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| 05-17-2006
| soccer_maniac
Posted on 05/17/2006 6:57:16 AM PDT by soccer_maniac
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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 dont, into their predestined shapes and may help to explain the origins of diseases such as Alzheimers 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 (Folding@home Client Download). 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 worlds supercomputers, Standford still wouldnt have as much processing power as they get from the supercluster of peoples 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.
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List of Relevant Folding Links
Why Fold - Watch This !!
Another Folding Clip
Folding@home Client Download
FreeRepublic.com Folder Stats
Extreme Overclockers Stats for FreeRepublic
Another Stats Page
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Competition (Not!!) Dummies ..Daily Kos
Dummie Folding Threads #7 #8 #9#10#11
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Other Useful Stuff - Links
How much are those work units worth? And what are they?
All Projects Listed
Point Summary for Workunits
Stat Image Generator
Fahmon Third Party Monitoring Software
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Past FreeRepublic Folding threads
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To: 1066AD; A.Hun; abner; AbsoluteGrace; Advil; aft_lizard; ahayes; Alexander Rubin; aliquando; ...
FR Folding Ping (FRmail me to get on/off ping list)
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posted on
05/17/2006 7:00:17 AM PDT
by
soccer_maniac
(Do some good while browsing FR --> Join our Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding@home)
To: soccer_maniac
FreeRepublic Folding Team Standings
Free Republic Folders - A Tribute to Ronald Reagan |
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posted on
05/17/2006 7:02:55 AM PDT
by
soccer_maniac
(Do some good while browsing FR --> Join our Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding@home)
To: soccer_maniac
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posted on
05/17/2006 7:09:18 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
To: El Gato; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Robert A. Cook, PE; lepton; LadyDoc; jb6; tiamat; PGalt; Dianna; ...
...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
Ping
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posted on
05/17/2006 7:10:22 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(By definition, "connecting the dots" involves getting to see the dots... -- Mark Steyn)
To: E.G.C.
Just finished the installation and it's up and running on the three machines at my place.
6
posted on
05/17/2006 7:12:00 AM PDT
by
capt. norm
(W.C. Fields: "Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago.")
To: soccer_maniac
I've gone from 170 to 128 in the past few weeks running 2 procs. I really need to get that 3rd one running so I can catch up to Klutz! :-)
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posted on
05/17/2006 7:14:37 AM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: soccer_maniac
Proud to be Folding for FR Ping!
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posted on
05/17/2006 7:15:56 AM PDT
by
Clintons Are White Trash
(Lynn Stewart, Helen Thomas , Molly Ivins, Maureen Dowd - The Axis of Ugly)
To: soccer_maniac; spankalib; capt. norm
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posted on
05/17/2006 7:17:00 AM PDT
by
texas booster
(Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
To: soccer_maniac
i used to save weekly stats from Stanford to track progress. Here is the first one I saved from back in November, when you started pinging FR:
Date of last work unit 2005-11-25 13:13:25
Active CPUs within 50 days 17
Team Id 36120
Grand Score 88439 (certificate)
Work Unit Count 603 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) 1952 of 41350
Home Page
http://www.freerepublic.com Fast Teampage URL
http://fah-web.stanford.edu/teamstats/team36120.html
How far we have come! Thanks a bunch to soccer_maniac and to all of the FReepers (and the DUmmies) that have got us here.
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posted on
05/17/2006 7:22:20 AM PDT
by
texas booster
(Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
To: soccer_maniac
I saw that yesterday. 6 Million, woot.
In the upside news, I'm finally getting the last third of my group of machines back into the fray in the next few days. They've been on Hiatus due to various moves.
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posted on
05/17/2006 7:24:45 AM PDT
by
Malsua
To: soccer_maniac
I signed up some months ago and have the little doohicky on my screen but my name doesn't show up. Any idea of what I screwed up?
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posted on
05/17/2006 7:28:55 AM PDT
by
justshutupandtakeit
(If you believe ANYTHING in the Treason Media you are a fool.)
To: justshutupandtakeit
Be sure that you have 36120 for the team number
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posted on
05/17/2006 7:37:13 AM PDT
by
soccer_maniac
(Do some good while browsing FR --> Join our Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding@home)
To: soccer_maniac
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posted on
05/17/2006 7:41:50 AM PDT
by
zeugma
(Come to the Dark Side... We have cookies!)
To: soccer_maniac
I'll deal with it tonight if I can.
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posted on
05/17/2006 8:00:18 AM PDT
by
justshutupandtakeit
(If you believe ANYTHING in the Treason Media you are a fool.)
To: justshutupandtakeit
You're probably contributing to team default. Right click the icon and select "Configure," put in 36120 for the team number.
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posted on
05/17/2006 8:00:23 AM PDT
by
ahayes
(Yes, I have a devious plot. No, you may not know what it is.)
To: soccer_maniac
Tribute to Ronald Reagan Bump!!!!!!
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posted on
05/17/2006 8:02:37 AM PDT
by
auboy
To: soccer_maniac
Folding Freepers Hump Day Bump!
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posted on
05/17/2006 9:28:27 AM PDT
by
DocRock
To: justshutupandtakeit
When you right click the 'little doohicky', you'll get a menu where you can left click 'configure'. Then, you can enter your FR screen-name as user and the FR team # 36120.
Thanks for folding with us.
RT
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posted on
05/17/2006 10:35:34 AM PDT
by
RebelTex
(Help cure diseases: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548372/posts)
To: RebelTex
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posted on
05/17/2006 11:39:25 AM PDT
by
justshutupandtakeit
(If you believe ANYTHING in the Treason Media you are a fool.)
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