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PostPosted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:59 pm    Post subject: Any one tried this distributing computation project: GIMPS? Reply with quote

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http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 11:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

erm not really ... but ther eare sooo many its kidna difficult to keep track of all those projects.
I was part of one some years ago which was computing some stuff about proteins and so on .. trying to find a cure for cancer i think it was...
It more reasonable way of using the unused computer cycles than some projects .. like what "came first the egg or the chicken" kinda thing.

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 2:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That was probably Folding at Home ikaro. I am a part of that and have been for a few years. Best thing you can devote you spare cycles to.

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 11:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

but this one has a chance to win $100,000. :P
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 11:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds interesting for those that are over-obsessed with math. lol I like math, but not that much. :wink:
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 08, 2004 7:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nah, I'm a dedicated SETI@home user myself... it seems potentially more worthwhile than trying to find more prime numbers. I'll admit though that Folding at Home is probably more worthwhile than SETI@home, but there we go!
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