What exactly is folding?

SlowBurn · 10-18-02, 06:49 AM

Hi everyone, I'm curious to know what exactly is folding? I have seen a lot people not only on this site, but others talking about it, but I don't have a clue as to what it is. Just curious, thanks for your time

Exar Jun · 10-18-02, 07:13 AM

DNA has the instructions to string together amino acids in sequence to make a chain that is then "folded" by a machine that turns it into a specific proteins cell. These are folded in such a way that they can make any living cell, be it hair, eye, frog tongue, whatever, out of the few amino acids we know of.

What we do is use our computers in a distributed fashion to have enough power to collectively unfold the proteins and help Stanford gather information that could lead to the cure of several diseases like cancer, parkison, alzheimer's etc. We are trying to figure out how things are sequenced and why and how they get coded in that sequence. One big computer could not be built to be able to process this information alone.

So...we volunteer our spare CPU cycle to process the infomation. Folding takes the lowest priority in you rig so you never see an issue with you rig slowing down or improtant program not running cause the cpu is folding.

This is for the better of use all. Give it a try, you will become addicted like the rest of us.

SlowBurn · 10-18-02, 01:15 PM

WOW! If it might help to find a cure for any disease, I'm in!

I'm putting a new machine together probably Monday. I'm just waiting for my KD7 and my 1600 XP to get here, but I'm definitely interested. How would I go about starting this? TIA.

Arkaine23 · 10-18-02, 01:19 PM

All the info you'll ever need can be found in one of two places. The FAQ sticky at the top of the Folding forum, or at http://folding.stanford.edu

You pretty much just download and go!

Kendan · 10-18-02, 01:21 PM

Welcome to the team. The FAQ is linked in my sig. If you have any more questions after reading the FAQ just ask

Fold on!!!!

SlowBurn · 10-18-02, 01:23 PM

Great! Thanks guys, I'm reading the website right now.

NASsoccer · 10-18-02, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SlowBurn
Great! Thanks guys, I'm reading the website right now.

WELCOME ABOARD slowburn! if you have any questions that aren't answered in the FAQ, just fire away, we will do our best to give an answer!

FOLD ON
NAS

Thespis377 · 10-18-02, 02:03 PM

Don't forget to put
32
to in for the Team you want to fold for. 9-) Also put
Thespis377(www.overclockers.com)
in the Name box. hehe. 9-)

The team is the most important thing though.

Kendan · 10-18-02, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Thespis377
Don't forget to put
32
to in for the Team you want to fold for. 9-) Also put
Thespis377(www.overclockers.com)
in the Name box. hehe. 9-)

The team is the most important thing though.

There is no need for the (www.overclockers.com) that used to be needed in the first F@H but now we have team #s to differentiate. SO all he has to do is put in his name and Put in 32 for the team #. http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html

at the bottom of this link you can see if someone else has the name you want. Good luck!

Fold on!!!!

Thespis377 · 10-18-02, 02:12 PM

but Thespis377(www.overclockers.com) is my folding name. 9-)

Gnerma · 10-18-02, 03:04 PM

SlowBurn, don't to forget to keep you old rig around so you can fold with it too

10-18-02, 06:49 AM	Thread Starter #1
SlowBurn Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New York	What exactly is folding? Hi everyone, I'm curious to know what exactly is folding? I have seen a lot people not only on this site, but others talking about it, but I don't have a clue as to what it is. Just curious, thanks for your time __________________ CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4200+ 247 x 11 (2717) Cooling: COOLER MASTER KHC-L91-U2 Motherboard: EVGA 133-K8-NF41 Memory: 4x 512MB Corsair XMS PC3200 DDR Video: XFX GeForce 8800GTS (600/906) Sound: Creative Audigy 2ZS Hard Drive: 2 SAMSUNG 120GB SATA - RAID 0 DVD-RW: Lite-On 8X DVD+R DVD: Lite-On 16X Power: Enermax 431W PSU Case: Kingwin Modded Case
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10-18-02, 07:13 AM	#2
Exar Jun Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsylvania	DNA has the instructions to string together amino acids in sequence to make a chain that is then "folded" by a machine that turns it into a specific proteins cell. These are folded in such a way that they can make any living cell, be it hair, eye, frog tongue, whatever, out of the few amino acids we know of. What we do is use our computers in a distributed fashion to have enough power to collectively unfold the proteins and help Stanford gather information that could lead to the cure of several diseases like cancer, parkison, alzheimer's etc. We are trying to figure out how things are sequenced and why and how they get coded in that sequence. One big computer could not be built to be able to process this information alone. So...we volunteer our spare CPU cycle to process the infomation. Folding takes the lowest priority in you rig so you never see an issue with you rig slowing down or improtant program not running cause the cpu is folding. This is for the better of use all. Give it a try, you will become addicted like the rest of us. __________________ e6400 - Big Typhoon P5B Deluxe wifi Ballistix 8000 x1950xt - 256 Corsair hx520w Heat If you don't fold...click below F@H Team 32
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10-18-02, 01:15 PM	Thread Starter #3
SlowBurn Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New York	WOW! If it might help to find a cure for any disease, I'm in! I'm putting a new machine together probably Monday. I'm just waiting for my KD7 and my 1600 XP to get here, but I'm definitely interested. How would I go about starting this? TIA. __________________ CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4200+ 247 x 11 (2717) Cooling: COOLER MASTER KHC-L91-U2 Motherboard: EVGA 133-K8-NF41 Memory: 4x 512MB Corsair XMS PC3200 DDR Video: XFX GeForce 8800GTS (600/906) Sound: Creative Audigy 2ZS Hard Drive: 2 SAMSUNG 120GB SATA - RAID 0 DVD-RW: Lite-On 8X DVD+R DVD: Lite-On 16X Power: Enermax 431W PSU Case: Kingwin Modded Case
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10-18-02, 01:19 PM	#4
Arkaine23 Captain Random Senior Evil Genius Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Woodlands, Tx	Folding All the info you'll ever need can be found in one of two places. The FAQ sticky at the top of the Folding forum, or at http://folding.stanford.edu You pretty much just download and go! __________________ Folding.for.team.32.as.OC3d! i5 3570 @ 4.5 \| 8GB \| SSD \| 5-disk Raid 0 \| 660 Ti +154 other/slower clients folding
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10-18-02, 01:21 PM	#5
Kendan Senior Punk Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dark side of hell	Welcome to the team. The FAQ is linked in my sig. If you have any more questions after reading the FAQ just ask Fold on!!!! __________________ Hello:sn:
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10-18-02, 01:23 PM	Thread Starter #6
SlowBurn Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: New York	Great! Thanks guys, I'm reading the website right now. __________________ CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4200+ 247 x 11 (2717) Cooling: COOLER MASTER KHC-L91-U2 Motherboard: EVGA 133-K8-NF41 Memory: 4x 512MB Corsair XMS PC3200 DDR Video: XFX GeForce 8800GTS (600/906) Sound: Creative Audigy 2ZS Hard Drive: 2 SAMSUNG 120GB SATA - RAID 0 DVD-RW: Lite-On 8X DVD+R DVD: Lite-On 16X Power: Enermax 431W PSU Case: Kingwin Modded Case
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10-18-02, 02:03 PM	#8
Thespis377 Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Starkville, MS	Don't forget to put 32 to in for the Team you want to fold for. 9-) Also put Thespis377(www.overclockers.com) in the Name box. hehe. 9-) The team is the most important thing though.
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10-18-02, 02:12 PM	#10
Thespis377 Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Starkville, MS	but Thespis377(www.overclockers.com) is my folding name. 9-)
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10-18-02, 03:04 PM	#11
Gnerma Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Simi Valley, CA - USA	SlowBurn, don't to forget to keep you old rig around so you can fold with it too
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