FR Folding@Home Project Update - We're are in the TOP250 teams and still climbing!!

Folding@Home FAQ for new users:

What is Folding@Home? A Stanford University project to find out how proteins fold.

Why it's important: Proteins folding wrong causes all kinds of diseases, like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and forms of cancer. Folding@Home uses novel computational methods and large scale distributed computing, to simulate timescales thousands to millions of times longer than previously achieved. Through Folding@home, scientists now have the horsepower to study the mechanics of protein folding. With its ability to share the workload among hundred of thousands of computers economically, Folding@home can help scientists understand how proteins snap, or don’t, into their predestined shapes — and may help to explain the origins of diseases such as Alzheimer’s and apparently unrelated diseases. We're fueling research that could end all that.

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 (see link below). 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.

Folding ping list - currently with 247 members (FREEPmail me to get on or off the ping list)

Folding is fun bump!

BCATS

Being an original BOINC beta tester from version 0.8 (astropulse - linux) I have to say that's pretty good.

Xcamel boinc worldstats: (current projects only)

Seti@home: 196,867.91
LHC@home 185,027.26
Einstein@home: 112,027.09
CPDN@home: 1,850,690.47

Intrested, but confused about what "folding" is? WATCH THIS

http://short-media.com/files/thraxfoldingflash/

Then join us here!

I'm 50% done with my first WU, and now I don't want to use my computer even though I also want to get some gaming in!

I really think this needs to be added to either the summary post, or the OP itself. It is pretty convincing.

Folding?

Free Republic Folders - A Tribute to Ronald Reagan

Date of last work unit	2006-02-12 13:22:30
Active CPUs within 50 days	767
Team Id	36120
Grand Score	1616614 (certificate)
Work Unit Count	11905 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate)	241 of 42747
Home Page	http://www.freerepublic.com
Fast Teampage URL	http://fah-web.stanford.edu/teamstats/team36120.html

Team members

Rank (within team)	User	Score	WU
1	Klutz_dohanger	448244	3335
2	Malsua	86230	631
3	Texas_Booster	44597	335
4	VeniVidiVici	33503	184
5	LSimpson	29666	207
6	Kingu	26016	144
7	Andrewksu	24196	207
8	Ken_in_Texas	24160	168
9	FRpapasmurf	22873	169
10	Compaq_Owner	22136	172
11	arderenne	19554	79
12	Senator_Bedfellow	18522	74
13	Dads_AMD3000	18445	64
14	ValorDaus	18154	158
15	rach_FR	17524	151
16	Craigon69	16302	66
17	Uriah	15378	127
18	walkerk	13533	84
19	smith288	12945	87
20	Compaq_Owner3	12490	105
21	greenbo	12333	82
22	stylin19a	11975	73
23	InfraRed	11412	82
24	mediamole	11342	112
25	dfwddr	10639	142
26	Chesterbelloc	10383	86
27	TheMightyQuinn	9925	47
28	Drango1	9885	69
29	Bush_Democrat	9596	67
30	DocRock	9168	62
31	zeugma	9168	61
32	lrenh	8756	49
33	mouser	8674	61
34	umbagi	8073	74
35	Derllak	8014	51
36	ezsmoke	7945	35
37	bubba_sales	7846	64
38	FrogMom	7697	55
39	Jim	7398	58
40	Weasel	7038	52
41	HangThemHigh	6928	45
42	Advil000	6910	30
43	colinhester	6834	45
44	T_Admin	6796	53
45	TChad	6773	50
46	Hawkeyes_Girl	6716	50
47	Mount_Athos	6649	37
48	MarkeyD	6589	55
49	Egon	6486	99
50	Seamoth	6468	57
51	A.Hun	6376	68
52	VICI	6289	49
53	ewg	6247	44
54	Happy_Babymoon	6068	41
55	Professional_Engineer	5885	44
56	fostendug	5844	40
57	Petronski	5792	45
58	oblomov_1	5742	28
59	vidi	5634	52
60	JohninWAGL	5495	37
61	Veni	5263	53
62	hessian	5063	40
63	FReeper_Dundee	5008	38
64	doc11355	4996	50
65	BoT	4964	139
66	1066AD	4831	32
67	KJC1	4599	30
68	Steve_Wilson_1	4588	37
69	RedWing9	4493	39
70	sshultz460	4478	30
71	SilentServiceCPO	4392	28
72	Tony1	4331	31
73	Treb	4331	45
74	bbarr	4287	30
75	patricia_bell	4279	28
76	Compaq_Owner_David	4265	38
77	houeto	4260	34
78	paengineer	4226	44
79	Hiredhand	4204	32
80	FRstentor	4137	30
81	Freeper_Drago	4069	30
82	Brian_Allen	4066	27
83	_MontanaDal	4039	30
84	farsighted	4038	20
85	rodneymatlock	3959	28
86	j_tull	3953	24
87	Vern_1	3950	38
88	RebelTex	3930	62
89	Jacy	3928	26
90	mombrown1	3846	26
91	KGJ1	3820	26
92	HangnJudge	3784	25
93	Flyer_FR	3750	30
94	FourtySeven	3674	37
95	Tatze	3665	25
96	Jinx	3613	38
97	kenth	3561	32
98	PCBMan	3547	22
99	Bobibutu	3520	31
100	Slothful1	3478	30
101	SoCalRocket	3463	23
102	freeper_krb	3462	25
103	Thom_Pain	3462	32
104	dangermouse	3418	24
105	Ladypixel	3341	20
106	Foldspace	3226	22
107	Drachenfels	3151	23
108	Katya	3137	20
109	non-anonymous	3133	24
110	bpolhemus	3112	27
111	evilC	3098	22
112	Mississippi_Freeper	3043	23
113	hoping2help2	3038	19
114	ShakeNJake	3031	27
115	eyespysomething	2977	18
116	Cody	2913	24
117	fzx12345	2896	22
118	Incredulous	2864	18
119	glockrocks	2752	24
120	Tigermoth	2749	21
121	MathyKathy	2702	15
122	idiots_will_catch	2677	27
123	KGJ2	2619	19
124	cgk	2613	24
125	LynnHam	2579	21
126	holly_go_rightly	2570	14
127	hoping2help	2553	15
128	BigBro1	2549	22
129	MnJohnnie	2539	14
130	pbrown	2528	21
131	William_Helvig	2409	17
132	Swordmaker	2355	25
133	VAcharonD1	2319	14
134	Tonystransportation	2317	18
135	ENDUSER_Michael	2298	16
136	geritol	2283	12
137	Route66_FreeRepublic	2271	16
138	SC_Swamp_Fox	2264	17
139	GaltMeister	2259	16
140	GL-Bartaholic	2133	18
141	gl_terri	2092	14
142	Klutza_dohanger	2064	11
143	Yokiepoo	2037	12
144	Regina_Plumm	1920	16
145	Hoplite	1913	12
146	Mrs_1066AD	1902	12
147	nsa2318	1888	11
148	ThirdOrder	1856	11
149	David_White	1835	12
150	brityank	1737	16
151	kacknor	1680	10
152	Linda_Geiger	1665	10
153	Sunshine55	1650	12
154	Brian_Admin	1649	12
155	Suzzee	1646	9
156	Dplowdude	1644	15
157	Clara_Lou	1638	14
158	Pikus	1630	12
159	susan	1624	16
160	SamFromLivingston	1623	15
161	jimfree	1618	11
162	placerville9	1539	15
163	FReeper_Marie	1511	12
164	RetroSexual	1489	18
165	feefee	1444	12
166	rrapson	1402	8
167	c505ber	1375	9
168	amigatec	1373	8
169	Cralic	1363	10
170	WESTPALMSENIOR	1345	9
171	greedo	1344	10
172	Tactical	1322	9
173	mastercylinder	1289	7
174	uglybiker	1286	9
175	manwiththehands	1281	9
176	Pusterfuss	1274	9
177	Freeper_KOZ.	1260	10
178	xeniast	1249	6
179	Mike_Medved	1238	9
180	ArgentCent	1213	7
181	paulat2	1197	10
182	GLDoug	1156	9
183	Incorrigible	1148	8
184	GoldCountryRedneck	1144	10
185	David_G_1	1143	9
186	Kevin_Inspiron	1088	7
187	BitDrifter	1087	9
188	dbender5555	1077	6
189	OldsDontFloat	1013	5
190	MyMacMini	934	12
191	Camel_Joe	932	9
192	NonValueAdded	889	4
193	Cementjungle	872	7
194	Trax_Admin	848	7
195	GL_DAME	784	4
196	sales_don	749	5
197	Kosst_Amojan	740	6
198	PureSolace	733	4
199	ArgentCzar	729	4
200	bgalbreath	694	13
201	HBAR223	693	6
202	DTwistedSisterS	675	9
203	Clintons_Are_White_Trash	654	4
204	spunkets	650	6
205	Zcrack	649	6
206	SoDak	648	5
207	Roger__Heidt	631	5
208	Suzy_Que	616	5
209	SlicksaDk	603	3
210	Where_are_my_marbles,_Nancy?	600	1
211	aaiken	600	1
212	Tami	594	4
213	ShadowSnakeX	560	5
214	Big_Bobs_FTW_1	549	3
215	Jeff_Musselman	527	4
216	G_Thomas_Wilson	518	4
217	twinzmommy	516	6
218	SV	482	2
219	Izzy_Dunne	482	2
220	Westlake	476	5
221	David_Griffith	453	4
222	Becky1	435	3
223	Tax_Government	345	3
224	Fanfan1	319	2
225	Vladimir_F	287	10
226	ARubin	287	2
227	MRadtke	285	2
228	dblevins	241	1
229	melt	241	1
230	IandJ	233	2
231	cdgent	206	1
232	CPQ_1700	197	2
233	Reactionary	190	1
234	MrBlueSky2005	189	2
235	MONTANADAL	187	3
236	Michael_K	182	1
237	Professor_Poindexter	182	1
238	FRpapasmurf_client	181	1
239	Heil_Dad	171	3
240	ChadGore	168	4
241	Jess35	166	1
242	DB5555	153	1
243	GL_Doug	153	1
244	Chanticleer	153	1
245	unruly.human	133	3
246	Shadow_Deamon	128	1
247	desert_girl	93	1
248	Anonymous	92	2
249	BellStar	92	2
250	Pitcherfan19	48	1
251	Fanskar	48	1
252	Klurz_dohanger	46	1
253	linda_gei	46	1
254	greenbo__	46	1
255	DocRock_2	46	1
256	Zach_Erskine	41	1
257	jarod_1	19	1

Game away !!! F@H will back off so it won't interfere

There is a general purpose BOINC chat on irc.freenode.net channel #boinc (all projects discussed)

Connect with any IRC or chat client, from most any platform. Regular client updates, and alpha/beta client information. setup/install and bug problems solved here too.

I don't want to use my computer even though I also want to get some gaming in!

It's clear you've got the folding bug bad. Real bad.

As others have noted, you should be able to game OK, 'cause the "folding" program is secondary to other activities. In a rare case if you find that isn't true, and your game suffers, you can pause the "folding" by right clicking the red "flower".

Good job on the new thread. Your efforts are appreciated.

We need a few cool logos for our FR ping list

Can anyone make a few?

LOL...don't look at me. I don't have an original bone in my body...I just hotlink to Stanford. This one b way kewl.

Excellent graphs, SC Swamp Fox

DUmmies have come a long way, but nowhere near close yet :)

I think Smith288 did a heck of a job with his sig. I bet he has the background around his computer somewhere. A little red daisy, and we're good to go !!!

Above image copied from Smith288's work

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