[O/C]Introduction to Folding@Home and Team 32

Overclockers.com · 12-23-09, 09:04 AM

Introduction to Folding@Home and Team 32
by Adak

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Folding@Home is the world’s largest distributed computing project. We work to discover the shape of critical proteins in our body as they arrange themselves, or “fold”, into their working shape. It’s quite amazing!

Every disease you can think of affects us by damaging proteins in our body: muscles, nerves, bone, blood, organs – they’re all made from proteins. The proteins must fold right, in order to work right. Think of a key with the wrong shape. Not only does it not work, it might very well stop a good lock, or another key, from working. That’s how it is with our proteins.

Science has been trying to study these complicated marvels for generations but, doing it by han is very slow work. Wouldn’t it be great if we could harness the laws of physics and the power of our computers? Perhaps run some sophisticated protein folding simulations and speed up all this research?

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I.M.O.G. · 12-23-09, 09:55 AM

Here's a link for those interested, to see how stats are reported for the work we do for the folding@home project:
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.c...ry.php?s=&t=32

Watching your production increase and pass by teammates can be a bit addictive.

Surferseth · 12-23-09, 12:27 PM

Nice Artice Adak! Helps explain the complexities of folding in a simple, clear, and straightforward way.

I believe your missing a d here "doing it by han[d] is very slow work"

harlam357 · 12-23-09, 12:49 PM

Very nice write up! Great work Adak!

Jolly-Swagman · 12-23-09, 01:32 PM

Great write up Adak, well done and informative for newcomers to folding@home,

Adak · 12-23-09, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Surferseth

Nice Artice Adak! Helps explain the complexities of folding in a simple, clear, and straightforward way.

I believe your missing a d here "doing it by han[d] is very slow work"

Didn't you know that the Han Dynasty started Folding@Home, but their abacuses were *so* very slow!

Thanks for the proofread, Surferseth. The missing "d" is a copy/paste error, only. It's not missing in the actual article.

Thanks for all the kind words, everyone.

I.M.O.G. · 12-23-09, 06:38 PM

It was missing in the actual article, until I fixed it thanks to surferseth's comment.

Adak · 12-23-09, 10:41 PM

It's not on my original copy.

TommyHolly · 12-30-09, 02:15 PM

Great job at summarizing!

Don't forget to mention F@H is not just on PCs but also thigs like the Playstation 3.

dylskee · 01-07-10, 04:16 PM

Nice write-up Adak!

Adak · 01-07-10, 04:49 PM

Thanks everyone.

the garynator · 01-08-10, 05:30 PM

Awesome article Adak! I'm going to have to use that analogy in the future

-Gary

12-23-09, 09:55 AM	#2
I.M.O.G. Homeless Leader Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Rootstown, OH	Here's a link for those interested, to see how stats are reported for the work we do for the folding@home project: http://folding.extremeoverclocking.c...ry.php?s=&t=32 Watching your production increase and pass by teammates can be a bit addictive. __________________ The OC Forums Way We are a team. We are a community. We are a fellowship made strong by mutual respect and shared dedication to the task of enriching all who come here. The OC Forums Thank You Thread Put your computer to work for our OC Forum Teams! Try out our POST TEMPLATES, they save you time answering common questions! I spend half my money on CPUs, GPUs, and Liquid Nitrogen. The other half I waste.
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12-23-09, 12:27 PM	#3
Surferseth Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Folding@Home in the City of Lost Angels	Nice Artice Adak! Helps explain the complexities of folding in a simple, clear, and straightforward way. I believe your missing a d here "doing it by han[d] is very slow work" __________________ Core i7 920@3.6GHz (180x20) - Noctua U12P SE2 - Gigabyte X58-UD5 - HyperX 1600MHz DDR3 3x2GB - 9800GT - OCZ GameXtreme 700w - NZXT Tempest Core i7 860@3.8GHz (181x21) - Corsair H50 - BioStar TP55 - HyperX 1600Mhz DDR3 2x2GB - 8800GT - OCZ ModExtreme 600w - Antec 300 Q6600@3.2GHz (356 x 9) - Zalman 9700 - 780i - Patriot 800Mhz EPP 2x2GB - 9600GT - Antec EarthWatts 500w - Antec P182 2 x Dual Xeon 5500 MacPro towers @ 2.26GHz (16 threads each!) All Folding for Team32 Join Team32 today! I am a Team32 Folding Mentor, ask me about folding@home
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12-23-09, 12:49 PM	#4
harlam357 Senior Fold-a-holic Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: @Home... Folding@Home	Very nice write up! Great work Adak! __________________ HFM.NET - Client Monitoring Application for Folding@Home \| Team 32 Super Sticky \| Project Quadteron \| Heat (66-0-0)
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12-23-09, 01:32 PM	#5
Jolly-Swagman Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Folding@Home in Downunder Australia.Victoria	Great write up Adak, well done and informative for newcomers to folding@home, __________________ MyHeat I'm a Team 32 Folding Mentor - Ask me about Folding Jolly's CM-690 Acentos de Cobre E8500@4.27Ghz(450x9.5)\|GA-X48T-DQ6\|CoolIT VANTAGE ALC\|DDR3 4GB GSkill Ripjaws 8-8-8-27\|Evga-GTX-295 +9800GT\|EA-750W\| BenQ e2200HD 1080p OS-Win7 Ult x64 The Milestone Thread 4.0 \| TEAM32 Folding@home- FACEBOOK PAGE \| The Sled Acrylic Tech Bench www.gastephen.com
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12-23-09, 06:38 PM	#7
I.M.O.G. Homeless Leader Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Rootstown, OH	It was missing in the actual article, until I fixed it thanks to surferseth's comment. __________________ The OC Forums Way We are a team. We are a community. We are a fellowship made strong by mutual respect and shared dedication to the task of enriching all who come here. The OC Forums Thank You Thread Put your computer to work for our OC Forum Teams! Try out our POST TEMPLATES, they save you time answering common questions! I spend half my money on CPUs, GPUs, and Liquid Nitrogen. The other half I waste.
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12-23-09, 10:41 PM	#8
Adak Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006	It's not on my original copy. Last edited by Adak; 01-07-10 at 04:47 PM.
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12-30-09, 02:15 PM	#9
TommyHolly Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chicago	Great job at summarizing! Don't forget to mention F@H is not just on PCs but also thigs like the Playstation 3. __________________ sig deleted by muddocktor-take it up with the Admins
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01-07-10, 04:16 PM	#10
dylskee Member Join Date: Mar 2005	Nice write-up Adak! __________________ i7 920 Classified X58 760 eVGA GTX 680 4GB Gentle Typhoon 1850s 12GB 6x2GB Corsair Dominator 1600 120GB OCZ Vertex II SSD - 1TB External HDD 850W CoolerMaster RS-850-EMBA PSU LG 32LD450 32" Dell 2209WA 22" Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit Heatware 124-0-0
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Adak Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006	Thanks everyone.
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01-08-10, 05:30 PM	#12
the garynator Chief folding_monkey Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Wrightstown, WI	Awesome article Adak! I'm going to have to use that analogy in the future -Gary __________________ folding_monkeys needs you!!!! Join the folding_monkeys folding@home subteam. Lian Li V2000b; Promise EX8350 Raid controller; 120GB G.Skill SSD; 9x 320gb (2x RAID 0 ext); 150gb Raptor; 500gb; 3x 1tb; 4x 2tb; PCP&C 610w and 750w; MSI 280GTX; Asus Rampage Formula; Q6600 @ 3.2ghz; 8gb GSkill DDR800; Liteon DVDRW; 32" 1080p LG; 22" Dell widescreen Black Belt Ubercloxx0r My Heat
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