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6795	2000-10-23 10:15:00	recently I downloaded a program called seti@home which donates my computer's idle time to working out if they are aliens out there by analysing stray radio frequencies from space (I have to admit, it sounds tacky when I say it out loud ;] ). this program is heavly cpu intensive, and runs on the spare cpu cycles that I'm not using (I'm running it in linux so I can set a low nice level for it - which the program recommends) so in actual fact, my processor is running at 100% for the time I'm on the computer. so my question is, I know the average user only uses his cpu for 30% of the time, and in that 30%, they're not even using it to full power. now with the chip running much harder than the manufacturer forsaw, what damage am I to expect. will the life time of my chip dramatically reduce, or since they are no moving parts (as far as I can tell) on the chip, am I to expcet little or no damage at all? A friend of mine said that if I kept the chip adaquitly cooled, then they would be little or no damage. it sounds like a fair comment but I wouldn't mind a second opinion ;] thanks in advance -- Jerrold	Guest (0)
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