SpeedGuide.net Distributed Computing Teams
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We participate in several different distributed computing projects which help humanity with research, using your CPUs idle time. All information for setting up your computers to run the software and participate in our teams can be found here: http://www.speedguide.net/sg_teams.php ( Simply choose the project that appeals to you the most and run the client program... If you need additional help post to this forum.)
What Is Folding ?
By helping understand how proteins fold, you are helping better understand how to cure many well known diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's, Cancer, etc.
Thanks for joining !
Useful Links
Fire Daemon - set any program to run in the background as a service in Windown NT/2k/XP. Also, check out this FireDaemon Setup page.
WatchCat - a small system tray applet for hiding application windows
By participating in our teams, you're also entitled to a custom user status on our forums and an Avatar regardless of post count (just message one of the admins/mods with your requests)
The client software does not interfere with the normal operation of your computer, it does not slow down other programs since it is very low priority and only uses idle cycles.
Console versions of the software generally run a bit faster than screen-saver versions.
Even if you have a slower PC, every little bit counts, your contribution to the team effort is appreciated !
Results are sent to servers and new WUs (Work Units) are assigned automatically, you only need to run the appropriate client program.
Once you join our teams, statistics usually take up to 48 hours (after you send your first results) to update and show your username and ranking.
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