Orrex
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Dec-27-05 11:41 AM
Original message |
A hopelessly lame and vague request for info? |
|
About three years ago I heard about a project in which computer users could download a specially-written screensaver program that would crunch numbers for, I think , some kind of gene-typing or similar genetic data processing while one's computer was otherwise "at rest." The idea was to get a zillion different computers working out the permutations and ultimately sending the results back to the download-source.
But because of one too many blows to the head, that's all I remember. Does this ring a bell for anyone? Was it ever implemented? Where does it stand now?
If no one recalls anything like it, I'll do a little more searching and report back when I find something.
Thanks in any case.
|
China_cat
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Dec-27-05 11:42 AM
Response to Original message |
1. Are you sure you aren't thinking of |
|
SETI at home? Searching the stars for life?
|
cdb
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Dec-27-05 11:44 AM
Response to Original message |
Orrex
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Dec-27-05 12:04 PM
Response to Reply #2 |
|
That's the one I was thinking of, but the one for SETI sounds pretty darned cool, too.
Thanks to the three of you for the quick answers!
|
babylonsister
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Dec-27-05 11:45 AM
Response to Original message |
3. Could this be what you're looking for? |
Kire
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue May-09-06 03:45 AM
Response to Reply #3 |
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) |
Sun May 05th 2024, 08:08 PM
Response to Original message |