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Wed, April 23, 2003
Google and Distributed Computing
Dirvish and I were recently talking about how Google should do something like Grub, using Google Toolbars. We agreed that they must be thinking of doing that already (if they don't do it already). Well, it turns out our theory was correct:
Using millions of computers to solve important problems requiring substantial CPU resources, such as cancer and disease research. For example, we have recently begun small-scale tests with the Folding at Home project at Stanford University with a few thousand selected Google Toolbar users, in preparation for a much larger scale system that would enable our millions of Google Toolbar users to opt-in to contributing their CPU cycles to solving important problems.
I found it here.
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Ryo Chijiiwa
I'm a biologically Japanese, culturally American, Germany-raised, socially liberal, politically independent, gun-totin', code writin' dude. My life is currently sponsored by Google.
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