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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Another Stats Page

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Dummie Folding Threads #7 #8 #9#10#11

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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:

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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

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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.