h a l f b a k e r yI didn't say you were onto something, I said you were on something.
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My idea is for intermediary that facilitates in renting your unused
processing power at times when you don’t need it. I don’t know if the
intermediary should be entirely software based, or if there should be a
website/human component overseeing the transfer of money, so just
picture whichever
you like best.
Utility Computing
http://en.wikipedia...i/Utility_computing
The packaging of computing resource... [Jinbish, Nov 02 2009]
Grid computing
http://en.wikipedia...wiki/Grid_computing
Networked computers sharing resource to tackle a particular job/task. [Jinbish, Nov 02 2009]
World Community Grid
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/
World Community Grid brings together people from across the globe who donate their idle computer time to create the largest volunteer computing grid benefiting humanity. [Jim Bob of Merriam Park, Nov 03 2009]
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What if it isn't returned in time for when you do need it? |
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as Jinbish pointed out distributed processing has been used
as an alternative to supercomputers for some time now, and
often there are multiple people at any moment sharing there
processing power, so if one, needs there computer, it has no
significant effect. The radical idea though is to do this on a
large scale your computer could be doing work for someone
else while you sleep, and you could be getting paid for it! |
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Isn't this one of the original reasons for ARPAnet? |
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You can already donate your unused computing power to a worthy cause. (See link.) |
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