I have been doing the world community grid for about 11 years .
If anyone wants to join http://join.worldcommunitygrid.org?recruiterId=123388&teamId=6BFBJW1RP1
Just need to get one more volunteer to join to earn a bronze badge for recruitment.
Ready to volunteer?
Your first step is to go to worldcommunitygrid.org and download a free, small
software agent onto your PC. It is similar to a screensaver. An icon will appear
in your lower right-hand icon tray. Your computer is ready to go to work. Then,
this agent will request a set of data-or an assignment-from World Community
Grid’s servers, located at an IBM facility. These servers send out the “job” assignment
(in the form of a data packet) in triplicate-to three separate PCs-as a
security measure.
Turn your PC into a tireless volunteer
When idle, your computer performs the calculations and sends the results
back to the servers. An average task runs 10-20 CPU hours. The servers wait
for the other two sets of identical data to be returned. The results are compared
to ensure that they are identical and no hacking has occurred. The servers
then send out a new work unit to your PC.
Only when your computer is turned on, and the agent senses it’s idle, will it
be “volunteered” for research work according to the guidelines you set. Even
when your applications are up, your system is idle about 80% of the time and
this power can be used.
Taken from page 1-2 of http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/bg/marketing/World%20Comm%20Grid%20-%20How%20It%20Works%20Feb,%202007.pdf