The Devil Makes Mischief for Idle CPU's

The BBC Climate Change Project uses idle time on thousands of PCs around the world to create a virtual supercomputer that runs climate change experiments. Basically, once you sign up and download the software, if you are not using your computer, the BBC Climate Change Project is. A variety of similar projects, powered by BOINC technology, are available through GridRepublic; GridRepublic lets you run several different projects on your computer.

Anyone who cares to join one of my teams (the Hong Kong Kavaliers! after the Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai) can sign up for any of the following projects at the following sites or through GridRepublic:

Hong Kong Kavaliers:

• BBC Climate Change Project


• Similarity Matrix of Proteins


• Einstein@Home


• SZTAKI Desktop Grid


• Quantum Monte Carlo at Home (QMC@Home)