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 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.
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List of Relevant Folding Links
Why Fold - Watch This !!
Extreme Overclockers Stats for FreeRepublic
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Competition (Not!!) Dummies ..Daily Kos
Dummie Folding Threads #7 #8 #9#10#11 #12
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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
Fahmon Third Party Monitoring Software
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Past FreeRepublic Folding threads
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #17 #18 #19 #20#21#22
Bumpity Bump!! Go FR Folders!!
Pinging a new thread on Folding@Home.
We hit some great new milestones this week:
Klutz is #90 of all folders,
JCEccles hit 100,000 points, and
Malsua hit 1,000,000 points over all!
Way to go guys!
I've been donating cycles to United Devices in the cancer research for the last 3 years +. Is this one better?
Pinging a new thread on Folding@Home.
We hit some great new milestones this week:
Klutz is #90 of all folders,
JCEccles hit 100,000 points, and
Malsua hit 1,000,000 points over all!
Way to go guys!
ping to self for later
bump
Election Eve bump.
Anybody using F@H's GPU enhanced client? for ATI GPUs?
Big Texas Tuesday bump for the Free Republic Folders!
If you're interested in tracking your folding machine(s) over the web, please Freepmail me.
Available features include:
BTTT
Ping to say hello!
:O)
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anyone else not able to fetch new work packets? I finished one yesterday and haven't been able to get a new work packet in probably 18 hours. Any ideas?
Hoping I can help!