Folding

[TeaLeaf]

dMw run a Folding@Home team and I know they would appreciate your support.

If you've got a few mins, pop over to this thread and why not download and install the F@H client to run in the background and use your unused CPU cycles for the benefit of medical research?

The dMw Folding Team is just outside the top 100 teams in the World and any extra horse power would be appreciated!!

TL.

[kregoron]

Nice ill switch my F@H to run for you instead

[Torir]

Ah ha, so that's what the Dead Men Folding thing was all about, I just thought you were really bad poker players

[Bastet]

Yeh i wonderd the same thing. I might try it later on.

[Sinap]

Rofl, yeah, I dont quite get it

[Bob]

Sounds interesting.

Have heard about a few similar things earlier (something about "discover inteligent life" or something), but never really gave it a try.  I might just give it a shot now - just to contribute some to dMw for hosting these nice forums for us

[TeaLeaf]

Originally posted by Threbrilith@Mar 7 2006, 08:22 AM
Sounds interesting.

Have heard about a few similar things earlier (something about "discover inteligent life" or something), but never really gave it a try.

The 'search for intelligent life' is the SETI project (scanning the skies for looking for extra terrestrial intelligence) and this is also a distributed computing project, however Folding@Home is about medical research.

Put very simple: Most changes in our bodies involve proteins 'folding' or changing their molecular shape when they encounter certain stimuli or catalysts - different shapes enable different behaviours or changes to the body.  The F@H project is trying to understand 'how' proteins fold and more importantly why the occasionally 'misfold'.  It's the misfolds that tend to cause a lot of the medical problems and out of the research comes a better understanding of how to stop proteins misfolding, minimise the damage done by these changes or stop them altogether.  There's a short summary of Folding here if you want to read a little bit more.

I have F@H running in the background all the time on my computers.  I hope this info helps and look forward to seeing you in the dMw F@H teamsheets :thumbsup:

TL.

[TeaLeaf]

So, which brave SoGers have already installed this and joined the team?  

Btw, installing it as a service using the console version means it runs quicker and you have no window to bother you

TL.

[Othbarty]

I have sucsessfully join team 33597

something to work on when idle

[Sinap]

Il have a look when I get home, stupid school PC's

[Bob]

As of now I'm folding for dMw 33597

Btw, the name I fold under, is the nick I use outside WoW, which is Bofur!

[Neff]

Bifur Bofur & bofur , read The hobbit i see bob?

[Bob]

Originally posted by Neff@Mar 8 2006, 03:52 PM
Bifur Bofur & bofur , read The hobbit i see bob?

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Ofcours I've read The Hobbit Neff

And btw, it's Bifur, Bofur & Bombur, you schmuck :narnar:

[Neff]

Its like 12 of them i didnt put them in the right order:P

[Bob]

Originally posted by Neff@Mar 8 2006, 07:59 PM
Its like 12 of them i didnt put them in the right order:P

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Neff, you big tit - not only did you put them in the wrong order, but you mentioned the same hobbit twice

EARTH TO NEFF!!!!! WAKE UP :roflmao: