Basic philosophy behind distributed computing

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mnb Send message Joined: 15 Dec 05 Posts: 51 Credit: 69,458 RAC: 0	Message 27534 - Posted: 19 Sep 2006, 11:16:14 UTC Basic philosophy behind "at home" distributed computing is to harness the leftover computing power of a general single computer that is used mainly for other purposes, be it gaming, browsing, work related, what ever... If a person wants to donate more than that and hook up multiple computers that crunch 24 hours a day, feel free to do so, but do not dare to demand any special treatment from the project team in return because of that. Your opinions? list of my results ID: 27534 · Rating: 3 · rate: / Reply Quote

carl.h Send message Joined: 28 Dec 05 Posts: 555 Credit: 183,449 RAC: 0	Message 27535 - Posted: 19 Sep 2006, 11:18:06 UTC Your opinions? An invitation to another flaming thread ! Not all Czech`s bounce but I`d like to try with Barbar ;-) Make no mistake This IS the TEDDIES TEAM. ID: 27535 · Rating: -3 · rate: / Reply Quote

mnb Send message Joined: 15 Dec 05 Posts: 51 Credit: 69,458 RAC: 0	Message 27536 - Posted: 19 Sep 2006, 11:21:25 UTC - in response to Message 27535. An invitation to another flaming thread ! What is your philosophy? list of my results ID: 27536 · Rating: 1 · rate: / Reply Quote

carl.h Send message Joined: 28 Dec 05 Posts: 555 Credit: 183,449 RAC: 0	Message 27537 - Posted: 19 Sep 2006, 11:29:17 UTC My philosophy is simple... You obviously have strongly held views, I do not want to discuss my personal viewpoint on it, the post is challenging someone to counter what you have written. Knowing the history of the last few days,weeks, months you know as well as I that any thread on this subject will most likely veer off your intended topic into a "them and us" situation again. My question is, was it a well intended post or flamebait ? Not that I`m accussing you of either! Not all Czech`s bounce but I`d like to try with Barbar ;-) Make no mistake This IS the TEDDIES TEAM. ID: 27537 · Rating: -1 · rate: / Reply Quote

Jose Send message Joined: 28 Mar 06 Posts: 820 Credit: 48,297 RAC: 0	Message 27538 - Posted: 19 Sep 2006, 11:37:17 UTC - in response to Message 27534. Basic philosophy behind "at home" distributed computing is to harness the leftover computing power of a general single computer that is used mainly for other purposes, be it gaming, browsing, work related, what ever... If a person wants to donate more than that and hook up multiple computers that crunch 24 hours a day, feel free to do so, but do not dare to demand any special treatment from the project team in return because of that. Your opinions? Ok lets see if this can express my views on what has to be the lattest attempt to start a flame war. Is that enough. Man you are lucky people are starting to id the flamers and are ignoring them. ID: 27538 · Rating: -4 · rate: / Reply Quote

Nemesis Send message Joined: 12 Mar 06 Posts: 149 Credit: 21,395 RAC: 0	Message 27558 - Posted: 19 Sep 2006, 13:43:53 UTC Sounds like someone came from SETI. That was the standard retort from the SETI@HOME folks when participants complained that their purchased crunching farms were idle from no work. Paraphrased: "We didn't ask you to buy all that spiffy new hardware to run our project" Nemesis n. A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent. ID: 27558 · Rating: -4 · rate: / Reply Quote