I found out about this project a couple of months ago, and maybe some of you might have heard of it, but I consider that this is of great use for all of us that use our computers daily and leave them on and unused for long periods of time.
Here's a piece of the information on their website:

"World Community Grid's mission is to create the world's largest public computing grid to tackle projects that benefit humanity.

Our work has developed the technical infrastructure that serves as the grid's foundation for scientific research. Our success depends upon individuals collectively contributing their unused computer time to change the world for the better.

World Community Grid is making technology available only to public and not-for-profit organizations to use in humanitarian research that might otherwise not be completed due to the high cost of the computer infrastructure required in the absence of a public grid. As part of our commitment to advancing human welfare, all results will be in the public domain and made public to the global research community."

To join, just go to [link]
You will be required to download a small application, and it will silently run on your taskbar. ;D.


I hope some of you guys make up your minds and get those idle computers to do some work.