Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 20:42:35 11/20/98
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On November 20, 1998 at 04:15:14, Mike Stoker wrote: >Hi Dann, > >I just heard that S.E.T.I. (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelliegence) have >produced a screen saver which ploughs through their data and produces results >whilst their machine is otherwise inactive. They intend to distribute this >screen saver to a wide community. > >I thought this might be a good way to get faster results on your project. It >could possibly be expanded to automatically request further data to process and >send results to you as they were obtained, removing the need for human >intervention. > >What thinks you? I read about this and thought about it, but I don't know how I would implement it. First of all, it takes a long piece of uninterrupted time just to analyze one position. The machine will be much less repsonsive during this interval, possibly causing annoyance. Also, I don't know how I could coordinate the workload. I have found, further, that end users are _very_ apprehensive about downloading an executable. I can cajole into downloading Crafty because it is well known and the source is available. People are very fearful of compter virii and for good reason. Since I only send data and people can use their own programs, there is less of a problem in that regard. However, I am sure that all of the problems and obstacles could be worked out for this approach. Does anyone want to do it for me? I'm pretty sure I don't have the time. If we could have a tool like this, it would be yet another avenue to gather data. Any tools or utilities or ideas that anyone has to contribute I would be more than welcome to entertain.
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