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So this guy wants to insert a program onto every computer in the world, linking them all together for something called "Skynet"? Yeah, that'll end well. Thanks to Paul F. for the tip.Idle home computers are being sought to help search through mountains of astronomical data.
The Skynet project involves using the spare processing capacity of computers as a giant, distributed supercomputer.
PCs joining Skynet will scour the data for sources of radiation that reveal stars, galaxies and other cosmic structures.
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"As we design, develop and switch on the next generation of radio telescopes, the supercomputing resources processing this deluge of data will be in increasingly high demand," said Professor Peter Quinn, director of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) in a statement.
"SkyNet aims to complement the work already being done by creating a citizen science computing resource that radio astronomers can tap into and process data in ways and for purposes that otherwise might not be possible," he added.
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Those signing up to help will download a small program that will get a computer looking through data when that PC is not being used for anything else.
ICRAR said the Skynet program was small and should not slow down any PC it is running on. Also, it said, data would be split into small packets to ensure it did not swamp a participant's net connection.
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I will gladly volunteer myself to impregnate Linda Hamilton to save use from this disaster.
Am I the only one thinking that adding aliens to the Terminator franchise is not only ridiculous, but inevitable?
Say, you know what? That might not be a terrible idea altogether! I say, let's invite the most hostile of alien species onto Earth at the same time the Robopocalypse happens. Next, have all the humans hide underground, and watch the fireworks as the Aliens and Robots battle for world supremacy. Once they're weakened enough, we swoop in and kill 'em all!
"Two snakes fighting over prey would eat each other's tails, and the rats shall rule the land."
Everybody wins! XD
For a second, I thought you were being serious. As in "did you guys hear? aliens are going to be in the next terminator movie." That really made me go "oh wtf"
Holy crap, I just realized! All those internet companies putting caps on bandwidth are actually agents from the future trying to stop Skynet from happening also preventing Aliens from coming and starting the Terminator/Alien War !!! (That or their just greedy)
I got a $829.99 iPad2 for only $103.37 and my mom got a $1499.99 HDTV for only $251.92, they are both coming with USPS tomorrow. I would be an idiot to ever pay full retail prices at places like Walmart or Bestbuy. I sold a 37" HDTV to my boss for $600 that I only paid $78.24 for.Iuse. http://scut.ly/rs
Uh, guys... a few years ago there was a far more Terminator-esque story about the Brits playing around with the idea of using their Skynet 5 satellites to act as the secured control channel for the Reaper aerial drones that they bought from the USAF.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2...
So that's Skynet + Aerial Hunter-Killers...
Oh FUCK YOU man! As if I don't have ENOUGH shit to worry about! Screw you guys, I'm going home to my bunker! -runs away-
Does he not realize what this will cause?! He wasn't there! He didn't see the bleached skulls! HE DIDN'T WATCH HIS COMRADES DIE IN A RAID!!!!!!! HE WASN'T THERE!!!!!
now the internet (as the whole heaping mess that it is) is more of an example of a system complex enough to spontaneously achieve sentience.
and as an added bonus it would be born with the knowledge required to come to the conclusion we need to be destroyed. porn, hate groups, 4chan, etc.
I kinda think it would just enslave us to make MORE porn. ...and demotivation posters, lolcats and hilter finds out 'blank' videos.
god I hope you're wrong but you're probably right.
now I imagine a world where the crap we do all day when we should be working is what we have to forever to satisfy our l33t 0v3rl0rd 1nt3rn31z!!1!
As long as we get mass produced Summer Glau "Cameron" models out of the deal its very hard for me to see a downside.
Yes, that's just what I need: getting my neck snapped after oogling a teenage-looking synthetic pairs of breasts. -sigh-
What the FRELL is wrong with these people trying to make a Robopocalypse coming true? Did their moms drop them on their heads? Did their dads didn't hug them enough time as a kid? Did Uncle Badtouch come into their rooms in the middle of the night and do unspeakable things to their no-nos? What the frell is going on here?!
In the words of Professor Farnsworth: I don't want to live on this planet anymore.
I am thinking that the Robopocalypse might help counter the Zombiepocalypse. That they might somehow cancel each other out...
Would now be a bad time to remind people there really is a Cyberdine robots company?
http://www.cyberdyne.jp/englis...
And one of the big projects? They named it HAL.
Sorry, can't help Skynet out, my computer's processing power is busy looking for new porn sites ;)
this isn't distributed processing so I'm not concerned in the slightest.
this is splitting a huge amount of data into chunks that are sent out to client computers that process each chunk independently. just like seti @home.
Finally! I was afraid I was going to kick the bucket before some sort of SF apocalypse took us out. Since I don't have my own personal jet-pack or flying car, this'll have to do.
true, but this will have measurable results. potentially on a daily basis.
not to badmouth seti @home, I always thought it was a great idea.
For SETI to even work, it needs long-term data collection and searching anyway. It may not have yielded a result yet, but that's like finding the needle in the galaxy-sized haystack on the first attempt. If it's going to pick up anything at all, it could take decades or longer even of a consistent search to find it.
weird. I remember typing that, but I don't remember the message blackkristos wrote. I thought I replied to something just saying this is like seti and that's it.
you're right they are very different animals, like you said seti is finding a needle in a haystack, while this is cataloging the hay. so there will be useful results often instead of the possibility of life-changing results.
The only question we can ask here is: Will an Arnie robot return from the future to the present if we all sign up for the Ropocalypse? If so, that might be worth it.
There are already programs like that. Bot apps hackers use to form botnets for massive DDOS attacks. So he wants everyone to willingly infect their computer with a commercial trojan. How long until its cracked?
infect? commercial trojan? what the shazbot are you talking about? it's a program that accesses a network.
The machines will have to take my star maps from my cold, pale, limp hands.
Once they figure out how to find stars, whats next, access to 16th century navigation technology? Not on my watch, no sir.
And see this is why I only use public computer systems. None of my home computers have internet. When the RoboApocalypse comes my home network will be safe.
Why do we keep tempting fate? You create a computer system and name is "Skynet"? Are you just praying for dramatic irony?
Except it's not dramatic irony because they know damn well that Skynet is evil and yet they named it that anyway. The smug fools are just asking for trouble.
Also, the actual Skynet programme predates Terminator by the best part of two decades. Though the instant Terminator came along they definitely should have changed the name. :p
