SirKut's Stuff

Category: Software

  • folding@home

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    Some of my readers will have heard of SETI – the search for ET by using lots of radioscopes to monitor radio waves for predictable patterns, in the hope of finding alien life somewhere in the universe. The SETI institute has a program for home users to donate their computer’s processing power to help crunch…

  • Seagate failed me, Apple saved me

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    I had a hard drive fail on me recently, which just happened to be the drive with a whole lot of itunes music and videos on it. Being as clever as I am, I contacted Seagate’s Data Recovery department and talked to one of their technicians who revealed the basic cost would be $1700!

  • MP3tunes being sued

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    I got this in my email today from a fairly decent service. Basically, you install this program, sign up for an account ($35/year roughly) and then it automagically keeps a secure copy of your music online which can also be accessed and played via other devices like a Slim Server.