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Join our WorldCommunityGrid team
Help the world become a better place and find cures for diseases. Join our WCG team, and donate your unused computer time to charity.
Download the software here:
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/join_now/join_now.html
Launch it, create your account... Then go here to join our team (team's name is "runboard" ):
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamInfo.do?teamId=22B1GN1RGN1
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12/31/2004, 10:26 am
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Re: Join our WorldCommunityGrid team
I joined!
WOOT!
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Re: Join our WorldCommunityGrid team
Smack gets the first points on the board
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Re: Join our WorldCommunityGrid team
what does it do?
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1/2/2005, 12:37 am
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Re: Join our WorldCommunityGrid team
It lets you download and install a program on your computer. The program will run only when you aren't using the computer, so it's transparent to you.
The program will help find cures for diseases and things like that.
So it costs you nothing but helps the whole world.
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Re: Join our WorldCommunityGrid team
first will it do anything too my computer or cost me anything
cos not to be tight to the people or anything but its not "my" computer its the familys
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Re: Join our WorldCommunityGrid team
Basically there are 2 ways the program can work.
1) Only as a screensaver
- So after X minutes when you have not used the WCG screensaver program runs.
Basically it downloads a set piece of work to trial/test etc. It works on this while you are not using your computers memory (ie a screensaver)
once finished (duration depends on speed of pc and usage etc) it will upload the results to the server.
This will not affect your computers security, nothing other than the results will be transmitted. Nothing harmful will be downloaded. With RB and the thousands of other computers working on the program we can say that we are actively helping to solve some of the illnesses of the world by learning cures of the future.
I've been running the program on my pc no problems. Any more questions ask.
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Re: Join our WorldCommunityGrid team
so it wont affect my computer
how many other people are on the runboard team?
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Re: Join our WorldCommunityGrid team
i joined
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Re: Join our WorldCommunityGrid team
3 now
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