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That’s the catfish that had the rubber ball in its’ mouth....

That, and the fact salmon is good, is why I eat a lot of salmon.

Geez..Last time I saw a face like this one it had a hook in it!! LOL

Many have seen our postings on the FReeper Folding@home team, but for newcomers and those with new systems, please consider helping out.

Stanford University is running a distributed computing effort called Folding@home, which allows users to run a simulation of protein folding on our computers. Currently well over 420,000 computers are crunching the simulation trying to find a cure for Alzheimer's Disease, along with other diseases that are related to misfolded proteins (prions).

Please consider joining the effort as part of team 36120 - Free Republic Folders - A Tribute to Ronald Reagan. We keep about 200 active FReepers and friends running the simulation on around 1,000 computers and Playstation 3.

Look here for more info:

http://folding.stanford.edu/

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 user-name.
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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List of Relevant Folding Links
Why Fold - Watch This !!

Another Folding Clip

The Inner Life of a Cell

Folding@home Client Download

FreeRepublic.com Folder Stats

Extreme Overclockers Stats for FreeRepublic

Another Stats Page

Folding@home New Forum

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Competition (Not!!) Dummies ..Daily Kos

Dummie Folding Threads #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12
Hey DUmmies, can't ya'll post a new thread at least once a year?

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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

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The question I always have is, if you take a supplement, does it survive the digestive system? And if it gets into the bloodstream in a satisfactory way, does it pass the blood-brain barrier and actually get into your brain where it can do some good? I’m unsure.