1. To use untapped cpu cycles in within the computer\\'s daily run. I DO shut down my computer for the night…
2. SETI is starting to be nowhere-going road. I\\'m currently folding proteins as a screen saver, and thinking of donating time to other smaller-scale projects like Stardust@Home.
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