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Old 05-19-2006, 07:13 AM   #1
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Cool Distributed computing review...

ExtremeTech has a nice history and overview of Distributed Computing here : http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...1963295,00.asp


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Old 05-19-2006, 09:15 AM   #2
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While the prospect of earning money at the expense of my processor's idle time seems quite appealing (I'm talking about Ubero here), I suppose it'll be nicer to contribute towards fighting diseases.

That was a good read: I had no idea there were so many DC Projects out there... it makes you wonder how much more powerful a particular service would be if it were the ONLY DC project running...
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