Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Mar 02 2005
Sharing Resources
There was an interesting Wired News story on PlanetQuest today. The sharing of computer resources seems to be getting more attention than ever before. Einstein@Home looks for those elusive gravitational waves Albert Einstein talked about. Chess Brain works on getting computers to play chess without humans making direct moves. There are projects that seek math solutions, map genome sequences, hunt down cures for disease, and even render images for animated film sequences. Some even offer to pay for using your computer's time, though you're not likely to find this a source of big money. Since more and more of us are connected to the internet all the time this seems like a great way to share what might otherwise be idle machine time and resources gone to waste.
posted at: 07:27 | category: /Science | link to this entry
There was an interesting Wired News story on PlanetQuest today. The sharing of computer resources seems to be getting more attention than ever before. Einstein@Home looks for those elusive gravitational waves Albert Einstein talked about. Chess Brain works on getting computers to play chess without humans making direct moves. There are projects that seek math solutions, map genome sequences, hunt down cures for disease, and even render images for animated film sequences. Some even offer to pay for using your computer's time, though you're not likely to find this a source of big money. Since more and more of us are connected to the internet all the time this seems like a great way to share what might otherwise be idle machine time and resources gone to waste.
posted at: 07:27 | category: /Science | link to this entry
