When you say "we" .. I take it that you are on the team that is doing this at Standford?
"We" meaning those of us who have volunteered to help the project, I'm sure.
If you look at the first post of this thread and then the home url for this project - http://folding.stanford.edu/ - I think it may help answer many of your questions.
There a thousands of computers and thousands of teams doing this. Some may be at Stanford, but many, like us, joined a team out of a common bond.