http://boincstats.com/stats/project_graph.php?pr=milkyway quotes us at about 1.61 PetaFlops. Now, I am taking this number with a very very large grain of salt, but still ... 1 petaflop is damn impressive. With some sloppy conversions, we are looking at about a quarter million cpu years.

If that doesn't cause you to pause, read it again and think about that.

anyway ... Carry on.