Author: David Dory
Date: 02:33:13 06/14/02
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<snip> >>> 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 When the aliens are found, and communication begins, I'm sure they'll be awestruck that we didn't use our computer resources to help cure our own serious diseases, like cancer, before searching for them. David
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