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Offline sam

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PCs around the world unite to map the Milky Way
« on: February 11, 2010, 14:13 »
http://www.physorg.com/news185028222.html

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At this very moment, tens of thousands of home computers around the world are quietly working together to solve the largest and most basic mysteries of our galaxy.
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Re: PCs around the world unite to map the Milky Way
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2010, 15:18 »
Yet another way of putting computers to good use if you are leaving them on overnight.  Not sure how much it would add to the electricity bill though.  :dunno:
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Re: PCs around the world unite to map the Milky Way
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2010, 15:22 »
yeah, probably not too bad - a lot of power goes into the initial booting of these things...  I've better things for my computers to be doing though...
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Re: PCs around the world unite to map the Milky Way
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2010, 21:36 »
I never like leaving mine on overnight, so I wouldn't go for this either.
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Re: PCs around the world unite to map the Milky Way
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2010, 23:15 »
my desktops run all the time basically.
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