, 09:23 AM

I do my bit for cancer research with a similar program from www.grid.org

It works the usual way, screensaver etc and gives me a warm fuzzy feeling to know my computer's doing something useful when I'm not using it

Flesh · 10-05-2003, 09:29 AM

it's a conspiracy

phukraut · 10-05-2003, 02:38 PM

http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm

find large mersenne primes. what's the point? it furthers mathematical research slightly and you get money for finding the next big one!

10-05-2003, 06:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sleepyjack Fast'n'Bulbous Location: Australia, Perth	Computer research programs I was wondering if there are any other computer research programs like SETI, which use your home computer when it's not doing anything to process some data or do its own thing. Are there any other good cause you can get your computer to work for otehr than SETI? not saying SETI is crap or anything, i was just wondering about any other alternatives which may be for a good cause? like cancer or other diease research etc

10-05-2003, 09:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
tekaweni It wasnt me Location: Scotland	I do my bit for cancer research with a similar program from www.grid.org It works the usual way, screensaver etc and gives me a warm fuzzy feeling to know my computer's doing something useful when I'm not using it __________________ If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten

10-05-2003, 06:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
oiekeooiyw Insane	Folding@Home is a distributed computing project which studies protein folding, misfolding, aggregation, and related diseases http://folding.stanford.edu

10-05-2003, 08:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
Sleepyjack Fast'n'Bulbous Location: Australia, Perth	cheers oiekeooiyw. i just saw the sticky at the top as well. Am gonna try it out

10-05-2003, 09:29 AM	#5 (permalink)
Flesh Psycho	it's a conspiracy

10-05-2003, 02:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
phukraut Addict	http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm find large mersenne primes. what's the point? it furthers mathematical research slightly and you get money for finding the next big one!