FR Folding@Home Project Update - We're in the Top 145 teams (A Tribute to Ronald Reagan)

Our FreeRepublic team of 300+ members comprised primarily of Free Republic members in good standing have banded together to donate their excess CPU cycles to a worthy cause. Via distributed computing, millions of computers around the world, contribute directly to scientific research, in the quest for a greater understanding of diseases such as Alzheimer's, Cancer, and Mad Cow (BSE).

Currently, the team is in 144th place (with 1,045 CPUs - 24,200 completed Work Units and nearly 4,000,000 points)

This is an entirely voluntary program, and if you want to learn more, please see the links posted below (or read one of the previous 8 folding threads)

Folding@Home FAQ for new users:

What is Folding@Home? A Stanford University project to find out how proteins fold.

Why it's important: Proteins folding wrong causes all kinds of diseases, like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and forms of cancer. Folding@Home uses novel computational methods and large scale distributed computing, to simulate timescales thousands to millions of times longer than previously achieved. Through Folding@home, scientists now have the horsepower to study the mechanics of protein folding. With its ability to share the workload among hundred of thousands of computers economically, Folding@home can help scientists understand how proteins snap, or don’t, into their predestined shapes — and may help to explain the origins of diseases such as Alzheimer’s and apparently unrelated diseases. We're fueling research that could end all that.

How does it work?: You download a safe, tested program (see link below) that is certified by Stanford University. It gets work from Stanford, runs calculations using your spare computer power, and sends the results back to the University.

Is it safe? Yes! Folding@Home rarely effects computer performance in any way and won't compromise your privacy in any way. It only uses the computing power you aren't using so it doesn't slow down other programs.

How do I get started folding for Team FreeRepublic?: 1.)Download the folding program from Stanford University's folding download page (see link below). Type in your desired username. 2) Type in 36120 for the team number. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT - if you get the number wrong, you won't be folding for team FreeRepublic! 3) The third question asks, "Launch automatically at machine startup, installing this as a service?" - We recommend you answer YES. Otherwise you will have to manually start the program after every reboot.

How can my computer help? Even if he were given exclusive access to all of the world’s supercomputers, Standford still wouldn’t have as much processing power as they get from the supercluster of people’s desktop systems Folding@home relies on. Modern supercomputers are essentially a cluster of hundreds of processors linked by fast networking. But Stanford needed the power of hundreds of thousands of processors, not just hundreds.

There's no reason to not get involved! It's free, easy, and you can know you're helping every minute without lifting a finger.

Free Republic Folders - A Tribute to Ronald Reagan

Date of last work unit	2006-04-03 11:10:16
Active CPUs within 50 days	1045
Team Id	36120
Grand Score	3969485 (certificate)
Work Unit Count	24212 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate)	145 of 43507
Home Page	http://www.freerepublic.com
Fast Teampage URL	http://fah-web.stanford.edu/teamstats/team36120.html

Team members

Rank (within team)	User	Score	WU
1	Klutz_dohanger	1142404	6996
2	Malsua	237227	1368
3	lrenh	204831	1076
4	Texas_Booster	91650	561
5	VeniVidiVici	61856	329
6	davemaher	61853	318
7	Andrewksu	56523	399
8	LSimpson	54064	314
9	Kingu	49155	239
10	Craigon69	45553	184
11	walkerk	41284	207
12	Ken_in_Texas	39686	251
13	Advil000	37917	176
14	FRpapasmurf	32668	221
15	TheMightyQuinn	32204	140
16	rach_FR	32198	222
17	dfwddr	31797	237
18	Senator_Bedfellow	31450	134
19	Derllak	29287	155
20	ValorDaus	28652	227
21	zeugma	27939	150
22	farsighted	27649	118
23	Uriah	27603	186
24	Egon	27275	341
25	greenbo	27180	149
26	stylin19a	26486	139
27	andyk	23906	103
28	smith288	23873	142
29	Compaq_Owner	22136	172
30	Drango1	22121	139
31	Bush_Democrat	21755	144
32	DocRock	21467	125
33	HangThemHigh	20542	112
34	mediamole	20330	182
35	arderenne	19554	79
36	Chesterbelloc	19530	142
37	InfraRed	19290	123
38	FrogMom	19232	121
39	Chris_Primavera	18658	92
40	Dads_AMD3000	18445	64
41	TChad	18369	128
42	FreeAtlanta	17923	100
43	colinhester	15930	87
44	mouser	15293	104
45	houeto	15011	85
46	JohninWAGL	14067	77
47	Bobibutu	14037	94
48	ezsmoke	13694	61
49	MarkeyD	13546	88
50	oblomov_1	13475	54
51	MathyKathy	13338	62
52	Mount_Athos	13123	57
53	ewg	12872	79
54	Thom_Pain	12694	86
55	fostendug	12647	80
56	Compaq_Owner3	12490	105
57	HangnJudge	11933	60
58	RedWing9	11876	86
59	abner	11743	56
60	SilentServiceCPO	11707	61
61	Happy_Babymoon	11529	65
62	sshultz460	11499	65
63	A.Hun	11461	96
64	Brian_Allen	11424	66
65	Linda_Geiger	11343	52
66	doc11355	11160	73
67	Treb	10966	93
68	hessian	10910	67
69	Petronski	10724	73
70	FReeper_Dundee	10493	76
71	Hawkeyes_Girl	10106	75
72	KJC1	9668	59
73	Foldspace	9581	51
74	Ladypixel	9536	46
75	Swordmaker	9528	52
76	patricia_bell	9482	59
77	Tonystransportation	9179	57
78	PCBMan	9140	49
79	bbarr	9127	51
80	paengineer	9109	62
81	ahayes	9095	47
82	j_tull	9066	49
83	_MontanaDal	8999	54
84	Jim	8984	65
85	RebelTex	8740	95
86	mombrown1	8626	50
87	Professional_Engineer	8503	56
88	FRstentor	8417	51
89	holly_go_rightly	8385	46
90	Jacy	8302	47
91	evilC	8269	44
92	Slothful1	8094	52
93	umbagi	8073	74
94	BoT	7999	152
95	1066AD	7919	46
96	bubba_sales	7846	64
97	Freeper_KOZ.	7755	40
98	Route66_FreeRepublic	7715	52
99	LynnHam	7655	60
100	SC_Swamp_Fox	7639	57
101	rodneymatlock	7628	47
102	FourtySeven	7616	58
103	Flyer_FR	7602	49
104	Weasel	7565	55
105	idiots_will_catch	7515	51
106	Hiredhand	7507	52
107	Mrs_1066AD	7470	42
108	Seamoth	7164	61
109	Freeper_Drago	7151	45
110	Tatze	7114	40
111	Mississippi_Freeper	6962	45
112	T_Admin	6796	53
113	eyespysomething	6758	39
114	MnJohnnie	6741	37
115	Steve_Wilson_1	6466	46
116	VICI	6289	49
117	SoCalRocket	6126	38
118	AndyKaz	6120	25
119	Mike_Medved	6070	31
120	BigBro1	6067	38
121	ShakeNJake	6015	43
122	GoldCountryRedneck	5888	42
123	Incredulous	5846	32
124	kacknor	5839	33
125	William_Helvig	5819	31
126	hoping2help2	5809	33
127	vidi	5634	52
128	spunkets	5500	40
129	Katya	5495	34
130	Thomas_Bernardo	5460	26
131	nsa2318	5411	31
132	dangermouse	5356	33
133	kenth	5355	41
134	Veni	5263	53
135	ThirdOrder	5159	27
136	fzx12345	5106	34
137	Vern_1	5020	44
138	Rate_Determining_Step	4872	87
139	glockrocks	4806	36
140	Suzzee	4551	23
141	pbrown	4475	29
142	Pikus	4404	26
143	Tony1	4331	31
144	SamFromLivingston	4287	27
145	Compaq_Owner_David	4265	38
146	freeper_krb	4162	29
147	Dplowdude	4033	29
148	Camel_Joe	4025	33
149	KGJ1	3973	27
150	non-anonymous	3956	28
151	amigatec	3955	21
152	Sunshine55	3886	25
153	Clara_Lou	3729	23
154	brityank	3667	26
155	Cody	3623	28
156	Jinx	3613	38
157	hoping2help	3611	20
158	MRadtke	3608	16
159	Hoplite	3530	19
160	Clintons_Are_White_Trash	3470	19
161	geritol	3458	19
162	Tim_Colman	3381	16
163	The_Seeker_Veritas	3366	35
164	KGJ2	3348	23
165	feefee	3340	19
166	Drachenfels	3304	24
167	FReeper_Marie	3289	22
168	David_White	3220	21
169	greedo	3141	17
170	bpolhemus	3112	27
171	jimfree	3102	17
172	c505ber	3060	18
173	Regina_Plumm	3037	21
174	Sgt_Schultze	2993	13
175	mastercylinder	2962	14
176	OldsDontFloat	2948	13
177	GL-Bartaholic	2931	21
178	cgk	2919	26
179	Izzy_Dunne	2897	12
180	sirtaurus	2893	43
181	rrapson	2804	19
182	Tigermoth	2749	21
183	WESTPALMSENIOR	2748	17
184	GaltMeister	2718	19
185	Incorrigible	2702	17
186	susan	2701	22
187	Fanfan1	2537	12
188	dbender5555	2536	13
189	paulat2	2529	17
190	auboy	2488	12
191	Jack_of_All_Trades	2475	12
192	tsomer	2446	11
193	fatboynic	2435	14
194	conoverc	2348	14
195	VAcharonD1	2319	14
196	ENDUSER_Michael	2298	16
197	uglybiker	2278	15
198	Angry_Elephant	2167	10
199	NonValueAdded	2119	10
200	Zcrack	2094	12
201	gl_terri	2092	14
202	Klutza_dohanger	2064	11
203	Yokiepoo	2037	12
204	Fire_on_High	2031	13
205	manwiththehands	1970	15
206	ArgentCent	1730	10
207	PureSolace	1717	7
208	StrictTime	1655	5
209	Brian_Admin	1649	12
210	DTwistedSisterS	1634	12
211	ArgentCzar	1600	10
212	Chanticleer	1595	8
213	placerville9	1539	15
214	GLDoug	1491	11
215	RetroSexual	1489	18
216	GL_DAME	1460	8
217	In_Memory_of_DUKE	1438	6
218	SW6906	1375	7
219	Cralic	1363	10
220	Tactical	1322	9
221	Termite_Commander	1301	26
222	cephalopod	1282	6
223	Pusterfuss	1274	9
224	xeniast	1249	6
225	Anonymous	1245	7
226	HBAR223	1243	9
227	just_deserts	1243	7
228	grey_whiskers	1176	7
229	David_G_1	1143	9
230	Tax_Government	1108	6
231	MrBlueSky2005	1091	7
232	Trax_Admin	1089	8
233	Kevin_Inspiron	1088	7
234	BitDrifter	1087	9
235	Reactionary	1053	5
236	ShadowSnakeX	1048	8
237	IandJ	1021	6
238	MyMacMini	934	12
239	bgalbreath	932	16
240	Roger__Heidt	921	7
241	Jeff_Musselman	909	6
242	Cementjungle	872	7
243	SlicksaDk	868	6
244	Kevin	863	5
245	INFOOL7	837	4
246	SoDak	836	6
247	TheLooseThread	810	6
248	melt	798	3
249	sales_don	749	5
250	cdgent	747	3
251	Wormwood_01	745	3
252	Kosst_Amojan	740	6
253	unruly.human	725	4
254	Clintons_Are_White_Trash_1	723	3
255	Becky1	721	5
256	Professor_Poindexter	690	4
257	Jubal_Harshaw	663	4
258	Chip_Leonard	648	7
259	Mind-numbed_Robot	645	2
260	datajockeys-admin	631	4
261	Suzy_Que	616	5
262	MassLengthTime	606	2
263	Where_are_my_marbles,_Nancy?	600	1
264	aaiken	600	1
265	Tami	594	4
266	desert_girl	581	4
267	knewshound	576	3
268	NAPA_Laurel_MS	557	2
269	SV	555	4
270	Big_Bobs_FTW_1	549	3
271	DB5555	547	3
272	G_Thomas_Wilson	518	4
273	twinzmommy	516	6
274	Recovering_Hermit	508	3
275	Dr_Quin	507	7
276	RIP_DUKE	480	2
277	Westlake	476	5
278	David_Griffith	453