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Go fold yourself
Rankenphile
Passersby were amazedby the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
Passersby were amazedby the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
I'm going to throw out a cuh-raaaaayzy shot in the dark here, but I'm assuming most of the people browsing this forum are using some sort of home computational device to do so. I know, I know, what are the odds, but call it a hunch.
Well, your Mehcanical Computamachine is wasting precious flops all the dang time, did you know that? You should have, because it is a fact, and it is a good thing to know facts. Mister.
So. What can you do about all that wasted floppage?
You can donate them to a good cause.
Folding@Home
Folding@Home is the coolest fucking thing ever, basically. It is the world's fastest computer, like big time. And it is so fast because a) the people who made it are hells of clever crafty b) it is made out of all of the computadors in the whole internet except the ones owned by selfish dicknoses and c) because of science.
Seriously. Look at this. This is how many flops are in science!
Those lines are made out of flops!
In all seriousness, right now they are averaging somewhere around an average of 1.3 Petaflops. That's 1.3 million billion floating point operations per mothergoddamn second. That's a lot of goddamn flopping.
But what is all that science being used for? Only the best kinds of science ever. Tiny science.
They are building a machine to basically analyze how proteins fold, among other uses. Which is basically looking for, and slowly finding, the cause and cure for Alzheimer's and other genetic disorders as well as approaching computational speeds capable of creating valid antiviral medications, which could potentially lead to cures for AIDS, herpes and that shit that makes my dick feel like it is full of those little goddamn fighting roosters they have down in Mexico.
So, what can you do to save all of fucking Africa from being full of brown people with AIDS?
Go download Folding@Home. Right now. Install it. Let it run when you're not at your computer. It is safe, it doesn't open any security risks, it doesn't use your computer when you aren't, and it saves babies. Stop killing babies.
And, hey, maybe you wanna do one of those "join a folding team" things. No problem. Join team 666420, that will be our little secret.
Seriously. Go do this. Right now. This is important.
god okay fine teefs I guess your number is somehow COOLER than 666420
Well, your Mehcanical Computamachine is wasting precious flops all the dang time, did you know that? You should have, because it is a fact, and it is a good thing to know facts. Mister.
So. What can you do about all that wasted floppage?
You can donate them to a good cause.
Folding@Home
Folding@Home is the coolest fucking thing ever, basically. It is the world's fastest computer, like big time. And it is so fast because a) the people who made it are hells of clever crafty b) it is made out of all of the computadors in the whole internet except the ones owned by selfish dicknoses and c) because of science.
Seriously. Look at this. This is how many flops are in science!
Those lines are made out of flops!
In all seriousness, right now they are averaging somewhere around an average of 1.3 Petaflops. That's 1.3 million billion floating point operations per mothergoddamn second. That's a lot of goddamn flopping.
But what is all that science being used for? Only the best kinds of science ever. Tiny science.
They are building a machine to basically analyze how proteins fold, among other uses. Which is basically looking for, and slowly finding, the cause and cure for Alzheimer's and other genetic disorders as well as approaching computational speeds capable of creating valid antiviral medications, which could potentially lead to cures for AIDS, herpes and that shit that makes my dick feel like it is full of those little goddamn fighting roosters they have down in Mexico.
So, what can you do to save all of fucking Africa from being full of brown people with AIDS?
Go download Folding@Home. Right now. Install it. Let it run when you're not at your computer. It is safe, it doesn't open any security risks, it doesn't use your computer when you aren't, and it saves babies. Stop killing babies.
And, hey, maybe you wanna do one of those "join a folding team" things. No problem. Join team 666420, that will be our little secret.
Seriously. Go do this. Right now. This is important.
god okay fine teefs I guess your number is somehow COOLER than 666420
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wouldn't your mouth>their eyes be a preferable manner of broken glass transfer
but imagine if it was your PS3 that discovered the signal. doesnt the SETI thing promise that, that whichever system finds the signal will be publically known?
afaik folding isnt going to magically one day 'provide the cure for cancer' in a second. so there is no fame.
but until then, i am trying to limit how many times my fan has to rev up, meaning no non-vital programs
Don't you.... wanna go for a ride?
yeah, it was one of the books we were gonna read.
Then the professor left and the new professor is like
"Oh, well you should read it anyway. But we're not doing it in class."
Same for Fast Food Nation and Snow Crash.
Bitch.
Do I!?!?!?
:winky:
I'll buy that for a dollar!
400 BABIES
I'll be the lever, you be the fulcrum. Know what I'm saying?
Not even a clue, but I'm in
you are the best
How does it compare to the film. I liked the film a lot excluding Jodie Foster. Is it worth picking up to read?
multipod five!
Hamlet will be Hamlet
An ineffable tragedy of the human spirit that still resonates, even today.
preposterone?
ENERGY LEGS
oh man teefs I had no idea you liked carl sagan
CAN IT
Hamlet will be Hamlet
An ineffable tragedy of the human spirit that still resonates, even today.
Yup, the book and movie are really quite different but both very good in their own way.
Also, I joined your teams, teefs. Am I cool now?
Also, I haven't seen you around since I think before the New Year. So... sup?
IT'S LIKE CRYSTAL METH IN A CAN
IT'S CRYSTAL METH IN A CAN
Okay, and... lame. Good night, though.
Yup I an now Folding at Home!
And I was right.
Holy crap, that's your birthday, isn't it?
I made a TD for iphone and windows phone!