From jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com Sun Oct 3 13:44:48 2004 From: jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com (John W. Colby) Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 14:44:48 -0400 Subject: [dba-VB] Cross posted - Folding@home Message-ID: <001301c4a979$12b14180$e8dafea9@ColbyM6805> I just wanted to call everyone's attention to Folding at home. I know a lot of you know about this project, I did and got involved for awhile (through Google's team I think) but over time forgot about it. http://folding.stanford.edu/ Folding at home is a project by Stanford University which essentially builds a mega super computer created by using our home / office computers to form a huge network capable of thousands of times more processing power than even the largest dedicated super computers. http://folding.stanford.edu/stats.html Will take you directly to a page where you can see some statistics for the supercomputer as it exists at this instant in time. This system downloads an executable onto a computer which runs in the idle thread. This means that while the CPU utilized jumps to 100%, it is all idle time ad if your programs need CPU cycles folding at home will not interfere with your program in any way. I had 4 3ghz computers sitting in my home office doing nothing. They are now contributing to mankind's knowledgebase. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com From jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com Thu Oct 7 13:32:38 2004 From: jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com (John W. Colby) Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 14:32:38 -0400 Subject: [dba-VB] Good deal Message-ID: <000201c4ac9c$095a3940$e8dafea9@ColbyM6805> The laptop I bought for 1500 minus $250 rebate is now available for $1300 minus an additional $150 mail in rebate. This is a NICE machine folks. Emachines Athlon64 3000+ ghz, 512m ram, 60m hard drive, built-in 54mbit wireless, etc. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=product&id=1069301995506&skuId= 6249703 John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com From jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com Sun Oct 3 13:44:48 2004 From: jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com (John W. Colby) Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 14:44:48 -0400 Subject: [dba-VB] Cross posted - Folding@home Message-ID: <001301c4a979$12b14180$e8dafea9@ColbyM6805> I just wanted to call everyone's attention to Folding at home. I know a lot of you know about this project, I did and got involved for awhile (through Google's team I think) but over time forgot about it. http://folding.stanford.edu/ Folding at home is a project by Stanford University which essentially builds a mega super computer created by using our home / office computers to form a huge network capable of thousands of times more processing power than even the largest dedicated super computers. http://folding.stanford.edu/stats.html Will take you directly to a page where you can see some statistics for the supercomputer as it exists at this instant in time. This system downloads an executable onto a computer which runs in the idle thread. This means that while the CPU utilized jumps to 100%, it is all idle time ad if your programs need CPU cycles folding at home will not interfere with your program in any way. I had 4 3ghz computers sitting in my home office doing nothing. They are now contributing to mankind's knowledgebase. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com From jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com Thu Oct 7 13:32:38 2004 From: jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com (John W. Colby) Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 14:32:38 -0400 Subject: [dba-VB] Good deal Message-ID: <000201c4ac9c$095a3940$e8dafea9@ColbyM6805> The laptop I bought for 1500 minus $250 rebate is now available for $1300 minus an additional $150 mail in rebate. This is a NICE machine folks. Emachines Athlon64 3000+ ghz, 512m ram, 60m hard drive, built-in 54mbit wireless, etc. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=product&id=1069301995506&skuId= 6249703 John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com From jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com Sun Oct 3 13:44:48 2004 From: jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com (John W. Colby) Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 14:44:48 -0400 Subject: [dba-VB] Cross posted - Folding@home Message-ID: <001301c4a979$12b14180$e8dafea9@ColbyM6805> I just wanted to call everyone's attention to Folding at home. I know a lot of you know about this project, I did and got involved for awhile (through Google's team I think) but over time forgot about it. http://folding.stanford.edu/ Folding at home is a project by Stanford University which essentially builds a mega super computer created by using our home / office computers to form a huge network capable of thousands of times more processing power than even the largest dedicated super computers. http://folding.stanford.edu/stats.html Will take you directly to a page where you can see some statistics for the supercomputer as it exists at this instant in time. This system downloads an executable onto a computer which runs in the idle thread. This means that while the CPU utilized jumps to 100%, it is all idle time ad if your programs need CPU cycles folding at home will not interfere with your program in any way. I had 4 3ghz computers sitting in my home office doing nothing. They are now contributing to mankind's knowledgebase. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com From jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com Thu Oct 7 13:32:38 2004 From: jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com (John W. Colby) Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 14:32:38 -0400 Subject: [dba-VB] Good deal Message-ID: <000201c4ac9c$095a3940$e8dafea9@ColbyM6805> The laptop I bought for 1500 minus $250 rebate is now available for $1300 minus an additional $150 mail in rebate. This is a NICE machine folks. Emachines Athlon64 3000+ ghz, 512m ram, 60m hard drive, built-in 54mbit wireless, etc. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=product&id=1069301995506&skuId= 6249703 John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com From jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com Sun Oct 3 13:44:48 2004 From: jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com (John W. Colby) Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 14:44:48 -0400 Subject: [dba-VB] Cross posted - Folding@home Message-ID: <001301c4a979$12b14180$e8dafea9@ColbyM6805> I just wanted to call everyone's attention to Folding at home. I know a lot of you know about this project, I did and got involved for awhile (through Google's team I think) but over time forgot about it. http://folding.stanford.edu/ Folding at home is a project by Stanford University which essentially builds a mega super computer created by using our home / office computers to form a huge network capable of thousands of times more processing power than even the largest dedicated super computers. http://folding.stanford.edu/stats.html Will take you directly to a page where you can see some statistics for the supercomputer as it exists at this instant in time. This system downloads an executable onto a computer which runs in the idle thread. This means that while the CPU utilized jumps to 100%, it is all idle time ad if your programs need CPU cycles folding at home will not interfere with your program in any way. I had 4 3ghz computers sitting in my home office doing nothing. They are now contributing to mankind's knowledgebase. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com From jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com Thu Oct 7 13:32:38 2004 From: jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com (John W. Colby) Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 14:32:38 -0400 Subject: [dba-VB] Good deal Message-ID: <000201c4ac9c$095a3940$e8dafea9@ColbyM6805> The laptop I bought for 1500 minus $250 rebate is now available for $1300 minus an additional $150 mail in rebate. This is a NICE machine folks. Emachines Athlon64 3000+ ghz, 512m ram, 60m hard drive, built-in 54mbit wireless, etc. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?type=product&id=1069301995506&skuId= 6249703 John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com