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FR Folding@Home Project Update -- We're in the Top 100 of all teams with 7 Million points
Stanford University's Folding@Home Stats page ^ | 06-08-2006 | soccer_maniac

Posted on 06/08/2006 11:17:52 AM PDT by soccer_maniac

Time for a new FreeRepublic folding@home thread.

Our FreeRepublic team of 342 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 99th place (with 985 active CPUs - 39,500 completed Work Units and nearly 7 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 18 folding threads)

(Excerpt) Read more at vspx27.stanford.edu ...


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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 #12


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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


Stat Image Generator


Fahmon Third Party Monitoring Software

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Past FreeRepublic Folding threads


#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #17 #18


1 posted on 06/08/2006 11:18:06 AM PDT by soccer_maniac
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To: soccer_maniac
Free Republic Folders - A Tribute to Ronald Reagan

Date of last work unit 2006-06-08 10:20:01
Active CPUs within 50 days 985
Team Id 36120
Grand Score 6958178 (certificate)
Work Unit Count 39482 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) 101 of 44291
Home Page http://www.freerepublic.com

2 posted on 06/08/2006 11:18:34 AM PDT by soccer_maniac (Fine employers $100,000 for every illegal employee they hire-> millions of illegals will self-deport)
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To: soccer_maniac

Bump for later read.


3 posted on 06/08/2006 11:20:57 AM PDT by demlosers
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To: 1066AD; 11Bush; A.Hun; abner; AbsoluteGrace; Advil; aft_lizard; ahayes; Alexander Rubin; ...
FR Folding ping


4 posted on 06/08/2006 11:21:19 AM PDT by soccer_maniac (Fine employers $100,000 for every illegal employee they hire-> millions of illegals will self-deport)
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To: soccer_maniac

thanks for the info.
I've joined the team and have my pc at home folding as I type this.


5 posted on 06/08/2006 11:21:31 AM PDT by fhlh (Polls are for Strippers.)
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To: soccer_maniac
Thanks, I just joined 36120.
6 posted on 06/08/2006 11:27:11 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
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To: fhlh
Great to have you on board!! We are gobbling up the competition and every new processor helps!
7 posted on 06/08/2006 11:27:12 AM PDT by Uriah_lost (http://www.wingercomics.com/d/20051205.html)
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To: Uriah_lost

I'm setting it up on my 2 'idle' server, too...
so I should have 2 running 24/7/365 at least


8 posted on 06/08/2006 11:30:50 AM PDT by fhlh (Polls are for Strippers.)
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To: soccer_maniac

Cool, this is a milestone I've been looking forward to: Being able to see our name in the top 100 list on the Donor Stats page (Team Statistics page).


9 posted on 06/08/2006 11:31:15 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: FourtySeven

Yes, we're in the Top 100 (currently at #99 and moving up)

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teamstats


10 posted on 06/08/2006 11:33:01 AM PDT by soccer_maniac (Fine employers $100,000 for every illegal employee they hire-> millions of illegals will self-deport)
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To: FourtySeven

We are where we belong, ON TOP!!


11 posted on 06/08/2006 11:33:36 AM PDT by Uriah_lost (http://www.wingercomics.com/d/20051205.html)
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To: fhlh
I'm setting it up on my 2 'idle' server, too...

Terrific! Welcome to the team!!

12 posted on 06/08/2006 11:33:40 AM PDT by soccer_maniac (Fine employers $100,000 for every illegal employee they hire-> millions of illegals will self-deport)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
Thanks, I just joined 36120.

Awesome! Every new computer helps!! Please invite your friends/famility to join as well. Our goal is to be in the Top 10 teams eventually!

13 posted on 06/08/2006 11:34:59 AM PDT by soccer_maniac (Fine employers $100,000 for every illegal employee they hire-> millions of illegals will self-deport)
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To: fhlh

You prolly have this all sussed out, yourself, but my install and operating experience (XP PRo) has demonstrated that the preferred methodology is to install the Console version and run it as a service.

The Graphical client is pretty to watch, but: a) you're NOT going to be watching it all the time, anyway; b) it monopolizes your OpenGL pipeline so no otehr app that needs OpenGL can execute.

Just my two-bits for anyone looking to get their Wintel box into this gig as painlessly as possible.


14 posted on 06/08/2006 11:44:25 AM PDT by HKMk23 (We keep you alive to serve this ship. Row well, and live.)
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To: soccer_maniac

BTTT


15 posted on 06/08/2006 11:47:10 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: HKMk23

running console version on a 2k3 server as a service... works well!


16 posted on 06/08/2006 11:59:17 AM PDT by fhlh (Polls are for Strippers.)
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To: soccer_maniac

Thanks for the ping. My main processor is down today due to thunder storms in the forecast, but I'll have it up and running again this evening!

I replaced the GUI with the console version because I had to shut it down to play my OpenGl games and I would forget to restart it. With the console version I never even know it's there unless I open the task manager to check on it.


17 posted on 06/08/2006 11:59:43 AM PDT by ahayes (Yes, I have a devious plot. No, you may not know what it is.)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

Yay! Welcome!


18 posted on 06/08/2006 12:00:07 PM PDT by ahayes (Yes, I have a devious plot. No, you may not know what it is.)
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To: soccer_maniac

Big Folding Bump!


19 posted on 06/08/2006 12:34:35 PM PDT by DocRock
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To: soccer_maniac

Stuck in the middle of a 50K WU - BUMP


20 posted on 06/08/2006 1:11:25 PM PDT by uglybiker (Don't blame me. I didn't make you stupid.)
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