Agent M79
03-11-2006, 06:30 PM
I, along with close to 200,000 other people, have taken up ‘Folding Proteins’ for Stanford University in an effort to understand various diseases. Well, not folding actual proteins, but folding ‘virtual’ proteins in a distributed computing environment.
To understand the rest of what I am going to be talking about, go here http://folding.stanford.edu/ and get an explanation of what it is all about and come back and read the rest of this message.
Ok, so now that you know what protein folding is, why it is done, and how distributed contributes to the process, and where you fit in, here is what I am asking for:
Fold.
If you are reading this web site, chances are you have a computer. So fold. I have installed the client on more than 20 computers now and all except 1 of them run the client at 100% CPU load with no impact to performance. I can't even tell it is running. The 1 computer that is not running at 100% is a laptop. At 100%, the fans scream so I moved it to 60% and I can’t even tell it is running anymore.
If you opt to fold and would like to be a chum, fold for my team. My team number is 49008. The team name is ‘Project Crunch Monkey’. If you join team# 49008, you can pick any name you like. There is no reason to try to emulate what may appear to be a structured naming convention. If you look at the team stats page, you will see names that are letters and numbers. Those names were used during my testing phase when I was getting to know the software and it’s various configurations. The name you choose is not important, your free cpu cycles are.
Do you have to fold for my team? No. You can make your own team, join another team, or not even be part of a team at all. If you already have a team, post it here. The important thing is to fold.
If you need some more information or configuration help, feel free to PM me and I will be glad to help.
Thanks for your help.
To understand the rest of what I am going to be talking about, go here http://folding.stanford.edu/ and get an explanation of what it is all about and come back and read the rest of this message.
Ok, so now that you know what protein folding is, why it is done, and how distributed contributes to the process, and where you fit in, here is what I am asking for:
Fold.
If you are reading this web site, chances are you have a computer. So fold. I have installed the client on more than 20 computers now and all except 1 of them run the client at 100% CPU load with no impact to performance. I can't even tell it is running. The 1 computer that is not running at 100% is a laptop. At 100%, the fans scream so I moved it to 60% and I can’t even tell it is running anymore.
If you opt to fold and would like to be a chum, fold for my team. My team number is 49008. The team name is ‘Project Crunch Monkey’. If you join team# 49008, you can pick any name you like. There is no reason to try to emulate what may appear to be a structured naming convention. If you look at the team stats page, you will see names that are letters and numbers. Those names were used during my testing phase when I was getting to know the software and it’s various configurations. The name you choose is not important, your free cpu cycles are.
Do you have to fold for my team? No. You can make your own team, join another team, or not even be part of a team at all. If you already have a team, post it here. The important thing is to fold.
If you need some more information or configuration help, feel free to PM me and I will be glad to help.
Thanks for your help.