distributed computing, anyone?

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<p>I know that many people like to leave their computers on all the time, even when not using them. This means that a lot of computing power is wasted, although one can put those CPU cycles to good use by joining a [url=<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_computing]distributed”>Distributed computing - Wikipedia]distributed</a> computing<a href=“DC”>/url</a> project.</p>

<p>That having been said, does anyone here participate in any DC projects?</p>

<p>I’ve been proudly participating in [url=<a href=“http://mersenne.org%5DGIMPS%5B/url”>http://mersenne.org]GIMPS[/url</a>] since 2004!</p>

<p>If you’re not in a DC project, then I highly recommend that you join one. A comprehensive list of DC projects can be found [url=<a href=“http://www.distributedcomputing.info%5Dhere%5B/url”>http://www.distributedcomputing.info]here[/url</a>].</p>

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<p>Danny
University of California, Berkeley '09 (B.S.)
St. Mary’s College of California '10 (M.S.)</p>

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Yes, I do participate in a DC project. I’m also the leader of it and the moderator of the project’s forum.</p>

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<p>Energy may not go to waste, though. Processors nowadays consume less power when not under heavy load, right? If you personally aren’t interested in finding prime numbers or looking for extraterrestrial life, it may be more beneficial to humanity to not consume so much power. That is, unless these programs account for this.</p>

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<p>Folding@home is a better cause IMO.</p>

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<p>I run folding@home.</p>

<p>[Folding@home</a> - Main](<a href=“http://folding.stanford.edu/]Folding@home”>http://folding.stanford.edu/)</p>

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<p>I run two projects:
Computing for Clean Water
Clean Energy Project - Phase 2</p>

<p><a href=“World Community Grid”>https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/index.jsp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I strongly recommend people to join a distributed computing project!</p>