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Requesting Surplus Parts from Work

KodiakStar

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Some people have heard me mention I am asking for surplus parts
(begging...) from my work, it is pretty for sure. But just to give them
an idea about what they will be used for I composed the following and
thought that someone else might be able to use it as well if they are
trying to beg/steal/borrow parts from work/friends/family etc. :)


This is the webpage for the Distributed Computing group I am using all my spare CPU cycles for:
http://folding.stanford.edu/

Just to give you a little idea of what it is I am talking about ;)

And I am currently part of the [H]ard|Forum DC Team (#33) and as a team we are placed
second overall (behind the Australian Overclockers).

Currently I am:
ranked: 13,401 of 437,443 (total donators)
ranked in team: 579 of 7,422
"Points": 31,125
Work Units (WU): 258

And just an interesting fact:

"Simple proteins assemble in about 10,000 nanoseconds, and one 400MHz computer can simulate 1 nanosecond of assembly time in about a day, Pande said. This means 1,000 participants would be needed to simulate a simple protein fold in 10 days, and that's just for simple folds. More complex proteins can take far longer. "


Just thought this would be something interesting since sometimes we are caught up in just using the
computer just to get "work" done, but you can still use them for good things!
(it is helpful when your new apt has utilities (electricity) included in the rent)
Click to expand...

Granted, the quote is somewhat old, but the people I am talking with remeber how
cool it was to get a 400mhz machine.. (or even when they came out with MMX!)
And... every little bit helps the [H]orde...


pwned!!
 
Sounds to me you are doing it for the stats first and foremost.
Maybe you are, but if you are not maybe point out the indirect benefits of the knowlegde *how* proteins fold. The knowledge how long it takes or what it looks like "when it's done" is not so much of an interest and is mostly known already. What is interesting is knowing how the protein folds and more importantly where it *mis*folds. If we gain the knowledge of this, then we can get somewhere with potential cures for various diseases (like alzheimers and cancer).
I let you fill in the details from here....;)
 
They already know all that stuff, just giving them the numbers to play with ;)
And to show of how [H]ard our team is.
pwned!!
 
If you run out of space to host stuff, let me know and I'll take some. I need more machines to test fold-server on anyways.
 
Well not so much space, but plug in's ;)
But will do
Fold [H]ard----or Die [H]ard
 
unhappy_mage said:
If you run out of space to host stuff, let me know and I'll take some. I need more machines to test fold-server on anyways.
Click to expand...


This thing ain't tested?
 
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