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Best use of distributed computing?

Chart_bar poll by VnutZ on 02 June 2006

Helping with SETI@home
4 (15%)
Cracking encryption
2
Sequencing genomes
7 (26%)
Discovering large primes
1
Playing chess
2
Pushing Skynet towards Judgement Day
10 (38%)
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WARGAMES by Bortnyk :: NR6

How about a nice game of chess? TIC TAC TOE?

Posted 02 June 2006, Hide, Reply
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not much of a nerd by stacybobacy :: NR4

I had to google what "distributed computing" meant. Wow, this site IS nerdy.

Posted 02 June 2006, Hide, Reply
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Need more options by Anonymous :: NR0

Seti is a waste of time. If theres intelligent life, its wisely not announcing itself.

Encryption & primes are the same family.. so they boil down to duplicate research.

Playing chess is really applied computational game theory.. so defense and economics.

Judgement day and skynet are a terminator thing...

Fellow nerds, we can do much better than this.

Posted 03 June 2006, Hide, Reply