Just because I remember stumbling across it some time ago and bookmarking it, and because it's fun to advocate Linux positively by showing that real people are choosing (and pleased) to use Linux for real things:
First, there is no "union"... its called Russia, and it's an independent country, no longer even under a communist government (sadly).
Second, do you REALLY think sending a rocket into space with skilled astronauts and equipment to fix an orbiting space station is at all equivalent in cost to having some engineers hack away on chip designs and schematics?
Third, yes, you are right, screw RC5 =) Seti@Home forever.
I too am skeptical of the reports. Here is a twist on the subject that might have been posted, but it's how I see the subject. The stats board shows that yesterday, the "E2K" user completed 863,483 blocks... there are 86,400 seconds in one full day. Roughly 10 blocks every second. Think about that for a while.
If indeed it is just a collection of computers, it would have to require thousands (as illustrated in other posts). Knowing that, how have all the members coordinated so timely and so secretly? (And think of the costs to own and power all the computers involved.) Congrats to them if that's what they are pulling off.
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Dumbass.
... its called Russia, and it's an independent country, no longer even under a communist government (sadly).
First, there is no "union"
Second, do you REALLY think sending a rocket into space with skilled astronauts and equipment to fix an orbiting space station is at all equivalent in cost to having some engineers hack away on chip designs and schematics?
Third, yes, you are right, screw RC5 =) Seti@Home forever.
I too am skeptical of the reports. Here is a twist on the subject that might have been posted, but it's how I see the subject. The stats board shows that yesterday, the "E2K" user completed 863,483 blocks... there are 86,400 seconds in one full day. Roughly 10 blocks every second. Think about that for a while.
If indeed it is just a collection of computers, it would have to require thousands (as illustrated in other posts). Knowing that, how have all the members coordinated so timely and so secretly? (And think of the costs to own and power all the computers involved.) Congrats to them if that's what they are pulling off.