Grid.org - What are your thoughts on it?

www.grid.org

Pointless, good, what? I was reading an article in a (free) Discover and they were mentioning a system of connecting computers to help scientific research when you are not at your computer. It just concerned me because it reminded me of volunteering your computer to be a zombie. What do you think?

I’ve read about that, but not much. Supposedly you could lend your system resources over the internet to charitable organizations. I don’t know how though.