Folding@Home Interview: Fold a Protein

[JesseVictors]

@comoloco12321 If you want more points I suggest you start on an advertising campaign, but not like this. You need to explain what F@h is, how it works, and what it is doing in very simple terms. Try the article on Wikipedia or the main F@h website, things are explained pretty well there

[JesseVictors]

Read the Folding@home article on Wikipedia. Pretty well written at this point! Check it out!

[TheEXTRAtesco]

flop around like a fag?

[502020x]

WHT THE USE OF THIS IM CONFUSED

[Catarit]

@502020x The client connects with other computers around the world to form a massive parallel supercomputer that uses petaflops of processing power to work out how proteins fold, so scientists can learn how to treat diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and cancer.

tl;dr It helps scientists work out how to cure cancer.

[RipIPDime]

Because proteins "try"... it's not like it's due to random Brownian collisions or anything. xD

[aizen7777777777]

Delusional Fools!

Have you folded enough proteins yet? LOL :D

Blind sheep following other blind sheep in an endless cycle...

[AStaticCharacter]

@aizen7777777777 Dude, what the fuck are you talking about? This is a folding@home video, not some video of the Twin Towers falling or our troops over in the Middle East.

[unleasheth]

nevermind to the pc resources part, i should have listened to the whole vid, but i guess the real issue i have here is i found FAH bullshit on my PC that i didnt install there, and if this stuff is running without my knowledge somehow id like to disable it. thats all im gettin at, being a gamer im sure you guys can appreciate that

[unleasheth]

sooooo, i still dont get it, why do i have to use my PC to help them out with something that they could use their massive super computers to do? isnt this using my PC resources using this shit? can i delete FAH?

[mrbest20]

@gamer1337omg yeah fill it up even more lal

[mrbest20]

@gamer1337omg my cousin uploaded it because he thought it would get a lot views i have autologin on youtube so its easy for him to upload.

i don't care if you are fat or small

but when i saw ur name *gamer1337omg*

i thought u were fat gamer :D

[mrbest20]

@gamer1337omg yeah i do know what country it is

but its funny ur name is Gamer1337omg

i dont belive you weight as much as you say

but NVM

because my hacks are private the one you see on youtube and people having is 99% public crap or buy shit

my hacks are the fastest best and the hitboxes are amazing.

[mrbest20]

@gamer1337 since you seem to be a retard i show of hacks me and my friends made.

i dont play with them i just record to show people what the aimbot can do

i havent played cs for 5 months.

and you are to embarrassed to show what country ur from

but i guess you hide it because you are a fat american.

[mrbest20]

@gamer1337omg just because you got pwned?

[mrbest20]

when they stop doing commercial for crap mac i will use it :)

and recomend it to 1000 of my facebook friends but until that

this is crap

[mrbest20]

this is a total bullshit

[louie000007]

the best protein is hydro protein :) why do we need to fold? lol

[beboboy67x]

my protien is the best

[system0system0]

Awesome im helping with my idle computer

[ravecrocker]

lol team hackaday

[coolpilot2001]

w...t....f

[hanrinch]

what is the point to waste you computing power to save the fucking pathetic human race?

if you get cancer you die! what would i ever care this world....

[bpeterdude316]

are protein molecules alive so to speak?

[SeanneryConnery]

@bpeterdude316

No, proteins are not 'alive' but DNA encodes the information to make proteins and nothing else. Its these proteins that maintain cellular functions such as using nutrients, reproduction, cell to cell communication, and basically everything the cell does.

[ImSuchaGamer]

@bpeterdude316 yes, they are you

[SAMoryakin]

joined project with Compaq nx7300 notebook with CeleronM 520@1,6GHz. Molecule moves soooo sloooow

[OpTicFaNb0y]

wtf is this shit



[ShiroKage009]

@OpTicFaNb0y This is no "shit", this is awesomeness of scientific creativity.

PS: It's made to save lives if you did not see the video.

[jonesbones638]

What a fucking scam. Absolutly zero knowledge about anything comes out of this. Just a bunch of college nerd teams competing to see who can get the most at home suckers to power up their retarded animation bullshit. And even more pathetic is all the at home suckers actually believing their is some way helping to find a cure for cancer, what a bunch of assholes. I can only hope everyone involed gets AIDs and dies... after spreading it a bit of course...

[woodyfly]

@jonesbones638

LOL

[buizel200]

did you beat team jiggmin?

[swadow54]

lol i am at 2h and 12mins left :D

but i have a question: on the PS3 what are the green dots on the earth?

[Orlor]

@swadow54 All the dots are other PS3's folding.

[tryceo]

@The1337pwnag3

Google Fahmon and download it.. it monitors everything F@h

[SoNDgs]

The CPU viewer will actually show you what it's doing but it's so slow you won't even notice it. Take a screenshot then take another to compare after an hour or two folding.

If you're unable to get the GPU client working visit the F@H forums and they will help you out.

[ChesterDoraemon]

it's all bullshit. I know the bio-tech and pharmaceutical industry. stop contributing to global warming and get a job and stop trying to mooch free health care off my back

[Raffix394]

Could anyone tell me how the score is made up? I for example hace a lower score then some of my team mates who have contributet less WUs(work units)

haven't found anything by googeling

thx in advance for answers ^^

[SoNDgs]

Some WUs are worth more than others. If your team mates are running the high performance clients (SMP/GPU) each of their units will tend to be worth more than the standard single core clients.

[Jishiro]

I just uninstalled F@H today. I have absolutely no idea how it got into my computer. It was slowing my computer down. Games that would normally run at 60+ FPS at high settings would run at 10-30 FPS at medium settings.

[SoNDgs]

Maybe someone else installed it on your computer as a service. When it's installed as a service every time your computer starts up it will automatically load it up behind your back. You would have been able to open your task manager and shutdown the process anytime you wanted.

If you're worried that your CPU is processing stuff without you knowing, actively monitor it's usage with Process Explorer (by Sysinternals) or CoreTemp.

[Hepput]

@Jishiro Of course, because running F@H consumes CPU or depending on the client, GPU Power which isnt available for other things. To play games, turn it off.

[o0AndromedaB0o]

how to get scree nsaver? O.o

[Austin17070]

join team 179159. we have a total of 7 ps3's and 4 computers right now. help us make those numbers higher

[hasbucket]

The folding@home runs with low priority.

I do not notice it at all even though i do quite cpu consuming stuff on my computer.

I wan't more info about the projects that world community grid and gpugrid are running!

[Xephirox900]

Everyone Fold on Team PSN

[Kashground]

......someone spammed you lol.cant say ps3

[LeafsFilms]

y cant i say ps3

[Kashground]

im not really sure : /somebody must of thought you were tryin to advertise ps3.

[superman70377]

the best team is 143016 its Team Jiggmin if you play platform racing 2 and you fold you get a free crown and cowboy hat its really sweet

[mcmeyer69]

When is F@H going to be on Boinc? Until F@H is on Boinc I will dedicate my processing time to Rosetta@home and World Community Grid.

[Estileese]

my folding at home thingys dont look like that

[adayinboulder]

Are they at Chipotle?

[anttik1979]

So my electric bill pays your computing needs ?

-is that what it is ? (plus given me extra feel as if i was doin something good)

So weak proof of world-wide advantage on the F@H site. Like some said: sounds as good as derren brown.

[Tivio100]

Hello i have an ATi Radeon 2400

after i've instaled the newest drivers on my descktop apears folding @ home

what is this and what is for?

Pls repply me

thank you

[daniellos333]

have you heard about google? its quite helpful when you need information about something ;)

[badatcards]

I F@H for Team Hardware Canucks Forum (54196). All welcome to join.If your Canadian and your not folding for team Hardware Canucks Forum your on the wrong team.lol

[halojames1]

PS3 can fold home i can fold a piece of paper beat that sony :)

[Markonim]

@halojames1 LAME! -.-

[jakekes]

PS3 SLIM for $299.99 coming out on 1st September 2009, check it out on Amazon

[mynameisdarthtater]

I think I get it now. I think that the proyltien Is trying every possible way to fold and not using the ones that don't work.

[Lukeriddoch]

microsoft are selfishj mastards they rip the 360 buyers off but sony dont rip us off and also help people with folding@home

[CrazyMonkey124]

Those damn mastards.

[eclipse245]

@Lukeriddoch That's the most fail comment I've ever heard.

[quazarphazar]

@Lukeriddoch

Fanboy. I don't see how Microsoft ripped people off more Sony did. Both of these giant companies are guilty of monopolizing and ripping off in their own way. The fact that the PS3 can run folding at home is a business move as Sony is showing off the power of their console as well as expanding to other fields other than gaming. Every action of a large company has the ultimate goal of making money.

[IIFaDedII]

@Lukeriddoch

looool when your post that comment? sony rip all ps3 asslickwers when they close linux on ps3 and when newes firmware starts freezing cheers dumb ps3 fans

PS i sold this piece of garbege when its YLOD

[josepippo]

@IIFaDedII and i sold 2 xboxs when i got RROD

[IIFaDedII]

@josepippo

bad cuz jaspers and slims didnt rrod

[IIFaDedII]

@josepippo

even my old 3 years falcon still alive PS i jtaged my 3 years old xbox =)

[josepippo]

@IIFaDedII lucky of you! none of my 360s lasted more than 3 months later i got a 2009 jasper problem solved and i also got YLOD on a 80B PS3 and then i got the slim no more problems all of the 3 dead consoles in 2010

[MistahOhEmGee]

@Lukeriddoch Dude. They dont rip people off. I have both a 360 and a ps3 and I wish people would stop with all this console wars crap.

[amishdude8595]

@Lukeriddoch wait... what are you trying to say?

[squezey1]

@Lukeriddoch The 360 would be terrible for folding@home. Leaving it on for hours would over heat the system that doesn't happen with ps3's.

[mrbest20]

@squezey1 funny how my friend had the newest 360 250 gig on for 3 months and it still works

[mrbest20]

@Lukeriddoch omg shut the fuck up noob

maybe not all people wants their personal info to be public.

plus i dont want this to take my computer resources

i bet they do more then just use your gpu/cpu

Pure bullshit

[unleasheth]

@mrbest20 i wholeheartedly agree. its defintely an invasion of our privacy and going against our free will if this shit is running in the back ground as im suspecting. but...until someone comments back to me explaining if it does, which im sure they will, and probably hatefully too, then im very very very skeptical on this. i just think its corny that all the things they could have thought of to get our info and they come up with this? lol protein folding? lols wow

[mrbest20]

@unleasheth hahah yeah it does run in the background

soon you wont even be able to take a shit in peace without them knowing.

that is the same reason this is pure bullshit.

[unleasheth]

@mrbest20 well hopefully its not on my pc, gonna search again as hard as i can on our machines here and see what i come up with, though for all i know there could be something deep within the registry thats tough to get out, and i aint particularly good with that part.

[mrbest20]

@unleasheth they probably hide it well :D

well tell me if you come up with something

[unleasheth]

@mrbest20 ah snaps ive already forgot to check for it lols dang so much to do each day lately after work.

[mrbest20]

@unleasheth dont worry :D

[mrbest20]

@Lukeriddoch they are not idiots maybe not everyone wants their info to be shared to unknown places.

[mrbest20]

@Lukeriddoch how they rip people off are you drunk or something?

[mrbest20]

@Lukeriddoch oh i just heard they stole LG Blueray and its stop sales in Europe how do u explain that fag?

also their psn is down for a long time now... no rip off? haha xD ur funny guy

[pupp3tmast0r]

so scientists at stanford are using people with a lot of computing power to do the research for the advances in science, without the immense amount of money needed for research.

[rax7]

i still don't understand how this graphic can determine how real protein works. this is just generate by a computer.

[generalXmcnugget]

For everyone to know, certain team numbers give rewards if u get to a certain point in your folding process. An example is number 143016. This is the Platform racing 2 number and if you fold 3000, 5000, and 100,000 points, U get an in-game reward.

[centurionl]

how can i do this on my ps3?

[eb1791]

I don't understand what the purpose of this is, even though I have read the website...and still don't get how this will/is helping scientists.

[ShiroKage009]

Simple, they use each PS3 (and PC I think) as an individual processing unit to simulate the structure of a protein to be able to know how it works. This shall help with studying illnesses like cancer and possibly provide solutions to any physical illness, as they are centered around protein mechanisms.

I hope this answered your question.

[hi234yes]

it helps scientists see how protiens move and how they act

they than take that info and use it to help study medical illnesses

[platfourmracing2]

can u f@h 4 me my team number is 143016 and my name is 2_fast_2_freaky

[RossPattullo]

Join Team: 164979

[badatcards]

When the PS3 is idle I use it to F@H for team HardwareCanucksForum ( 54196) GO CANADA :) looking for a team.please join all welcome.

[centurionl]

i dont get this, what do you do? nothing? i dont get it

[lolumadxp]

you can look at the protein and stuff, but you're just helping scientists, not playing a game.

[centurionl]

so they are using your computer/ps3 to do that?

[lolumadxp]

yeah, the faster your computer is, the better the protiens, and more complex the folding is, and it also changes the speed obviously.

[bestSVMS]

you install it

let it run

and your computer calculates how proteins work, when its done, it sends it back to stanford

and when enough gets done

scientist make use of it

[mrbest20]

@bestSVMS yeah sure and you think that is the only info they get sure sure

[AmdAtiForever]

@bestSVMS Would this benefit me in any way?

I'm not trolling I'm curious.

[burnsD700]

i have a computer with 2 9800gt cards and a ps3 so when im folding with ps3 i play computer and when i play ps3 im folding with my computer (gpu)

[Chickennrice02]

no when i am folding it sits at 100% it is only busy becuase of folding

[martoksneghvar]

Any one with Nvidia or ATI cards please join my team were 4759 of 158084 team number is 157252. CPU clients welcome :)

[vitchb]

I've got it running on my quad-core, and usually uses about 25% of my CPU, i can run photoshop and day to day programs without noticing the difference so its well worth it :D

[xsonicbladex]

Using My MacBook to fold (for team Mac OS X 1971) 24/7 exept when doing more intensive work. Using InCrease to monitor the fold and FAHlimit (by the same creator) to limit the fold to only a certain amount of time (I set it to 40%) to prevent overheat. I Also run Activity Monitor to monitor the CPU usage. The whole thing is powered by The client running as a preference pane in System Preferences. Last but not least i use SMCFanControl to monitor my fan speed and CPU Temp.

[PylonMD80]

Also using my old P4 2GHz to fold.

[SeaStormer]

Can anyone fold for me, on team Jiggmin (Storm.)

[XTruth]

my ps3 does this great.

[civicguy2k]

Stanford needed a super massive computer capable of making thousands of calculations per second. But the money/tech to build such a PC is beyond us right now. All this does it spreads that workload amongst thousands and thousands of home PC's that can each do their own number of calculations per second, and when added up, will hopefully provide enough power and data to fight diseases. The only reason they coincide with gaming PC's is that most newer Cards have their own processors which help.

[lawrencezig93]

everyone join team 24

[Chickennrice02]

lol im using my pentium 4 to fold as much as i can lol my cpu sit at 100% 24/7 lol.

[operationturkey]

Im running the GPGPU version on my 2x8800GS setup. It must be going about 20x faster than my e8200 could do alone. Welldone stanford for adding GPU support :)

[martoksneghvar]

my graphics card 9600gt gpu client is helping a lot i can get 8 work units done in 1 day if u want to join my team my number is 157252 looking forward to see u

[dtala19]

I have a PS3 so how do i get FOLDING@HOME??? PLEASE ANSWER!!!!

[elitedw]

Since the newer update, you need to go on "Life with Playstation" where you will go into a globe. Theres a button there that you need to hold and switch from news mode to folding@home mode.

[elitedw]

I forgot to mention somethings since I needed to check it out myself. You need to click "Life with Playstation" in the network menu. You should be in a globe view. If you start this for the first time, then they should tell you the controls to change. But once your seeing the globe with the background music. Hold the Square Button [] and press down to enter into folding@home. g.l and thx for helping science.

[Zhylo]

Oh...my...god... How inbread are you?

[RatchetZwerg]

Start the one thing under Playstation Home. I don´t know the name now. But there you can find it.

[80sMetalhead4Life]

I'm with you, still clueless about what it is exactly

[Iwillkillyou35]

If you are still confused about it, you can contact me and I can explain it to you if you would like. The project needs as many people as it can get.

[123456iambelial]

My F@H animation looks like crap. But this one looks awesome.

I am running GPU nvidia client BTW. Where can I get this kind of animation?

[akonpierre]

I still dont understand shit. Why are a bunch of nerds( no offence) running their pcs, competing and so on? Does the winning team get anything? Are they that greedy? If I fold,whatever it is, how does the anaasys work of my results?

[IceAMD]

Have you ever competed just for fun? Doesnt seem like that.

[martoksneghvar]

im running f@h now using my 9600gt 512 GPU client :) god can that thing beat my shitty amd dual core speed. :) i love my 9600gt :)

[playerdrake2]

hmm...what?

[Buster013]

Which team should I join? There's tons of them and i'm pretty confused

PSN ID: Marty1307

[chadheck96]

Veronica is better when she's on C/net.

[dls3189]

What do you mean "better"?

[chadheck96]

She is funnier and more entertaining on it.

[SPLITZRZR]

HOW IS THIS GOING 2 HELP with cancer? computer making protein?

[yusthavinfun]

it will let sientists get a better view on how protiens and stuff works and so they can get a better view on what cancer is and how it works

and as you know the first step toi finding a solution is findknowing what the problem is

[Kracg999]

Actually there's rare things that happen every seconds and it takes millions of computers to capture that moment. Scientists believe that a clue to curing cancer is in the moment.

[martoksneghvar]

agreed it takes time and effort to each protein folds thousands of times a second which is why a super computer wont cut it and they need our computers to help :)

[ryuchao009]

uh oh. I think I'm hydrophobic :S

[dmxlightingguru]

what on earth is the macbook there for ?

[naireland]

string a bunch of mini computers together to perform algorithms? That's the philosophy behind this right? So you are more-less creating a "render farm" for stanford. I have to find out a way to use this for Maya 2009 :)

[tapo]

That actually exists, it's called the Big and Ugly Rendering Project (BURP).

I believe it only supports Blender exports for now, but I imagine they'll support Maya at some point.

[ballebanan]

It's all gobbeldigook to me, but I still fold for the good of all human kind.  ;P

[dangled7]

Please join Team DL.TV's Folding@Home crew.

Our Team # is 57391 and more info can be found on the dl.tv website.

[xXJ2RXx]

still makes no sense wot so eva. i did hear sum1 mention tht its to help find a cure for cancer but i duno wot folding protein has to do with tht

[scottwilkins]

My basic (extreme basic) understanding is the molecules form with the parts connecting at very specific angles between them. It's a college level chemstry thing, so take chemistry in college and you'll learn about molecule connection angles. When the angle form different, things can happen. This is one of the reasons why desease occurs, and learning the whys will give us the tools to cure these deseases. Again, very basic idea. Some else will need to explain better...

[TopGunMan]

i still dont know what the heck that guy is talking about, but proteins are the machines of your body that are small enough to do their work on really small things, like a sugar molecule for instance. the reason it can work on such small things is in its shape. A protein starts out as a strand and morphs into a useful shape. They are important to everything in your body. The only way we can understand the way they morph is with a lot of math. Computers can do the math real well.

[yourleftnut1]

cant believe something like this requires so much computer power..

[stewiegriffin64]

yeah wtf is it i have the programme on my ps3 but i don't know how oyu work with it and what it does so can someone explain what it exacly is

[prtuc2]

it is a protein folding program that allow better understanding for protein which led to medical purpose.

[Cr3ater]

Join Team (Call of duty gamers) and watch our numbers rise and help out with the research. Team number:121711

[interivo]

You know how to post on Youtube yet you don't know how to find an answer for yourself?

[blessyou]

ya wat does this folding have to do with gaming

[skiny2916]

you are the weakest link, good bye

[blessyou]

ya and who do u think u r ...fucking retard

[k2d2t2]

does it cost money

[redsnake555]

no its free

[k2d2t2]

thanx

[redsnake555]

no problem

[rey9006]

maryland ps3 team ftw.... anyways...

[Chavez1993]

I have begun to run Folding@Home on my PS3 wiil always be running this(when im not playing). Why just just turn it of when u could save a life?

[kelsisco]

join my folding@home team at 55429

[quise2creez]

i think i joined ur team if i did it right

[italydefense]

could i joing your team?

[italydefense]

could i joing your team?

[kelsisco]

yes you could join my team

[SoldierCyfix]

I did not understand a word he was saying. but what ever ill put in a fraction of my system's power

[RubberDuckyes]

I've been doing this for the last 3 years on 2 rigs runing 24/7.

Rember This is for a great cause.

[soopertrooper001]

god bless you

[Nuotykis]

if i ever get sick of cancer or anything that would sometime have a cure and save my life... ill remember u...