Wait wait wait....What's Folding?

[smifis]

I've always seen people talk about it and mention it but what exactly is it?

[Lorem-Ipsum]

http://folding.stanford.edu/

[iGoD ReleNtLeS]

a distributed computing project. Basicaly, proteins in your body 'fold' and what Folding@Home does is simulates EVERY possible way a protein can fold. If a protein folds wrong it can cause deseases such as Alzheimer's, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers. We run F@H on our computers because there is so many possibilities that it would just be impossible for Stanford University to complete the project with the many servers/PCs they may have. Best of all when we run it on our computers it only uses System Resources that are NOT being used on the PC, it will only use the idle processes of the CPU/GPU or whatever you may be folding on, However all this extra activity on the CPU/GPU may cause your electricity bill to rise a little.

EDIT: Oh i forgot to mention that running F@H will also contribute towards find a cure for these diseases.

[InFiNiTy]

WOW

I can fold on my mac now


How do i put what i fold in my sig?

[Mr. Lime]

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/sigs/sigimage.php?un=The_Tech_Guru&t=91717&c1=878787&c2=383838&c3=383838&c4=030303&c5=00c9577

replace

The_Tech_Guru

with the name you fold under :)

[InFiNiTy]

ite ite ite

erm
Thankss

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/sigs/sigimage.php?un=Elliott&t=91717&c1=878787&c2=383838&c3=383838&c4=030303&c5=00c9577

No work!

2nd attempt

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/sigs/sigimage.php/un=Elliott/t=91717/sigimage.gif

[Seanbond]

you need to complete some WU's first.

[iGoD ReleNtLeS]

Once you complete your first WU and its uploaded and the board updated your sig will appear.

[InFiNiTy]

Whats a WU?

How do i do one

[iGoD ReleNtLeS]

WU = Work Unit. Its the peice of work that your PC is working on, if your running a CPU client it may take a few hours, it may take a few days, depends on your CPU and how your PC is being used. GPU will again take a couple of ours, and at most a day.

You can use the viewer to see how your WU is doing by right clicking the F@H icon in your system tray and selecting Display, how ever this will slow down your rate of folding as your systems resources are being used to give you that display which is very demanding on your GPU. You can use FahMon (http://fahmon.net/) to monitor your clients without hindering performance. Download and Install, run the program, then hit

Clients > Add new Client

Name the client... CPU1, GPU 1 or whatever you want. Then use to browse button to locate the install directory of the client... so C:/Programs/Folding@Home/CPU Client. Give it 30 mins or so and it will give a projectory of how long the WU will take, how far done it is so far and so on.

[InFiNiTy]

IM on a mac, :S

[iGoD ReleNtLeS]

http://www.cultofmac.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/DoubleFacePalm.jpg

Not sure if anyonelse here folds on Mac. Try some googling or a post in the Stanford Forum (http://foldingforum.org/)

EDIT: Apologies for it being a harsh, i didnt mean for it to be taken that way. What i meant was that no one else here folds on a Mac.

[146Kilos]

Bit Harsh ?
No Need !
It was stated earlier on.

LOL at the pic though, not seen it in a while.


Edit: I'm sure anybody who regularly reads this Forum would know you meant no offence, but if not, that truly was an epic put down.

[smifis]

Sounds funky!!

Alright, i'm in. :)

I'll set it up after i finish the 4 essays due in today...=/ Yes, i know the day has ended

[146Kilos]

I like the sig, I dread to think what used Cup A Soup actually is though.
Welcome aboard The Good Ship 91717 anyway

[Mr. Lime]

Theres a ship? :D

a folding ship? lol

origami?

[iGoD ReleNtLeS]

I like the sig, I dread to think what used Cup A Soup actually is though.
Welcome aboard The Good Ship 91717 anyway

Its actually nice stuff. Oxtail with an extra oxo-cube in it tastes loverly.

[smifis]

Its actually nice stuff. Oxtail with an extra oxo-cube in it tastes loverly.

Re-read....XD


...I dread to think what used Cup A Soup actually is though...

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[146Kilos]

LOL
We probably won't see him for days now, nice comeback :D

Apologies Mr. Guru, no insult intended but that was hilarious.

[smifis]

He'll be back ;)

lol

[iGoD ReleNtLeS]

lol i didnt see that bit...

[smifis]

we figured :)

[146Kilos]

I'm off to get a steaming hot mug of urine & put an Oxo cube in it as recommended :)

[smifis]

dont make the same error as me and use dog urine. It must be cat as it says on the packet.