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TA'ers, help cure disease with your PC
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| Capitalizt |
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! :wtf: |
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| VAR |
folding@home is a cool thing.
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| 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 |
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| ziptnf |
| Then why don't we start back up again? I have a server that would be good for something like this. |
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| VAR |
sweet! TAs making a difference!
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| LAdazeNYnights |
| I'm up for it. I'll clean up my old laptop and can use that. |
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| BTG |
| didn't we do this like 7 years ago? |
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| ziptnf |
| quote: | Originally posted by BTG
didn't we do this like 7 years ago? |
| quote: | 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 think reading the thread might answer your question. |
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