On a similar vein (but less altruistic), I've just started using idle CPU for cracking 72 bit RC5 algorithm (a fully parameterized block cipher) as part of www.distributed.net ... The contest (and prize money) is actually being offered by RSA labs.
Same concept, individual stats, can form teams, etc... /paul On 12/8/05, Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Use your idle CPU time time save the rainforest! > > Well... almost ;-) ClimatePrediction.Net is a project of the same > family ast [EMAIL PROTECTED] You download a program from their website and it > uses your idle CPU cycles to run a climate model for the next 45 years. > > http://climateprediction.net/ > > You get a nice image of a rotating Earth showing your model. They run > many models and the results help them learn how climate will evolve in > the near future. > > There is a credit system based on how much work your computer has done. > I'm not sure what a credit means. I also notice that you can form a > 'team', but again, I don't know what that means. > > Cheers, > Daniel. > -- > /\/`) http://oooauthors.org > /\/_/ http://opendocumentfellowship.org > /\/_/ > \/_/ I am not over-weight, I am under-tall. > / >
