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offline epohs from )C: on 2003-05-07 14:31 [#00688390]
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"Google Compute is a feature of the Google Toolbar that
enables your computer to help solve challenging scientific
problems when it would otherwise be idle. When you enable
Google Compute, your computer will download a small piece of
a large research project and perform calculations on it that
will then be included with the calculations performed by
thousands of other computers doing the same thing. This
process is known as distributed computing."

I heard about this a while ago... I guess it just got
released... could be spyware, but probably not. I installed
it.

linky

 

offline Jedi Chris on 2003-05-07 14:42 [#00688408]
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This is similar in many ways to that SETI screen saver isn't
it?


 

offline wilcoooo from Sydney (Belgium) on 2003-05-07 14:45 [#00688416]
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it's not spyware, i just cleaned my comp of spyware (115
files goddamn!)
and this site passed the test

 

offline Jedi Chris on 2003-05-07 14:46 [#00688418]
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What did you use to scan your pc for spyware?

 

offline wilcoooo from Sydney (Belgium) on 2003-05-07 14:47 [#00688420]
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lavasoft ad-ware 6
spywareblaster

 

offline epohs from )C: on 2003-05-07 14:49 [#00688424]
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ad-aware

and yeah, it seems similar to setionline... i use that
too... I wonder how friendly they will be to each other.


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2003-05-07 15:01 [#00688433]
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hmm... I just took a look at the task manager and it looks
like setionline takes presidence over the google thing.


 

offline jupitah from Minneapolis (United States) on 2003-05-07 19:23 [#00688715]
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google is considering an offer the us gov made to buy all
their records. they have on record every search ever made,
matched to ip addresses.


 

offline weatheredstoner from same shit babes. (United States) on 2003-05-07 19:26 [#00688720]
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seti@home does the same thing.

 

offline epohs from )C: on 2003-05-07 19:26 [#00688721]
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link to more info?

 

offline epohs from )C: on 2003-05-07 19:29 [#00688725]
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yup... if you try to use both at the same time Seti will do
work and Google will just sit around and wait... I dissabled
Seti@home for the first time since 1998 today.


 

offline jupitah from Minneapolis (United States) on 2003-05-07 19:38 [#00688732]
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i'll try to find the article, but it was sent to me via
email and i don't have that any longer


 

offline Jared from United States on 2003-05-07 20:49 [#00688792]
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hmm.
us gov+google+my comp=666
=:o

 

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