ootput Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Due to certain disputes, I've decided to leave the Short-Media.com community. As much as I will miss Short-medias folding team (a great bunch of guys that I've personally met,) I'm looking for a new team to join. I have a folding-farm that comprises of 11 odd machines that has been solely running Slackware + Folding@Home client. All I need now is a new team # to get things going again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 /me goes to Google to find out what a folding team is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favvi Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 /me goes to Google to find out what a folding team is. /me does the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophism Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 /me does the same thing too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxpor Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 /me 3 AKA. what the hell is a folding team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xplatinum Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 /me follows along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I can fold laundry with the best of them!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 (edited) Folding is distributed processing. It is through Stanford University, allowing them to use your processor while it is not in use! http://folding.stanford.edu/ Edited June 23, 2004 by NeoSoft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRambo Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 /me thinks about what a folding team is, then gets a headache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt74441 Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Folding is distrubted processing. It is through Stanford University, allowing them to use your processor while it is not in use!http://folding.stanford.edu/ Like SETI@Home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Like SETI@Home? Not sure what SETI@Home is, I'll look it up and find out. What are proteins and why do they "fold"? Proteins are biology's workhorses -- its "nanomachines." Before proteins can carry out their biochemical function, they remarkably assemble themselves, or "fold." The process of protein folding, while critical and fundamental to virtually all of biology, remains a mystery. Moreover, perhaps not surprisingly, when proteins do not fold correctly (i.e. "misfold"), there can be serious effects, including many well known diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, and Parkinson's disease.What does Folding@Home do? Folding@Home is a distributed computing project which studies protein folding, misfolding, aggregation, and related diseases. We use novel computational methods and large scale distributed computing, to simulate timescales thousands to millions of times longer than previously achieved. This has allowed us to simulate folding for the first time, and to now direct our approach to examine folding related disease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ootput Posted June 23, 2004 Author Share Posted June 23, 2004 /me whacks each of the above members in the dome with a leg of ham. :p Much like the Seti@home project, but with far-reaching effects. I was never really into searching for e.t.s, and I found that there was a better use for my idle cpu cycles. I know several people in this world who could benefit from the studies of this admirable project. Finding cures isn't easy, but with the help of even the modest computer user, results would be made a lot quicker. If you googled it, if you're computer is always on with no real purpose, give it a shot. Bleh, judging from your responses, I'm guessing that there isn't a team here. Tis a shame. I've helped catapult short-medias status over the years, surpassing the likes of amdmb etc. and for a great cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shihchiun Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 yeah, same thing, but folding@home is looking for something about proteins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biohazord Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Due to certain disputes, I've decided to leave the Short-Media.com community. As much as I will miss Short-medias folding team (a great bunch of guys that I've personally met,) I'm looking for a new team to join. I have a folding-farm that comprises of 11 odd machines that has been solely running Slackware + Folding@Home client. All I need now is a new team # to get things going again. Lol looks like none of them know :no: , so i guess we dont. Not to advertise or anything but Hardocp.com has a nice folding team and is ontop right now but not for much longer if they dont get some more folders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 No, Neowin doesn't have a Folding team. I wanted to start one, but didn't have time to PM an admin to get permission. SpeedGuide #15 (Hurmoth) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ootput Posted June 24, 2004 Author Share Posted June 24, 2004 Hardocp, and other overclocking sites are really competitive. Short-media joined a little late in the game, but with a strong community, managed to break the top 10 in the world. Hardocp + Australian overclockers are a great bunch of guys. Even though we fold for different teams, we all have the same goal. I regularly chat on irc with different teams, and I help develop different strategies for boosting folding membership. Folders are usually a great bunch of people. Never hesitating to help with any problem. If I can convince someone at Neowin to start a team, this would be a much better place. Overclocking is great if you need to boost a few fps here and there, but Overclocking for the good of man kind is an even stronger incentive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shihchiun Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 if someone creates a team, i'll join :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ootput Posted June 24, 2004 Author Share Posted June 24, 2004 I'm afraid Neowin doesn't enough forum space, it seems. :( I guess it was worth a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shihchiun Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 i seem to have found one: http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py...e&teamnum=10448 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ootput Posted June 24, 2004 Author Share Posted June 24, 2004 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabureiru Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Is folding the same concept as grid???? :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+StevoFC MVC Posted June 24, 2004 MVC Share Posted June 24, 2004 Is folding the same concept as grid???? :huh: yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted June 24, 2004 Supervisor Share Posted June 24, 2004 Go Neowin, we're ranked 9917 of 31528... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dt26 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 oops, thought the topic was asking if Neowin had a fondling team :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boffa Jones Veteran Posted June 24, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 24, 2004 I joined the thing like that through blaise's sig, is it the same kind of thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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