[Klutz Dohanger]

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 it works:

You download a safe, tested program 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 to starting folding for Team FreeRepublic:

1.)Download the folding program from Stanford University's folding download page. 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.

[RedWing9]

I'm in, 80% of my 2.875ghz P4 w/1GB of memory.... Holding back the throttle because of my O/C... Username is of course my handle...

[cgk]

bump!

[cgk]

PING to new thread!

[ican'tbelieveit]

bttt

[GrandmaPatriot]

Bump for later read

[Malsua]

I wonder what the sidebar moderator has to say on the issue of adding this continuing thread to Technical instead of the one that's in there now.

[Clara Lou]

We're 906 and drawing a bead on some new marks. Yay!

On the disheartening side, I left my 'puter on all night [monitor off, closed all possible programs, closed web connection]. This morning, only 12 more frames were completed. Thought I'd have more than that done. Tinker core is tough--160/400.

[Drango]

336 out of 400 frames done...should have some results today?

[KJC1]

I just signed up for the FR team, and it says my first work unit is scheduled to end in 78 DAYS!

Does that sound right?

[uglybiker]

Sent my first completed work unit just after ringing in the new year.

I'm on the list!

[texas booster]

Laundry day at the FreeRepublic.com Folders!

Please let me know if you want on or off the ping list.

[systematic]

FreeRepublic.com Folders

Date of last work unit	2006-01-01 12:15:18
Active CPUs within 50 days	272
Team Id	36120
Grand Score	258767 (certificate)
Work Unit Count	2222 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate)	901 of 41974
Home Page	http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/browse
Fast Teampage URL	http://fah-web.stanford.edu/teamstats/team36120.html

[systematic]

Team members

Rank (within team)	User	Score	WU
1	Klutz_dohanger	24380	256
2	Texas_Booster	23138	182
3	Compaq_Owner	21057	156
4	Malsua	20562	150
5	Dads_AMD3000	18445	64
6	Compaq_Owner3	12397	104
7	Ken_in_Texas	10675	47
8	Uriah	7350	68
9	umbagi	7250	66
10	bubba_sales	7014	58
11	T_Admin	6796	53
12	Jim	5799	44
13	Andrewksu	4927	34
14	Chesterbelloc	4770	43
15	Tony1	4057	28
16	dfwddr	3568	57
17	rach_FR	3489	39
18	Kingu	3318	32
19	Steve_Wilson_1	2884	26
20	Jinx	2867	36
21	LSimpson	2514	17
22	Weasel	2512	22
23	Vern_1	2359	20
24	Hawkeyes_Girl	2352	10
25	mediamole	2320	19
26	ENDUSER_Michael	2298	16
27	BoT	2137	88
28	kenth	2007	21
29	Compaq_Owner_David	1782	17
30	Seamoth	1782	20
31	Brian_Admin	1649	12
32	Mount_Athos	1645	14
33	mouser	1622	8
34	Professional_Engineer	1591	17
35	susan	1412	14
36	A.Hun	1394	14
37	Tactical	1322	9
38	FRpapasmurf	1065	11
39	vidi	1013	8
40	Slothful1	1009	11
41	dangermouse	1008	7
42	David_G_1	990	8
43	Kevin_Inspiron	952	6
44	VICI	927	9
45	FourtySeven	895	8
46	Flyer_FR	875	10
47	Trax_Admin	848	7
48	cgk	833	8
49	FReeper_Dundee	806	2
50	ezsmoke	753	4
51	KGJ1	689	7
52	KGJ2	652	6
53	VAcharonD1	639	2
54	Veni	618	10
55	sales_don	616	4
56	RetroSexual	598	13
57	Tami	594	4
58	Big_Bobs_FTW_1	549	3
59	xeniast	526	3
60	houeto	526	6
61	doc11355	506	12
62	ValorDaus	472	5
63	David_Griffith	453	4
64	fzx12345	443	6
65	Treb	436	6
66	SamFromLivingston	415	8
67	hessian	412	6
68	ArgentCent	377	2
69	MarkeyD	338	4
70	ewg	321	3
71	brityank	304	4
72	Vladimir_F	287	10
73	VeniVidiVici	287	4
74	patricia_bell	269	2
75	manwiththehands	257	2
76	Suzy_Que	246	2
77	Tigermoth	245	3
78	dblevins	241	1
79	TheMightyQuinn	239	1
80	arderenne	230	5
81	Cementjungle	227	2
82	Regina_Plumm	225	3
83	ShakeNJake	221	2
84	RebelTex	219	4
85	sshultz460	206	1
86	Drachenfels	206	1
87	Jacy	199	2
88	Craigon69	199	2
89	smith288	199	2
90	CPQ_1700	197	2
91	FRstentor	188	2
92	MONTANADAL	187	3
93	Hoplite	184	4
94	William_Helvig	184	4
95	Michael_K	182	1
96	HangThemHigh	182	1
97	Happy_Babymoon	182	1
98	Klutza_dohanger	177	3
99	Cralic	173	2
100	BitDrifter	172	3
101	Heil_Dad	171	3
102	non-anonymous	164	2
103	DocRock	153	1
104	_MontanaDal	139	2
105	Hiredhand	138	3
106	Tax_Government	133	1
107	Mississippi_Freeper	133	3
108	ChadGore	94	2
109	Clara_Lou	93	1
110	paulat2	92	2
111	rodneymatlock	92	2
112	stylin19a	92	2
113	pbrown	92	2
114	Senator_Bedfellow	87	2
115	uglybiker	86	1
116	Roger__Heidt	51	1
117	GL-Bartaholic	48	1
118	Pitcherfan19	48	1
119	RedWing9	48	1
120	Klurz_dohanger	46	1
121	paengineer	46	1
122	FrogMom	46	1
123	PureSolace	46	1
124	mastercylinder	46	1
125	GLDoug	46	1
126	Swordmaker	46	1
127	Katya	46	1
128	linda_gei	46	1
129	greenbo__	46	1
130	placerville9	46	1
131	feefee	46	1
132	DocRock_2	46	1
133	SC_Swamp_Fox	46	1
134	Becky1	41	1
135	jarod_1	19	1

[Katya]

I started yesterday and am on my second WU....my 11 year old has been monitoring our progress and is very excited.

[systematic]

WLECOME new members!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[systematic]

DUmmies are trying to raise an army of 300 computers

They made an avatar to promote their team
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=753&mesg_id=968

[NonValueAdded]

NVA has joined the team but with my older system, perhaps I should have registered as "pokey."

[Xenalyte]

Um, any way we might get an L in its proper place in the thread title?

[VeniVidiVici]

Interesting. One of my machines is a dual-core Intel and the other a dual-core AMD. Both have both cores running folding and both started approx. the same time. Here are the current results:
(read: Standing, Name, Points, WUs)

39 VICI 1080 10
40 vidi 1013 8

I'm assuming both have been issued different workloads since they were brought into the "fold".