Awesome new program from Google

Put your computer to work advancing scientific knowledge when it's not helping you.

Google Compute is a feature of the Google Toolbar that enables your computer to help solve challenging scientific problems when it would otherwise be idle. When you enable Google Compute, your computer will download a small piece of a large research project and perform calculations on it that will then be included with the calculations performed by thousands of other computers doing the same thing. This process is known as distributed computing.

The first beneficiary of this effort is Folding@home, a non-profit academic research project at Stanford University that is trying to understand the structure of proteins so they can develop better treatments for a number of illnesses. In the future Google Compute may allow you to also donate your computing time to other carefully selected worthwhile endeavors, including projects to improve Google and its services.

http//toolbar.google.com/dc/offerdc.html

i saw that but i dont like my computer sending and recieving information without me knowing about it. although im sure it probably already does that without my knowledge

[quote1da1f774d2="stroid"]i saw that but i dont like my computer sending and recieving information without me knowing about it. [b1da1f774d2]although im sure it probably already does that without my knowledge[/b1da1f774d2][/quote1da1f774d2]

HAHA, not if you monitor it good with a firewall and check the processes of your computer frequently. I trust it so I have it downloaded to my computer. Afterall, I don't think Google would allow the program to be downloaded onto your computer and send information you don't want sent to anyone via their website if they didn't think it was safe. I mean, it's being sent to Stanford.

Goodpoint and i have a decent firewall i still just dont like the idea of information swaping. And those people at stanford can probably hack the shit out of my comp but so can alot of other people hell i guess i might as well do it to. BTW plus karma for you! Im tired of seeing that negative karma for you.

[quote72796b6465="stroid"]Goodpoint and i have a decent firewall i still just dont like the idea of information swaping. And those people at stanford can probably hack the shit out of my comp but so can alot of other people hell i guess i might as well do it to. BTW plus karma for you! Im tired of seeing that negative karma for you.[/quote72796b6465]

Back at ya wink

The SETI program have a similar project, and I'd choose that over the Google one.

But I'm not gonna do either, because while it may be helpful to them, they aren't gonna pay to replace my CPU when it dies before it would have, had I not gotten involved.

[quote8bbb4b1440="Tholek"]The SETI program have a similar project, and I'd choose that over the Google one.

But I'm not gonna do either, because while it may be helpful to them, they aren't gonna pay to replace my CPU when it dies before it would have, had I not gotten involved.[/quote8bbb4b1440]

I wouldn't think it would make that much of a difference on the life of your cpu unless you keep the computer on for more than you usually would like overnight when you typically don't. Please give me more information )

i'm not doing it, i dont trust it.

i dont trust google too much lol...

I'd may as well join up....my computers basically been on in some way or form since i bought it four months ago...lishrugsli...plus that just might be the extra good deed that gets me into heaven...heh...