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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. Inefficient compared to what? by tulare · · Score: 0, Troll

    I mean, of course this idea is an absolute trashing of the intent of TCP/IP and all, but inefficient? Anyone ever try to load and run a Java applet on a windoze machine? I can't imagine much worse...

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