FR Folding@Home Project Update - We're in the Top 150 teams Worldwide! (A Tribute to Ronald Reagan)

Everyone heap congrats to Klutz_Dohanger, the first FReeper with over a million points of production donated to the Folding@Home project.

Read on and learn more how you to can be a big star in the Folding@Home sky. You start out small, and becomes amazingly addictive to watch your points grow.

All that and an opportunity to tweak the noses of DU!

1 posted on 03/20/2006 8:50:24 PM PST by texas booster

To: 1066AD; A.Hun; abner; AbsoluteGrace; Advil; aft_lizard; ahayes; Alexander Rubin; aliquando; ...

Let me be the first to congratulate Klutz for hitting 1,000,000 points. That's more than the entire DU team!

A big ole protein shout out to all participating FReepers. Congratulate Klutz before he gets a chance to read this thread!

2 posted on 03/20/2006 8:53:50 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))

To: texas booster

3 posted on 03/20/2006 8:58:04 PM PST by generally (Ask me about FReepers Folding@Home)

To: texas booster

Woo-Hoo Klutz - Way to stick it to the DUmmies, getting to the 1 million mark first! You Rock - I mean, You Fold!!!

4 posted on 03/20/2006 9:17:58 PM PST by BreitbartSentMe (Ex-Dem since 2001 *Folding@Home for the Gipper - Join the FReeper Folders*)

To: texas booster

Thanks for the ping. Just what kind of super-PC are your running, Klutz?

I'm glad to be a part of this. And my PC thanks you, too. She thinks it's more fun folding proteins while I sleep than doting on me surfing FR.

5 posted on 03/20/2006 9:18:11 PM PST by manwiththehands (Islam is as Islam does. Islam is as Islam allows.)

To: texas booster

Who'da thunk a klutz could hit a million?

Congrats, Klutz - and thanks, keep on a foldin'.

And I'm just 33 points shy of 8,000 with a current WU worth only 41 - OH THE SHAME! I feel so sssllloooooowwww! LOL

(My folders are like me - ancient, haha. hmmm - maybe I should get one of them electronic gizmos, instead of this abacus.)

6 posted on 03/20/2006 9:20:16 PM PST by RebelTex (Help cure diseases: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548372/posts)

To: Klutz Dohanger

Hey, Klutz - people are talking about you, heheh.

;^D

7 posted on 03/20/2006 9:33:19 PM PST by RebelTex (Help cure diseases: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548372/posts)

To: texas booster

Congrats and thanks to Klutz D.

8 posted on 03/20/2006 11:11:18 PM PST by Route66 (America's Main Street)

9 posted on 03/21/2006 2:23:21 AM PST by FreeAtlanta (Join FR Team 36120 at http://folding.stanford.edu {Protein Folding Project})

To: RebelTex; Klutz Dohanger

oops, meant to send that to Klutz :-)

Congrats!

10 posted on 03/21/2006 2:23:59 AM PST by FreeAtlanta (Join FR Team 36120 at http://folding.stanford.edu {Protein Folding Project})

To: texas booster

11 posted on 03/21/2006 3:01:28 AM PST by E.G.C.

To: texas booster

For a hoot, look at the DUmmies trend chart. That's about a Triple Diamond downslope.

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=48157

12 posted on 03/21/2006 4:29:31 AM PST by Malsua

To: Klutz Dohanger

1 Million?

Congrats!!!

13 posted on 03/21/2006 4:32:14 AM PST by fanfan ( "We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality" - Ayn Rand)

To: texas booster; Klutz Dohanger

Go Klutz! Beat DU!

Congratulations on reaching this milestone and thank you for your spirit of sharing.

14 posted on 03/21/2006 4:37:09 AM PST by auboy

To: texas booster

15 posted on 03/21/2006 5:52:46 AM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)

To: Klutz Dohanger

16 posted on 03/21/2006 6:16:49 AM PST by FrogMom

To: generally; All

Free Republic Folders - A Tribute to Ronald Reagan

Date of last work unit	2006-03-21 06:20:31
Active CPUs within 50 days	1016
Team Id	36120
Grand Score	3360377 (certificate)
Work Unit Count	20953 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate)	157 of 43337
Home Page	http://www.freerepublic.com

17 posted on 03/21/2006 6:59:16 AM PST by soccer_maniac (Do some good while browsing FR --> Join our Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding@home)

To: texas booster

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.

List of Updated Links
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Folding@home Client Download

FreeRepublic.com Folder Stats

Extreme Overclockers Stats for FreeRepublic

Another Stats Page

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18 posted on 03/21/2006 7:01:13 AM PST by soccer_maniac (Do some good while browsing FR --> Join our Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding@home)

To: texas booster; Klutz Dohanger

Wow! 1 MILLION! Incredible.

19 posted on 03/21/2006 7:34:50 AM PST by abner (Looking for a new tagline- Next outrage please!- Got it! PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS LOST IN THE USA!)

To: texas booster

Folden 'em over here, boss.

20 posted on 03/21/2006 8:19:45 AM PST by stylin19a (Do you still have sex or are you already playing golf?)

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