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>Distributed computing erupted onto the scene in 1999 with the release of SETI@home, a nifty program and screensaver (back when people still used those) that si
by Clubber 3y ago
>Distributed computing erupted onto the scene in 1999 with the release of SETI@home, a nifty program and screensaver (back when people still used those) that sifted through radio telescope signals for signs of alien life.
Distributed computing erupted onto the scene in the early 80s when microprocessors became mainstream.
- anonymouskimmer 3y agoI remember running Prime95 in 1997. I guess SETI@HOME just got press?
- arp242 3y agoI remember lots of my family running SETI@Home in the late 90s/early 00s, none of whom are in IT (but do tend to gravitate towards science/engineering). Also some Folding@Home at this time. I don't recall anyone running Prime95. SETI@Home may not have been the first of its type, but it certainly seemed to have been the first that became broadly known (and together with Folding@HOME, arguably only one of two that ever did this).
- Izkata 3y agoThe early version of SETI@Home you'd install the same as you installed a screensaver. It was trivially easy to get running, basically no setup.
- bdhcuidbebe 3y agoThe article is missing key details. Before seti, there was distributed.net who launched in 1997 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed.net https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed.net