FR Folding@Home Project Update -- We're in the Top 110 of all teams with 6 Million points

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
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Folding@home Client Download

FreeRepublic.com Folder Stats

Extreme Overclockers Stats for FreeRepublic

Another Stats Page

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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

BTTT

...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

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

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! :-)

Proud to be Folding for FR Ping!

ping to new friends.

tb

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.

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.

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?

Be sure that you have 36120 for the team number

Zeugma top 20 bump! :-)

I'll deal with it tonight if I can.

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

Tribute to Ronald Reagan Bump!!!!!!

Folding Freepers Hump Day Bump!

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

My pleasure.