View Full Version : SoB Folding@Home Team
Dills
24 Jan 2007, 10:04 AM
put your spare CPU power to good use, by helping hundreds of thousands of people 'fold proteins' in an effort to cure some of the worst diseases known to man.
download the tiny application HERE (http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html). upon installation, enter a username and the number 53709 for Team ID (which will make your efforts part of the SoB Team (http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=53709)).
it's pretty much set-it-and-forget-it, as the application runs in the background using only CPU power not in use. there should not be any decrease in productivity, as the F@H application works most when your computer is 'idle'.
Dills
24 Jan 2007, 11:46 AM
oh, and FYI, it's not a scam, it's not spyware/malware ... it's a way for the average citizen to have a part in helping stanford university.
check out some Articles in the Press (http://folding.stanford.edu/press.html), and the Wikipedia Page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding@home) for further clarification.
Dills
31 Jan 2007, 03:28 PM
thanks for your efforts, kooknboo, whoever you may be. :)
OKTerrific
31 Jan 2007, 08:58 PM
I just joined, I feel important
Dills
25 Jun 2007, 11:02 PM
i feel compelled to bump this, maybe get people (back) on it.
the SoB team currently ranks 14,604 out of 71,111 ... c'mon you SoBs!
SoB Bolton
25 Jun 2007, 11:15 PM
Ooh, I'm on this like something that's frequently on something else.
I waste enough protein, may as well bend some.
OKTerrific
25 Jun 2007, 11:19 PM
I was on it for a while, but it drains the crap out of my laptop battery. I will make a point to do it while I'm plugged in.
JamesTaylor
25 Jun 2007, 11:33 PM
Rockin' it Apple style....
mansbro
26 Jun 2007, 11:42 AM
Downloaded. Installed. Running on three Intel Dual-Core iMacs so I'll be killing you PC loving folders shortly. :p
Also adding Folding@Home Icon and link to the SoB team to the front page of the SoB website under links.
SoB Bolton
02 Jul 2007, 09:09 AM
Just realized, the Playstation 3 also supports Folding@Home...downloading now, will have 8 processors folding soon :)
OKTerrific
02 Jul 2007, 09:21 AM
Folding@Home...down
lol
SoB Bolton
02 Jul 2007, 09:36 AM
lol
Hooray for parsing.
mansbro
03 Jul 2007, 09:51 AM
i feel compelled to bump this, maybe get people (back) on it.
the SoB team currently ranks 14,604 out of 71,111 ... c'mon you SoBs!
As of Today we have 9 members on the FaH Team and have moved up to 10,174th place out of 71,951 teams.
If you haven't done so please join!
SoB Bolton
03 Jul 2007, 11:55 AM
Damn man, you're getting huge point-value WUs with that supercomputer you're running.
Z010 Union
03 Jul 2007, 11:57 AM
WTF is a WU?
CrazyUnionBox
03 Jul 2007, 12:14 PM
Work Unit... It is a large download
SoB Bolton
09 Jul 2007, 11:09 AM
Someone's PS3 is almost in first place ;)
http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=53709
mansbro came on all strong but hasn't posted any new results in a while...
mansbro
09 Jul 2007, 03:39 PM
Someone's PS3 is almost in first place ;)
http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=53709
mansbro came on all strong but hasn't posted any new results in a while...
Some of us actually use the computers we have it running on. Plus, it only runs when the system is idle which tell me you're really using that $600 gaming system a great deal!!!
Do you just leave that thing on??
SoB Bolton
09 Jul 2007, 03:59 PM
Yeah, you can't run folding@home and play a game at the same time, so I just leave it on when not playing something.
CrazyUnionBox
09 Jul 2007, 07:51 PM
Well I guess we can nominate Bolton as a Load tester for the PS3 to see if it over heats and bricks like xbox360