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Parasitic Computing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the phlebotomy dept.

b0r0din writes: "CNN has this article about a way to force computers to solve complex computational problem using the checksum algorithm used by the TCP/IP protocol. For more technical details, see their website." You probably thought learning TCP/IP was useless. No! You can use it to make an extremely inefficient computer...

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  1. Re:Legality? by 4mn0t1337 · · Score: 2, Informative
    Well, if you open up a service on a machine, you open it up to the world. It is publicly available. The system they devised isn't doing anything other than using the bandwidth and clock cycles that you have opened up.

    Just like people dialing a wrong number are stealing your time and resources. But part of the deal in having a phone that other peopls can call you on is that OTHER PEOPLE CAN CALL YOU.

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  2. Interview on All Things Considered by graybeard · · Score: 2, Informative

    Those in Central, Mountain & further timezones might be able to catch it later today, or listen to it tomorrow on the ATC web site.