jasong
01-25-2005, 03:09 PM
First, a little background so you know what's going on:
I love DCing for two reasons(actually, three):
(1) Makes my computer more useful(most computers only use about 15% of their cycles, the rest are "empty" cycles)
(2) Social aspect
(3) It's darn fun
But there are some problems. The first one is the fact that I know very little about the inside of a computer. Most of my knowledge has to do with navigating the OS. So building a farm would be a problem.
The second reason is the one for this topic. Even though a computer hardly ever uses more than 15% of it's cycles(see above), those could be some VERY important cycles. There could be people out there who, for instance, want to get on the Internet, but can't afford the out-of-pocket for a computer.
I just got a job, and sometime in the next 1-6 months(after I've got enough money for one summer college course saved up, plus a buffer zone for unexpected debts) I'm thinking about buying or monetarily helping people to upgrade their computers in exchange for crunching. The upgrade would depend on what they, and the DC project required.
I'm still trying to figure out the details. I've already gone through the fiasco of contracting someone to run FaD, with the erroneous idea that I'd have a job within the month(I JUST NOW paid them back for their crunching, and I'm ashamed of myself for taking so long)
I'm hoping to get other people involved. Maybe we could have a cool project, like sponsoring a small town's Elementary School computer budget.
Okay, now I'm rambling. But if anybody knows of someone trustworthy who really wants to get or upgrade a computer in the next 6 months and has little money, I want to know.
I love DCing for two reasons(actually, three):
(1) Makes my computer more useful(most computers only use about 15% of their cycles, the rest are "empty" cycles)
(2) Social aspect
(3) It's darn fun
But there are some problems. The first one is the fact that I know very little about the inside of a computer. Most of my knowledge has to do with navigating the OS. So building a farm would be a problem.
The second reason is the one for this topic. Even though a computer hardly ever uses more than 15% of it's cycles(see above), those could be some VERY important cycles. There could be people out there who, for instance, want to get on the Internet, but can't afford the out-of-pocket for a computer.
I just got a job, and sometime in the next 1-6 months(after I've got enough money for one summer college course saved up, plus a buffer zone for unexpected debts) I'm thinking about buying or monetarily helping people to upgrade their computers in exchange for crunching. The upgrade would depend on what they, and the DC project required.
I'm still trying to figure out the details. I've already gone through the fiasco of contracting someone to run FaD, with the erroneous idea that I'd have a job within the month(I JUST NOW paid them back for their crunching, and I'm ashamed of myself for taking so long)
I'm hoping to get other people involved. Maybe we could have a cool project, like sponsoring a small town's Elementary School computer budget.
Okay, now I'm rambling. But if anybody knows of someone trustworthy who really wants to get or upgrade a computer in the next 6 months and has little money, I want to know.