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100 websites (SETI@Home)

Author:Phil Wolff
Posted:1/18/2000; 2:07:19 PM
Topic:100 websites that will change the world
Msg #:14594 (In response to 14489)
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re: 100 websites that will change the world.

SETI @ Home http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/

This is the first true Internet app because it harnesses the power of thousands of netizens to perform a single, common task.

SETI@home is a scientific experiment that harnesses the power of hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running a free program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data. There's a small but captivating possibility that your computer will detect the faint murmur of a civilization beyond Earth.
Their statistics page shows over 1.6 million users who've contributed 159 thousand years of CPU time.

A thumbnail of the parts of the sky scanned so far.

The combination of people and machines forms a giant level of computational power that can be applied to genomic research and other science projects, commerce, and community. As more gadgets get tied to the net we can see people volunteering them to watch kids at home or monitor violence on television.

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