what a bish
Well I guess the mods have it out for me, nearly banned again on GAF because I stated my opinion that Folding@Home is a stupid idea on consoles.
Of course because it's not on the XBOX people misconstrued that as me being a fanboy and that if somehow it already existed on the 360 I would be okay with it.
The fact is, that folding@home, SETI, and all those other retarded projects are a huge waste of time and money and if people really wanted to feel like they were contributing to science they should open their wallets and donate to Cancer Research, Heart and Lung foundation and the myriad of other worthwhile causes.
If anything these people who feel strongly about 'distributed computing' should lobby Microsoft, Apple and the Linux orgs to include thin distributed software as part of the OS where the millions of office PCs that sit idle during non-business hours (and draining power anyway) would be put to good use.
I was impressed that the PS3 is so good at cranking out units, the Cell truly is a beast but I still think that all the effort used to create the folding@home is in vain and more effort should have been put in getting software on platforms where the hardware sit idle for eons. Are people really going to be dedicated in leaving their consoles on for hours at a time just so they crank out units? I don't buy it. Maybe for hardcore gamers like the ilk on GAF but for joe-schmoe who bought his console to play games... I don't think so.
GAF is a decent website but putting up with the mods can be a real nightmare when they automatically assume that everyone is a fanboy. Considering some of the posts I've read from the mods some of their opinions are no more polarized than mine are. Yet I'm warned. Funny how that works.
Of course because it's not on the XBOX people misconstrued that as me being a fanboy and that if somehow it already existed on the 360 I would be okay with it.
The fact is, that folding@home, SETI, and all those other retarded projects are a huge waste of time and money and if people really wanted to feel like they were contributing to science they should open their wallets and donate to Cancer Research, Heart and Lung foundation and the myriad of other worthwhile causes.
If anything these people who feel strongly about 'distributed computing' should lobby Microsoft, Apple and the Linux orgs to include thin distributed software as part of the OS where the millions of office PCs that sit idle during non-business hours (and draining power anyway) would be put to good use.
I was impressed that the PS3 is so good at cranking out units, the Cell truly is a beast but I still think that all the effort used to create the folding@home is in vain and more effort should have been put in getting software on platforms where the hardware sit idle for eons. Are people really going to be dedicated in leaving their consoles on for hours at a time just so they crank out units? I don't buy it. Maybe for hardcore gamers like the ilk on GAF but for joe-schmoe who bought his console to play games... I don't think so.
GAF is a decent website but putting up with the mods can be a real nightmare when they automatically assume that everyone is a fanboy. Considering some of the posts I've read from the mods some of their opinions are no more polarized than mine are. Yet I'm warned. Funny how that works.
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