I know this has been around for a while, but it's "new to me", so I thought I would share and see what kind of interest I could generate.
I got the idea to create an EN World Team from the Giant in the Play Ground forums. Below is a synopsis posted there:
"For those who don't know what Folding@Home is, here is a brief run-down:
In a nut shell, it is a distributed computing project working towards scientific research to prevent and cure disease. Basically, the researchers need a big giant computer to do some very complex mathematical calculations. That of course costs a lot of money, money they don't have as they are a non-profit organisation and all research will be published freely for everyone. So, instead, they organize thousands of people to have their personal computers run small fractions of the calculations in the computer's spare time, when it wouldn't be doing anything anyway."
Almost everyone here at ENWorld has a computer, and most should have plenty of CPU cycles to spare. I am going to download the client tonight and start processing!
The GitPG link above also has lots of good information on the different clients available.
To join the EN World Team at Folding@home, enter the Team# 93754 when you install/set up the client. This will let our combined results be tracked together.
Links
Find out more about Folding@Home (homepage)
Results Folding@Home has already had
Download Folding@Home
EN_World Team Page
Post here if you like the idea, or just sign up! I will try and do monthly updates in this thread to show progress and keep this in the spotlight
I got the idea to create an EN World Team from the Giant in the Play Ground forums. Below is a synopsis posted there:
"For those who don't know what Folding@Home is, here is a brief run-down:
In a nut shell, it is a distributed computing project working towards scientific research to prevent and cure disease. Basically, the researchers need a big giant computer to do some very complex mathematical calculations. That of course costs a lot of money, money they don't have as they are a non-profit organisation and all research will be published freely for everyone. So, instead, they organize thousands of people to have their personal computers run small fractions of the calculations in the computer's spare time, when it wouldn't be doing anything anyway."
Almost everyone here at ENWorld has a computer, and most should have plenty of CPU cycles to spare. I am going to download the client tonight and start processing!
The GitPG link above also has lots of good information on the different clients available.
To join the EN World Team at Folding@home, enter the Team# 93754 when you install/set up the client. This will let our combined results be tracked together.
Links
Find out more about Folding@Home (homepage)
Results Folding@Home has already had
Download Folding@Home
EN_World Team Page
Post here if you like the idea, or just sign up! I will try and do monthly updates in this thread to show progress and keep this in the spotlight
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