On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:36:49 -0400, "tjs" <anon@anon.net> wrote:

PS I tried the climate prediction program but the time involved to process a
unit was so hoplessly long (like months) that its not really distributed
computing!

It is still distributed computing in that many of those simulations are needed to be later combined together to give a clearer picture of a larger 'whole'.

Your simulation is just one that gets combined with a few thousand others.

The real question is whether you keep your PC together long enough to let the simulation complete!

Good luck,
Martin