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  • Author: Joe
  • Published: Dec 15th, 2008
  • Comments: 6

Use spare processing power for science

A computer’s processor and RAM are often not fully used, especially, for example, at nights when files are being downloaded. Instead of allowing it to go to waste, one can donate their spare computer resources to numerous projects which use BOINC.
BOINC allows people to give a certain percentage of their computer’s resources to different causes, [...]

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Categories: Science, software

  • Author: Joe
  • Published: Nov 15th, 2008
  • Comments: None

Help charity effortlessly through the web

Charity can be helped significantly through minor changes to what we done online; by changing search engines, buying through a portal or even simply installing a Firefox extension. This article will highlight several of these worldwide.
UK
In the UK, Everyclick is a website which provides an Ask-based search engine which donates much of its revenue to [...]

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Categories: Search Engines

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Dec 21st, 2005
  • Comments: 1

8-foot long Star Wars Attack Cruiser

Now this one is huge. The attack cruiser was build by Erik Varszegi exclusively for display at Star Wars Celebration III. It even got a framed certificate of authenticity by George Lucas himself.

Stem to stern the model is 97 inches long and 47 inches wide, weighs over 150 pounds and is created using over 35,000 pieces!

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Categories: Cool, Entertainment

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