I've sorted out two new prizes for PC gamers: A copy of WoW (full version), a copy of MageKnight Apocalypse and a copy of The Settlers II. I feel like Santa Claus with lower blood pressure!
I've sorted out two new prizes for PC gamers: A copy of WoW (full version), a copy of MageKnight Apocalypse and a copy of The Settlers II. I feel like Santa Claus with lower blood pressure!
heh, nice. I'm running it on my home pc, work pc and work laptop at the moment, but all of those take about 2 days per work unit.
I'm going to be doing some random drawing for prizes as well as milestones. I think I might also be able to get some trinkets for personal milestones for folks as well.
Anyone want to come up with a team logo for Folding Arcadians? Vicious_GSR - you want to take a stab? Bueller?
A PC is counted as active if it's returned a work unit in the last 50 days.
a PS3 is counted as active if it's return a work unit in the last 2 days.
methinks they wanted a more accurate number off them
Also PS3s can finish a work unit faster than most PCs (I've got a decent system and it takes me ~1.5 days on my Home desktop) they minimum specs that ask for must take like a frigging month to finish a unit.
I popped the client onto a PIII 650 we have at work that's just gathering dust (I just can't call IT, they'll Old Yeller it).
Estimated date of completion? September. Might as well have just replaced that with an image of Duke Nukem Forever.
Zing!
Unfortunately there is a bug with the ETA, you have to let it run for a few hours to get the right one.
My PC was saying June sometime when I went to bed last night (I figured there was something screwy and let it run) when I woke up it was about a day on the ETA.
I popped the client onto a PIII 650 we have at work that's just gathering dust (I just can't call IT, they'll Old Yeller it).
Estimated date of completion? September. Might as well have just replaced that with an image of Duke Nukem Forever.
Zing!
Unfortunately there is a bug with the ETA, you have to let it run for a few hours to get the right one.
My PC was saying June sometime when I went to bed last night (I figured there was something screwy and let it run) when I woke up it was about a day on the ETA.
Same here. First mine said July, but after a while it said 2 days or so. I'm running the console version now though (which as far as I can tell has no way to see the ETA...?), because the GUI version was annoying.
FOLD YOU LITTLE BASTARDS! FOLD WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT!
I've installed the SMP-client but once it runs as a service it doesn't show what it is going on. Is there a way to see if it actually is doing something?
FOLD YOU LITTLE BASTARDS! FOLD WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT!
I've installed the SMP-client but once it runs as a service it doesn't show what it is going on. Is there a way to see if it actually is doing something?
Does anyone know the answer to this?
Well, if you bring up task manager you should see a process eating all your space CPU cycles.
Man, I want to turn this off to play Dystopia but when I do so I know I will hear a whisper in my head saying "You could be helping cure cancer right now."
Man, I want to turn this off to play Dystopia but when I do so I know I will hear a whisper in my head saying "You could be helping cure cancer right now."
its pretty low priority so i don't think it would affect Dystopia very much at all..If i'm sitting at my desktop it'll eat 90+% of my cpu..but then i can fire up S.T.A.L.K.E.R and not notice any performance hit compared to when i dont have folding running
Man, I want to turn this off to play Dystopia but when I do so I know I will hear a whisper in my head saying "You could be helping cure cancer right now."
its pretty low priority so i don't think it would affect Dystopia very much at all..If i'm sitting at my desktop it'll eat 90+% of my cpu..but then i can fire up S.T.A.L.K.E.R and not notice any performance hit compared to when i dont have folding running
I've started to feel guilty when I turn it off. "Quit folding?" It's guilted me into watching TV and reading several, several times already.
Edit: doesn't help that half my family has lung cancer because they smoke like fucking chimneys.
You don't need to really disable the program - it only uses up your idle processes.
I'm running on a 600mhz P3, and even though Task Manager is correctly reading 100% cpu usage, I can't tell the difference.
Yeah, PS3. Dedicated program.
I wound up reading an article (it's for a class) on how right wing authoritarianism correlates with Freudian neuroses. Three times. Fucking obtuse APA requirements.
I'm going to be doing some random drawing for prizes as well as milestones. I think I might also be able to get some trinkets for personal milestones for folks as well.
Anyone want to come up with a team logo for Folding Arcadians? Vicious_GSR - you want to take a stab? Bueller?
So, how long you plan on doing this? I'd be interested in joining once I get a PS3 (which'll probably be the day that Lair comes out).
PC now folding. When I get a PS3 in a few years, it shall also be folding. And if they put out something for the 360 or Wii, they will be folding. I don't pay for the power bill after all, college dorms ftw.
Edit: also is there a GPU program for Nvidia cards or is it ATi only?
Double Edit: Hey speaking of college, I should get the word out with flyers and such. Mabye even get my college to get some of the computers they own running the program. There are probably a thousand or so towers (not overtly powerful, but hey) running in my college, and that'd turn a few frames I'm sure.
It is just for PC. If you share your FAH directories on a network you can see all your computer's progress. Using Hamachi VPN you do this even behind firewalls and across the internet. If you don't want to worry about a program; in the console version there is a file named "unitinfo.txt" it gives you info on your progress when FAH is in service mode.
i *think* i got two instances of it running successfully on my dual core...two seperate installs, two seperate machine ID's..but they're each working on the same protein which makes me a bit leery.e.ven though i know that does happen sometimes..oh well i guess i'll know if it worked or not by whether i'm credited 1 or 2 WU's tomorrow
So, how long you plan on doing this? I'd be interested in joining once I get a PS3 (which'll probably be the day that Lair comes out).
My job entails a seemingly never-ending line of swag, so I don't foresee any reason of stopping. I think we'll do some draws for major milestones - 25, 50, 75 WUs etc. There's no reason you can't get in on it now with the PC/Mac/Linux clients
As for the copy of WoW, bluehiro, hopefully you're lucky when the draw comes around I'll knock on wood for you. I'm sending out Xander51's (brynstar's) stuff on Monday. If we hit 25 units over the weekend (I think we will) I'll hold a draw (which will consist of myself and... probably my next door neighbor. They're patient folk) for the copy of WoW.
I think we'll establish some ground rules that once you've won a draw, you're out of the running for the next two (just to keep it fair). As Xander51 didn't win a draw, per se, but completed our first unit, he's still in the running
I'm glad everyone's enjoying themselves and I want to thank everyone for keeping console politics out of it. Cheers to all our PC/Mac/Linux folken - and thank you to our PS3 users. Everyone is welcome for our grand opening of ps3arcadians.com shortly.
As soon as I can get the bloody MySQL stuff figured out.
This is pretty cool. I knew my course in bioinformatics would come in handy someday...
This is basically the next step in bioinformatics. We have mapped basically the whole human genome... the next step is to map the protiens that the DNA creates. In the same way that mapping the genome helped us learn about various genetic diseases, learning about the protiens can help us learn about other diseases.
The a longer explination about folding...
Everyone should know we have DNA, which stores information the body uses.
When the body makes proteins it scans along a section of the DNA copies it, and then it eventually is turned into a long strand of amino acids which form the protein.
The protein strand however generally doesn't stay a single long line... due to various forces and bonds, the strand folds in on itself creating a 3d structure.
The structure of the protein can play an important role in its function, so it is useful to find the structure of each protien.
The folding of the protein is self contained... meaning one part of the chain is attracting or repelling another part which causes the structure to form. This fact is important, because since we know all the amino acids in the protien, and we know how the amino acids are likely to interact, we can attempt to predict how it will fold.
The most widely used way to find the structure is to use "X-ray crystallography" to generate a structure for the protien. But it is time consuming and likely expensive.
What the folding program is doing is trying to predict the structure based on what amino acids, and in what order they are in the strand. Doing this requires alot of computational power, hence the need for something like Folding@home.
This gizmodo article makes it sound like PS3s are doing major good for Folding@Home. If it's so great, maybe the US govt should buy like ten million PS3s and set them to Fold? :-P
So, how long you plan on doing this? I'd be interested in joining once I get a PS3 (which'll probably be the day that Lair comes out).
My job entails a seemingly never-ending line of swag, so I don't foresee any reason of stopping. I think we'll do some draws for major milestones - 25, 50, 75 WUs etc. There's no reason you can't get in on it now with the PC/Mac/Linux clients
As for the copy of WoW, bluehiro, hopefully you're lucky when the draw comes around I'll knock on wood for you. I'm sending out Xander51's (brynstar's) stuff on Monday. If we hit 25 units over the weekend (I think we will) I'll hold a draw (which will consist of myself and... probably my next door neighbor. They're patient folk) for the copy of WoW.
I think we'll establish some ground rules that once you've won a draw, you're out of the running for the next two (just to keep it fair). As Xander51 didn't win a draw, per se, but completed our first unit, he's still in the running
I'm glad everyone's enjoying themselves and I want to thank everyone for keeping console politics out of it. Cheers to all our PC/Mac/Linux folken - and thank you to our PS3 users. Everyone is welcome for our grand opening of ps3arcadians.com shortly.
As soon as I can get the bloody MySQL stuff figured out.
Need any volunteers to help? My design sense sucks, but I do write database driven web apps for a living. :rotate:
Just signed up, got both my pc's doing it however my intel Mac keeps getting an error getting work unit, not sure whats up with that, I left it running in hopes it will magically work.
Activity Monitor says its using up mad processing power, and the fan is just going fucking insane. Please don't die little Macbook! But where the hell do I see what it's doing?
Also, you should try and see if you could get them to put it on the front page. Then you'd get billions of people to cure cancer.
If you have the GUI version of the application, just do a right-click on the dock icon and select "display protein". There should be a progress bar.
edit: I like the scaleability (is this a word?) of the program. Currently it munches 78% of my CPU power but everything else is still fluid (ok, its intended - I know). I am getting a (used) dual CPU powermac G5 in the next two weeks. Even more number crunching should be doable with this machine.
It seems to be really optimized as well:
[14:37:13] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[14:37:13] Entering M.D.
[14:37:20] Protein: p3040_supervillin-03
[14:37:20]
[14:37:20] Writing local files
[14:37:20] Testing CPU type...
[14:37:20] Done testing.
[14:37:20] Extra AltiVec boost OK.
[14:37:20] Writing local files
Yay I'm still in for the first drawing! Thanks Threepio! I thought about getting my PC going again on this after I found out about the ETA bug here, but I've decided my account will strictly be PS3 only. My PC is not on enough during the day to make much of a difference, whereas I can leave the PS3 on all the time. I think it'd be really cool if they made a version for the 360 and the Wii. They both have the capability to do this, right? Maybe if we clamor loud enough? Then every major computing platform could join in.
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Xbox Live: Xander51
PSN ID : Xander51 Steam ID : Xander51
Folding proteins allows those proteins to work. The three dimensional shape of an enzyme or protein is created by protein folding and most enzymes are unable to work without their three dimensional structure. Denaturing is sometimes referred to as Unfolding. Just thought i'd say because it's not "folding will cure cancer".
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I just joined up and started up the prog.
I've sorted out two new prizes for PC gamers: A copy of WoW (full version), a copy of MageKnight Apocalypse and a copy of The Settlers II. I feel like Santa Claus with lower blood pressure!
heh, nice. I'm running it on my home pc, work pc and work laptop at the moment, but all of those take about 2 days per work unit.
I am a freaking nerd.
a PS3 is counted as active if it's return a work unit in the last 2 days.
methinks they wanted a more accurate number off them
Anyone want to come up with a team logo for Folding Arcadians? Vicious_GSR - you want to take a stab? Bueller?
Also PS3s can finish a work unit faster than most PCs (I've got a decent system and it takes me ~1.5 days on my Home desktop) they minimum specs that ask for must take like a frigging month to finish a unit.
I am a freaking nerd.
Estimated date of completion? September. Might as well have just replaced that with an image of Duke Nukem Forever.
Zing!
Unfortunately there is a bug with the ETA, you have to let it run for a few hours to get the right one.
My PC was saying June sometime when I went to bed last night (I figured there was something screwy and let it run) when I woke up it was about a day on the ETA.
I am a freaking nerd.
1up has a good video that explains it.
Does anyone know the answer to this?
Well, if you bring up task manager you should see a process eating all your space CPU cycles.
I am a freaking nerd.
its pretty low priority so i don't think it would affect Dystopia very much at all..If i'm sitting at my desktop it'll eat 90+% of my cpu..but then i can fire up S.T.A.L.K.E.R and not notice any performance hit compared to when i dont have folding running
It feels oddly responsible.
Edit: doesn't help that half my family has lung cancer because they smoke like fucking chimneys.
You don't need to really disable the program - it only uses up your idle processes.
I'm running on a 600mhz P3, and even though Task Manager is correctly reading 100% cpu usage, I can't tell the difference.
I'm watching some horrid movie with Morgan Freeman as an englishman with dreads instead of playing God of War II. The guilt!
Yeah, PS3. Dedicated program.
I wound up reading an article (it's for a class) on how right wing authoritarianism correlates with Freudian neuroses. Three times. Fucking obtuse APA requirements.
So, how long you plan on doing this? I'd be interested in joining once I get a PS3 (which'll probably be the day that Lair comes out).
Edit: also is there a GPU program for Nvidia cards or is it ATi only?
Double Edit: Hey speaking of college, I should get the word out with flyers and such. Mabye even get my college to get some of the computers they own running the program. There are probably a thousand or so towers (not overtly powerful, but hey) running in my college, and that'd turn a few frames I'm sure.
For the lowdown on your progress, what proteins you are folding, etc. Checkout this program
Electron Microscope (download it at the website below)
http://www.em-dc.com/
It is just for PC. If you share your FAH directories on a network you can see all your computer's progress. Using Hamachi VPN you do this even behind firewalls and across the internet. If you don't want to worry about a program; in the console version there is a file named "unitinfo.txt" it gives you info on your progress when FAH is in service mode.
hmm.... I want WoW, what do I have to do?
My job entails a seemingly never-ending line of swag, so I don't foresee any reason of stopping. I think we'll do some draws for major milestones - 25, 50, 75 WUs etc. There's no reason you can't get in on it now with the PC/Mac/Linux clients
As for the copy of WoW, bluehiro, hopefully you're lucky when the draw comes around
I think we'll establish some ground rules that once you've won a draw, you're out of the running for the next two (just to keep it fair). As Xander51 didn't win a draw, per se, but completed our first unit, he's still in the running
I'm glad everyone's enjoying themselves and I want to thank everyone for keeping console politics out of it. Cheers to all our PC/Mac/Linux folken - and thank you to our PS3 users. Everyone is welcome for our grand opening of ps3arcadians.com shortly.
As soon as I can get the bloody MySQL stuff figured out.
This is basically the next step in bioinformatics. We have mapped basically the whole human genome... the next step is to map the protiens that the DNA creates. In the same way that mapping the genome helped us learn about various genetic diseases, learning about the protiens can help us learn about other diseases.
The a longer explination about folding...
Everyone should know we have DNA, which stores information the body uses.
When the body makes proteins it scans along a section of the DNA copies it, and then it eventually is turned into a long strand of amino acids which form the protein.
The protein strand however generally doesn't stay a single long line... due to various forces and bonds, the strand folds in on itself creating a 3d structure.
The structure of the protein can play an important role in its function, so it is useful to find the structure of each protien.
The folding of the protein is self contained... meaning one part of the chain is attracting or repelling another part which causes the structure to form. This fact is important, because since we know all the amino acids in the protien, and we know how the amino acids are likely to interact, we can attempt to predict how it will fold.
The most widely used way to find the structure is to use "X-ray crystallography" to generate a structure for the protien. But it is time consuming and likely expensive.
What the folding program is doing is trying to predict the structure based on what amino acids, and in what order they are in the strand. Doing this requires alot of computational power, hence the need for something like Folding@home.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_structure
Need any volunteers to help? My design sense sucks, but I do write database driven web apps for a living. :rotate:
I am a freaking nerd.
Activity Monitor says its using up mad processing power, and the fan is just going fucking insane. Please don't die little Macbook! But where the hell do I see what it's doing?
Also, you should try and see if you could get them to put it on the front page. Then you'd get billions of people to cure cancer.
edit: I like the scaleability (is this a word?) of the program. Currently it munches 78% of my CPU power but everything else is still fluid (ok, its intended - I know). I am getting a (used) dual CPU powermac G5 in the next two weeks. Even more number crunching should be doable with this machine.
It seems to be really optimized as well:
[14:37:13] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[14:37:13] Entering M.D.
[14:37:20] Protein: p3040_supervillin-03
[14:37:20]
[14:37:20] Writing local files
[14:37:20] Testing CPU type...
[14:37:20] Done testing.
[14:37:20] Extra AltiVec boost OK.
[14:37:20] Writing local files
PSN ID : Xander51 Steam ID : Xander51
edit: added another Pentium D!