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Former Member
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I just wondering if members could be paid participating in grid computing.
Grid computing helps research about cancer, it helps to create cancer therapies. If i have a cancer, i have to pay medics myself, and i'm participating created medics indirectly (internet, electricity, ...) Does it appear to be normal to anyone here ? -Bill |
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Former Member
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Absolutely normal!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Former Member
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If i have a cancer, i have to pay medics myself, ...... -Bill Not in the UK we don't.......  |
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mikaok
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I just wondering if members could be paid participating in grid computing. When the costs of research are lower, then the costs of medicine should be lower too. At least they should. And in Finland, we pay each others medical care in the form of taxes, so indirectly I'm getting paid all the time
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If i have a cancer, i have to pay medics myself, ...... -Bill Not in the UK we don't....... You pay taxes => state pays medics for you. Pharmacy industry is being paid by state you work indirectly for pharmacy industry offering your computer for free Pharmacy industry make money, ok. Pharmacy industry shoold pay back members of world community for work. It seems to be correct like that, and not, without the last sentence.  |
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mikaok
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you work indirectly for pharmacy industry offering your computer for free Pharmacy industry make money, ok. Pharmacy industry shoold pay back members of world community for work. It seems to be correct like that, and not, without the last sentence. No one can apply a patent for themselves from the research made in the WCG. So if the drug is based on the WCG research, it will be remarkably cheaper. 
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Former Member
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you work indirectly for pharmacy industry offering your computer for free Pharmacy industry make money, ok. Pharmacy industry shoold pay back members of world community for work. It seems to be correct like that, and not, without the last sentence. No one can apply a patent for themselves from the research made in the WCG. So if the drug is based on the WCG research, it will be remarkably cheaper. I'm a noob in business but i'm interested understanding your thought : what constrain drug to be cheap ? or in another way, why this drug can't be expensive ? |
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Former Member
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I just wondering if members could be paid participating in grid computing. Grid computing helps research about cancer, it helps to create cancer therapies. If i have a cancer, i have to pay medics myself, and i'm participating created medics indirectly (internet, electricity, ...) Does it appear to be normal to anyone here ? -Bill The rules of the WCG are such that WCG is a voluntary organization where members donate their computing resources for research. If you can find someone to pay you for your time, then go ahead. Any member who doesn't like the rules doesn't have to participate. Gotta get back to crunching.  |
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Dmitrio
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I'm a noob in business but i'm interested understanding your thought : what constrain drug to be cheap ? or in another way, why this drug can't be expensive ? mikaok wanted to say that all results made by WCG users are public. It's one of the mandatory conditions of running anything on WCG. So if someone can use WCG results to create medicine for a cancer, for ex., then he cannot patent it and put his own price for the drug. Though noone forbiddes medical company in further developing what was achived by WCG and patent new, more effecient drug. Dmitrio  [Edit 2 times, last edit by Dmitrio at Sep 23, 2008 2:08:54 PM] |
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Former Member
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I just wondering if members could be paid participating in grid computing. Grid computing helps research about cancer, it helps to create cancer therapies. If i have a cancer, i have to pay medics myself, and i'm participating created medics indirectly (internet, electricity, ...) Does it appear to be normal to anyone here ? -Bill The rules of the WCG are such that WCG is a voluntary organization where members donate their computing resources for research. If you can find someone to pay you for your time, then go ahead. Any member who doesn't like the rules doesn't have to participate. Gotta get back to crunching. ... Grid computing is a really interesting application. The benefit for research is real. Member donating is computer resource for free earns virtue but virtue does not help you to pay drug. My question seems to create trouble: it's just a dialogue about members ,WCG and pharamcy industry interests. |
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