Extreme_biker0 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Cancer kills a metric f**k load of people even second, and if you wanna help find a cure, download the folding at home software. You wont even know it's running, but in doing so you ARE contributing.You will be asked to enter a name (prolly use same as your trials forum user name so people know who you are) and a team number. Trials forum is 42023.You'll then show up on the rankings for our team.Can you get to the top of the table, number 1, with your f**king fast new computers?! You've got a fair way to go to beat nmt_oli! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 (edited) I downloaded this a while ago and no matter what they say it does slow down your computer. If it didn't i'd do it. Edited August 13, 2008 by JT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extreme_biker0 Posted August 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I downloaded this a while ago and no matter what they say it does slow down your computer. If it didn't i'd do it.If it did, I wouldn't do it. It uses the very lowest processor priority, meaning everything else gets priority. It uses a small amount of ram, which is unlikely to lead to any further paging on a modern system.What you experience is the placebo effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie Histon Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 could you explain what its all about and how it helps? or give me a link to how i can find out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extreme_biker0 Posted August 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 could you explain what its all about and how it helps? or give me a link to how i can find outFolding at home FAQThere's a youtube vid so you don't even have to read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Just downloaded it, it just says 0 of 5000000 steps...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extreme_biker0 Posted August 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Just downloaded it, it just says 0 of 5000000 steps...?This means your computer is working on folding a protien. 5 million steps later it will have finished, and will upload the results to stanford university. Then you've made a small contribution to possibly finding a cure for cancer! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 But for 10 minutes it hasn't even done 1 step, so 5 million will take weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 but when you divide that across however many people have the software running, the amount of time required is much less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 What you experience is the placebo effect.Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 i used to do it a lot, might install it again now.. i expect this will run real nice on dual core/quad cores etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 But for 10 minutes it hasn't even done 1 step, so 5 million will take weeks Weeks...?I make it 95 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon430 Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Mine says, "Attempting to get work packet". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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