I wonder what the feasibility is of having a system similar to d.net, run by the govt(s), whereby a (small) monetary amount is given to end-users participating in the system. If it were calculated on a percentage system (you're paid for what percentage of the total processing power you supply), it would draw more users to the project and users would be more inclined to install the client on more computers. Projects would simply be anything of national or global importance: surely there are a number of projects like this undertaken internally, with the govts' own computers? Of course, the payment would be quite small; the main reason for doing it would simply be to help out. But it would be a nice bonus, and *would* attract more people. With this, substantial security issues would arise; especially if the projects are of a sensitive nature but with careful planning and a truly distributed system (so *every* client would have to merge in order to produce a readable image of the project -- if this is necessary of course -- and if the entire "keyspace" is encrypted BEFORE distribution, it should be impossible to break -- but doing sensitive projects would most likely draw ethical considerations, as end-users would want to KNOW what they're cracking; but it's just a side-thought:). What do you think of this? Any more pro's / con's? Another con I can think of is it could jeapordize d.net and assorted projects; people may prefer to give full processing power to the govt system rather than d.net if the monetary incentive is there. That would definitely be a Bad Thing, as d.net and the governments are likely to have differing opinions on projects.
We have power and telcomms up at Cairns, Australia. Not sure about water (rainwater where I am ATM), but I'd say it's fine. The power did flicker a couple of hours ago, but it's been fine since. My Win98 box on a ZM6 motherboard rolled over fine. Apparently New Zealand is fine too, except for the phone system overloading =). Hey uh, not sure if it's been posted already; but incase not: the hostages from the hijacking have been released unharmed! Great news there. Ok, that's it....
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I wonder what the feasibility is of having a system similar to d.net, run by the govt(s), whereby a (small) monetary amount is given to end-users participating in the system. If it were calculated on a percentage system (you're paid for what percentage of the total processing power you supply), it would draw more users to the project and users would be more inclined to install the client on more computers. Projects would simply be anything of national or global importance: surely there are a number of projects like this undertaken internally, with the govts' own computers? Of course, the payment would be quite small; the main reason for doing it would simply be to help out. But it would be a nice bonus, and *would* attract more people. With this, substantial security issues would arise; especially if the projects are of a sensitive nature but with careful planning and a truly distributed system (so *every* client would have to merge in order to produce a readable image of the project -- if this is necessary of course -- and if the entire "keyspace" is encrypted BEFORE distribution, it should be impossible to break -- but doing sensitive projects would most likely draw ethical considerations, as end-users would want to KNOW what they're cracking; but it's just a side-thought :). What do you think of this? Any more pro's / con's? Another con I can think of is it could jeapordize d.net and assorted projects; people may prefer to give full processing power to the govt system rather than d.net if the monetary incentive is there. That would definitely be a Bad Thing, as d.net and the governments are likely to have differing opinions on projects.
We have power and telcomms up at Cairns, Australia. Not sure about water (rainwater where I am ATM), but I'd say it's fine. The power did flicker a couple of hours ago, but it's been fine since. My Win98 box on a ZM6 motherboard rolled over fine. Apparently New Zealand is fine too, except for the phone system overloading =). Hey uh, not sure if it's been posted already; but incase not: the hostages from the hijacking have been released unharmed! Great news there. Ok, that's it....