That is absolutely fascinating, Bobibutu. 100,000 connected computers -- across the globe -- and 1 special computer. Very interesting. Are you involved in this field still? You can be a real asset here on TM.
If I may interject, distributed computing is used 24/7 by some very good projects. If you want to contribute to protein folding for medical research, or even help seti process their data, there are clients you can download. They allow you to donate spare CPU cycles.
My mind is not as quick as in the old days and i haven't done anything professionally in the field for decades however, as is said, old age and cunning will overcome youth and exuberance every time ":^)
I'm a TM supporter and will add what I can - I have a few old friends in the field that I can dump puzzles on from time to time because i sure don't have all the answers.