Cancer

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:49 pm

Words are sometimes hard to find when it comes to those who are ravaged by cancer. Below are some cancer victims. Please join the Folding team and help find a cure so our children can live without the pain and anguish of cancer.

https://www.speedguide.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=115125

https://www.speedguide.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=127015

Thank you.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:05 pm

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:08 pm

You might ask: who at SpeedGuide is folding? Here ya go......

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/ ... hp?s=&t=15

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:09 pm

cancer sux for sure, we need more megahurtz folks, thanks to all who are trying to help however they can.

*edit* guess i am just a tad to slow posting

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:15 pm

MadDoctor wrote:You might ask: who at SpeedGuide is folding? Here ya go......

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/ ... hp?s=&t=15

Oh boy I'd better figure out a way to get going again...BTracy is catching up to me fast.

ghettoside · Post by **ghettoside** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:14 pm

Once I get settled into my new job I'm gonna buy folding power

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:15 am

Even if you have a older computer with windows 98 you can run the Folding @ home program. Even on Operating Systems like O.S.X and BSD.. even Linux distro's like Ubuntu.

# Linux Console Edition #######################################################
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Folding@Home Client Version 5.02

http://folding.stanford.edu

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Launch directory: /home/shinobi
Executable: ./FAH502-Linux.exe

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:19 am

the red cog is back

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:21 am

Randy wrote:the red cog is back

ghettoside · Post by **ghettoside** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:46 am

Shinobi wrote:Even if you have a older computer with windows 98 you can run the Folding @ home program. Even on Operating Systems like O.S.X and BSD.. even Linux distro's like Ubuntu. ...

I slightly disagree. I tried to fold w/ a 500 Mhz AMD K62 w/ 128 Mb RAM...
I tried in xp (ok that was iffy esp. w/ only 128 Mb) and I tried damn small linux.
That box would not fold.

I concede I did not try 98... but I'm very stubborn about not installing 98 anymore. Imo, 98 is a dead OS. 98 updates/support ends in what, days?
On the flip side... wth, if it's just a folding rig, does it really matter if patches are available?

I suspect though that if I could not fold in damn small, I would have trouble even under 98. damn small was using under 15 Mb RAM if I recall correctly.

I actually would try it, but I just sold that box for $25. Tunnel vision.

I have a P3 700 Mhz o/c'd to 784 that is dedicated to F@H. It takes a while to complete a WU lol. I have F@H on my only other operational box, an o/c'd early P4 (1.8 running @ 2.08), which is where my slight production is coming from.

Y'all should be seeing me in the top 20 producers in 6 months, barring some ghettoside disaster. I saw newtweaker blow my F@H doors off... I can produce like that too if I invest in folding power.

I will buy serious folding power after I'm back on my feet

BrandonB · Post by **BrandonB** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 3:40 am

I try to have atleast 8 CPU's folding at all times, that is untill someone shuts down the computer(s) when I tell them not to.

MissTynker2 · Post by **MissTynker2** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:09 am

Want more interesting information folks? Check below...quite a fascinating read along with a description of the many other diseases that we fold for.

http://folding.stanford.edu/

Thanks MadDoctor!

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:57 pm

ghettoside wrote:I slightly disagree. I tried to fold w/ a 500 Mhz AMD K62 w/ 128 Mb RAM...
I tried in xp (ok that was iffy esp. w/ only 128 Mb) and I tried damn small linux.
That box would not fold.

I concede I did not try 98... but I'm very stubborn about not installing 98 anymore. Imo, 98 is a dead OS. 98 updates/support ends in what, days?
On the flip side... wth, if it's just a folding rig, does it really matter if patches are available?

I suspect though that if I could not fold in damn small, I would have trouble even under 98. damn small was using under 15 Mb RAM if I recall correctly.

I actually would try it, but I just sold that box for $25. Tunnel vision.

I have a P3 700 Mhz o/c'd to 784 that is dedicated to F@H. It takes a while to complete a WU lol. I have F@H on my only other operational box, an o/c'd early P4 (1.8 running @ 2.08), which is where my slight production is coming from.

Y'all should be seeing me in the top 20 producers in 6 months, barring some ghettoside disaster. I saw newtweaker blow my F@H doors off... I can produce like that too if I invest in folding power.

I will buy serious folding power after I'm back on my feet

Your point(s) are well noted.

I got to admit that I only have tried the program with Ubuntu, Mandriva, and RedHat Linux distro's. Don't know why it wouldn't work with damn small linux..

I have tried folding on Windows NT, 98 , xp and 2000 and 2003 without any problems.
You right that a old computer will be a bit slower pumping out the WU's, but the main thing is at least it is folding none the less.. even better yet, the majority of people can put there older computers back into use, other then the throwing them into the landfill.

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:18 pm

I don't see anyone signing up. Am I missing something? Come on people. Do it because it is the right thing to do,

PM Philip or Ken for details (if you want to go that way).

MD

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:17 am

^bump^

David · Post by **David** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:21 am

I no longer fold (preferring to offer monies directly), but heartily endorse the dedication of our team.

Ashdaw · Post by **Ashdaw** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:13 am

I just added it to my Main machine Mad Doctor

I have visited the hospital in Sydney's Westmead and it is a rather sad thing.

koldchillah · Post by **koldchillah** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 11:37 am

bumpage..

Don't forget to enter TEAM 15 when it asks during setup.

We're losin' strength people.. I see a lot of grayed out names, many of which are still regulars here on the boards.. C'mon slackers.. get back in the fold!

SherriBabee · Post by **SherriBabee** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:10 pm

[quote="MadDoctor"]

I don't understand what the 'Folding' program is? Can you explain it to me

Thank-you,
Sherri

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:04 pm

Folding@home does not rely on powerful supercomputers for its data processing; instead, the primary contributors to the Folding@home project are many thousands of personal computer users who have installed a small client program. The client runs in the background, and makes use of the CPU when it is not busy. In most modern personal computers, the CPU is rarely used to its full capacity at all times; the Folding@home client takes advantage of this unused processing power.

The Folding@home client periodically connects to a server to retrieve "work units," which are packets of data upon which to perform calculations. Each completed work unit is then sent back to the server. As data integrity is a major concern for all distributed computing projects, all work units are validated through the use of a 2048 bit digital signature.

The Folding@home client utilizes modified versions of four molecular simulation programs for calculation: Tinker, Gromacs, AMBER, and QMD.

Contributors to Folding@home may have user names used to keep track of their contributions. Each user may be running the client on one or more CPUs; for example, a user with two computers could run the client on both of them. Users may also contribute under one or more team names; many different users may join together to form a team. Contributors are assigned a score indicating the number and difficulty of completed work units. Rankings and other statistics are posted to the Folding@home website.

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Folding at Home is a distributed client computing effort by Stanford University intended to help understand how proteins assemble or "fold." Exactly how proteins assemble themselves is a mystery, and why the proteins sometimes fold improperly or "misfold" is also a mystery. Quite a few serious diseases are related to the misfolding of proteins, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, to name two. By donating your CPU's spare cycles, you are contributing to the effort to understand how the proteins fold, which is the first step to understanding how basic proteins work and how we might treat these diseases.

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:15 pm

...and another way of saying what Folding@home is/does.

If you think of a cell as a house, proteins are everything that goes in it — the framing, the furniture, the fixtures. Proteins are the working parts of living matter.

The human body makes at least 50,000 different proteins, and each one assumes a particular shape, known as a “fold,” to carry out a particular function. Hemoglobin folds into a shape that lets it carry oxygen. Insulin fits like a key into spaces so it can turn things on and off. Other proteins fold into shapes that build bones, muscles, hair, skin or blood vessels.

When proteins don’t fold properly — think of origami gone wrong — they can poison the cells around them and trigger diseases such as Alzheimer’s, cystic fibrosis, an inherited form of emphysema and even many cancers.

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:10 pm

IBM announced a new $100 million exploratory research initiative to build a supercomputer 500 times more powerful than the world's fastest computers today.

The new computer -- nicknamed "Blue Gene" by IBM researchers -- will be capable of more than one quadrillion operations per second (one petaflop). This level of performance will make Blue Gene 1,000 times more powerful than the Deep Blue machine that beat world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, and about 2 million times more powerful than today's top desktop PCs.

Blue Gene's massive computing power will initially be used to model the folding of human proteins, making this fundamental study of biology the company's first computing "grand challenge" since the Deep Blue experiment. Learning more about how proteins fold is expected to give medical researchers better understanding of diseases, as well as potential cures.

MissTynker2 · Post by **MissTynker2** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:11 pm

MadDoctor wrote:IBM announced a new $100 million exploratory research initiative to build a supercomputer 500 times more powerful than the world's fastest computers today.

The new computer -- nicknamed "Blue Gene" by IBM researchers -- will be capable of more than one quadrillion operations per second (one petaflop). This level of performance will make Blue Gene 1,000 times more powerful than the Deep Blue machine that beat world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, and about 2 million times more powerful than today's top desktop PCs.

Blue Gene's massive computing power will initially be used to model the folding of human proteins, making this fundamental study of biology the company's first computing "grand challenge" since the Deep Blue experiment. Learning more about how proteins fold is expected to give medical researchers better understanding of diseases, as well as potential cures.

Wow!! That is breathtakingly exciting news!! Thank you sooo much for the share

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 3:33 pm

I told SG management that this thread would bring in more folders. It's not happening. I fear SG management is going to punish me. Please fold. Lets help save a child today. Load Folding@home and start taking away the pain.

MD

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:29 pm

MadDoctor wrote:I fear SG management is going to punish me. Please fold.

A kissing booth or a dunking booth?

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:00 pm

YeOldeStonecat wrote:A kissing booth or a dunking booth?

definately kissing booth / wipe off lips after/

dunking booth= gasoline & dismemembering

MissTynker2 · Post by **MissTynker2** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:18 pm

MadDoctor wrote:I told SG management that this thread would bring in more folders. It's not happening. I fear SG management is going to punish me. Please fold. Lets help save a child today. Load Folding@home and start taking away the pain.

MD

Geeezzz...and I backed ya up too! Does that mean we are both going to be in the same kissing booth?

This thread has gotcha a couple MD, and I have got the rep points covered for ya

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:35 pm

[quote="MissTynker2"]Geeezzz...and I backed ya up too! Does that mean we are both going to be in the same kissing booth? ]
You're safe. It's the one who "starts" the thread. That would be me.

MissTynker2 · Post by **MissTynker2** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:39 pm

MadDoctor wrote:You're safe. It's the one who "starts" the thread. That would be me.

Y sure you told Ken that, huh? huh? huh?

Keep her going MD! Good job!

Sarahnn · Post by **Sarahnn** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 2:10 pm

Good thread, MadDoctor. Beautiful precious children.

Btw, your tagline is awesome.

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:30 am

Sarahnn wrote:your tagline is awesome.

Is "tagline" code for my summer sausage?

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:31 am

Randy wrote:definately kissing booth / wipe off lips after/

*licks lips after*

Sarahnn · Post by **Sarahnn** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:22 pm

[quote="MadDoctor"]Is "tagline" code for my summer sausage?

]

I guess it is now!!

I can't fold but I do plan to put some bucks in towards the effort. Just got to get off my fat arse and do it.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:12 pm

bump

*Fat Dogs at 315,000 points*

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:08 am

David_W._Westphalen
fixationdarknes
Murray

Are pretty new to Folding and really kicking some cancer butt. Way to go!!!!

Far-N-Wide
newtweaker
Cajun_Don

Are flying up the ranks as well!!!!!!!

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:18 am

Hell_Yes wrote:I no longer fold (preferring to offer monies directly), but heartily endorse the dedication of our team.

Tax deductions are nice, but corruption and waste in cash collecting charities is abomidble.
I for one fold, as I would never give a nickle to the theives in the corporate charities.

MissTynker2 · Post by **MissTynker2** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:20 am

MadDoctor wrote:David_W._Westphalen
fixationdarknes
Murray

Are pretty new to Folding and really kicking some cancer butt. Way to go!!!!

Far-N-Wide
newtweaker
Cajun_Don

Are flying up the ranks as well!!!!!!!

Nice work teammates!

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:28 pm

whumpage! HELP!!!

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:51 pm

Ken wrote:whumpage! HELP!!!

Now Ken... I don't know how many times I've told you but you just don't get it!!!!!!!!

Speed Guide is Team 15
Your user name is: MadDoctor

You maybe want me to smack you upside the head?

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:59 pm

for shizzie!!!!

In addition to folding I am currently fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as well! Everything counts!!!

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