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Author: irelynnmisses, Location: Netherlands PostPosted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 1:08 am    Post subject: FOLDING: Who, what, where and how (and why)/Links,News,
Ok, I have read and read.. and nowhere can i read about what folding is? I mean.. how do you fold? is it a game? is it a job? ??????
Author: Blast,  PostPosted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 1:30 am    Post subject:
Hi there irelynnmisses.

All the answers you need are at their FAQ page

http://folding.stanford.edu/faq.html

whats more it doesn't hurt Wink

cheers... Bill
Author: wawadave, Location: Installing Vista http://tinyurl.com/2l9qyd PostPosted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 1:36 am    Post subject:
its a small program you put on your computer to do folding computations to fight Cancer.
it harmlesessly runs in the back ground.
Author: seafsee,  PostPosted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 11:25 pm    Post subject: WHAT IS FOLDING PROTEINS & FOLDING@HOME???
OR "FOLDING@HOME 4 DUMMIES"

This article is intended to:
It is still worthwhile to check them out at some future point in time by clicking this.
If you agree, read on!
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OK! So why should I do this?
Ikeb wrote:
So how do we convince folks that F@H is something they should do?
virus4dummies wrote:
If I may speak as a non-techie what you really need to do is convince folks that F@H is something they can do. I read the forum topic but had no idea what it meant to run a distributed computing client. I didn't realize it took so little input from me other than downloading the software. Since I was able to get it up and running, anybody could.

In a nutshell: It sounds scientific and it is; it sounds difficult, but it’s not.

THE BASICS:
The only skills, you as an end-user need, are ones you’ve used many times on the internet. If you’ve ever downloaded and installed a screensaver, or instant messenger, you have all the skills and knowledge you need to “fold” and join our team, “CASTLE COPS” over at Folding@Home in the fight to find a cure for many complex diseases; Cancer, Alzheimer's, Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS), Mad Cow or Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis (BSE), and it's human form Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), to name some that acutely affect a great many people .

We are simply trying to bring this marvelous program to everyone’s attention. The main objective is the DESIRE to do something for the benefit of humankind. Joining our team would show your appreciation for the help you’ve received by the dedicated staff and volunteers here at Castle Cops. In fact, you could set up your own team!


PLACES TO GO; THINGS TO DO:
To download the program and get started, quick jump to here:
http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html
For more information about folding, this is the home page:
http://folding.stanford.edu/

Download the client, and/or run it from Stanford. There are different versions available. For Windows users, new version 5 can be run as a graphical client or screensaver. The graphic version will always run in the background; it sits in the system tray down by the clock, uses very little resources, and releases them WHEN YOU NEED TO USE THEM. There is also the client version, and versions for Macintosh and Linux.

When setting up, you will be asked for a user name and a password. If you are asked for a team number, Castle Cops is 35586. If the option isn’t there, or you miss it, fear not.
When finished installing. and running, an icon resembling a red atom (or an ICQ icon) will be in the system tray. Right-click this for a menu, then choose “Configure”. Under the “User” tab, you should see the user name you chose. Under that is where you would enter 35586 for the Computer Cops team.
These two settings can be changed at anytime and apply to work units in progress and any future ones as well.


BACKGROUND:
I was surprised to see the history of Grid Computing go back as far as 1986!
The original vision of grid computing was to be able to use computing resources as easily as a power grid.

http://folding.stanford.edu/
stanford.edu wrote:
….which harnesses the power of multiple CPU’s….

http://www.grid.org/about/gc/
grid.org wrote:
Grid computing is a form of distributed computing that involves coordinating and sharing computing, application, data, storage, or network resources across dynamic and geographically dispersed organizations. Grid technologies promise to change the way organizations tackle complex computational problems. However, the vision of large scale resource sharing is not yet a reality in many areas — Grid computing is an evolving area of computing, where standards and technology are still being developed to enable this new paradigm.

Huh? Run That By Me Again!

Let’s try an analogy.The Pharaoh of Egypt wants to build this giant monument/tomb (working title: Giant Triangle). It is huge, bigger than anything else the Earth has ever seen. There is one drawback though. The Pharaoh cannot father enough children, let alone, enough sons to help him in this quest! He finds the concept intriguing, but it is not practical.
Upon consulting his High Priest, he learns there are many unemployed Egyptians that can be called upon to help with the task at hand. The High Priest also suggests calling this marvel a Pyramid, but that is another story.
Basically, what would have taken a worn out Pharaoh, and his ever growing family, a very long time to build, can now be achieved in a single generation!

The High Priest was later sacrificed to the god RA.


HOW IT WORKS:
Normally speaking, if you are not doing any thing on your computer it is basically idle and has what is called unused clock cycles. When you are doing something, your PC still has unused clock cycles, (unless your task is CPU intensive, like converting video), mainly because humans are not capable of inputting information quickly enough for the computer. When you run Folding@Home, it becomes active when there are "unused clock cycles” (unemployed Egyptians) on your machine! It releases them when YOU need them. It is designed to not interfere with what you normally would do on your PC.
Now, please, just don’t ask me to explain how it does this.

Robin wrote:
This is a little blurb on a paper Vijay co-authored I believe, that some of you might find interesting.
http://www.esi-topics.com/nhp/2004/january-04-VijayPande.html
Vijay Pande is the man responsible for the program.
{NOTE: If this link is unavailable, you can download the article HERE
(It will be a compressed .doc file) }

DaveMo wrote:
As I understand it. Folding@Home is a form of "Distributed Computing"
What Stanford is trying to do is duplicate the process of protein folding. Protein folding is a natural occurrence in our bodies and affects a lot of our health factors. A protein folds in less than a "nano-second" For Stanford to track and analyze these occurrences would take them about 30 years with the computers they have. So they developed a program that would allow "other" computers to assist them in this quest. You download and install the program. It contacts the Stanford server and receives a "Work Unit" and downloads it to your computer. Your computer then analyzes the process and when complete, uploads the information to the Stanford Server. The only information that is "uploaded" to the Stanford server is the completed work unit and your "log in identity" The program only processes data when you are in "idle" state. So you continue to use your computer normally, with no CPU’s going to the program, but when you’re not using your system, it starts working on the program.
Computer Cops has a team that is folding. If you join the team, Folding@Home records both the "WU's" under your log in, and adds your completed units to the team stats also.
I feel this is a very worthwhile project, and allows me to contribute. It is also fun to watch your stats grow and watch the team standing move up in rank. Hope you decide to join us.

Several members thought that touched all the bases.

As a final word on the matter I give you this.
Rodders wrote:
Yesterday I couldn't even fold a handkerchief and yet today I'm contributing to an international molecular physics project. Just wait until I tell my mum!
I signed-up only this afternoon and completed my first WU for Cops earlier this evening (BST)
Just so long as I'm not expected to wash and iron the damn things as well, I'll be perfectly happy.

Imagine!
No washing, no ironing! No experience needed!
IT’S EASY !!!
Come join us.



[Edited: 20.04.05, fixed broken links; cleaned some formatting issues.]

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Author: wawadave, Location: Installing Vista http://tinyurl.com/2l9qyd PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 5:37 pm    Post subject: Folding@Home Links
we need a sticky or a bold link to page with complete details on how to actually join,d/l and install and put in team number and how to put in user name etc.
Author: !claire,  PostPosted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 6:34 pm    Post subject:
Well all infos needed are already in "Prime Choices..Find a cure" but
maybe some more visible tool would be a good idea.
Like perhaps a flashing title"Find a cure".....
just a 2 cents idea
Author: seafsee,  PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 4:54 am    Post subject: Folding@Home Links
(updated: 06 Oct. 06)

Notice to all: I will be rearranging the forum within the next few weeks to
  1. Devise a more "user-friendly" FAQ and "How To" section;
  2. Have all outside science articles in one thread;
  3. Have all F@H news and in-house articles all in one thread.
This page will receive occassional updates. Newer team members may want to check often until they are comfortable getting around Exclamation


As requested:

Here are all the important Folding@Home links in one place!


Folding @ Home Homepage

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(Click the logo above)

To download the program and get started, quick jump to here:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/download.html


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LINKS
Project summary
(directly from the servers, updated hourly)		Project descriptions News
Education
Science
Papers
Client statistics by OS and CPU
(more detailed stats)		 Client statistics by OS
Server status
Where are the Folding@Home
contributors located?
Forums

{Note: All the above links are available through the F@H STATS page and re-posted here for your convienence}

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The above map shows the distribution of IP addresses used by F@H 2.0 (+) users in cities across the world. Blue dots indicate 1 address, green indicates 2-5 addresses, yellow indicates 6-25 addresses, orange indicates 25-100 addresses, and red indicates more than 100 addresses used in that town or city. The location of the dot indicates the location that the IP address is registered, and therefore is frequently the location of the internet service provider, not the user. Below, we have additional maps for the distribution of Folding@home IP's from the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Occasionally, there are some errors in the geographic assignment.

The NetGeo Perl module was used for the IP-to-location mapping tools (thanks Frank de Lange for pointing it out), and the maps were generated with the GMT mapping tools.

PDF versions of the four (++) maps can be found below (requires Acrobat Reader):
(+) Probable misprints.
(++) There are now seven maps available for download.
MAPS
U.S. Map Canada Map
Europe MapPacific MapAsia Map
South America MapWorld Map
Also, you can see numbers of IP addresses participating in Folding@Home by country or by state/province. Please see the end of this post for a complete listing (coming soon).
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CastleCops F@H Related Pages

Team Statistics at Folding@Home:
http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=35586

Fast Teampage
http://vspx27.stanford.edu/teamstats/team35586.html

CastleCops extremeoverclocking.com Team Pages
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=35586

Kakao Stats *(New look since the original posting)*
Our team page can be found here:
http://fahstats.com/t.php?t=35586

image CastleCops [H]ard|Folding.com Team Pages
http://www.hardfolding.com/index.php?go=1000&tm=35586

CASTLE COPS own Team Pages!
CastleCops Link/fah/index.php
***Updated @ 12 AM, 6 AM, 12 PM and 6 PM***

Team Castle Cops forum:
CastleCops Link/f96-Folding_Proteins.html

Team Computer Cops Thread @ The Folding Forums
http://forum.folding-community.org/viewtopic.php?t=8528
Be sure to stop in and add a comment whenever you come here Exclamation

To join Team F@H User group click here:
CastleCops Link/modules.php?name=Forums&file=groupcp&g=84



Folding@Home Articles:




MISC:


  1. F@H Flash Movie!
    http://www.teamshort-media.com/videos/foldflash2.html
    Created by F@H Team 93 (home page http://www.short-media.com )
    {EDIT: I have uploaded the file here in case anyone has a problem getting this link to work for them, as I did. It is compressed by the Linux server.}
    CastleCops Link/zx/seafsee/foldflash2.exe.tar.gz
    • File Description: Name - foldflash2.exe
    • Size - 3.49 MB
    • Type -Macromedia Flash Player 6.0 r21
    • Unzip with WinRar

  2. Folding For Our Future Presented by The Folding Frogs - Team 734

  3. Charlie's Other Web My Newest Web Page; containing mostly news feeds of interest to Castle Cops Team F@H members, and also a Trend-Micro Virus Map, links to Panda and Trend-Micro online virus scans. It will soon host more Climate News for the Knights Of Castle Cops CPDN Distributed Computing Team, and a page for Constellation Castle Cops SETI@Home team.
    The Folding at Home Charts page even has a feed from this forum that will update with the most recent posts (and link back to them) so developments can be tracked while you're away Exclamation

  4. The Castle Gate This is an open MSN Community for all things F@H, CPDN team and SETI Team related. We have a signature board which can be used to copy non working signatures to be used here as a static representation; Virus and Security Info updated as much as possible, including links to Panda online virus scan, and Trend-Micro Housecalls. The site also has MSN Chat capability which could be helpful should Castle Cops go down in the future; CCSP and F@H members will be able to stay in touch; staff has other avenues of communication open also, so everyone can stay up to date.


Countries image
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United States 44668 Ireland 61 Guam 7 Qatar 2
Netherlands 12760 Austria 61 Yugoslavia 6 Moldova,
Republic of 		2
Australia 8016 Singapore 59 Puerto Rico 6 Sri Lanka 2
Canada 3847 Israel 54 Costa Rica 6 Cayman Islands 2
France 1537 Hungary 52 Bermuda 6 Guatemala 2
United Kingdom 972 Indonesia 48 Saudi Arabia 5 Greenland 2
Germany 820 Portugal 45 Peru 5 Algeria 2
Uruguay 686 Taiwan,
Province of China 		43 Latvia 5 Bahamas 2
Denmark 291 Philippines 39 Barbados 5 Bangladesh 2
Japan 249 Romania 37 Afghanistan 5 Zimbabwe 1
Belgium 247 Slovakia 36 Lebanon 4 Virgin Islands,
U.S. 		1
United Kingdom 231 China 36 Iran,
Islamic Republic of 		4 Suriname 1
Italy 221 Bulgaria 36 Colombia 4 Paraguay 1
Sweden 205 Ukraine 28 Trinidad and
Tobago 		3 Nicaragua 1
Slovenia 203 Turkey 28 Pakistan 3 Nigeria 1
Poland 200 Estonia 28 Malta 3 New Caledonia 1
Greece 145 Argentina 21 Morocco 3 Malawi 1
Finland 140 Luxembourg 20 Kazakhstan 3 Andorra 1
New Zealand 136 Korea,
Republic of 		20 Kuwait 3 Monaco 1
Switzerland 136 Iceland 17 Guyana 3 Liechtenstein 1
Spain 135 Thailand 16 Cyprus 3 Jordan 1
India 127 Croatia 16 Belarus 3 Jamaica 1
South Africa 114 Chile 15 Brunei
Darussalam 		3 Ethiopia 1
Czech Republic 104 Egypt 14 Bahrain 3 Ecuador 1
Russian
Federation 		100 Faroe
Islands 		9 Bosnia and
Herzegovina 		3 Macedonia, (the
Former Yugoslav
Republic of) 		1
Malaysia 100 Dominican
Republic 		9 United Arab
Emirates 		3 Netherlands
Antilles 		1
Norway 98 Venezuela 8 Yemen 2 Azerbaijan 1
Brazil 98 Oman 8 Vietnam 2
Mexico 72 Lithuania 8 El Salvador 2
Hong Kong 63 Saint Kitts
and Nevis 		7 Reunion 2
States
Virginia 13461 Ohio 640 Mississippi 228 Hawaii 96
California 5717 Maryland 538 Utah 217 Nevada 92
New Jersey 3934 Wisconsin 502 Louisiana 214 New Mexico 89
Massachusetts 2025 Minnesota 500 Kansas 179 New Hampshire 81
Georgia 2016 Florida 475 Alaska 151 Rhode Island 74
Texas 1937 Arizona 374 Nebraska 149 Maine 66
Colorado 1827 Oregon 364 Oklahoma 143 Montana 54
New York 1351 North Carolina 360 Arkansas 135 Vermont 53
Pennsylvania 1232 Tennessee 351 District of
Columbia 		129 North Dakota 50
Illinois 830 Indiana 348 South Carolina 98 Delaware 36
Missouri 774 Connecticut 273 Idaho 98 West Virginia 32
Michigan 773 Alabama 269 South Dakota 96 Wyoming 29
Washington 673 Iowa 243 Kentucky 96
Province
Ontario 1523 Quebec 227 New Brunswick 66 Newfoundland 13
Alberta 700 Manitoba 124 Nova Scotia 58 Northwest
Territories 		7
British
Columbia 		425 Saskatchewan 83 Yukon Territory 18


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Author: Ikeb,  PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 5:12 am    Post subject:
Good stuff Charles!

Suggestion: repost it as a sticky topic of it's own.

Problem: the last link is a tar (i.e unix archive). I suspect you should be uploading foldflash2.exe directly.
Author: seafsee,  PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 11:10 am    Post subject:
Any suggestions? This is not the first time I've uploaded a file to have it turn into a tar.gz.
The option is to follow the other link and download directly from them.
All previous posted links to this file come up empty. I suspect it might have been a burden on the server. They haven't even put in a redirect page.
Author: Ikeb,  PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2004 3:57 pm    Post subject:
Hmmm .... yeah. Paul has prevented *.exe files from being uploaded ... for good reason; someone could post malware and unsuspecting folks could end up with a problem. Looks like you'll have to ask Paul for some assistance.
Author: Paul,  PostPosted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 9:13 pm    Post subject: AMBER and Gromacs
http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/AMBER.html
http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/gromacs.html

Did you folks know about this?
Author: seafsee,  PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:18 am    Post subject:
Gromacs has been running for awhile. Amber is new and apparently mucho $$$.

At least one of our machines here is running a Gromacs WU.

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Author: Paul,  PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 4:20 am    Post subject:
Its been a while since I last ran any DC. I know Robin has been running on her machine, hopefully one day I'll be able to run extra. Thanks
Author: Ikeb,  PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:01 am    Post subject:
Sorry Paul. I don't see the connection from your OP and your last one. Confused What does DC have to do with F@H stuff?
Author: Paul,  PostPosted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:20 am    Post subject:
FAH is a DC. I used to participate in FAH and other DC projects like SAH for example, and GAH. I even did RC5 and Mersenne Primes.
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