Posted on 12/15/2007 8:33:53 AM PST by Slings and Arrows
Called Folding@home, it runs in the background (like a screen saver) and crunches the math behind protein folding. Serious stuff, and seriously hard to do.
There are over 260,000 systems at any one time, from PCs to Macs to PS3s, that run F@H.
Its easy. The latest thread is over here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1929553/posts
We would love to have folks join us on Team 36120.
I believe I’ve read all his Diskworld novels (36)—as have my daughter and wife.
God be with you, Terry.
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