Re: SETI@home (history)

2010-10-22 Thread Alberto Monteiro
I wrote: > >> IIRC, there was a story somewhere that the s...@home software >> included a bug (like a crippleware) that would make it run >> _much slower_ than it could run, because there was not enough >> data for the millions of computers that would process this >> data. >> >> I am confusing t

Re: SETI@home (history)

2010-10-21 Thread John Williams
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > IIRC, there was a story somewhere that the s...@home software > included a bug (like a crippleware) that would make it run > _much slower_ than it could run, because there was not enough > data for the millions of computers that would proc

Re: SETI@home (history)

2010-10-21 Thread David Hobby
Alberto Monteiro wrote: IIRC, there was a story somewhere that the s...@home software included a bug (like a crippleware) that would make it run _much slower_ than it could run, because there was not enough data for the millions of computers that would process this data. I am confusing things?

SETI@home (history)

2010-10-21 Thread Alberto Monteiro
IIRC, there was a story somewhere that the s...@home software included a bug (like a crippleware) that would make it run _much slower_ than it could run, because there was not enough data for the millions of computers that would process this data. I am confusing things? I couldn't find any refere