Posted on 03/25/2013 12:13:00 AM PDT by thatsmyshin
Edited on 03/25/2013 12:38:00 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Maybe a veteran Freerepublic.com member who folds can chime in with links and extra information for curious readers.
I joined the Free Republic Folders for the Gipper....and because I wanted to help a team that was slipping off of the top 100 page. I wasn't even aware of Freerepublic.com until I noticed the folding team...therefore, staying on the top 100 page is beneficial to this site.
If you search for, and start folding@home on your own, kudos! Our team number is 36120.....get to it!
Someone help me out here!
Update with additional information from Texas Booster's thread here:
It has been a while since our last Free Republic Folding@Home update.
The team has seen growth in the past couple of years as contributors have added high performance GPUs from NVidia and AMD/ATI, and same consoles such as the PS3.
The team started in 2001 with a few volunteers, and grew dramatically in 2005 as we started actually posting regular threads.
As we grew from a Top 2000 team to a Top 100 team, we attracted the attention of DU. After a couple of years of name calling, they realized that merely boasting that you can beat the opposition means nothing if you can't back it up. They float in the Top 300 due to the strength of two primary folders. Still, they have folded for nearly 8 years and we thank them for that.
Today the FR team 36120 folds about 330 individual computers, down from our peak of about 1,800 systems. However, the team is currently averaging 250,000 ppd, many times greater than we have ever accomplished.
If you have a computer running Windows, Linux or OS X, or a PS3, then you can start folding very quickly. Look here for starting instructions:
Why would you fold? There are multiple distributed computing groups searching for everything from cryptography to SETI. I started folding after helping in the original Genome@Home project, as scientists worked to complete the first sequencing of the human genome.
Now I fold to advance the science of treating diseases. A partial list of diseases that the project has worked on include:
Alzheimer's Disease
Mad Cow (BSE)
CJD
ALS
Huntington's Disease
Parkinson's Disease
and many cancers
Read the thread and PLEASE ask questions. I will try to answer all questions that are posted.
If we could reach 100 active folders and 1000 systems, we would see our output double. While we fold to cure diseases, a race to the top is always fun.
I have not used this in a while, but I am pretty sure you can set it to only run between certain hours.
Also, it will automatically turn off if CPU usage is required for other operations. It has the lowest priority.
I never noticed an issue with Folding interfering with normal computer use.
So I can meet this girl.
My wife is a nurse who was taking care of a patient with CJD. She had him enrolled in a program at Emory tofurther study his disease.
Unfortunately, he passed away last Sunday.
I have a spare PC I can make available for this cause and run it inhis memory.
What a beautiful thought.
Thank you. He was a remarkable man who devoted his life to education and music in Atlanta. He touched and inspired thousands of people.
Do you live in Dacula or something?
Why yes I do!
Lazamataz, Georgia.
Right next to Chamblee, that is.
Don’t you mean you live near Chambodia and Neverneverland.
Actually, I do live in Chambodia! LOL
So you live between the Woodys as well.
I don’t know what that means.
Ashford Dunwoody and Chamblee Dunwoody.
I drive by it nearly everyday on my way to work. There is usually a wreck or stalled car along that stretch of the perimeter
Why yes, sure we can have lunch together. :)
Sure, just give me a couple days notice so canclear my schedule.
A beer would be better though :)
FReep mail me and let me know.
You could easily write a script that will turn it on and off at scheduled times, whether you install it as a service or as an app.
Bad news we’ve slipped to 102 and dropping. In two months we’ll be down to about 105.
We no longer appear in the top 100, where people would notice us!
I’ve brought a few machines online (but they aren’t fast). I used to have a real presence until water damage took out several machines in the past.
Time for us all to put together and at least keep us on the front page even if it will be at 100.
Now is the time for all good Freepers to Fold.
Sorry for the drive by post, I’m a disappointment to newbies everywhere. Thank you to my fellow folders for covering my rear while I blissfully enjoyed my week off from school (and subsequently forgot about this post).
For anyone joining the folders, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Since the work we do translates into points (and science of course), thus a bit of a competition with other teams, using a passkey adds a bit of a bonus to the work your computer does. Here’s a bit of information on the passkey and how to get one:
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-passkey
To track team and individual progress, here are a few popular sites:
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=36120
http://kakaostats.com/t.php?t=36120
Checking our stats, it looks like we’ve had a pretty good jump in points over the last few weeks! Keep it up!
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