Folding@Home

[DocBot]

So I thought it might be nice to restart this thread here

for those of you who aren't familiar with this, here's our team page. Get signed up, if you feel you have the spare cpu time and think you could use it in a charitable way

we're currently at 4090th place, with sasniper the biggest contributor, followed by gringotsgoblin (grr) and third, yours truly. Ronin Storm is working his way up the list too.

 

[Nanor]

What does it do? Aimlessly take up your CPU power?

What is this charitable way?

 

[SgtSafety]

HuH what the hell is that Im very confused

 

[Nanor]

Okay, I figured it out. It "folds" protein virtually and sends it off so scientists can get closer to finding out the cure for various diseases.

You don't need to do anything, just install and run it when you're not doing anything that demands a lot of processing power. Theoratically, you'll be saving peoples lives!

Ha! And my mum said I was useless

 

[SgtSafety]

"fold" protien virtually HOW THE FCUK ????!!!!! This is sounding very weird

 

[Nanor]

You're computer processes all the possible thingies and sends it off till it finds something useful.

 

[SgtSafety]

AAAAH k might do it then

 

[DocBot]

well if you're not into biochemistry it's all a bit fuzzy. I'd recommend taking a look at the website, they have a FAQ I'm sure

 

[SgtSafety]

Oo id like to do biochemistry in uni but my chemistry teacher has killed my pasion for chemistry so i think im failign tht class. Even ask macca he will tell you he is the worlds WORST teacher. Im not just saying this he really is

 

[Macca]

Yup he is, The famous Gordy Beck, WORST TEACHER EVER!

 

[SgtSafety]

I wish he would be fired and/or killed. So i could at least maybe pull off a crap pass but thats off the topic anyways.

 

[Twisto]

I started on another block yesterday..But 29 hrs later its still going.
Is this normal.
My comp is fairly decent (3.4ghz with 2mb connection).
I'm not a big fan of leaving anything switched on at night, so maybe running smaller blocks is the answer. Does anybody know how to change the size?

 

[Ronin Storm]

Hmmm, I'm running mine as a service, so it just does what it does in the background. I barely notice it's there...!

 

[DocBot]

um, you can switch it off, it works with frames. whenever you resume it'll just go back to the last frame you worked with, i believe. I've had blocks of frames taking many days to finish

 

[DocBot]

we've crossed the 4000 line people, we're now at 3855th place! well done everyone

 

[DocBot]

3708 of 42446 ...

sasniper massively in the lead, followed by gringots and ronin, and then me. I need to keep the box running more on daytime, methinks

 

[ol1v3r]

I've just got the client =] .. I would pop it on my linux server too but that hasnt got an exhaust fan. I'll stick to the 4ghz presscott for now

 

[gringotsgoblin]

I started on another block yesterday..But 29 hrs later its still going.
Is this normal.
My comp is fairly decent (3.4ghz with 2mb connection).
I'm not a big fan of leaving anything switched on at night, so maybe running smaller blocks is the answer. Does anybody know how to change the size?

If you only have your pc on for a few hours each night then it can take about 10 days to process the large 'blocks'.

Dont worry about leaving your pc on if you dont want to. You normally have about 40 days to process each block before they void it.

I want to see our Team break into the top 1000! and that's only going to happen if we get more people signed up.

Yes this means you Sam.

 

[ol1v3r]

I havn't appeared yet on the list .. Do i need to complete a block for the stats to update?

 

[DocBot]

you need to complete a WU...