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				 Re: OT: SETI@home milestone 
 
	Yeah, others have suggested before that I'm heating my house with old PC's running SETI@homeQuote: 
	
		| Originally posted by Narrew: Yea, if I had a basement, I could use the 3 or 4 old comps I have in my closet collecting dust and my broadband connection, it is interesting, though isn't there another similuar program that is working on the genome project or some-such?
 |   Not quite, just using up spare CPU cycles on some servers when they're idle.  I use just the text-based Version and it only runs when nothing else is using cycles. 
 As to the genome project, look for the "Folding" thread.  I have a single "box" holding up quite respectfully with that project as well.  (Dual Intel 3.06 GHz Xeon's)
 
 I just like having all my boxes doing something productive all the time (at least while they're consuming electricity).  And who knows, it just may help someone someday....
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