What to do with 20+ powermacs???

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• Reply 1 of 7

  not unlike myself Posts: 2,037member

  June 3, 2004 4:50PM

  Develop your own processor sharing technology. Develop a per processing unit price structure. Build a sophisticated back end and a simple web site to buy computering time. License this and distribute to comptuers all over the world (macs & pcs). Create the first of it's kind network where individuals can really be paid for work their computer does. Sell the collective power of all of these individuals to companies who would like to render movies or decode genomes etc. Create a complex unbreakable encryption technology which all of this information system will use to be secure. Automate task assigments to computers based on benchmarks determined by the client peice. Automate payment of end users for working units complete. Allow anyone anywhere to download a simple application (less then 10 megs) which will allow them to slave into the system at will and take work. Build in robust scheduling which will allow you to dictate and forcast task completion. Watch in awe as everyone everyone connects their computer to this system. Watch as companies learn to take REAL advantage of down time with their computer asses. Watch the millions of ghz pools up at your disposal. Create a master control program which you carefully sabatoge so it won't become sentient and take over the world. Beg selling task space and task time to small folks. (.50 cents to reduce your movie mastering time by 50% or more). Open up the business to film studios, scientists, criminal investigators etc. Watch as a new economy develops around our computing slaves. Get filthy rich and never think about the guy on AppleInsider who really came up with the idea....
• Reply 2 of 7

  playmaker Posts: 511member

  June 3, 2004 5:50PM

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  Originally posted by Not Unlike Myself
  
  Develop your own processor sharing technology. Develop a per processing unit price structure. Build a sophisticated back end and a simple web site to buy computering time. License this and distribute to comptuers all over the world (macs & pcs). Create the first of it's kind network where individuals can really be paid for work their computer does. Sell the collective power of all of these individuals to companies who would like to render movies or decode genomes etc. Create a complex unbreakable encryption technology which all of this information system will use to be secure. Automate task assigments to computers based on benchmarks determined by the client peice. Automate payment of end users for working units complete. Allow anyone anywhere to download a simple application (less then 10 megs) which will allow them to slave into the system at will and take work. Build in robust scheduling which will allow you to dictate and forcast task completion. Watch in awe as everyone everyone connects their computer to this system. Watch as companies learn to take REAL advantage of down time with their computer asses. Watch the millions of ghz pools up at your disposal. Create a master control program which you carefully sabatoge so it won't become sentient and take over the world. Beg selling task space and task time to small folks. (.50 cents to reduce your movie mastering time by 50% or more). Open up the business to film studios, scientists, criminal investigators etc. Watch as a new economy develops around our computing slaves. Get filthy rich and never think about the guy on AppleInsider who really came up with the idea....
  

  
  

  
  
  Sounds good to me how do we get started
• Reply 3 of 7

  splinemodel Posts: 7,311member

  June 3, 2004 6:20PM

  It's not worth thinking about using them for distributed computing, and X will run kind of half-ass without Quartz Extreme. You're best bet is to sell 'em all on eBay and use the proceeds to buy some new equipment.
• Reply 4 of 7

  not unlike myself Posts: 2,037member

  June 3, 2004 10:25PM

  Here is an idea....
  
  
  
  Put them all in boxes, mail them to me, need me to send you my address?
  
  
  
  I agree with the ebay plot btw, best way to retire good old macs.
• Reply 5 of 7

  not unlike myself Posts: 2,037member

  June 3, 2004 10:26PM

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  Originally posted by Playmaker
  
  Sounds good to me how do we get started
  

  
  

  
  
  BTW, there are already 3 patents for this, I'll try to dig them up. I'll give you 1 guess who owns them and his name starts with Steve and end with Jobs.
  
  
  
  -NUM
• Reply 6 of 7

  curiousuburb Posts: 3,325member

  June 4, 2004 12:08AM

  Build a giant robot with 20 eyes!
  
  
  
  </wonders why everybody is thinking so small... >
• Reply 7 of 7

  paul Posts: 5,278member

  June 4, 2004 12:22AM

  are they Yikes! (rev. A, only 2 FW ports, PCI graphics) or Sawtooth (rev. B, 2 ext. 1 int. firewire, AGP graphics) machines?