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1 posted on 06/27/2003 1:37:56 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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OFFICIAL BUMP(TOPIC)LIST
2 posted on 06/27/2003 1:38:47 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Recall Gray Davis and then start on the other Democrats)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I've seen this concept in action on the internet, where personal users are linked in and are letting their computers assist in things like figuring out Mersenne prime numbers and the such. Anyone, including you (yes, YOU!) can sign up.

Cool concept, but the price seems a bit steep... you could almost buy the required equipment for what their asking, if you needed to use the service more than one time.

3 posted on 06/27/2003 1:46:00 PM PDT by D. Brian Carter
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
SETI @Home has over 4 1/2 million users and did 286 years of computing within the last 24 hours.
4 posted on 06/27/2003 1:48:21 PM PDT by Tai_Chung
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
that is quite a jump in hornasing computer power.
6 posted on 06/27/2003 1:54:07 PM PDT by XBob
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
We've done this for year in the US over at http://www.distributed.net/
7 posted on 06/27/2003 1:55:08 PM PDT by ChadGore (Piss off a liberal: Hire Someone.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Does this mean that we can at last unplug the computer that's been churning since 1492?
8 posted on 06/27/2003 1:59:05 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Subvert the conspiracy of inanimate objects!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I've got to get me one of those.
12 posted on 06/27/2003 2:44:40 PM PDT by Search4Truth (When a man lies, he murders part of the world.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The price seems steep, but I wonder what that just did to security schemes.
17 posted on 06/27/2003 3:47:37 PM PDT by DannyTN (Note left on my door by a pack of neighborhood dogs.)
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