# SETI@home and other Internet projects

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-home-and-other-internet-projects/30802>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 26, 2000, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-home-and-other-internet-projects/30802 "2000-08-26T04:27:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-home-and-other-internet-projects/30802/1 "2000-08-26T04:27:18Z")

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[This article](http://www.the-times.co.uk/onlinespecials/technology/idle/) discusses various Internet-based distributed computing projects, such as SETI@home and several others.

From the article, here are some projects that I thought were interesting.[ul][li]Popular Power - flu vaccine research.[/li][li]Parabon Computation - cancer research.[/li][li]Entropia - variety of areas (but no definite information given on its website).[/ul]Any opinions on these or any of the other projects?[/li]  
I know there are some SDMB SETI people, but is anybody out there running another project?

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**Author:** ![JonF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JonF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonF)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-home-and-other-internet-projects/30802/2 "2000-08-26T12:23:38Z")

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I do it because I like the idea of using otherwise-unused CPU cycles without interfering when I want some cycles for my own use. I do [url=“[http://www.distributed.net](http://www.distributed.net)”|[distributed.net](http://distributed.net) because I’m interested in codes and ciphers and related items. I am not expecting to get any money out of it.

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**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seti-home-and-other-internet-projects/30802/3 "2000-08-26T12:34:26Z")

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SETI rocks! Mostly because you can say, “yeah, no aliens got through to kill our men and take our women on \* my \* watch”. Of course, then you get weird looks from those around you, but hey 🙂