# Grid.org - What are your thoughts on it?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grid-org-what-are-your-thoughts-on-it/253389>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 3, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grid-org-what-are-your-thoughts-on-it/253389 "2004-07-03T18:16:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grid-org-what-are-your-thoughts-on-it/253389/1 "2004-07-03T18:16:52Z")

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[www.grid.org](http://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?

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**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grid-org-what-are-your-thoughts-on-it/253389/2 "2004-07-03T19:46:58Z")

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> [@ZebraShaSha](#):
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> [www.grid.org](http://www.grid.org)
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> 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.