TB, are you saying that these ps3's are fast?
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Posted on 03/23/2007 9:31:00 PM PDT by texas booster
_INTO THE FOLD: Despite all the criticism the PlayStation 3 has received, everyone acknowledges it's a powerful piece of hardware. Scientists at Stanford University want to harness that power while you're not using it to play "Virtual Fighter."
The researchers are studying the folding and misfolding of proteins, processes that may lead to diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and many kinds of cancer. It requires a lot of computing power to simulate the processes, so the Folding@home program has set up a global network of computers to handle the calculations.
By the end of this month, Internet-connected PS3 owners will be able to donate time on their machines to the Folding@home project. It's the first "distributed computing" project to take advantage of the PS3's zippy Cell processor, and Sony promises it won't be the last.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
If you have a PlayStation 3 that is not being gamed on 24 hours a day, please consider going to the Sony Store and downloading the program. Takes just a couple of minutes and you will be part of the reseach that may cure many diseases!
Use 36120 for the team number (FReepers) and your FReep name to start getting credit as the work units roll in.
And PLEASE post here if you have any problems at all.
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 they were given exclusive access to all of the world's supercomputers, Stanford 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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Ping to the start of a new thread and a new Folding platform - the Playstation 3!
Its finally here and working, but the Stanford University network is kinda having problems tonight!
Ping to the start of a new thread and a new Folding platform - the Playstation 3!
Its finally here and working, but the Stanford University network is kinda having problems tonight!
Ping to the start of a new thread and a new Folding platform - the Playstation 3!
Its finally here and working, but the Stanford University network is kinda having problems tonight!
Oooh. We gotta get some of these... ;')
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=ps3
WND Exclusive: Why Iraq's buying up Sony PlayStation 2s
Source: World Net Daily
Published: December 19, 2000 Author: Joseph Farah
Posted on 12/19/2000 01:16:53 PST by Singapore_Yank
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3a3f27852c0f.htm
josephw is running a PS3 smooth as silk.
Except the Stanford stats servers can't keep up with him!
I have been down for a while (my laptop was stolen while I was @ school). Not a real bad thing because I needed a new one anyway and bonus... my car insurance paid for it!
By the way, I bought a new PC and networked my two old ones and put them in my kids rooms. Can I load the folding program into all three of them and use the same user name, or do I need a new one for each computer?
No, use the same team number and name for each system.
When you look at the charts you will see that some of us have a dozen computers folding away. That's how we do it.
You can even us an old folding name if you want to keep the old points.
Fast, and worth about 800 - 1200 ppd.
Better than a GPU and much more fun.
You've perhaps seen the PC/Mac commercials with the guy in the suit, and the "dude". Here's a similar one about PS3 v. wii.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9136575504838642038
[Might not be safe for your office, depending upon how stringent a policy you operate under.]
That's GREAT! I hadn't seen it before.
Now, I've never had a Wii, but I can imagine ...
OK, so how many Wii's do I need??? LOL
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Great!
36120 bump
BTTT
BTTT
Looks like Stanford is having "issues" today.
Hope they get it fixed soon, my first dump from the new SMP client is due today.
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