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Questions About Modern Computing

Mar 12, 2008 04:23

Do you run a distributed computing client on your computer?

On my old machine, I ran distributed.net's client. I like the idea behind the effort, cracking encryption through brute force, I also always enjoyed the ideal behind Seti@Home. It's kinda romantic, searching for extra-terrestrial intelligence. So with my new machine, I started looking ( Read more... )

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drinkyclown March 13 2008, 01:10:36 UTC

I haven't used vista, but I'm a fan of the new fonts it came with! I use one of them at work.
At home, I'm running folding@home, which helps with protein folding research for stanford.edu. The screensaver is pretty, and looks like important science stuff, so I can ummm... impress the ladies?

patrick March 13 2008, 07:34:56 UTC

Because ladies are always impressed by important science stuff! Hahah.

roark March 13 2008, 19:05:00 UTC

I'm a dual user, Mac OS X and Windows XP. I currently have 3 computers, but only 2 that I'm using. I hauled off a 4th computer to the recyclery last summer (it was an old piece running Windows 95 or 98 or something).

patrick March 13 2008, 20:07:21 UTC

I've been a duel user in the past. Linux and Windows. That's a great way to go.