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stumpy said:I'm serious...I don't see how you guys can get into this. And to spend money on something that won't benefit you?
btw I read the thread "Why We DC" and didn't learn anything.
Please don't post any poems, songs, odes, or epics.
Hito Bahadur said:Most people know someone that has died of cancer or suffered through Alzheimer's. There's a good chance that any individual will suffer from such afflictions. If you have a computer ,lying around doing nothing, why not use its spare cycles to help find a cure?
Makes total sense to me.
stumpy said:but seriously, you guys think that your computers will help find the cure to cancer?
would you seriously risk the chance that it will? By not folding, you're ridding yourself of all hope that you can be of help. I'd rather try and not get the results i want, than not try and watch good results come back.stumpy said:but seriously, you guys think that your computers will help find the cure to cancer?
How do you suppose cures are found for anything? It has always been done by researching a problem, exhausting all failures, and then devising an answer to the problem at hand.stumpy said:but seriously, you guys think that your computers will help find the cure to cancer?
it couldn't be put any betterMayhem33 said:How do you suppose cures are found for anything? It has always been done by researching a problem, exhausting all failures, and then devising an answer to the problem at hand.
Computers are the way (almost) all research is done.
Be a hero, save a life, try to give a little back, do something with the incredible machines we have today. Solutions cannot be found unless we look for them.
Dont let the fact that you cant see the end of our destination keep you from making the very first step on a long journey. Without some exploration our worlds would never go beyond our own little backyards.
Chugiak said:stumpy -
You've seen reasons why we do it. I heartily suggest that if you wish further debate on the question then perhaps you tell us why you don't. You don't have to build 20 computers to fold. You don't even have to leave your computer on 24/7. All it takes is installing the program. It puts the otherwise unused CPU time to good use.
Seriously, do you really like to consume natural resources, disturb the environment, rack up an electrical bill for someone, and not at least get the most out of that computer time?
pduan87 said:While playing HL2? Or normally?
EDIT: Nvm, just fixed it. For all you Nvidia people out there experiencing crashing/looping/lag in games, make sure your 2D and 3D speeds are equal. The problems will go away
stumpy said:Reason why I don't is that I don't want problems like another guy in the forum...the thread about F@H taking up 20-30% of computer cycles while he's trying to play hl2, that's gotta affect his performance. And the other main reason is that I don't think that it really has a purpose, but evidently you guys feel differently. And that's fine with me. I'm just suprised that some of you would go to the lengths that you have to increase your folding ability, I have neither the time nor resources to be using on such a project.
and by the way, I don't see how my computer is disturbing the environment or consuming natural resources. Besides the electricity.....
I'm not trying to put it down , but just wanted some real opinions or reasons why you guys do it...
BillR said:If the best reason I could think of for not folding was because it might slow down my game play well I think it would be time to reevaluate the whole meaning of my life on earth.
If this is all I accomplish it will have meant something.
nosup4u said:I'm with you BillR. If you all your worried about is a little lag in a game, stumpy, you are one of the most selfish people I've ever heard of. How could you complain about lag in a game if there's a chance to cure one of the most frightening and deadly diseases known to man?
Check your priorities.
FOLD ON!!
stumpy said:Yeah, I'm selfish. I don't game anymore, but it's just the principle...obviously whoever was complaining about that had to take a significant amount of time just to figure out what was going on , and make a thread about it on a forum..But if I really thought it would make a difference I'd do it. I kind of look at it like voting, sure it's always good to do it, but your vote isn't going to change the election.
stumpy said:Yeah, I'm selfish. I don't game anymore, but it's just the principle...obviously whoever was complaining about that had to take a significant amount of time just to figure out what was going on , and make a thread about it on a forum..But if I really thought it would make a difference I'd do it. I kind of look at it like voting, sure it's always good to do it, but your vote isn't going to change the election.
BillR said:Gentlemen, Stumpy has stated his case. We have stated ours.
It is not our place to be judgmental; if someone doesnt want to participate then that is indeed his or her right.
Neither position will change so it seems to me continuing this thread seems to be nothing more then an exercise in futility.
This one should be locked down, it has reached an impasse.