Author: pavel
Date: 02:25:05 06/14/02
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On June 13, 2002 at 18:02:15, David Dory wrote: >On June 13, 2002 at 12:26:02, Jose Gonzalbez wrote: > >>I want to improve my old PC and I only use to play chess: programs and ICC. If >>you could give me some advice I should be very grateful. The offer they gave me >>is, basically, Pentium 4 2,0 GHZ memory dimm 256MB 133 MHZ. Maybe better 512MB >>of memory or it is enough with 256? What other important things I have to see? > >Nearly forgot: > >A great chess computer needs a great SCREENSAVER. Not because your screen NEEDS >SAVING -- NO!! Because you are, above all else, a HUMAN. > >You don't need a pretty photo of a bird, mansion, skyline, or even fish, for >gosh sake. > >You computer needs to be studying molecules to help fight CANCER in it's spare >time. It only will use SPARE time - won't impact your chess play one bit. > >You can sign up lots of places - storagereview.com has a link for this. > >Chess programs come and go, but working at curing cancer is the coolest thing >you can spend spare CPU time on, any day. > >David I know some people who are crazy about this "screen-saver computing stuff". I knew this guy from last semester, who actually has a dual system dedicated for this purpose. Amazing, it just sits there, day after day, connected to a LAN and internet and computes "seti@home" screen-saver. this computer does nothing else. He didnt shut down his system for the last 6-7 months or so. Another guy I know, who made a rule in his office, that all computer should have set@home screen-saver. He has about 20-25 comps in his office. I didnt hear much about the cancer-screensaver yet. But with people like this we might one day screen out the whole universe. cheers, pavs
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