Ultimate Guide To Folding@home

[Ben Robertson]

Is it a Pentium 4 with HT tech? HT means it will only show it using 50% but its not really.

[mater1975]

since no-one else posted it. we passed the 4000 yesterday.

http://vspx27.stanford.edu/awards/tcert.ph...4016&t=wus&bg=4

[Tanashis]

if your machine has sse commands, then go to your startup folder, and alter then folding at home run command, and add the -advmethods switch, this should give u mostly gromacs, which use optimisations, where as the tinker core doesnt, thats why they are slower.

[Stuart D]

I can't remember the team number..

http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/p-ult...3/postcount472

[ijaz]

Just a few questions;

1) Is there any risk to my P.C me running this? I normally leave it on overnight downloading is this roughly equivalent or does it use alot more CPU power to fold? MY P.C's not going to melt halfway through the night or die under stress?

2) If I wish to remove the program I can just remove it without any bits remaining and running after I have done so?

3) What is the information gleamed going to be used for? Is it just to be used by Standford University or the scientific community as a whole? Is there a chance that this insight into proteins allow people to perform nastier tasks (Stuff like cloning - I know this is DNA modification but proteins and amino acids often tie in pretty closely - or creation of harmful biological weapons)?

4) Is this actually worthwhile or will the whole thing be discredited in a years time when the scientists find there actually doing something a bit wrong and all this folding info is useless?

5) Are the pics on the user interface the actual pics of the protein being folded or are they just random images?

[yearlyattitude]

they are probably tinkers, they'll take w hile but you'll get quite a bit of points ofr them.

[Lance P]

hmmmmm ..........

My school has over 100 new G5's .... I have a little idea. Stay tuned :P

[jerrod02_99]

My main rig just got back online after 2 weeks of repairs.



Let me guess, im in last?

[Drak O]

why dont you just update the first page of the old topic?

{I}{K}{E}

btw. wasnt this spammed before on all the worlds?

I move this to the lounge because I think it fits there better.

[Lisa L]

I didn't notice mine when it happened either.