08-09-2002, 12:07 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Use your PC to fight cancer
http://members.ud.com/services/teams/team.htm?id=44BBA3BA-8261-4D70-AC2F-0B06B4E67D17
Barry from Pocket PC Tools.com says it all:
"I have been using a screensaver lately that uses my computer to help find a cure for Cancer. I thought it would be a good idea if we got some Pocket PC people together to help. I was chatting with Jason Dunn of Pocket PC Thoughts and realized that he set up a group a while back. The group has over 185 members and has contributed 97years, 232 days, 13 hours, 30 minutes, and 56 seconds of processing time. It is currently ranked number 68 of 28,518 teams! I would like to propose that we get as many Pocket PC fans, users, and web site participating in this cause. Lets see if we can be the number 1 team! To join, go to the UB site and download the software. Then join the 'Pocket PC' team."
I'd love to see us get higher up on the ranks than #68! And if you're a SETI@HOME user, join this team and use your CPU cycles for something that really matters. Yeah, I know when the aliens come they'll cure cancer, but in the mean time... 
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08-09-2002, 12:57 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 47
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Yeah, I know when the aliens come they'll cure cancer, but in the mean time...
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You got it all wrong man... the aliens GAVE us cancer in the first place! OH NO I JUST SAT ON MY TIN FOIL HAT!!!
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08-09-2002, 01:06 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 302
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This is such a cool program. I've been using it for a few weeks now. I'd join but I have my own team now. UD seems legit since because it's sponsored by big names like Intel.
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08-09-2002, 01:31 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 110
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Brilliant idea - well done. Never heard of it before - but am now in - purely thanks to this post! 
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08-09-2002, 02:00 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 130
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I have a dial up connection and sometimes when somebody calls me the connection fail, Will the UD software know to stop a specific task or finish offline and resume when I am online again?
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08-09-2002, 02:20 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 382
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well, if it's anything like Seti@home you download the segment you are supposed to process, and when you connect again it sends the finished segment and receives a new one.
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08-09-2002, 02:30 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Originally Posted by fgarcia10
I have a dial up connection and sometimes when somebody calls me the connection fail, Will the UD software know to stop a specific task or finish offline and resume when I am online again?
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It downloads the data in "chunks" and a single chunk can last for quite some time.
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08-09-2002, 04:58 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 52
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UD has been around for at least a year or two. It's legit, no worries!
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08-09-2002, 05:47 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 6
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no question that it is legit. But i have a different question. I read their users agreement and tried to get details from their website. I am not able to verify that all research/results will not be sold for PROFIT. I personally am not interested in donating my computer time or money to an organization who is going to make profit. United devices is currently privately held but I can't confirm that it is a non-profit organization.
Jason, can you confirm this?
thanks
ram
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08-09-2002, 06:18 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Originally Posted by ram
United devices is currently privately held but I can't confirm that it is a non-profit organization.
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When you sign up using the link I gave you, you're automatically attached to the cancer project. If you want to earn money and other things, you can switch to another program, but the Pocket PC team is focused on the cancer project. They're in phase two now but you'll always have control over what projects you are working towards.
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