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FR Folding@Home Project Update - Sony Playstation 3 Makes Its Debut!
Fox News Technology ^ | 03/23/2007 | LOU KESTEN, Associated Press Writer

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 ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Health/Medicine; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: folding; foldinghome; ps3
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FOX News gives the Playstation 3 good marks for utilizing Folding@Home to help cure Alzheimer's, diabetes and cancer. Great publicity, great science.

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.

1 posted on 03/23/2007 9:31:03 PM PDT by texas booster
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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 (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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2 posted on 03/23/2007 9:35:01 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: 1066AD; 11Bush; A.Hun; abner; AbsoluteGrace; Advil; aft_lizard; ahayes; aliquando; ambrose; AMD; ...

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!


3 posted on 03/23/2007 9:38:12 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: 1066AD; 11Bush; A.Hun; abner; AbsoluteGrace; Advil; aft_lizard; ahayes; aliquando; ambrose; AMD; ...

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!


4 posted on 03/23/2007 9:38:29 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: manwiththehands; Marie Antoinette; Marie; MarkeyD; MassLengthTime; mastercylinder; Me; MediaMole; ..

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!


5 posted on 03/23/2007 9:39:07 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: texas booster

Oooh. We gotta get some of these... ;')


6 posted on 03/23/2007 9:54:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Sunday, March 11, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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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


7 posted on 03/23/2007 9:56:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Sunday, March 11, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv; JosephW

josephw is running a PS3 smooth as silk.

Except the Stanford stats servers can't keep up with him!


8 posted on 03/23/2007 10:03:04 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: texas booster
working on p3040_supervillin-03 GROMACS core

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?

9 posted on 03/23/2007 10:06:26 PM PDT by txroadkill (Free Ramos and Compean. Duncan Hunter'08)
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To: texas booster
Thanks for ping, it felt good. :)

TB, are you saying that these ps3's are fast?

:O)

P




10 posted on 03/23/2007 10:09:46 PM PDT by papasmurf (Join Team 36120 Free Republic Folders. Folding@Home Enter Name:FRpapasmurf)
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To: txroadkill

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.


11 posted on 03/23/2007 10:14:11 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: papasmurf

Fast, and worth about 800 - 1200 ppd.

Better than a GPU and much more fun.


12 posted on 03/23/2007 10:15:02 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: texas booster

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.]


13 posted on 03/23/2007 10:17:23 PM PDT by HKMk23 (Total domination over all kingdoms under heaven will be given to the saints of YHVH. -- Daniel 7:27)
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To: HKMk23

That's GREAT! I hadn't seen it before.

Now, I've never had a Wii, but I can imagine ...


14 posted on 03/23/2007 10:34:21 PM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: HKMk23; texas booster

OK, so how many Wii's do I need??? LOL


:O)

P


15 posted on 03/23/2007 10:41:25 PM PDT by papasmurf (Join Team 36120 Free Republic Folders. Folding@Home Enter Name:FRpapasmurf)
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To: texas booster

Great!


16 posted on 03/23/2007 11:08:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Sunday, March 11, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: texas booster

36120 bump


17 posted on 03/23/2007 11:40:34 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: texas booster

BTTT


18 posted on 03/24/2007 3:00:20 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: texas booster

BTTT


19 posted on 03/24/2007 3:00:32 AM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: texas booster

Looks like Stanford is having "issues" today.

Hope they get it fixed soon, my first dump from the new SMP client is due today.


20 posted on 03/24/2007 4:53:34 AM PDT by NY.SS-Bar9 (DR #1692 Mitch Rapp would take Jack Bauer's lunch money.)
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