Folding@Home: CF Official Discussion Thread

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Common guys, let's help out and become a better team!

Here are the stats for the COFO team: http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=44358

If you have not joined yet, I would suggest YOU...yes YOU! do.

Download FOLDING@HOME here: http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html

And...

Join team #: 44358

Current info:

Rank, name, score, WUs

1 Lamilia 355 2
2 Yeti 315 4
3 ceewi1 241 1
4 Palmmann 202 1
5 tweak1978 168 2
6 apj101 163 2
7 Lee101 135 1
8 Altanore 48 1

Hehe...I am still working on my first WU (only using 50% of my CPU) :)

JAN :D
 
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I am on 15,130 points at the mo, with 81 WU completed. When I reach 20,000 points with Custom PC Magazine's team, I will be glad to join this team.
 
im gonna set it up on my K6 500Mhx Win98SE box. just to see how it would do, i take it all this folding stuff is compatible with 98, yeh...??

dragon
 
dragon2309 said:
im gonna set it up on my K6 500Mhx Win98SE box. just to see how it would do, i take it all this folding stuff is compatible with 98, yeh...??

dragon
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yep, there is a client for win 98se
 
cool, i am folding n my 500Mhz box now aswell as occasionally on my rig in the sig. i entered the tem number but i ahvenmt come up on that list yet, is there a problem or does it take a while to update....?

dragon
 
dragon2309 said:
cool, i am folding n my 500Mhz box now aswell as occasionally on my rig in the sig. i entered the tem number but i ahvenmt come up on that list yet, is there a problem or does it take a while to update....?

dragon
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yeah it takes a while, it will only update when you finsh some Work units (WU)
 
s_m_w_d said:
So these images are different ways in which the proteins can form! it says it will end at 9:24 Wed 16th may 07 that if you have your computer turned on alll day and night!
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Work Units take a good while to complete. And they will resume half way through if you need to turn you computer off, don't worry about that. :) Many people (me included) keep their computers folding 24/7. It's my contribution to charity, my extra electricity bill... :P
 
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 :D
 
jancz3rt said:
By the way, does anyone know whether I fold on several computers under the same username whether it all counts for me?
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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 said:
Is there information being sent back all the time or just at the end?
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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.
 
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....
 
dragon2309 said:
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....
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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. ;)
 
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 :D
 
dragon2309 said:
what is it actually calculating, i know its folding protein strands, but what is its purpose...??
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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. :confused:
 
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 :D
 
cell4me said:
I for one am not doing it...I will probably be seeing alot of you posting in the security section soon with questions like, Why? Howcome? Do you think? Can you help? Along with a hijackthis log...LOL! Just warning ya up front anything that transmits data and uses your internet connection is spyware! You can defend this crapware and install it on your computer if you want but I'm not!
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I hope you don't play any online games,that tranmits data useing your internet connection.Oh, youmigh want to stopposting too.Each time you post,or even look at a webpage your transmitting data.
 
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