Re: Utilizing Idle Computer Resources



il_mat_1980@xxxxxxxxx wrote: 
Is there software that can change idle computer resources, that would
otherwise do nothing of value for anybody for intervals of time, into
creators of something with real value? I leave my pc running when I am
afk often so that when I return I can quickly access the internet
without the delay of waiting for the system to boot, so there are
frequently these time intervals for which resources sit idle except for
thier basic energy consumption.


There was a good article on optimising the idle loop, linked from Slashdot a few weeks ago:

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/power/library/pa-unrollav3/

Written by IBM it goes into quite a lot of detail.  It's a good read.
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