David
06-09-02, 09:16 AM
I was thinking about possibly having a thread in Forum FAQ and Guidelines about Folding@Home. I remember I asked this a while back and I think Skip or one of the mods said that if we get a thread set up, he will put it in the Forum FAQ. This is just a 'prototype thread' feek free to add details to it. I will edit out this italic bit before the thread is relocated
Folding@Home? Whats that?
Folding@Home (http://folding.stanford.edu) is a distributed computing project which aims to study the way in which proteins (the substances in all organisms that make up the physical and physiological characteristics and are responsible for all living processes) fold into their shape before becoming ready for their job.
So why study folding proteins?
The research teams involved with Folding@Home are concerned more with what happens when proteins dont fold correctly. This can cause many defects and diseases such as Cancer, Parkinsons, Alzheimers and Phenylketonuria (PKU).
What do I have to do? Whats this got to do with me? I know nothing about biochemistry
Folding @ Home needs your CPU power. It uses idle CPU cycles to simulate protein folding and sends results back to Stanford for analysis.
Why my PC? Why not use a supercomputer?
There is currently no supercomputer fast enought to complete all the calculations. However there is massive untapped computing power in idle PCs.
What do I have to do?
Download the appropriate client from http://folding.stanford.edu and choose a username. Enter team as 32. And just let it run in the background.
Fold on!! :clap: :beer: :D
Folding@Home? Whats that?
Folding@Home (http://folding.stanford.edu) is a distributed computing project which aims to study the way in which proteins (the substances in all organisms that make up the physical and physiological characteristics and are responsible for all living processes) fold into their shape before becoming ready for their job.
So why study folding proteins?
The research teams involved with Folding@Home are concerned more with what happens when proteins dont fold correctly. This can cause many defects and diseases such as Cancer, Parkinsons, Alzheimers and Phenylketonuria (PKU).
What do I have to do? Whats this got to do with me? I know nothing about biochemistry
Folding @ Home needs your CPU power. It uses idle CPU cycles to simulate protein folding and sends results back to Stanford for analysis.
Why my PC? Why not use a supercomputer?
There is currently no supercomputer fast enought to complete all the calculations. However there is massive untapped computing power in idle PCs.
What do I have to do?
Download the appropriate client from http://folding.stanford.edu and choose a username. Enter team as 32. And just let it run in the background.
Fold on!! :clap: :beer: :D