This is a pretty sweet example of grid computing and art coming together. When downloaded, the electric sheep screen-saver uses the computing power from idle computers to create beautiful, complex, flowing images.
While this program does not tackle intimidating subjects like trying to find extraterrestrial intelligence or advancing medical research, it still provides a valuable resource that could not be practically achieved any other way.
Not only this, but it also gives you a warm, fuzzy feeling inside. You know you helped to create something thousands of others are enjoying just like you.
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Gotta love stuff like this. Amusingly enough, the idle cycles on the Sun machines in the university computer labs are also utilized for grid computing computations.
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this definitely rivals the g4 visualizer in terms of creative value, and perhaps surpasses it in terms of originality. i'm a genuine fan of neat things like this- i think it's a great example of how emerging technologies are beginning to manifest themselves in non-technical, artistic ways. i'm gonna go cop a download now
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