Distributed computing for money..

from the why-ruin-a-perfectly-good-project dept

I've always thought that distributed computing was really, really cool.. and now someone plans on giving away money for people's ticks. They'll pay your ISP bill if you let them use your computer to process stuff.. i dunno, but my ticks will continue to work on d.net or SETI.
Hide this

Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.

Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites — especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis.

While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support. We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise — and every little bit helps. Thank you.

–The Techdirt Team


Reader Comments

Subscribe: RSS

View by: Time | Thread


  • icon
    Mike (profile), 15 Jun 2000 @ 8:58pm

    Not new

    There have been about 5 or 6 companies that have announced similar plans in the last 2 months or so. I'm trying to remember names... I know there's the COSM project, Centrata, PopularPower and a few others... I can't think of their names.

    link to this | view in chronology ]

  • identicon
    Tarsh, 15 Jun 2000 @ 10:20pm

    but..

    Yeah and no doubt it is for US citizens only.

    link to this | view in chronology ]

  • identicon
    mhh5, 16 Jun 2000 @ 3:48pm

    Distributed computing...

    Would a cluster of older hardware do the same thing? You could solicit people to donate their obselete computers instead of their "unused" CPU time... I know I've got a bunch of paperweights that can still crunch numbers. I'm sure someone must be doing this?

    link to this | view in chronology ]

    • icon
      Mike (profile), 16 Jun 2000 @ 4:02pm

      Re: Distributed computing...

      You probably get a lot more bang for the buck using unused CPU time of modern computers than all the cycles on your Mac Classic... Better off turning it into a fish tank or a wine fridge. :) When distributed net started out I used the free cycles on my old Thinkpad with its Cyrix 100 and with my desktop (at the time a Pentium 166). I never used the Thinkpad for work and mostly just let it sit and crunch, but used the desktop all the time. The desktop still out-crunched the Thinkpad by a ridiculous amount...

      link to this | view in chronology ]


Follow Techdirt
Essential Reading
Techdirt Deals
Report this ad  |  Hide Techdirt ads
Techdirt Insider Discord

The latest chatter on the Techdirt Insider Discord channel...

Loading...
Recent Stories

This site, like most other sites on the web, uses cookies. For more information, see our privacy policy. Got it
Close

Email This

This feature is only available to registered users. Register or sign in to use it.