Folding@Home: CF Official Discussion Thread

**jancz3rt** · 03-25-2006, 06:17 PM

Yeah I think that that's either the deadline of the calculations or a composite average as to when the given project will be completed.

P.S.: I have now installed Folding@Home at my sister's PC without her knowing

It's a Sempron 2300+ @ 2Ghz and 512MB DDR ram so it should help.

By the way, does anyone know whether I fold on several computers under the same username whether it all counts for me?

JAN

**magicman** · 03-25-2006, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by jancz3rt

By the way, does anyone know whether I fold on several computers under the same username whether it all counts for me?

You can, and the top folding individuals have countless computers and CPU's folding for them. Very clever with your sister, I shall be doing that myself when I get back home from uni... hehe.

Just input the same team number and user id when you set up the other computers.

Edit: And they're not deadlines, they're estimates

s_m_w_d · 03-25-2006, 06:24 PM

Is there information being sent back all the time or just at the end? I could go into school and put it one like 20 computers and no one would be the wiser!

**magicman** · 03-25-2006, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by s_m_w_d

Is there information being sent back all the time or just at the end?

Just at the end, when the work unit is complete. It'll try and send it through your web connection, if it fails for whatever reason it will just keep trying until it's successful, then fetch another work unit.

**dragon2309** · 03-25-2006, 10:47 PM

ok, i set it on my rig in the sig and said only to use 30% of the CPU and the work unit will take until october this year, lol, thats crap....

**magicman** · 03-25-2006, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by dragon2309

ok, i set it on my rig in the sig and said only to use 30% of the CPU and the work unit will take until october this year, lol, thats crap....

It does take some time for the estimate to stabilise to a realistic figure. Don't worry, with your o/c'ed system it shouldn't take more than a week or 2 @ 30% for each WU.

**jancz3rt** · 03-25-2006, 10:56 PM

Well at least feel like you are actually doing something worthwhile

I have one more day before my 10,000 frames are done, which I suppose is when the calculation will be done.

Currently working on : p2106_lambda_5way_melt_GROMACS core

JAN

**dragon2309** · 03-25-2006, 10:57 PM

what is it actually calculating, i know its folding protein strands, but what is its purpose...??

dragon

**magicman** · 03-25-2006, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by dragon2309

what is it actually calculating, i know its folding protein strands, but what is its purpose...??

There's lots of technical stuff about it here, but basically it's to do with the fact that proteins don't do much in one particular shape, but they change shape for different purposes, and when they "mis-fold", then you get diseases. I think the program is trying to work out under what circumstances the proteins misfold, and whether there's the possibility of predicting when this takes place.

As I said, it's complicated, they've got some of Stanford's brightest Biochemists working on it.

**jancz3rt** · 03-25-2006, 11:03 PM

Well depending on what calculation you are doing, this is the purpose of each project:

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/allprojects

The MAIN purpose:

CURRENT PROJECTS AND PROGRESS TO DATE:

Alzheimer's Disease
Cancer
Huntington's Disease
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Parkinson's Disease
Ribosome & antibiotics

It can help save lives and find solutions to the above and countless more things.

JAN

03-25-2006, 06:17 PM	#51 (permalink)
jancz3rt Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Czech Republic Age: 23 Posts: 4,008	Hehe Yeah I think that that's either the deadline of the calculations or a composite average as to when the given project will be completed. P.S.: I have now installed Folding@Home at my sister's PC without her knowing It's a Sempron 2300+ @ 2Ghz and 512MB DDR ram so it should help. By the way, does anyone know whether I fold on several computers under the same username whether it all counts for me? JAN __________________ A64 3700+ @ 2.65Ghz ::: 7300GT @ 600/1500 ::: 2GB RAM @ 440Mhz www.CZ3RT.com ::: FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND ::: F@H Team 44358

03-25-2006, 06:24 PM	#53 (permalink)
s_m_w_d Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ireland Age: 21 Posts: 934	Is there information being sent back all the time or just at the end? I could go into school and put it one like 20 computers and no one would be the wiser! __________________ Nzxt Apollo chassis Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.66 2x Crucial 1GB @1066MHz EVEA nForce 680i SLI BFG 8800 GTX @ 768 MB 20" Samsung LCD " @ 1680 x 1050 60Hz 3DMARK05:12133 Comming in 2008 my computer but better Last edited by s_m_w_d; 03-25-2006 at 06:31 PM.

03-25-2006, 10:47 PM	#55 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,237	ok, i set it on my rig in the sig and said only to use 30% of the CPU and the work unit will take until october this year, lol, thats crap.... __________________ //``-tHe RiG iN tHe SiG-``\\ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

03-25-2006, 10:56 PM	#57 (permalink)
jancz3rt Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Czech Republic Age: 23 Posts: 4,008	Hehe.... Well at least feel like you are actually doing something worthwhile I have one more day before my 10,000 frames are done, which I suppose is when the calculation will be done. Currently working on : p2106_lambda_5way_melt_GROMACS core JAN __________________ A64 3700+ @ 2.65Ghz ::: 7300GT @ 600/1500 ::: 2GB RAM @ 440Mhz www.CZ3RT.com ::: FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND ::: F@H Team 44358

03-25-2006, 10:57 PM	#58 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,237	what is it actually calculating, i know its folding protein strands, but what is its purpose...?? dragon __________________ //``-tHe RiG iN tHe SiG-``\\ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

03-25-2006, 11:03 PM	#60 (permalink)
jancz3rt Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Czech Republic Age: 23 Posts: 4,008	heya Well depending on what calculation you are doing, this is the purpose of each project: http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/allprojects The MAIN purpose: CURRENT PROJECTS AND PROGRESS TO DATE: Alzheimer's Disease Cancer Huntington's Disease Osteogenesis Imperfecta Parkinson's Disease Ribosome & antibiotics It can help save lives and find solutions to the above and countless more things. JAN __________________ A64 3700+ @ 2.65Ghz ::: 7300GT @ 600/1500 ::: 2GB RAM @ 440Mhz www.CZ3RT.com ::: FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND ::: F@H Team 44358

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