Cure cancer, join the grid

I've been a member of the World Community Grid for the past year. I encourage others to sign up.

Your computer's CPU sits idle most of the time when it's powered on, even when you're working. You can put that wasted CPU time to good use by joining the World Community Grid.

All the details are located at http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/index.html

Who is World Community Grid?
The World Community Grid's mission is to create the world's largest public computing grid to tackle projects that benefit humanity. Its success depends upon individuals collectively contributing their unused computer time.

World Community Grid is making technology available only to public and not-for-profit organizations to use in humanitarian research that might otherwise not be completed due to the high cost of the computer infrastructure required. All results will be in the public domain and made public to the global research community.

How You Can Join
Making a difference has never been easier! Grid technology is simple and safe to use. To start, you download and install a small program or "agent" onto your computer. When idle, your computer will request data on a specific project from World Community Grid's server. It will perform computations on this data, send the results back, and ask the server for a new piece of work. Each computation that your computer performs provides scientists with critical information that accelerates the pace of research!

Ongoing Projects
Human Proteome Folding Project is advancing our knowledge of human disease. Identifying the proteins that make up the Human Proteome may help scientists build novel and effective treatments for diseases like cancer, HIV/AIDS, SARS, and malaria.