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| 03/20/2006
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Posted on 03/20/2006 8:50:19 PM PST by texas booster
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Everyone heap congrats to Klutz_Dohanger, the first FReeper with over a million points of production donated to the Folding@Home project.
Read on and learn more how you to can be a big star in the Folding@Home sky. You start out small, and becomes amazingly addictive to watch your points grow.
All that and an opportunity to tweak the noses of DU!
To: 1066AD; A.Hun; abner; AbsoluteGrace; Advil; aft_lizard; ahayes; Alexander Rubin; aliquando; ...
Let me be the first to congratulate Klutz for hitting 1,000,000 points. That's more than the entire DU team!
A big ole protein shout out to all participating FReepers. Congratulate Klutz before he gets a chance to read this thread!
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:53:50 PM PST
by
texas booster
(Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
To: texas booster
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posted on
03/20/2006 8:58:04 PM PST
by
generally
(Ask me about FReepers Folding@Home)
To: texas booster
Woo-Hoo Klutz - Way to stick it to the DUmmies, getting to the 1 million mark first! You Rock - I mean, You Fold!!!
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posted on
03/20/2006 9:17:58 PM PST
by
BreitbartSentMe
(Ex-Dem since 2001 *Folding@Home for the Gipper - Join the FReeper Folders*)
To: texas booster
Thanks for the ping. Just what kind of super-PC are your running, Klutz?
I'm glad to be a part of this. And my PC thanks you, too. She thinks it's more fun folding proteins while I sleep than doting on me surfing FR.
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posted on
03/20/2006 9:18:11 PM PST
by
manwiththehands
(Islam is as Islam does. Islam is as Islam allows.)
To: texas booster
Who'da thunk a klutz could hit a million?
Congrats, Klutz - and thanks, keep on a foldin'.
And I'm just 33 points shy of 8,000 with a current WU worth only 41 - OH THE SHAME! I feel so sssllloooooowwww! LOL
(My folders are like me - ancient, haha. hmmm - maybe I should get one of them electronic gizmos, instead of this abacus.)
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posted on
03/20/2006 9:20:16 PM PST
by
RebelTex
(Help cure diseases: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548372/posts)
To: Klutz Dohanger
Hey, Klutz - people are talking about you, heheh.
;^D
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posted on
03/20/2006 9:33:19 PM PST
by
RebelTex
(Help cure diseases: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548372/posts)
To: texas booster
Congrats and thanks to Klutz D.
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posted on
03/20/2006 11:11:18 PM PST
by
Route66
(America's Main Street)
To: RebelTex
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posted on
03/21/2006 2:23:21 AM PST
by
FreeAtlanta
(Join FR Team 36120 at http://folding.stanford.edu {Protein Folding Project})
To: RebelTex; Klutz Dohanger
oops, meant to send that to Klutz :-)
Congrats!
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posted on
03/21/2006 2:23:59 AM PST
by
FreeAtlanta
(Join FR Team 36120 at http://folding.stanford.edu {Protein Folding Project})
To: texas booster
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posted on
03/21/2006 3:01:28 AM PST
by
E.G.C.
To: texas booster
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posted on
03/21/2006 4:29:31 AM PST
by
Malsua
To: Klutz Dohanger
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posted on
03/21/2006 4:32:14 AM PST
by
fanfan
( "We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality" - Ayn Rand)
To: texas booster; Klutz Dohanger
Go Klutz! Beat DU!
Congratulations on reaching this milestone and thank you for your spirit of sharing.
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posted on
03/21/2006 4:37:09 AM PST
by
auboy
To: texas booster
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posted on
03/21/2006 5:52:46 AM PST
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: Klutz Dohanger
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posted on
03/21/2006 6:16:49 AM PST
by
FrogMom
To: generally; All
Free Republic Folders - A Tribute to Ronald Reagan |
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posted on
03/21/2006 6:59:16 AM PST
by
soccer_maniac
(Do some good while browsing FR --> Join our Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding@home)
To: texas booster
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 (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 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.
List of Updated 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
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Other Useful Stuff - Links
How much are those work units worth? And what are they?
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Past FreeRepublic Folding threads
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posted on
03/21/2006 7:01:13 AM PST
by
soccer_maniac
(Do some good while browsing FR --> Join our Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding@home)
To: texas booster; Klutz Dohanger
Wow! 1 MILLION! Incredible.
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posted on
03/21/2006 7:34:50 AM PST
by
abner
(Looking for a new tagline- Next outrage please!- Got it! PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS LOST IN THE USA!)
To: texas booster
Folden 'em over here, boss.
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posted on
03/21/2006 8:19:45 AM PST
by
stylin19a
(Do you still have sex or are you already playing golf?)
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