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TA'ers, help cure disease with your PC
Some of you have probably heard of Folding@Home. Basically, this is a distributed computing project run by Stanford University designed to search for cures to various diseases by doing protein simulations. Here's how it works: You install a small program on your PC, it downloads "work units" to that use the spare processing power of your CPU to crunch numbers for medical research. When the work unit is completed, your PC sends it back and downloads a new one. The Folding program essentially ties together thousands of individual computers from around the world to run these calculations, getting them done much faster than any existing supercomputer. It's a great cause that anyone can participate in. It only takes about 5 minutes of your time and then continues to use the resources of your computer whenever you're not using it.
You can read about it here:
http://folding.stanford.edu/English/FAQ-main
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding@home
One cool thing about it is that you are credited points for each piece of work completed, and you can join different folding teams to engage in a friendly competition. To join the TranceAddict team, enter 351 in the "team" box during installation and all your stats will count towards the total. 
For most people, the "uniprocessor" option during installation is the best choice. This is the version that takes up the least resources and only runs in the background when you aren't doing anything else. The newest version of folding software can be downloaded here: http://folding.typepad.com/news/201...-open-beta.html
For those interested in more advanced options (such as folding with your video card), here is a detailed guide for how to set it up.
Fold away TA! 
folding@home is a cool thing.
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/
seti@home
We had a big team on TA for this about 8 years ago but I remember the project had some issues a few years ago and that's when I stopped being interested -- they weren't even updating the Windows clients.
Link to original thread: http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...?threadid=44919
Then why don't we start back up again? I have a server that would be good for something like this.
yeah I'm in
Haha wow the team is still there
http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin...age&teamnum=351
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| Originally posted by Swamper Haha wow the team is still there http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin...age&teamnum=351 |
I'm up for it. I'll clean up my old laptop and can use that.
Kiva.org
This should go in another thread but while we're on the topic of helping out, is anyone here on Kiva?
http://www.kiva.org/lender/swamp3r
http://www.kiva.org/team/tranceaddict
didn't we do this like 7 years ago?
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| Originally posted by BTG didn't we do this like 7 years ago? |
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| Originally posted by Swamper We had a big team on TA for this about 8 years ago but I remember the project had some issues a few years ago and that's when I stopped being interested -- they weren't even updating the Windows clients. Link to original thread: http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...?threadid=44919 |
I'm reallllly gonna miss cancer one day.
Re: Kiva.org
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| Originally posted by Swamper This should go in another thread but while we're on the topic of helping out, is anyone here on Kiva? http://www.kiva.org/lender/swamp3r http://www.kiva.org/team/tranceaddict |
Kind of one step better than kiva in that it helps people and helps the environment too.
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| Originally posted by nefardec |
Re: Re: Re: Kiva.org
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| Originally posted by Swamper A great idea but I'd be hesitant to participate in that given that I've never heard of it. On a side note, their page has a 'Be a Fan' link for FB but it points to a group instead (which is scheduled to be archived). |
Capitalizt do you want to spearhead this with more detail in a new thread + full instructions to get started + join the TA team? I'll then sticky it... if you're not up for it maybe someone else is but it's a good idea so thanks for bringing this back to the forefront 
i vote YES!
Why would I want to support lame as computational biologists who are to cheap to afford some decent hardware for their useless research. There is a reason why the department doesn't give them the 10.000 bucks it costs to buy a powerful GPU cluster. Because what they do is good for nothing.
You do not help with the curing of cancer by this. All you do is help some fag publish a paper.
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| Originally posted by Meat187 Why would I want to support lame as computational biologists who are to cheap to afford some decent hardware for their useless research. |
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| Originally posted by Capitalizt Let me know when you find a GPU cluster capable of doing 7 petaflops, mmmkay? |
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| Originally posted by clay im on a mac, the gay solution |
We need more folders.. Come on people!
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| Originally posted by djsaekone http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/ seti@home |
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| Originally posted by BTG didn't we do this like 7 years ago? |
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