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Last week, we discussed farming a little bit. I still haven't found the
definitive explanation to pass along. I hope to do so soon.
It has nothing to do with pharming, a new online
threat similar to phishing ( [*Jaws theme
playing in the background*] - just when you thought it was safe to
go back in the water!) You may have heard of the one, but not the
other. If that's the case you should check out Phishing,
Fraud and Dastardly Deeds, where scams are discussed in detail and
some of the staff analyze the methods being used. Some of the bad guys
are becoming very sophisticated in their methods. Keeping an eye on
this Front Page is also a good way to stay current and find out which
of those scams you'll likely run into.
In any case, in regards to email, it is best not to click any
links, especially if you don't know who the sender is, and in
most cases, even if you think you do!
Speaking of links, Acheton, Forums
Administrator, pointed out to me I should speak more about the
program.
A few people have remarked about how scientific and complex this Folding
is. Some have glanced at it, and turned away. I don't think I have the
skills to do this. Then they find out how little input is actually
required from them and regret not getting started sooner!
Life is too short for regrets. Among the more than half million
articles presented by the members of Castle Cops, there are several
excellent ones about Folding@Home, one of the most compelling ones
being, A Personal Reason
To by OldGuy.
If you like sound and pictures, there are two short videos you can
watch, produced by rival teams. Flash must be enabled within your
browser to view these.
Foldflash2,
created by F@H Team 93, ( home page http://www.short-media.com
) was the first to be discovered. Another one is, Folding
For Our Future Presented by The Folding Frogs - Team 734.
To round out your reading, I recommend the most read story about
CastleCops: Join Computer Cops
Club to Find A Cure! by Paul,
Owner, and my first
article, WHAT IS FOLDING
PROTEINS & FOLDING@HOME??? (Or Folding@Home 4 Dummies)
MILESTONES
40,000 - vmax
30,000 - Remnant , Kraken and nwannabe
5,000 - MadameX , and aug10bgo
1,000 - jmschwartz, FisionChips, mctoo, and Louise
Not to overlook the Work Units done, several members have reached
milestones of 100, 200 and more within the past week. Unfortunately,
none of the standard statistics sites are geared to monitor this
barometer of a member's contributions, and I am no exception.
Date of last work
unit
- 2005-04-21 14:11:17
Active CPUs within 50 days -
231
- + 4
Grand
Score
- 1,712,201 (certificate)
- +
68,768
Work Unit
Count
-
14,092
- + 478
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) -140 of
37,588
- ^ 1
It was a surprise to discover that not every one of the team had ever
clicked the link in certificate or even knew these were
available for the team and personal stats not only for points, but also
for Work Units! You can view ours by clicking certificate above.
Welcome New Member
No new members showed up since last week.
Forum Buzz
Without a doubt, the buzz has been graphics. Our local Graphics Guru has produced some new
work and is finalizing some other projects. In addition a new source
for signature graphics was uncovered. No fewer than fifteen of us have
gotten them, so I'm sure you'll be seeing them. They are supplied by DynaSig, are
highly customizable, and a plus -they are dynamic as opposed to static
- they update every view.
One of the things registered members take pride in is their
signature. It's a way to pass the word about something they
feel strongly about, be it Folding@Home, ASAP, or Microsoft MVP
Windows-Security 2005 to name just a few.
I have a secondary signature I like to use occassionally. It combines
several different slogans I have used or seen.
______________________________________________________________
Your local PC expert could easily charge upwards of $60 to fix your
PC problems.
The volunteers @ Castle Cops
helped you do it for $0.
You can show you appreciation and/or
support by considering one of the following links;
1. A Premium
Membership (It's also a great gift idea); 2. A small donation;
3. Supporting a Team! Folding@Home / ClimatePredictionDotNet
/ SETI@Home /
Einstein@Home
4. Pass the word & stay malware free!
The point is that there is more than one way to show your support! Not
everyone is (to quote a famous movie from a few years ago)
economically viable enough to send a donation or to sign up for a
Premium account. If a legal defense fund were to be set up tomorrow, I
wouldn't be able to contribute.
At any given time, when you log into the home page of Castle Cops
you'll likely see similar numbers to these:
There are currently, 1239 guest(s) and 52 member(s) that
are online.
Survey's show that millions of computers are sitting doing nothing for
hours at a time. With more people getting broadband, the number of
people always connected is astonishing. What amazes me is that
more people haven't discovered a scientific program they'd like to
donate some of those unused CPU cycles to.
Folding Fact Of The Week
Folding fact #1
In 1969 Cyrus Levinthal introduced the concept, later to
be known as Levinthal Paradox, that a protein cannot
find its native state by a random search through all its possible
conformations, because such an exhaustive enumeration in theory would
require eons of years, while proteins fold on a fraction of second.
BOINC
Berkeley Open
Infrastructure for Network Computing
The biggest news in the world of B.O.I.N.C. is that Folding@Home is
this much closer to releasing their version for this client. I've been
waiting since November and knowing this, was the deciding factor in
starting a Castle Cops Team. I'll be announcing any updates in the
forum, here.
Related Links
CCSP Folding Forum,
Castle Cops version of the Stats, FOLDING@HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS*
Thursday Team Tidbits - ( * hosted
by MSN Group, The
Castle Gate - right-click to save)
vol
1, vol
2 Current article mirrored - Charlie's
Other Web, In the Folding Forum
Folding@Home - Home, Computer
Cops Team Page, Folding
Facts, Fast
Teampage URL, Downloads
We'll be moving to Tuesdays following this article.
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