mlcba, before you abandon the WCG, please consider the following, in (partial) defense of my country.

Bush was re-elected, yes. However, despite his claims of a "sweeping victory", in reality he won with 51% of the vote, compared to Kerry's 48%. Bush received 60.6 million votes, comared to Kerry's 57.2 million. That's 3.4 million, if my math is correct. And a 3% margin of victory hardly seems "sweeping", in my world. That's a whole lot of people who did NOT want to put that man back in office.

Then, take the still-larger concept of 117.8 million voters in a country of over 250 million... only 60.6 of which actually stepped up and voted for Bush.

I am personally appalled that Bush is back in office. But considering I live in the "blue" (pro-Kerry) state of California, and looking over the numbers, I'm not willing to toss away the entire country and move to Canada just yet, despite a good amount of temtation, because, frankly, there are a LOT of people over here who DIDN'T want him in office... almost as many as those who did. 3% difference.

Am I happy with the direction a slim majority is leading this country in? No. Am I doing my best to change things? You bet. Is contributing to a non-profit project to help cure cancer, disease, etc. going to help Bush, or is it more likely to help others? I believe it will help others more than Bush, unless he suddenly develops a life-threatening illness that could benefit from the scientific knowlege this project was designed to produce. So if someone wants to abandon the project because of a few retarded governmental policies and a leader who won by a very slim majority, ignoring the other 48% of the country AND the more-than-half of the country who did NOT vote at all, let alone vote for Bush, then so be it.

But I'm staying put, because I think it's a good cause, overall. I disagree with the stance on Cuba and some other countries, but pulling my systems away from the effort isn't going to change this country's Cuban stance one bit. And instead, it could cost lives, because without everyone's help, it takes that much longer to process the data. And time is the one thing that people who desperately need the cures this project can help produce do NOT have.

Just a chuckle that I dont think anybody has noticed about this forums area before.


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I guess the US has forgiven Viet Nam.

Rudi,

Be careful to not download and run the WCG agent when you are at Vardero Beach

Just may take the laptop along and run the grid to see what happens.... I hope I dont get a big USAF birdie dropping manure all over me...


Rudi

And you would achieve nothing at all as this community is such a small subset of the entire Internet that you not being around would not even be noticed - the whole project would just take longer using the resources of those who stay.



I don't agree that many other people agree with the law in the US. This is a relatively old law that has not been repealed. I also think that there are far worse things that a lot of Americans want changed such as their own troops being killed in action every day. I am not saying that they should forget the other countries problems but it is much closer when it is someone you know etc.

Also, I would bet that there is no chance of IBM breaking the law as they get so much work from the US government that it would be commercial suicide. I am sure that there are many people within IBM who do not agree with the law as well but they have their hands tied.




This is the attitude I wish everyone took. The idea is that we are trying to do something positive for mankind - something that may effect you or someone very close to you at any time.