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Link is in that NSA likes computing power for reasons you should really know about, and who knows what else for, and in that SETI@home forms an "unprecedented n
by MrBra 13y ago
Link is in that NSA likes computing power for reasons you should really know about, and who knows what else for, and in that SETI@home forms an "unprecedented network of over 5 million independent SETI@home volunteers constitutes the world’s largest supercomputer" [1].
Do I need to be more explicit?
[1] http://seti.berkeley.edu/ http://seti.berkeley.edu/
- jgeorge 13y agoI vote for more explicit. You're implying that the NSA is somehow utilizing the SETI@Home volunteer network for some nefarious purpose, and I don't see anything other than "they both like big computing power" that connects them. Also, do you really think the NSA would put any information on a distributed network like that for processing? The NSA has a huge budget and nearly limitless control of the pliers squeezing the ${BODYPART}s of congress. They don't need your home PC to crunch numbers for them.