Say youve got a big computation task to perform. Perhaps you have found a way to cure cancer, or you want to look for aliens. All you need is a few super computers to work out some calculations, but youve only got the one PC on your desk. What to do? A popular solution is the distributed computing model, where the task is split up into smaller chunks and performed by the many computers owned by the general public. This guide shows you how. Computers spend a lot of their time doing nothing. If you are reading this on your computer, that expensive CPU is most probably just sitting around waiting for you to press a key. What a waste

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