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Helping out research
Hi everyone we have created a team on a research website. All you have to do is join up and it runs in the background. I will post weekly stats on how our team is going.
Use the following links:
Folding@Home - Team Number is 24 and name to use is JustCommodores
Alternatively if you would rather search for aliens
Seti@Home - Team Number is 124564
Up to date team stats are as follows:
Folding@Home Team Stats
Seti@Home Team Stats
A bit of background information
What is SETI@Home - SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running a free program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data.
Folding@Home - Proteins are biology's workhorses -- its "nanomachines." Before proteins can carry out these important functions, they assemble themselves, or "fold." The process of protein folding, while critical and fundamental to virtually all of biology, in many ways remains a mystery.
Moreover, when proteins do not fold correctly (i.e. "misfold"), there can be serious consequences, including many well known diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers and cancer-related syndromes.
If you need any assistance getting it up and running fire away
Last edited by MarzVP; 19-03-2006 at 12:38 PM.
smooth moderator
good stuff, hopefully we get some more members doing it.
boosted!
D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F
ahh Folding@Home, i used to run this a while ago, bloody thing won't let me have B£å¢kÐðg thoughand BlackDog is taken
*Edit*
Looks like it'll be BlackDoggie lol
Last edited by B£å¢kÐðg; 19-03-2006 at 03:48 PM.
"Some say that he only knows 2 facts about ducks...and they are both wrong".
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i must be a real dummy.. whats it all about??... i read their site but just got confused... whats this download gonna do in my puter?... or what do i do??...
Folding@home is just using your spare cpu time (so if you are doing nothing, like downloading a movie, it'll use your cpu then) to do very labour intensive things.
why would anyone want to do this?
cat? isnt that an animal? no i dont want one in my exhaust system thankyou very much...
my ride \/
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...ighlight=seabs
smooth moderator
why not? my pc stays on alot of the time with no-one on it, and only downloading stuff, so the resources are there, it doesnt hurt anyone, only costs your power which is your choice to have it on, and your internet time, ehich most people dont use hourly caps anymore.
and you're part of something big.
D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F
Who’s actually running folding@home? I’m just curious if anyone else apart from me are running it?
"Some say that he only knows 2 facts about ducks...and they are both wrong".
smooth moderator
boosted!
for the good of man kind, and women kind alikeOriginally Posted by seabs
i leave my pc downloading all night so i run folding at home
7200/20000 on my current WU (first lol)
so yeah ill have mine done in around 1 weeks... =p
Might have a look at this :P running something else similar on my spare pc atm... might swing this way..
so you can pretty much count in one reasonable spec pc running 24/7
Update - OK it's running... joined under matt_man
Driving a CURSED WH V6.
It says 4 years to complete the current WU... is that normal? :S:S:S
Driving a CURSED WH V6.
D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F
I'd say you've picked up a big one to start with, it won't take 4 years to complete so don't worry, give it an hour or two to get going and then you'll get the correct time.
"Some say that he only knows 2 facts about ducks...and they are both wrong".
D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F
that's a big oneI think it's worth around 430 odd points so not a bad start
"Some say that he only knows 2 facts about ducks...and they are both wrong".
Oh 20000 is big? Mine is 50000.... lol... 3/4 thru the first frame...
Driving a CURSED WH V6.
D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F
50000 ? damn that very well could be a 600 pointer.
where it says "working on" in the display window have a look at what it says then go here http://fah-web.stanford.edu/psummary.html and match it up, look in the credit column to see how many points it's worth.
"Some say that he only knows 2 facts about ducks...and they are both wrong".
449 apparently... I don't understand this shit yet :P
Driving a CURSED WH V6.
D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F
If you have a hunt around on the home page for Folding@Home there should be an article somewhere (well there used to be) that explains it all.
I do believe over the years the results they have received have gone towards developing better treatment for certain diseases
"Some say that he only knows 2 facts about ducks...and they are both wrong".
Yes i understand what they do
Driving a CURSED WH V6.
D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F
Heres how they work the points out http://folding.stanford.edu/FAQ-points.html
It won't take 4 years to complete
"Some say that he only knows 2 facts about ducks...and they are both wrong".
just remember that the program is not only using your processor but is also using your internet connection. Each time it uploads and downloads information to its server, it is using YOUR download allowance, if your service has one.
ECOTEC KICKED IN yO!!!!!!
Yay well it just sorted itself out .... 5 days
Yeh vh i know that... but i had a look and the average WU is <5mb.. you have to specifically opt in for larger. Considering most WU's are going to take several days... I don't see an issue. I usually have a couple of GB to burn at the end of my billing month anyway, may as well do something useful with it. The machine just sits on 24/7 running BT, so one of these projects suit it perfectly, doing something useful and doesn't impact me in the slightest.
Driving a CURSED WH V6.
it was more directed at people on smaller plans that don't really know much about how the net works. the people that check their emails, check the forums and that's it.
ECOTEC KICKED IN yO!!!!!!
Ok well it's now on my main laptop too... cranks along a bit faster (1sec/frame faster... dont sound much but with 50,000 frames :P) but can only run it at night..
picked up the same frigging 50,000 frame WU... so i'll be cruising when they are done :P but what a pain.
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