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SETI@Home Close to Half-Billionth Result

Posted by timothy on from the why-if-I-only-had-a-nickel-for-every dept.

Jonathan writes: "SETI@Home, the largest distributed computing project in the world, is on the verge of receiving its 500 millionth result. This is a major milestone for both the project and distributed computing as a whole. Oh, and if you still need some added incentive to get involved, there's a $500 reward for the user who returns the milestone result."

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  1. Re:I'm out of the game by cetan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How the hell can you work 9/11 into a discussion of where your idle cpu time goes? Are you a troll or just stupid?

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  2. Re:I'm out of the game by SuiteSisterMary · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The time: Five years ago. The place: An unknown cave in Afghanastan. OSAMA BIN LADEN is sitting in a chair, reading a book. In comes MULLAH MOHAMMED OMAR. OMAR: Osama, are you still reading that Tom Clancy book?
    BIN LADEN: Yes, I'm almost done. Ryan's about to be confirmed as vice president! But wait, what's this Japanese pilot doing?
    OMAR: Well, what's happening? You look so excited!
    BIN LADEN: Get the boys together. We've got some planning to do! Folks, anybody who thinks video games should be banned because of Columbine should be asked if books should be banned because of the Debt of Honor/September 11 tie in.

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  3. Re:It *is* worth it by isorox · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Um, except that we actually made it to the moon. And back.

    Are you sure ?

  4. Re:First Post by Pathetic+Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm a pathetic coward.

    No, you're not.