Author: Nick Wilson
Date: 09:16:39 04/13/02
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On April 13, 2002 at 12:02:41, Sean Mintz wrote: >>>I know in the UK, there was a screen saver that used 'spare' processing power to >>>scan extra-terrestrial radio signals, and transmitted findings back via the >>>internet. But this is obviously a far simpler exercise than playing chess.. >> >> >>This was done by NASA... > >actually I think he's talking about SETI (http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/) Yes, it was SETI. I didn't use it, but did like the idea of many of the worlds PCs being utilised for a common task. From a chess point of view, its a shame there isn't a simple, recursive, brute force algorithm that spreads calculation nodes across participating PCs.., but I do appreciate Robert's earlier comments about this.
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