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FR Folding@Home Project Update -- We're in the Top 110 of all teams with 6 Million points
Stanford University's Folding@Home Stats page ^ | 05-17-2006 | soccer_maniac

Posted on 05/17/2006 6:57:16 AM PDT by soccer_maniac

Time for a new FreeRepublic folding@home thread.

Our FreeRepublic team of 325+ 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 108th place (with 991 active CPUs - 34,150 completed Work Units and more than 6,000,000 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 16 folding threads)


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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 (Folding@home Client Download). 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.

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List of Relevant Folding Links
Why Fold - Watch This !!


Another Folding Clip

Folding@home Client Download


FreeRepublic.com Folder Stats

Extreme Overclockers Stats for FreeRepublic

Another Stats Page


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Competition (Not!!) Dummies ..Daily Kos


Dummie Folding Threads #7 #8 #9#10#11


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Other Useful Stuff - Links


How much are those work units worth? And what are they?
All Projects Listed
Point Summary for Workunits


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Fahmon Third Party Monitoring Software

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Past FreeRepublic Folding threads

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1 posted on 05/17/2006 6:57:26 AM PDT by soccer_maniac
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To: 1066AD; A.Hun; abner; AbsoluteGrace; Advil; aft_lizard; ahayes; Alexander Rubin; aliquando; ...
FR Folding Ping (FRmail me to get on/off ping list)


2 posted on 05/17/2006 7:00:17 AM PDT by soccer_maniac (Do some good while browsing FR --> Join our Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding@home)
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To: soccer_maniac
FreeRepublic Folding Team Standings

Free Republic Folders - A Tribute to Ronald Reagan

Date of last work unit 2006-05-17 06:14:56
Active CPUs within 50 days 991
Team Id 36120
Grand Score 6036287 (certificate)
Work Unit Count 34149 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) 109 of 44057
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 1579219 8988
2 lrenh 420690 2379
3 Malsua 373931 1964
4 Texas_Booster 137855 770
5 davemaher 124224 582
6 LSimpson 98723 504
7 andyk 89951 416
8 Andrewksu 77452 508
9 Craigon69 70389 390
10 VeniVidiVici 68142 366
11 walkerk 67603 333
12 Advil000 63067 323
13 dfwddr 61596 387
14 Kingu 59671 289
15 Chris_Primavera 54824 264
16 Egon 54126 449
17 Ken_in_Texas 53661 315
18 farsighted 47634 201
19 rach_FR 43261 270
20 zeugma 42114 212
21 Derllak 41974 211
22 Uriah 41659 250
23 FRpapasmurf 40470 260
24 Senator_Bedfellow 39958 177
25 greenbo 38640 201
26 FreeAtlanta 38588 195
27 ValorDaus 37386 268
28 smith288 37321 205
29 stylin19a 37084 187
30 HangThemHigh 35775 183
31 Drango1 33687 191
32 mouser 33343 186
33 TheMightyQuinn 33160 144
34 DocRock 32083 177
35 Chesterbelloc 30353 193
36 Bush_Democrat 29605 182
37 TChad 28760 184
38 Bobibutu 28698 165
39 FrogMom 28194 165
40 Linda_Geiger 27978 133
41 houeto 26226 133
42 mediamole 25678 201
43 abner 25529 118
44 ezsmoke 25443 116
45 colinhester 24580 123
46 Compaq_Owner 22136 172
47 JohninWAGL 21321 107
48 Thom_Pain 21033 122
49 sirtaurus 20752 163
50 MathyKathy 20112 92
51 arderenne 19554 79
52 Swordmaker 19449 91
53 MarkeyD 19372 114
54 InfraRed 19290 123
55 HangnJudge 18792 89
56 Dads_AMD3000 18445 64
57 RedWing9 18311 111
58 fostendug 17695 104
59 sshultz460 17243 91
60 A.Hun 17211 120
61 ahayes 17116 86
62 Route66_FreeRepublic 17098 102
63 Brian_Allen 17067 94
64 SilentServiceCPO 16994 85
65 doc11355 16517 96
66 Petronski 16273 100
67 hessian 16240 88
68 FReeper_Dundee 16208 105
69 RebelTex 16086 128
70 Treb 15800 118
71 oblomov_1 15770 63
72 Mount_Athos 15679 72
73 Happy_Babymoon 14711 80
74 Tonystransportation 14475 79
75 j_tull 14152 76
76 PCBMan 13827 73
77 patricia_bell 13736 80
78 Foldspace 13624 71
79 Freeper_KOZ. 13590 65
80 holly_go_rightly 13560 69
81 ewg 13554 82
82 LynnHam 13478 89
83 _MontanaDal 13328 71
84 KJC1 13272 74
85 bbarr 13258 70
86 Ladypixel 13176 64
87 Hawkeyes_Girl 13159 87
88 paengineer 13115 79
89 Jacy 12909 69
90 Professional_Engineer 12813 77
91 1066AD 12747 69
92 mombrown1 12742 67
93 Compaq_Owner3 12490 105
94 evilC 11980 63
95 FRstentor 11750 64
96 Flyer_FR 11436 66
97 FourtySeven 11355 73
98 Tatze 11179 61
99 Mike_Medved 11015 56
100 BurbankKarl 10982 55
101 MnJohnnie 10839 55
102 spunkets 10641 62
103 SC_Swamp_Fox 10432 67
104 Mississippi_Freeper 10193 57
105 nsa2318 10105 53
106 eyespysomething 10032 53
107 Jim 9929 69
108 idiots_will_catch 9919 63
109 Slothful1 9832 58
110 Steve_Wilson_1 9769 64
111 GoldCountryRedneck 9730 61
112 BoT 9691 165
113 Sgt_Schultze 9287 44
114 Rate_Determining_Step 9236 122
115 BigBro1 9046 52
116 MRadtke 9006 40
117 ShakeNJake 8982 56
118 Mrs_1066AD 8803 49
119 rodneymatlock 8747 53
120 Hiredhand 8430 56
121 auboy 8322 37
122 SW6906 8241 39
123 umbagi 8073 74
124 kacknor 8043 43
125 Tim_Colman 7946 38
126 bubba_sales 7846 64
127 Weasel 7565 55
128 Incorrigible 7358 38
129 ThirdOrder 7278 36
130 Katya 7276 42
131 tsomer 7174 33
132 Seamoth 7164 61
133 Freeper_Drago 7151 45
134 fzx12345 6910 44
135 Suzzee 6817 32
136 T_Admin 6796 53
137 dangermouse 6677 39
138 Pikus 6497 37
139 Camel_Joe 6463 42
140 Harmless_Teddy_Bear 6420 29
141 kenth 6366 46
142 VICI 6289 49
143 pbrown 6175 38
144 GL-Bartaholic 6158 38
145 SoCalRocket 6126 38
146 AndyKaz 6120 25
147 Angry_Elephant 6026 27
148 Clara_Lou 5925 32
149 Incredulous 5846 32
150 brityank 5843 39
151 Sunshine55 5839 35
152 William_Helvig 5819 31
153 hoping2help2 5809 33
154 vidi 5634 52
155 vulture 5627 18
156 Thomas_Bernardo 5619 27
157 Jack_of_All_Trades 5375 28
158 non-anonymous 5294 34
159 Veni 5263 53
160 Vern_1 5020 44
161 Recovering_Hermit 4997 24
162 dbender5555 4996 22
163 Cody 4941 35
164 conoverc 4910 27
165 NAPA_Laurel_MS 4892 24
166 David_White 4876 30
167 feefee 4832 24
168 Izzy_Dunne 4832 20
169 glockrocks 4806 36
170 jimfree 4649 24
171 fatboynic 4614 25
172 rrapson 4479 25
173 MrBlueSky2005 4436 24
174 Tony1 4331 31
175 susan 4330 28
176 Bella_bru 4292 20
177 SamFromLivingston 4287 27
178 Clintons_Are_White_Trash 4278 21
179 Compaq_Owner_David 4265 38
180 The_Seeker_Veritas 4264 38
181 Chip_Leonard 4254 25
182 Dplowdude 4235 30
183 ovrtaxt 4193 17
184 amigatec 4181 22
185 freeper_krb 4162 29
186 Wormwood_01 4154 16
187 Hoplite 4136 21
188 GaltMeister 4071 26
189 geritol 4049 22
190 manwiththehands 4014 26
191 KGJ1 3973 27
192 c505ber 3801 22
193 Fire_on_High 3795 20
194 cephalopod 3764 16
195 grey_whiskers 3755 20
196 greedo 3747 20
197 mastercylinder 3681 17
198 WESTPALMSENIOR 3641 22
199 Jinx 3613 38
200 hoping2help 3611 20
201 Dr_Quin 3599 21
202 Zcrack 3432 20
203 OldsDontFloat 3391 15
204 Fanfan1 3391 16
205 KGJ2 3348 23
206 Drachenfels 3304 24
207 FReeper_Marie 3289 22
208 NonValueAdded 3205 15
209 Susan_Ramsey 3191 14
210 paulat2 3174 19
211 Jubal_Harshaw 3131 15
212 bpolhemus 3112 27
213 Chanticleer 3040 16
214 Regina_Plumm 3037 21
215 StrictTime 3023 11
216 ArgentCent 3018 16
217 cgk 2919 26
218 uglybiker 2817 18
219 Tigermoth 2749 21
220 VAcharonD1 2319 14
221 ENDUSER_Michael 2298 16
222 DTwistedSisterS 2258 15
223 ArgentCzar 2182 13
224 gl_terri 2092 14
225 knewshound 2068 12
226 Klutza_dohanger 2064 11
227 DaveMSmith 2060 13
228 Yokiepoo 2037 12
229 Termite_Commander 1983 29
230 INFOOL7 1786 8
231 PureSolace 1717 7
232 Brian_Admin 1649 12
233 Reactionary 1635 8
234 placerville9 1539 15
235 GLDoug 1491 11
236 RetroSexual 1489 18
237 GL_DAME 1460 8
238 In_Memory_of_DUKE 1438 6
239 B.O._Plenty 1409 7
240 unruly.human 1370 6
241 Cralic 1363 10
242 Jeff_Musselman 1352 8
243 Tactical 1322 9
244 Linda_Geoger 1290 5
245 Pusterfuss 1274 9
246 SlicksaDk 1262 8
247 xeniast 1249 6
248 Anonymous 1245 7
249 HBAR223 1243 9
250 just_deserts 1243 7
251 Clintons_Are_White_Trash_1 1203 6
252 SV 1186 7
253 David_G_1 1143 9
254 Tax_Government 1108 6
255 Trax_Admin 1089 8
256 Kevin_Inspiron 1088 7
257 BitDrifter 1087 9
258 neb52 1059 8
259 ShadowSnakeX 1048 8
260 IandJ 1021 6
261 melt 1000 4
262 Clintons_Are_White_Trash_2 994 5
263 TheLooseThread 982 7
264 MyMacMini 934 12
265 bgalbreath 932 16
266 Becky1 923 6
267 Roger__Heidt 921 7
268 Cementjungle 872 7
269 Kevin 863 5
270 SoDak 836 6
271 Suzy_Que 809 6
272 ltcj 772 2
273 sales_don 749 5
274 DB5555 749 4
275 cdgent 747 3
276 Kosst_Amojan 740 6
277 y 717 3
278 Professor_Poindexter 690 4
279 Mind-numbed_Robot 645 2
280 datajockeys-admin 631 4
281 MassLengthTime 606 2
282 Where_are_my_marbles,_Nancy? 600 1
283 aaiken 600 1
284 Tami 594 4
285 desert_girl 581 4
286 Big_Bobs_FTW_1 549 3
287 G_Thomas_Wilson 518 4
288 twinzmommy 516 6
289 RIP_DUKE 480 2
290 Westlake 476 5
291 David_Griffith 453 4
292 motohockey 404 1
293 Gary 372 2
294 Big_Texan_in_Boston 354 3
295 4_DUKIE_SCHMOOKIE 306 2
296 IoCaster 306 2
297 datajockeys-genserv 306 2
298 Vladimir_F 287 10
299 ARubin 287 2
300 dblevins 241 1
301 BurbankKark 226 1
302 SW6906_2 202 1
303 CPQ_1700 197 2
304 MONTANADAL 187 3
305 Michael_K 182 1
306 FRpapasmurf_client 181 1
307 Heil_Dad 171 3
308 ChadGore 168 4
309 Jess35 166 1
310 freestatefour 159 1
311 GL_Doug 153 1
312 MontanaBeth 153 1
313 datajockeys-lab 153 1
314 knewshound2 153 1
315 yummibox 153 1
316 unruly.human 133 3
317 Shadow_Deamon 128 1
318 BellStar 92 2
319 Pitcherfan19 48 1
320 Fanskar 48 1
321 Klurz_dohanger 46 1
322 linda_gei 46 1
323 greenbo__ 46 1
324 DocRock_2 46 1
325 Zach_Erskine 41 1
326 jarod_1 19 1
327 Cincinnatus 1 1

3 posted on 05/17/2006 7:02:55 AM PDT by soccer_maniac (Do some good while browsing FR --> Join our Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding@home)
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To: soccer_maniac

BTTT


4 posted on 05/17/2006 7:09:18 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: El Gato; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Robert A. Cook, PE; lepton; LadyDoc; jb6; tiamat; PGalt; Dianna; ...
...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

Ping

5 posted on 05/17/2006 7:10:22 AM PDT by GOPJ (By definition, "connecting the dots" involves getting to see the dots... -- Mark Steyn)
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To: E.G.C.

Just finished the installation and it's up and running on the three machines at my place.


6 posted on 05/17/2006 7:12:00 AM PDT by capt. norm (W.C. Fields: "Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago.")
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To: soccer_maniac

I've gone from 170 to 128 in the past few weeks running 2 procs. I really need to get that 3rd one running so I can catch up to Klutz! :-)


7 posted on 05/17/2006 7:14:37 AM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: soccer_maniac

Proud to be Folding for FR Ping!


8 posted on 05/17/2006 7:15:56 AM PDT by Clintons Are White Trash (Lynn Stewart, Helen Thomas , Molly Ivins, Maureen Dowd - The Axis of Ugly)
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To: soccer_maniac; spankalib; capt. norm

ping to new friends.

tb


9 posted on 05/17/2006 7:17:00 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: soccer_maniac

i used to save weekly stats from Stanford to track progress. Here is the first one I saved from back in November, when you started pinging FR:




Date of last work unit 2005-11-25 13:13:25

Active CPUs within 50 days 17

Team Id 36120

Grand Score 88439 (certificate)

Work Unit Count 603 (certificate)

Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) 1952 of 41350

Home Page http://www.freerepublic.com

Fast Teampage URL http://fah-web.stanford.edu/teamstats/team36120.html




How far we have come! Thanks a bunch to soccer_maniac and to all of the FReepers (and the DUmmies) that have got us here.


10 posted on 05/17/2006 7:22:20 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: soccer_maniac

I saw that yesterday. 6 Million, woot.

In the upside news, I'm finally getting the last third of my group of machines back into the fray in the next few days. They've been on Hiatus due to various moves.


11 posted on 05/17/2006 7:24:45 AM PDT by Malsua
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To: soccer_maniac

I signed up some months ago and have the little doohicky on my screen but my name doesn't show up. Any idea of what I screwed up?


12 posted on 05/17/2006 7:28:55 AM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (If you believe ANYTHING in the Treason Media you are a fool.)
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To: justshutupandtakeit

Be sure that you have 36120 for the team number


13 posted on 05/17/2006 7:37:13 AM PDT by soccer_maniac (Do some good while browsing FR --> Join our Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding@home)
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To: soccer_maniac

Zeugma top 20 bump! :-)


14 posted on 05/17/2006 7:41:50 AM PDT by zeugma (Come to the Dark Side... We have cookies!)
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To: soccer_maniac

I'll deal with it tonight if I can.


15 posted on 05/17/2006 8:00:18 AM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (If you believe ANYTHING in the Treason Media you are a fool.)
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To: justshutupandtakeit

You're probably contributing to team default. Right click the icon and select "Configure," put in 36120 for the team number.


16 posted on 05/17/2006 8:00:23 AM PDT by ahayes (Yes, I have a devious plot. No, you may not know what it is.)
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To: soccer_maniac

Tribute to Ronald Reagan Bump!!!!!!


17 posted on 05/17/2006 8:02:37 AM PDT by auboy
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To: soccer_maniac
Folding Freepers Hump Day Bump!
18 posted on 05/17/2006 9:28:27 AM PDT by DocRock
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To: justshutupandtakeit

When you right click the 'little doohicky', you'll get a menu where you can left click 'configure'. Then, you can enter your FR screen-name as user and the FR team # 36120.

Thanks for folding with us.

RT


19 posted on 05/17/2006 10:35:34 AM PDT by RebelTex (Help cure diseases: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548372/posts)
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To: RebelTex

My pleasure.


20 posted on 05/17/2006 11:39:25 AM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (If you believe ANYTHING in the Treason Media you are a fool.)
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