Folding@Home team?
Posted: May 2, 2006 4:12 pm
So, I have to admit that I'm not a JB fan but my mother is and I made this account to keep an eye on her...rofl. Anways, I recently joined a Folding@Home team and my mother is convinced that the program that runs all the time on our computer now is a peice of malicious spyware/addware/whatever. I tried explaining to her what it was but I can't do it justice. Who better to explain it to her and possibly other JB fans than...well...other JB fans. So, if you have any experiences or can explain it well give it a try.
Also, it would be really good if you could get a team going...It's easy and you're helping a good cause.
btw...here's the best definition I could find of what it is exactly doing:
You may have heard about distributed computing projects set up to process signals from space for signs of extraterrestrial life (SETI) and to find cures for various strains of cancer.
What this means is that a computer with the grid software and an online connection can join the larger network of computers working on the same problem and help process small bits of information when the processor isn't being taxed by the user, thus contributing to solving the much larger problem.
FightAIDS@Home is one such project aimed at "using computation methods to identify candidate drugs that have the right shape and chemical characteristics to block HIV protease." So if you aren't running hardcore benchmarks or super l337 games all the time, you've got some processor cycles to spare for a good cause. Just leave it on in the background if you aren't doing anything other than websurfing, listening to music or watching a DVD on your computer. The program runs at the lowest priority possible so it backs off whenever another app needs your CPU. It even doubles as a screensaver on the PC.
Also, it would be really good if you could get a team going...It's easy and you're helping a good cause.
btw...here's the best definition I could find of what it is exactly doing:
You may have heard about distributed computing projects set up to process signals from space for signs of extraterrestrial life (SETI) and to find cures for various strains of cancer.
What this means is that a computer with the grid software and an online connection can join the larger network of computers working on the same problem and help process small bits of information when the processor isn't being taxed by the user, thus contributing to solving the much larger problem.
FightAIDS@Home is one such project aimed at "using computation methods to identify candidate drugs that have the right shape and chemical characteristics to block HIV protease." So if you aren't running hardcore benchmarks or super l337 games all the time, you've got some processor cycles to spare for a good cause. Just leave it on in the background if you aren't doing anything other than websurfing, listening to music or watching a DVD on your computer. The program runs at the lowest priority possible so it backs off whenever another app needs your CPU. It even doubles as a screensaver on the PC.
