Agozer Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 But why is it called folding? O_oThat's what I would like to know too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 I never knew why. But it's a worthy cause and it's not spyware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted July 21, 2004 Author Share Posted July 21, 2004 (edited) It's called folding because this project is there to learn how and why proteins fold. The tertiary structure of proteins is a folded state and they are usually in a folded state before they can do anything otherwise they'd be huge and hard to manage. And when a protein doesn't fold properly, that causes diseases. Here is a really good picture to demonstrate why proteins must fold: As you can see, proteins need to be folded since they are so big. Here's a quote from the Folding@home website:Before proteins can carry out their biochemical function, they remarkably assemble themselves, or "fold." The process of protein folding, while critical and fundamental to virtually all of biology, remains a mystery. Moreover, perhaps not surprisingly, when proteins do not fold correctly (i.e. "misfold"), there can be serious effects, including many well known diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, and Parkinson's disease. You can read about the science behind Folding@home here. Edited July 21, 2004 by GryphonKlaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultan Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 great explanation Gryph!I'd sign up for this if I wasn't constantly using my cpu for video encoding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 I just set it to lower CPU usage if i'm gonna do something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted July 21, 2004 Author Share Posted July 21, 2004 Whenever I play games I turn it off even though it adjusts itself. I want all CPU power and resources to go to my games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverlordMondo Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 Wow, I wish I had CPU power. I will soon though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted September 8, 2004 Author Share Posted September 8, 2004 I haven't updated this in a while... but here are our latest stats. Latest StatsDate of last work unit - 2004-09-04 16:07:54Active CPUs within 50 days - 3Team Id - 36271Grand Score - 8044.5 Work Unit Count - 102 Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) 3393 of 32951 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 So thats the team id! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted September 8, 2004 Author Share Posted September 8, 2004 So thats the team id!Yeah...I asked a mod or admin earlier to post the team number in the title so people don't have to dig through the entire thread. Anyway, keep up the folding! It's just me and you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 (edited) Yeah, I lost the ID when I reformatted a few weeks ago. Times like this I should write stuff down on like, paper. Old school. Edited September 8, 2004 by K`dash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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