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Distributed Computing Attacking SARS

Posted by timothy on from the not-just-sequencing dept.

fwc writes "D2OL has added a SARS Target to it's distributed computing project which locates potential drug candidates for several viruses. At this point, I've replaced SETI@Home at least temporarily on all of my Boxen. There are clients available for Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, and of course Windows."

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  1. Damn, how drunk am I? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I thought the headline was, "Distributed Computing Attacking RIAA" ... I guess when I see a four-letter acronym it always triggers a negative in my brain. Here I was hoping there was a distributed riaa.org DDoS program floating around!!

    -MFS

    1. Re:Damn, how drunk am I? by Neuropol · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      'sup homes?

      That could be RIAA attacking Distributed Computing if we aren't careful.

  2. Re:Jews /dev/gaschamber by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And why does Slashdot strip >'s from subjects? It really crimps my trolling style.

  3. Fear me! by LocalHero · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now everybody fears me!!!

    Sa"e"rs :)