Back in February I told you about
World Community Grid. I explained how the computing power that sits almost 90% unused on the PCs you have at
home, at work, and in school could be
used to save lives. And you haven't
done a thing about it!
Since May, the total amount of computing time per day at World Community Grid has plummeted from 130 years to less than 90 years. It should be increasing, not decreasing. I'll say it again. There are lives at stake here. This is something that costs you nothing, nothing! It is the greatest tool to
assist scientific research in history. That's no exaggeration. This is as if every researcher in the world was all of a sudden given their own university with 10,000 research assistants.
The knowledge needed to understand disease and develop effective treatments and PREVENTION
lies in the ridiculously overpowered machine that you bought to read email or make your
mind-numbing Powerpoint presentations. You're not sharing it. Remember, sharing is good!
Seriously, join this project. If you don't like what World Community Grid is doing, go to the
BOINC project at Berkeley. Their software is being used on a lot of different efforts. Find something that suits you and
join in.
