View Full Version : 611 years worth of computing tasks done in 132 days
in japan NTT data corp has managed to sucessfully link 12,206 random computers across the internet and completed a task which would take a single PC 611 years in 132 days
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1509&ncid=738&e=6&u=/afp/20030626/tc_afp/japan_it_computers
Theodoric
27-06-2003, 20:23
However, they're not the first by a long chalk. Quite a few years ago the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project supplied a screensaver to volunteers that used their PCs to process SETI data.
PS As far as I know, they never found any.
PPS And no jokes about, "They shouldn't have searched on Earth, then." :)
Originally posted by Theodoric
However, they're not the first by a long chalk. Quite a few years ago the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project supplied a screensaver to volunteers that used their PCs to process SETI data.
yep im aware of SETI :)
Just shows what you can do with all that spare 'pooter power.
My 'poot's done over 24,000 hrs on SETI and 1 year 222 days on the United Devices cancer project.
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