X-Message-Number: 17313
Date: 18 Aug 2001 11:41:22 -0700
From: Ziana Astralos <>
Subject: Re: Massively parallel computer for nanotech/cryonics?

> Message #17285 
> From:  
> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 15:28:38 EDT 
 
> I have tried on two occasions to sign up my unused 
> computer time for the benefit of the "Computer Dream 
> Team" through Nanotechnology Magazine (an e-zine 
> produced in Hawaii with nanotech articles.) 
> nanotechnologymagazine.com


That address didn't seem to work when I tried it; if anyone else has this 
problem, try http://nanozine.com and http://planet-hawaii.com/nanozine/

> ...
> Anyway, it was my understanding that we could 
> volunteer our computer time to assist in the 
> designing of the first nanocomputer. 


The Nanocomputer Dream Team site says the project is still in the early stages 
of development; see http://www.nanocomputer.org/IBSCStatus.cfm

They have a forum for development discussions, at 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nanoscreensaver

> Anyone know anything about this, or have experience 
> with such computer sharing? I would be hesitant to 
> do this if it involved downside risk of viruses or 
> hassles with my computers, as they are "mission 
> critical" to my practice. 


Distributed-computing client software is designed to either run only when the 
screensaver is activated, or constantly run in the background and use the CPU 
cycles which would otherwise be idle, seamlessly getting out of the way when 
another program requests processing. I've been running the distributed.net 
client; even with only 100MHz to go around, it hasn't interfered with anything. 
For additional information, http://www.distributed.net/faq/ and 
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/faq.html have extensive FAQs. Links to many 
other projects are available at 
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Computer_Science/Distributed_Computing/

Aumentar!
Onward,
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