Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 08:06:13 06/14/02
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On June 14, 2002 at 05:33:13, David Dory wrote: ><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 Or the opposite! They may already have the cure for all our diseases, in which case we were wise to seek the aliens first! ;-)
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