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#1 Aug 28 2007 at 5:55 AM Rating: Excellent
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Gamers unite!

Do you know someone with a mind-afflicting disease? A body-wrecking Cancer? Feel powerless to help them? Here's your chance...

Since October 2000, Stanford University has an application that you can partake in called Folding@Home. Over one million CPUs throughout the world have participated in this distributed computing project. The goal of this project is to research protein folding and misfolding to gain an understanding of how these are related to disease. See F@H's Executive Summary, in PDF, here.

Targeted diseases include (but are not limited to) such as Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers and cancer-related syndromes.

It's a small application that runs in the background of your computer (XP/Vista/Linux/MacOSX) or as a stand alone program on your home console, the Playstation 3.

I've started a Team for the members of Allakhazam called Allakhazam's Magical Research Realm (Team# 85020). Team Statistics: Please allow 3 to 24 hours to populate.

Simply download Folding@Home and join the team: To join, just put the team's number in the configuration panel (on graphical clients) or enter the team number at the first time you run the client (for text console versions).

You can view our weekly status here at Overclocking.com
A very nifty site for tracking everyones process. We've made great leaps and bounds since our inception.

Via Technobob in the FFXI Forums wrote:
For those who would like to run the console version, you can configure it to run as a service on system startup, IIRC, you can set up F@H on it's first run, but if it doesn't, you can do the following:

For Windows users, create a shortcut of the executable file in the same folder, right client on that shortcut, and in the target field, add a -config at the end. it should look like "C:\...\Folding@Home\Fah5xx-Console.exe" -config (My path is "C:\Program Files\Folding@Home\Fah504-Console.exe" -config), Then hit apply. Then, click on the shortcut to open the file, you SHOULD have the client asking you to set the options, first one being your User name. set this as the name you wish to fold under.

I will use these settings as an example.

User name: User
Team Number: 85020
Launch Program automatically as a service: Yes
Ask before fetching/sending work: No
Use internet explorer settings: No
Use Proxy: No (but if you use one, then yes)
Allow receipt of work assignments and return of work results greater than 5 MB in size (such WU's may have large memory demands): No
Change advanced options: No

If you do not see this list of options, then I can see if I can find a link to a guide, and post that, but following those instructions should hopefully be sufficient for the average folder, and the next time you boot into Windows, it should start automatically, and run quietly in the background.

I'm not sure how to configure this for Linux, but there are several guide on google for that.


Who knows, the life you help save, could be your own.


Edited, Jan 8th 2008 1:27pm by Kaelesh
#2 Aug 28 2007 at 5:59 AM Rating: Good
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Hang on, I'm a bit confused...


We download the program, and it runs in the backround doing what? Runs tests and possibilities for the diseases and stuff?
#3 Aug 28 2007 at 5:59 AM Rating: Decent
That's right.
#4 Aug 28 2007 at 6:00 AM Rating: Decent
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Alright, who hacked your account?
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#5 Aug 28 2007 at 6:02 AM Rating: Good
Deadgye wrote:
Alright, who hacked your account?


Nobody man but every little bit helps right? I've had a grandfather die of Alzheimer's and another die from Cancer. Why wouldn't I use a computer or my PS3 to help research these diseases?

Edited, Aug 28th 2007 9:07am by Kaelesh
#6 Aug 28 2007 at 6:06 AM Rating: Good
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Joined. My gaming PC is running it since I never use it anymore. I don't wanna bother with the linux install if it. Since it's a pain in the ***. I will later though. I got a few boxes I can install it on.
#7 Aug 28 2007 at 6:07 AM Rating: Good
Smiley: clap @ nLod

Edited, Aug 28th 2007 9:08am by Kaelesh
#8 Aug 28 2007 at 6:09 AM Rating: Decent
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I been meaning to for awhile now. But atleast I can contribute to the Alla community or something like that...

I forgot what I used as my account name before or I would add in the sh*t assloads of blocks I had from that account.

Now Kaelesh Just keep a list of the top contributers in your jernal. And we can have a competition.

Edited, Aug 28th 2007 10:10am by nLoD
#9 Aug 28 2007 at 6:11 AM Rating: Default
SETI@home is for a better cause! Which would you rather have, a alien death ray or sissy little cancer? That's right...
#10 Aug 28 2007 at 6:12 AM Rating: Good
Bookmarked for home viewing.

Thanks, Kae!
#11 Aug 28 2007 at 6:13 AM Rating: Excellent
Hellboy the Meaningless wrote:
SETI@home is for a better cause! Which would you rather have, a alien death ray or sissy little cancer? That's right...


Chances are you're going to need this research before most of us Hellboi. Ever heard of a little thing called Diabetes?
#12 Aug 28 2007 at 6:13 AM Rating: Decent
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Hellboy the Meaningless wrote:
SETI@home is for a better cause! Aliens could prolly cure all those illnesses! 2 Birds 1 Stone etc. That's right...
FTFY
#13 Aug 28 2007 at 6:24 AM Rating: Decent
nLoD wrote:
Now Kaelesh Just keep a list of the top contributers in your jernal. And we can have a competition.


I will try.
#14 Aug 28 2007 at 6:28 AM Rating: Decent
Kaelesh wrote:
Hellboy the Meaningless wrote:
SETI@home is for a better cause! Which would you rather have, a alien death ray or sissy little cancer? That's right...


Chances are you're going to need this research before most of us Hellboi. Ever heard of a little thing called Diabetes?
Smiley: lol My almost entire vegetarian diet and not drinking any soda (When I did drink soda it was always diet) causes diabetes :( I guess I'm screwed then...
#15 Aug 28 2007 at 6:31 AM Rating: Good
Hellboy the Meaningless wrote:
Kaelesh wrote:
Hellboy the Meaningless wrote:
SETI@home is for a better cause! Which would you rather have, a alien death ray or sissy little cancer? That's right...


Chances are you're going to need this research before most of us Hellboi. Ever heard of a little thing called Diabetes?
Smiley: lol My almost entire vegetarian diet and not drinking any soda (When I did drink soda it was always diet) causes diabetes :( I guess I'm screwed then...


Yea, you being overweight has nothing to do with it.
#16 Aug 28 2007 at 6:33 AM Rating: Excellent
well wish i knew what team number to join when i started using folding years ago. have been running folding@home for almost 4 years now.

i run it on EVERY computer i own.
#17 Aug 28 2007 at 6:33 AM Rating: Good
Singdall wrote:
well wish i knew what team number to join when i started using folding years ago. have been running folding@home for almost 4 years now.

i run it on EVERY computer i own.


Sing, you can still join the Team. Come on over.
#18 Aug 28 2007 at 6:46 AM Rating: Good
if i knew how to join a team once i have the CLI vs installed and the OSx vs running i would.
#19 Aug 28 2007 at 6:52 AM Rating: Good
Singdall wrote:
if i knew how to join a team once i have the CLI vs installed and the OSx vs running i would.


To join, just put the team's number in the configuration panel (on graphical clients) or enter the team number at the first time you run the client (for text console versions).

I would recommend reading the many FAQS they have.
#20 Aug 28 2007 at 6:56 AM Rating: Excellent
Folding@Home is the first program I downloaded for my PS3 when I got it. I'll be joining the team tonight when I get home.
#21 Aug 28 2007 at 6:59 AM Rating: Decent
When I get home, I'll see about installing this on one of the linux machines. :)
#22 Aug 28 2007 at 6:59 AM Rating: Default
looks like i can not. as i have already run folding for the first time years ago on all of my machines. i run CLI only and as i do not have windows except to play games and i do not run folding while gaming, oh well.

at least my folds are still out there and working for a good cause.
#23 Aug 28 2007 at 7:00 AM Rating: Default
Mindel wrote:
When I get home, I'll see about installing this on one of the linux machines. :)


it is supper easy to install and just runs and runs in the back ground. do keep in mind that if your linux box is old hardware it will bog down a ton.
#24 Aug 28 2007 at 7:04 AM Rating: Decent
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Wint wrote:
Folding@Home is the first program I downloaded for my PS3 when I got it. I'll be joining the team tonight when I get home.


Yup, as soon as I get home.

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#25 Aug 28 2007 at 7:06 AM Rating: Decent
Singdall wrote:
looks like i can not. as i have already run folding for the first time years ago on all of my machines. i run CLI only and as i do not have windows except to play games and i do not run folding while gaming, oh well.

at least my folds are still out there and working for a good cause.


Sing, just right click on your F@H select Configure and enter your team number 85020 and thats it. Nothing to it.
#26 Aug 28 2007 at 7:09 AM Rating: Default
Kaelesh wrote:
Singdall wrote:
looks like i can not. as i have already run folding for the first time years ago on all of my machines. i run CLI only and as i do not have windows except to play games and i do not run folding while gaming, oh well.

at least my folds are still out there and working for a good cause.


Sing, just right click on your F@H select Configure and enter your team number 85020 and thats it. Nothing to it.


sorry to say, but i am running Linux here. there is NO F@H icon to click on like there is in windows. i run the command line interface (CLI) vs on Linux. now at the schools with the MACs i should be able to join the team, but not from the house.
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