Comments on: Use Your Computer’s Idle Time To Do Good

By: Michael Cozens

Michael Cozens — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:31:03 +0000

For those concerned about using excess electricity while running BOINC, here are my thoughts – most of the wear on a computer comes from the power fluctuations during the startup and shutdown cycles. Your computer will last much longer if you leave it running as much as possible, and the extra electricity used is far offset by the savings in longer-lasting computer components. So, if your computer’s going to be running anyway, why not use it for scientific research?

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:01:55 +0000

A project similar to Boinc is DonateBot.com… You can choose from 4 charities and it can run directly from your web browser or as a Windows/Mac/Linux application. As you use the program it tells you how much food, water, education or rain forest land you have donated so far.

By: Sierradragon

Sierradragon — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:31:35 +0000

was wondering how seti was still doing. My mom had it running on her old computer a few years ago and I never found out if it had any results.

By: Cori

Cori — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:46:29 +0000

Thanks for posting this, I’d been wondering how to set this up and had been too lazy to search for it. I’m now signed up and running.

By: Kay

Kay — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:39:46 +0000

I think one of my friends is running this, if not something similar. I like the idea, and am definitely going to check it out!

By: Marla

Marla — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:49:11 +0000

I am happy to have learned of this and I like the idea.

By: EasyLearnStockMarket

EasyLearnStockMarket — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:29:35 +0000

If SETI had been stealing personal info from everyone’s computer they’d be a total power house of wealth and marketing information by now. I’m pretty sure these groups are just doing research.

By: Elfir

Elfir — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:50:18 +0000

I’ve heard of this sort of thing but still don’t really trust it. You’re basically installing malware but for good? Sorry, no.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:47:28 +0000

I’ve seen this before. I still don’t get how it works, but it’s a neat concept.

By: Brad Heintz

Brad Heintz — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:02:57 +0000

Very cool! As a participant in http://distributed.net/ from way back, I love this kind of project.