Many people just leave their computer idling 24/7 for different reasons. Here is a good better use for your computer while it is idling its life away.
FightAIDS@Home is a distributed project aims fight AIDS (hence the name) by running simulations on a vast number of computers to find a cure for AIDS. If you don't like to fight AIDS, you can also fight one or all of the following diseases/threats:
Childhood Cancer
Influenza Antiviral
Muscular Dystrophy - Phase 2
Human Proteome Folding - Phase 2
Dengue Drugs
Cancer
Nutritious Rice
The Clean Energy Project
Your computer needs to meet the following minimum requirement in order to help:
Processor 550 MHz
Memory 250 MB
Hard drive 600 MB (50 MB free)
Screen resolution 8-bit graphics at 800x600
Internet connection 40 kbit/s
FAQs: http://fightaidsathome.scripps.edu/faq.html
Get Download: http://fightaidsathome.scripps.edu/download-FAAH.html
Donate your processing power
Re: Donate your processing power
Isn't this essentially the same thing as Folding@Home run by Stanford?
I'd rather spend my resources on Seti@home. Go aliens!
(jk..)
I'd rather spend my resources on Seti@home. Go aliens!
(jk..)

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Re: Donate your processing power
i can totally see some1 making a bot net off this, no offense and my resources are already taken.

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- MiKe 51-50
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MiKe 51-50 wrote:already running F@H for team evga
Damn right!!
I used to run F@H for EOCF. Under the name "Somebodynew"... 1,240,880 total points. After looking.. it appears I still have a rig somewhere putting out WUs.. Maybe my grandparents lol.

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Re: Donate your processing power
Why not just donate your processing power to Gold@Home for the gold selling websites? /sarcasm...
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Re: Donate your processing power
Processors with 550 MHz still exist? O_O

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Re: Donate your processing power
Been running F@H for pcmech for the last 5 years or so...too late.
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