My wrist is bugging me again, so I’m sneakily using my laptop for heat treatment. I run the BOINC distributed compuing application on my 2 PCs, my laptop is currently analysing radio signals in hope of finding an alien life derived signal in one. It alternates between that and manipulating proteins for medical research for the Rosetta@Home project. My desktop does both SETI and Rosetta but also adds in climate prediction.
Sneaky use of laptop ? All that work makes the processor hot and because ventilation is never that great on a laptop, the heat spreads through the case. So for the rest of the second half of the England rugby game, I’ll have my right hand stuffed under the laptop getting some advantage out of all that heat being generated 🙂
It’s a bit of a painful game at the moment. Conditions are poor at Murrayfield due to heavy rain, meaning it’s turned into a kicking duel. England are playing typically poorly though and won’t deserve to win if they do manage to catch up the 12-3 deficit they have at the moment.
Addon – links added for BOINC. I run SETI, Rosetta and Climate Prediction. It’s a good idea to run several projects as it means your machine always has work. Sometimes the projects are down for maintenance, which can mean your machine can run out of work.