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Comment on Scijacking by Martin

Martin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:19:14 +0000

Always worth noting that modern CPUs throttle back when idle and use less power. Or can be shut down/put into standby when not in use.

I like distributed computing, but it’s worth noting both sides.

Comment on Scijacking by Brainduck

Brainduck — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:22:56 +0000

Hey, encouraging more geeks into churches is a good thing, & definitely a fair exchange for the supply of electricity and wifi. If you hang around for the God-bothering bit, coffee & cake are often free also.
Thank you, you may have spawned a new and rather more interesting variant of evangelism :)

Comment on Scijacking by wellington_grey

wellington_grey — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:52:19 +0000

@ Brainduck:

The more CPU’s on the grid the better : ) Don’t worry, it doesn’t mess with my world view — I’m aware that many religious people do many good things and I’m glad they do. I still think though, that on balance, religion causes more harm than good. I’d bet though that there are the more moderate religious people — it’s a bit hard to swallow fundamentalists who think that HIV is a curse from God on the gays contributing their time to try and help the problem.

I just made the comic to express of my feelings of being a heretic when doing science in a religious environment.

Comment on Scijacking by Brainduck

Brainduck — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:39:44 +0000

I suppose it would not fit your worldview to imagine that many Christians & churches might be doing that already…
http://forum.ship-of-fools.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=4;t=003738

This is a not-very-good video (not mine) of lots of Christians using computers for an alt.worship service inside York Minster. I know that many of them run distributed computing projects. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1×9oKff4bJQ&feature=related If you turned up, you could stay until you got bored & joined us in the pub afterwards. It’s a big church, bring as many fellow-geeks as you like, and the coffee is free.

Comment on Meeting Efficiency by wellington_grey

wellington_grey — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:49:36 +0000

That’s rather the point : )

Comment on Meeting Efficiency by anonymous

anonymous — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:44:39 +0000

Of course this would mean that the most efficient meeting will always be with oneself - assuming you are at least of above average intelligence.

Comment on Cats: Not That Funny by yeah

yeah — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:52:03 +0000

uberleethaxor is right cats just are not funny

Comment on Cats: Not That Funny by ub3r1337h4xor

ub3r1337h4xor — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:51:01 +0000

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Comment on Opportunity Cost of George W. Bush and 10 Trillion Dollars by joe

joe — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:56:02 +0000

10 billion sex robots… mull it over for a while

Comment on Dear Internet Censors by wellington_grey

wellington_grey — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:26:12 +0000

Hong Kong was also high on the list. I’d love to learn Mandarin — but I have to admit that I find the idea of living in China still a bit scary. (Yes, I know it’s not like the rest of China, but no matter how you define it, it’s still China)