Or just to feel trendy in getting in on the latest distributed-computing craze. Intel/United Devices have joined the distributed computing arena, and in my humble opinion, have done a much better job of it than SETI@home, distributed.net, folding@home, etc. The current UD project models potential drug interactions to help find a cure to cancer. Plus it makes perdy graphics that make you look smart. So run over to Intel's UD page to download the client and then join the VERGE team.

To allay a few people's fears, I've used a lot of other distributed computing clients but this is the only one I've stuck with because the client is just that much better. It minimizes to a system tray icon and runs in low priority, so it only uses cpu cycles that would have otherwise gone to your System Idle Process, which for most people consumes 99% of their resources most of the time. Its so convenient I don't even bother disabling it when I run games or burn CDs, and I never notice any performance hit at all.

And now, here it is, your moment of zen:

you sir, are a sick sick man.... yesiree!