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Google Goes Gaga for Folding@home
Toolbar software to be used in DC project
by login name Saturday 23-Mar-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.

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livininarizona
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join:2001-08-05
Merced, CA

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
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djeff

join:2001-03-08
Abington, PA

Re: Sounds Good!

Just another reason to love Google

Nsane_iceman
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join:2001-02-26
North Richland Hills, TX

Alright!

Well as Adam sandler in "Big daddy"

Would say " Well alright !"

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..
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dnoyeB
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join:2000-10-09
Southfield, MI

Whos team?

So then do you become on the google team? Damn...Looks like hardOCP is going down!

alex4life
Alex4life
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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.
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Axilla
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join:2001-03-26
Schofield, WI

Re: I dunno if this is good...

folding@home runs in 'idle' priority with the OS and thus only uses CPU cycles when another program doesnt need them.
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djeff

join:2001-03-08
Abington, PA
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.
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Google or Chapter 11?

Was Google responsible for the folding of @Home last month?

Cella Dwella

join:2001-10-29
Pacific Palisades, CA

Re: Google or Chapter 11?

You are thinking of excite.

MxxCon

join:1999-11-19
Brooklyn, NY

hmm

hmm..interesting but that article doesn't say anything specific, like when it'll be available! DUH:D
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livininarizona
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join:2001-08-05
Merced, CA

Re: hmm

true dat!

LissaKay
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Knoxville, TN
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