IronBits
12-11-2007, 07:05 PM
WAY back in 1999, a badge of geek pride was to run a new screensaver program called SETI@home. This used spare processing capacity on ordinary PCs to sift through radio-telescope data for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence. The bad news is that so far, not a peep has been heard from any little green men. The good news is that SETI@home is still going strong, with over 3m contributors, and is being joined by a rapidly growing legion of other volunteer computing projects supporting worthy scientific causes.
You can read more here:
<a href="http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10202635">http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10202635</a>
There are a LOT of other projects to choose from, just take a look here:
<a href="http://distributedcomputing.info/projects.html">http://distributedcomputing.info/projects.html</a>
Why not join us here at Free-DC?
We'd love to have your help and company!
You can join us in the Forums <a href="http://www.free-dc.org/forum">http://www.free-dc.org/forum</a>
We can help you get started on any project you chose or answer any questions you might have!
<img src=http://www.free-dc.org/images/news/icon6.gif>
You can read more here:
<a href="http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10202635">http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10202635</a>
There are a LOT of other projects to choose from, just take a look here:
<a href="http://distributedcomputing.info/projects.html">http://distributedcomputing.info/projects.html</a>
Why not join us here at Free-DC?
We'd love to have your help and company!
You can join us in the Forums <a href="http://www.free-dc.org/forum">http://www.free-dc.org/forum</a>
We can help you get started on any project you chose or answer any questions you might have!
<img src=http://www.free-dc.org/images/news/icon6.gif>