Google Goes Gaga for Folding@home Toolbar software to be used in DC project (old news - 04:39PM Saturday Mar 23 2002) tags: fun
Popular search engine Google announced an experimental version of its toolbar software that will be used to harness the power of unused CPU cycles on users' machines, forming a distributed super-computer, contributing to the Folding@home project. More information about Google's plans is available in a ZDNet artilce. Visit our Team Helix discussion forum for information on Folding@home.
livininarizona Premium join:2001-08-05 Merced, CA clubs:
Sounds Good!
All the more help they can get for folding@home and the rest of out computer groups here at dslreports the better! Especially such a widly used program like the google toolbar. I even have one myself! Good news, and I think everyone agrees -- "Insanity is heredity, we get it from our children"
I guess this could be good news it really but depends on what the users of the tool bar feel about there CPU cycles being taken...
If they have no option but to do the DC or not then thats not right, as long as Google doesn't get a big head over all the WUs that its users are doing.. -- Vist us at the dallas forum
alex4life Alex4life Premium join:2001-06-22 Delta, BC
I dunno if this is good...
My computer runs slow as hell when the whole processor is being used. It would suck to have it run like that all the time. -- "Nothing fits better than a dead man's shirt" -Jimmy James
Since the program runs at the lowest priority, it doesn't detract from anything that you might be doing. It only uses idle CPU cycles, so you'll never notice a performance hit while running it. -- My computers are searching for cures - What's your's doing?Join DSLReports Team Helix!Check out:»Team Helix
hmm..interesting but that article doesn't say anything specific, like when it'll be available! DUH:D -- [Sig removed by Administrator: Signature can not exceed 20GB]
Sounds Good!
