I've never been one for going out of my way for charity etc. Sure, when they come knocking, and it's for a good cause, I don't mind but I rarely get involved. However, there is a little something I have found (Thanks Danoz) which will aid in cancer research.
Anyway, there is a global distributed computing project which is for the work required to the understanding the folding of proteins and how they all work. It's a complicated science to say the least. To the point. I have downloaded a small utility which uses your CPU during the periods of Screen Saving. I have most of my PC's on all the time at home and here at work so I thought "why not" (That's supposed to represent a thought). So, if anyone is interested, it's called folding@home and can be found here:
http://folding.stanford.edu/
Download the utility, give yourself any name you like (It doesn't check if you are a unique ID or not so be imaginative). It uses a small amount of bandwidth to download each of it's Work Units and they take forever to complete. I have mine running 100% CPU here at work and hardly notice the difference but I wouldn't recommend it at 100% for home users. There is a tab for setting it up to run only when screen saver is active and will also activate the screen saver for you. You can earn points just for the kudos and I have taken the liberty of creating an ADFTeam if you decide to do it. ADFTeam's number is 102644 and is entered into your setup when asked. Another one of those bloody competitions
Anyway, if your interested go and have a look. Not everyones cup of tea.
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