Folding@Home: CF Official Discussion Thread

And you say that because thats what you read about it on some website? For all you know its transmitting credit card info to some 12yr old in japan!
 
cell4me said:
And you say that because thats what you read about it on some website? For all you know its transmitting credit card info to some 12yr old in japan!
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it an official long running app for a long term project at Stamford uni, i have personally worked with the team (via email) on other projects. They are as straight as the day is long

The mere notion that this app is riddled with spyware is so preposterous that i cant believe I’m even devoting this much of my time to it.

How do you know that IE, mozilla, spybot, Adaware, norton,..... *exhuastive list* aren;t transmitting your "credit card number" (not that your old enough to have one) over the web.

If you don’t want to do it fine, but don’t come to here talking rubbish to bunch of people who know better
 
apj101 said:
it an official long running app for a long term project at Stamford uni, i have personally worked with the team (via email) on other projects. They are as straight as the day is long

The mere notion that this app is riddled with spyware is so preposterous that i cant believe I’m even devoting this much of my time to it.

How do you know that IE, mozilla, spybot, Adaware, norton,..... *exhuastive list* aren;t transmitting your "credit card number" (not that your old enough to have one) over the web.

If you don’t want to do it fine, but don’t come to here talking rubbish to bunch of people who know better
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I am just stating a fact...this program is transmitting data using your internet connection. Are you a programmer? Did you write the program? If the answer is no then you cannot say for 100% sure what data is being transmitted can you? As far as IE, mozilla, spybot, Adaware, norton,..... I know is not transmitting data because I monitor my internet connection for unwanted activity. Enough said, see ya in the security section...ROFLMAO!
 
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I am just stating a fact...this program is transmitting data using your internet connection. Are you a programmer? Did you write the program? If the answer is no then you cannot say for 100% sure what data is being transmitted can you? As far as IE, mozilla, spybot, Adaware, norton,..... I know is not transmitting data because I monitor my internet connection for unwanted activity. Enough said, see ya in the security section...ROFLMAO!
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head....wall...bang....head....wall....bang.....head....wall....bang
 
wow i've only been running my computer for a few days non stop and already I have 2 WUs cool. My pc owns.
 
good man,

The_other_one would be a good one to get on board, and he has shed loads of machines.

And of course i assume praetor has a couple, anyone else care to join, just go to http://folding.stanford.edu/
click download on the correct folder for you version of windows/linux/mac
then once down loaded you can specify the team number in the apps config page

If your worried about running your cpu too hard you can limit the cpu 100% for the app.
And the app doesn;t hog cpu cycles so you will never even notice it running.
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I've got a ton of computers at home (like 10-12) which I could start up doing that (if I was at home and not at college). ATM though I am doing seti@home and I have ~16,000 credits but I might start doing F@H as well :p

I am just stating a fact...this program is transmitting data using your internet connection. Are you a programmer? Did you write the program? If the answer is no then you cannot say for 100% sure what data is being transmitted can you? As far as IE, mozilla, spybot, Adaware, norton,..... I know is not transmitting data because I monitor my internet connection for unwanted activity. Enough said, see ya in the security section...ROFLMAO!
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Did you know windows itself comes with a type of spyware which transmits data to a centralized server (this of course you don't know about usually) so I guess you're not monitoring it as well as you thought :o

P.s. Is the team still there?
 
Lord AnthraX said:
Did you know windows itself comes with a type of spyware which transmits data to a centralized server (this of course you don't know about usually) so I guess you're not monitoring it as well as you thought :o
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Yes I am monitoring it well...have you ever heard of linux?
 
I don't really care all microsoft is going to see is me watching videos on google video and playing games.
 
cell4me said:
Well then you know if you are using linux then microsoft cannot spy on ya then huh?
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Ok, we get the point that you don't want to join and do this, that's fine. Just leave it be and move on. Although I can't resist the fact that this program has one purpose, as well as the SETI (which I used to run...), and others like it. That purpose is the one stated in the set-up part of the program, to help with the research that is available there. Please don't come here claiming these types of statements. (BTW, most of the games you play are "spying" on you too, if you play online... ;))

Anyway, I joined, first packet should be done in 20 minutes!!! Yay, go teamCF!
 
Pffff!

HEY.. THIS IS A PROJECT FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN HELP and NOT THOSE THAT WOULD NOT HELP ANYWAY!

These programs were created by university teams which would not incorporate spyware because the sole purpose is to aid in research and complex calculations that would otherwise take ages to complete. I guess understanding that takes a bit of maturity and brains. Those who want to help make our world better off should try this and those that are sceptical should leave and keep their views to themselves. I know I am here to help.

JOIN TEAM NUMBER formed by computerforum.com: 44358

Currently used by:

jancz3rt
apj101
lamililla

JAN :D
 
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