I see it as a complete waste of time and money. The last thing I want to do is donate free CPU cycles to some liberal scumbag college that is also a waste of time and money. You would think by now with the "massive computing power" they have at their disposal, they would have found what they're looking for.
As opposed to idling your CPU with absolutely nothing whatsoever to show for the effort? Fine. Don't participate.
The last thing I want to do is donate free CPU cycles to some liberal scumbag college that is also a waste of time and money.
Say what you want about Stanford, but their science departments do produce interesting results from time to time...