16-11-2004 22:03									#1
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World Community Grid is a new computing grid being launched by IBM and United Devices, to harness the idle processor cycles of people's computers to do research that benefits humanity.

The current project is called the "Human Proteome Folding" project:

quote: The Human Proteome Folding project will provide scientists with data that predicts the shape of a very large number of human proteins. These predictions will give scientists the clues they need to identify the biological functions of individual proteins within the human body. With an understanding of how each protein affects human health, scientists can develop new cures for human diseases such as cancer, HIV/AIDS, SARS, and malaria.

More information is available here: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/p...he_project.html

This does not affect your computer's performance, because it only uses processor cycles that are otherwise wasted on doing nothing.

I have created an Apolyton team...every little bit helps, so join today.

Step 1: Join (download, install, register): http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/j...w/join_now.html
Step 2: Join the Apolyton team: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/t...mId=635XNJBR9N1

	16-11-2004 22:08									#2
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Looks good. I'll look at it from home this evening.

	16-11-2004 22:58									#4
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Protein folding? Sounds messy...

I don't have spare CPU cycles. Honest.

However, should the opportunity arise. I'll book mark it for the future.

	17-11-2004 00:12									#5
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I joined

	17-11-2004 00:22									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Asher http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ United Devices has teamed up with IBM to make use of spare CPU cycles again, initially for protein folding research. It's similar to Folding@Home. I've installed it on my work computer (P4 3.2GHz w/ HT & 1.5GB of RAM) and home computer (Athlon 64 3200+ w/ 1GB of RAM), so I'm generating some pretty big numbers fairly quick. It's a cool thing to put cycles to use, especially if you're doing something useless like SETI@Home right now. If a few people from here join, perhaps we can start a Poly team.

You are so way beyond being just a geek, it's tragic.

	17-11-2004 00:29									#7
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I have 500Mhz P3. Perhaps you want to use some of the "cycles" on my pocket calculator, instead?

	17-11-2004 02:30									#8
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I'm in.
Asher: Couldn't find the 'poly team.
Did you create it?

	17-11-2004 02:34									#9
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Remind me after my exam to look into this. I had folding@home on my system before.

	17-11-2004 02:35									#10
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Created: http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/t...mId=635XNJBR9N1

	17-11-2004 02:35									#11
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I'm only at 36% after 2 1/2 hours unfortunantly

	17-11-2004 02:46									#12
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there's no linux client... which precludes me from using my p4/3.2ghz ht 1g ram box at work... and it precludes me from using my p4/1.7ghz 768mb ram box at home half the time...

i will be able to use a p3/933mhz 384mb ram box at home, maybe...

	17-11-2004 02:47									#13
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Joined!

	17-11-2004 02:48									#14
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Just joined the team.

	17-11-2004 03:06									#15
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Joined..

	17-11-2004 07:13									#16
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Joined.

	17-11-2004 07:15									#17
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Thanks but if I want to do charity work there are soup kitchens and adult literacy programs in my own city.

	17-11-2004 07:19									#18
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Thanks for sharing that with us all.
:applause for Oerdin:

	17-11-2004 07:56									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Oerdin Thanks but if I want to do charity work there are soup kitchens and adult literacy programs in my own city.

Awesome, why don't you stop shitting on this thread and go serve some soup to those drug-addicted homeless Californians.

	17-11-2004 07:59									#20
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Hey Asher! I have been using this program for about 12 hours now.

I was wondering if there was anyway to limit the CPU usage to say, 60-70 %. It now runs at 100% and my fans are screaming like crazy.

	17-11-2004 08:05									#21
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Joined the team btw...

	17-11-2004 08:07									#22
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Are you running this on your shittyass Dell laptop?

I don't know of any way to limit how much CPU it uses, but you can designate a schedule it can run on...

	17-11-2004 08:09									#23
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I'm running this on my Dell laptop and it's 97 or whatnot.

	17-11-2004 08:10									#24
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No I'm running it on my Earth Simulator. And its getting kinda hot in here. I guess I wont run on your overpriced IBM laptop

	17-11-2004 08:12									#25
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It does, but I don't even notice when the fan turns on...

It doesn't even get warm to the touch, nor is it noisy.

	17-11-2004 08:13									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Oerdin Thanks but if I want to do charity work there are soup kitchens and adult literacy programs in my own city.

What's stopping you from doing that AND this?

	17-11-2004 08:13									#27
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Awesome, I guess it doesnt use any electricity either?

	17-11-2004 08:14									#28
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quote: Originally posted by laurentius Awesome, I guess it doesnt use any electricity either?

Not nearly as much as yours no doubt. 12W when doing stuff like word processing, 30W when under full load.

	17-11-2004 08:20									#29
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Okay, you win, now what?

	17-11-2004 08:36									#30
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It's probably not a good idea for you, unless you're trying to burn your lap.