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To: houeto

Sorry, my home computer, connected by a single phone line through the trees, is not going to be of any use to you all.

Good Folding though!

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159 posted on 02/16/2006 8:00:21 AM PST by SwinneySwitch (FReepers-beyond your expectations!)
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To: SwinneySwitch; Malsua; soccer_maniac; Drango; texas booster
Sorry, my home computer, connected by a single phone line through the trees, is not going to be of any use to you all.

Sure it will. All the folding is done off-line. Tell him guys.

161 posted on 02/16/2006 9:23:31 AM PST by houeto (Mr. President, close our borders now!)
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To: SwinneySwitch
Sorry, my home computer, connected by a single phone line through the trees, is not going to be of any use to you all.

Once the work unit is downloaded, there is no need to be connected to the internet at all. The amount of downloading is fairly small too. When the WU is finished, the program will patiently wait until it sees an active connection then it will turn in the WU and fetch more data. It's quite dial-up friendly.

162 posted on 02/16/2006 9:49:14 AM PST by Malsua
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To: SwinneySwitch
Sorry, my home computer, connected by a single phone line through the trees, is not going to be of any use to you all.

You would only be connected to the internet for a couple minutes for each work unit you do. A single phone line through the trees is really no different than someone having a T-1 line. And while your computer would mean a good deal to us, it would be an even bigger deal to the people suffering from: Alzheimer's Disease, Cancer, Huntington's Disease, Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Parkinson's Disease.

If you haven't already, please check out this video, and reconsider. Either way you go, THANKS for at least checking our team out, and please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested.

165 posted on 02/16/2006 2:05:46 PM PST by dfwddr (Join our Folding@Home team (Team# 36120) keyword:folding.)
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