Re: [cobalt-users] seti@home client?

[Dom Latter <qube@xxxxxxx>]

Kris Dahl wrote:
> 
> on 1/21/00 10:07 AM, Erik Freitag at erik.freitag@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > Is there a seti@home client that runs on the cobalt? Checked the
> > archives, couldn't find one ...
> 
> No, but I am pretty sure you can get the RC5 stuff.  Advantage of opensource
> over closed source is that people are willing to port stuff for you.  I
> would pressure SETI@home people to open source their software and port it to
> more platforms.

They've heard it all before.  They don't want people optimizing the code.
In a key-cracking challenge, you find it sooner or later, and you want it 
sooner.  With SETI@home, the scientific value of the results sent back is 
lessened if you don't know *exactly* what processes have taken place.