Posted on 07/07/2006 5:58:24 PM PDT by soccer_maniac
Time for a new FreeRepublic folding@home thread.
Our FreeRepublic team of 351 members comprised primarily of Free Republic members in good standing have banded together to donate their excess CPU cycles to a worthy cause. Via distributed computing, millions of computers around the world, contribute directly to scientific research, in the quest for a greater understanding of diseases such as Alzheimer's, Cancer, and Mad Cow (BSE).
Currently, the team is in 85th place (with 908 active CPUs - 47,400 completed Work Units and nearly 8.5 million points).
This is an entirely voluntary program, and if you want to learn more, please see the links posted below (or read one of the previous 19 folding threads)
The thread may have stalled, but the Freeper team is climbing fast. After consistently being either non-existant or fading in and out of my primary team's threat list, Ronnie's Boys (and Girls) have consistently been in the 4-5 year range to overtake us, and inching up. I know it's not my meager contribution (though I'm closing in on top 200 for FR Folding, and just moved up to 31 for Team AnandTech (getting close to top 3000 overall-----WooHoo!).
Gotta love being part of TWO awesome teams!
I have a new conputer and I need to start back folding. Can you help me? Also, is there a way for me to keep my past WU's?
Sorry, I'm pbrown.
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