--- F R E N D Z of martian --- Looks groovy... ----- Original Message ----- From: Rev. George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 8:09 PM Subject: GeeK: Turn Spare Processor Cycles into Money > Just found this site in someone's /. sig: http://www.processtree.com/ > > It works like distributed.net or SETI@home, except instead of lofty > intellectual goals, they're in it for pure capitalism. They pay you to do > distributed processing over the Internet. At least they pay you when they > start shipping the client... > > What struck me as odd was this from the FAQ: > "What are the legal obligations if I sign up? > > You are under no legal obligations. Likewise ProcessTree is under no > obligations other than to pay Sponsors a to-be-determined percentage of > earnings from Partners that they signed up. See the bottom of the sign up > form for the legal statement." > > So if I find out my competitor uses this service, not only can I attempt > to corrupt their data, but I can also make money doing it? I believe > Bruce Schneier had some interesting comments on secure computing in an > untrusted environment, but I can't find it for the life of me. Anyone? > > -- > Rev. George [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.the-collective.net/~gideon/ > > -- Sent to you via the frendz list at marsbard.com The archive is at http://www.mail-archive.com/frendz@marsbard.com/
