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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I haven't seen the program(s) that does the work, but my first reaction is that it will have full access to memory, hard drive and operating system. The blatant lack of security on the Windows platform does in fact let such programs monitor your computer usage. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>I would only run this on a workstation that is not being actively used by anyone, as a general rule.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Franco A. Bignone [<A HREF="mailto:abignone@unige.it">mailto:abignone@unige.it</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 11:31 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: beowulf@beowulf.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: Re: Intel initiatives</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Subject: Re: What do you guys thing about the P4</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> An aside question, surfaced earlier on this list, this time </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> about Intel ...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I got today this e-mail form another list:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ****************************************************</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Plug into 50 Teraflops of computing power to help find a cure</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ****************************************************</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sign up today for the Intel® Philanthropic Peer-to-Peer Program</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> that harnesses the power of your PC to help scientific researchers</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> discover cures for major diseases. Using a peer-to-peer computing</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> model, the program utilizes the Internet to turn the unused</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> computing power of millions of individual PCs into one of </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the largest</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> computing resources in history. With a goal of registering 6 million</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> people, the program would produce the equivalent of 50 Teraflops of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> super computing power, with 1 Teraflop equating to 1 trillion</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> floating point operations per second.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> There's no cost, no catch, and no noticeable impact on your</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> computer's performance, because the program only takes advantage of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> the processing power you're not using at the time. Make scientific</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> history by downloading the program at intel.com/cure. Or find out</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> more about the program now.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Some colleagues told me that, aside form the issue of getting </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> calculations done</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> using</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> a sort of spread cluster technology, there is a further </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> point about these</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> initiatives.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> The catch should be to collect information, on patterns of </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> computer usage by</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> people</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> participating in these programs. This could benefit </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> industries proposing such</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ideas.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Any hint from you guys ?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> FB</FONT>
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