Folding@Home

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 12:54 pm

Hey all,

I decided that it was time that the community at Big-O-Software should join the hard working efforts of Stanford Univ. to understand protein folding, protein aggregation, and related diseases. The software program Folding @ Home helps their research.

To help them out, I created a team with the number 33920. If you download their software, it prompts you for a username and team #. This is kinda like what seti is, but it allows us to all join and do this cause. This program is good for ppl with comps that stay connected all the time and those that leave theirs on all the time *cough*. Anyway, if you want to get it, you can get it from here:

http://folding.stanford.edu/
Team: 33920

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 12:55 pm

It actually does not need to be connected. Just enough to send about 1 MB (really less (20 MBs in a month)) back to the server.

Jon8RFC · Post by **Jon8RFC** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 1:31 pm

I just joined and am letting it run for now...ill have to turn it off whenever i need to game though, but it's going right now

DADINK13 · Post by **DADINK13** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 2:25 pm

It's basically a SETI@home clone. Bah. At least SETI is doing something more interesting.

BigHead · Post by **BigHead** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 2:26 pm

u dont need to shut it down to game because it only uses unused processor power

harra · Post by **harra** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 2:36 pm

DADINK13 wrote:It's basically a SETI@home clone. Bah. At least SETI is doing something more interesting.

The whole SETI distributive computing model really opened up the eyes of the scientific community. Up to that point, they really relied on super conputers to crunch the data. Then someone was like, "Hey could we split this up amongst many regular computers?". Now all you need is willing volunteers and the cost of processing data goes way down (the use of supercomputers isn't cheap). Yes, this isn't as interesting as the SETI program, but I think anything that explorers things pertaining to the body and the way things are put together isn't a waste of time. You never know what this kind of research could unlock.

BigHead · Post by **BigHead** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 2:54 pm

we could have a SETI@home group also

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:02 pm

Is there such thing as a seti@home group? Because I've been doing that since like 3 yrs ago....

fuuucckkers · Post by **fuuucckkers** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:07 pm

w00t !! AND they got Linux versions! I'm in on this group!

I like helping out these distributed computing groups such as this...and SETI. etc. (if there are more.. who knows.)

BigHead · Post by **BigHead** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:07 pm

KooLTaB101 wrote:Is there such thing as a seti@home group? Because I've been doing that since like 3 yrs ago....

Yep

http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/team_list.html

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:09 pm

Also, I made a UD team. They do basically the same thing, but their stats page is more extensive.

For more info, follow this link: http://www.grid.org/services/teams/team ... D227B68777

FYI, the team name is Big-O Software

BigHead · Post by **BigHead** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:15 pm

i think i'm just going to run folding at home

fuuucckkers · Post by **fuuucckkers** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:16 pm

so what now.. i just let this program run in my Linux Console? I couldn't get the GUI to come up.. so it's console mode.. but whatever.

Anthony · Post by **Anthony** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:47 pm

I'm not going use more then one of type of program... They take away from each other...

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 4:23 pm

PhaseDMA wrote:I'm not going use more then one of type of program... They take away from each other...

True, but its there if you want it....

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