DU Folding@Home Team - Thread #3

[alfredo]

The other one got too big for its britches, so I am starting another.

ny_liberal: "Back in 1998, I was introduced to the SETI project through some obscure website I was visiting, so I decided to try it out. It worked pretty well, but eventually I became dissatisfied with the research and results. Without getting into a discussion of the possibilities of extra terrestrial life here, I decided donating my computer time to that sort of project was a waste of time (other than proving the capability of distributed computing projects), and eventually stopped for several years. Then in the middle of 2003, I saw a reference to the Stanford project (Folding@Home) and decided it was a worthwhile project to donate computer resources to.

Today I noticed that Kos members set up a Folding@Home team
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/22/13216/695

I created a team for DU (Team number 48157)and would be willing to change teams if more people are interested in joining this group

DU Team stats: http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teamp ...

The long term possibilities - even medium term possibilities - are tremendously exciting. Every day's folding helps to build the knowledge that will someday produce cures."

[tiptoe]

1. # 2,502 ( 100 CPUs )

DU Folding@Home Team Members

F@H Stats - Team Radar Screen

Democratic Underground -- Folding@Home Team initiated 2005-12-22

Date of last work unit 2006-01-12 11:13:02
Active CPUs within 50 days 100
Team Id 48157
Grand Score 67038 (certificate)
Work Unit Count 582 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) # 2,502 of 42171

[democrat_patriot]

5. I just joined.

I work in a datacenter - I may load this on a few power servers (that are wholly underutilized of course).

[tiptoe]

6. heavy duty!

"power servers"...multiple CPUs?? :toast:

[mcscajun]

7. So long as you are authorized to load them there...please take care

for your employment, that it doesn't turn into UNemployment.

People have lost their jobs, at least one(perhaps more) have been prosecuted.

[Coexist]

51. Why? That seems a little harsh

[mcscajun]

66. One of the charges used is "Computer Trespass" -- there are others.

You can read about the most extreme case here...in the end, the guy's okay.

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/300
http://www.freemcowen.com/

But in the meantime, his employer put him through a little bit of hell.

And even though this guy's okay...you can still lose your job in many firms for any unauthorized software installation.

[mcscajun]

9. 100!! Woo-Hoo!!

Now that was Truly Nice Surprise for when I came home this afternoon.

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

DUers ROCK!

Keep it goin' and growin' -- More CPUs!!!

[Roland99]

10. 2470 of 42172

:woohoo:

[tiptoe]

72. # 2,320 ( 109 CPUs )

DU Folding@Home Team Members

F@H Stats - Team Radar Screen

Democratic Underground

Date of last work unit 2006-01-14 00:18:23
Active CPUs within 50 days 109
Team Id 48157
Grand Score 75749 (certificate)
Work Unit Count 663 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) # 2,320 of 42190

[tiptoe]

82. # 2,266 ( 110 CPUs )

DU Folding@Home Team Members

F@H Stats - Team Radar Screen

Democratic Underground

Date of last work unit 2006-01-14 15:18:10
Active CPUs within 50 days 110
Team Id 48157
Grand Score 78804 (certificate)
Work Unit Count 687 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) # 2,266 of 42199

[tiptoe]

92. # 2,173 ( 112 CPUs ) -- (teams: new members daily histories - 8 weeks)

Team New Members Daily Histories & History Tables - recent 8-weeks:
Freepers (36120)
Redstate.com (48064)
Daily Kos (48083)
Democratic Undeground (48157) (started 12/23/05)


DU Folding@Home Team Members

F@H Stats - Team Radar Screen

Democratic Underground

Date of last work unit 2006-01-15 07:21:37
Active CPUs within 50 days 112
Team Id 48157
Grand Score 83996 (certificate)
Work Unit Count 729 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) # 2,173 of 42208

[tiptoe]

114. # 2,070 ( 116 CPUs ) -- Active Teams Member Rank #77 & Projections

Active Teams Rank - sorted by # active members (# 77 as of 12:00 UTC-8]


DU Folding@Home Team Members

F@H Stats - Team Radar Screen

Democratic Underground

Date of last work unit 2006-01-16 12:09:00
Active CPUs within 50 days 116
Team Id 48157
Grand Score 90641 (certificate)
Work Unit Count 787 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) # 2,070 of 42236

[tiptoe]

134. # 1,974 ( 119 CPUs )

Active Teams Rank - sorted by # active members


DU Folding@Home Team Members

F@H Stats - Team Radar Screen

Democratic Underground

Date of last work unit 2006-01-17 12:20:13
Active CPUs within 50 days 119
Team Id 48157
Grand Score 97302 (certificate)
Work Unit Count 845 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) # 1,974 of 42248

[Caoimhe]

2. Thankyou alfred! n/t

[Mabus]

3. and thank you to ny_liberal for setting up the DU team

Just another example of what we can do when we work together. We can make the world a better place, one computer at a time whether it is sharing information here or folding proteins when we're asleep/away from our CPUs.

:toast:

[corporate_mike]

64. agreed - THANKS ny_liberal

[Imalittleteapot]

105. kick for team 48157. If you haven't already,

[alfredo]

14. yer welcomed. It wasn't so noble, I'm on dialup and the old thread

took forever to load. Thread #3 was purely selfish. It was for my convenience.

[wakeme2008]

4. Grrr does not work for Linux from a proxy

but Tuxedo-programmer is doing OK on his Windows Machine . :)

[mcscajun]

8. Have you checked the FAH FAQs?

http://folding.stanford.edu/faq.html#project.own

There might be an answer there...I know they cover Proxies and Linux there...but I don't run either, so I can't answer.

[alfredo]

11. Did you look through the FAQ?

There might be a workaround.

I googled the string "folding@home linux proxy" Below is on hit returned.

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/6031

It's about half way down the page.

[wakeme2008]

36. It is a bug....

The Linux machine can get WU thru the proxy just can not send them back.. Error 500. I have tried the forum and did not get any of their suggestions to help. I complete 5 large WU but can not return them so I stopped folding on that machine. Sweet box, 3 Gig processor. :(

[alfredo]

37. Sorry it didn't work for you.

[spuddonna]

12. Just joined!

Up and running on my old laptop here... We'll see how long this first 'assignment' takes to finish. :)

[Caoimhe]

13. YAY!!! Thanks! This is a worthwhile, fun project

and I like things that are worthwhile that take no effort! :toast:

[spuddonna]

16. I agree! I actually used to participate in SETI...

... but had some problems with one of their versions, so I uninstalled. (Didn't have time to troubleshoot.) But so far, this looks good! :)

[corporate_mike]

15. LETS BEAT THE FREEPER TEAM!

Mandatory reminder on every folding thread :)

[alfredo]

17. Please recommend so it will go to the greatest page.

Thanks for you kicks and recommendations.

[corporate_mike]

58. Done

[alfredo]

59. this effort is growing

faster than I thought it would.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

18. Cool! Hey, anyone else here obsessed with refreshing the member list to

see how you are progressing on it? I keep doin it to see how many I get done and how I move up the list. It's fun! LOL

[mcscajun]

20. Nah...I've only got the one processor.

I started out fairly high, but I'm resigned to sliding down the list as more DUers with Multi-processor households join the project. And that's great!

More CPUs!!!

Go, Team DU!

[Caoimhe]

22. What is your fastest frame rate?

The WU that I completed this morning never got faster than 7minutes/frame
The second WU that folding grabbed for my machine is bigger, 500 frames versus the 400 of my last one, but things are really cruising, I saw it get below 3minutes/frame.

Now, with my laptop at home, its 34minutes per frame. This dog will never get done! Does that mean my CPU is slower? or the work is harder?

[mcscajun]

26. Honestly, I haven't paid attention...most of my WUs get completed

while I'm either at work (away from Home) or asleep.

I only check in with the graphical display occasionally for amusement and to see how many WUs I've completed. I've seen small ones that fly through and Huge ones that take a day and a half to complete. I've also seen big one get done in 12 hours...and small ones take all day. It's a crapshoot as far as that goes...The Minutes Per Frame will vary on anyone's setup based on what else you've got running at any given moment. It's unlikely to stay at 34 minutes per frame indefinitely.

[Caoimhe]

55. I think I improved my speed by doing the following

Of course I shut down all unneeded programs

But then I got to looking around
if you left click your folding icon in the system tray, then go to Configure, go to the Display tab and push the Molecule Draw Rate all the way to the left, then also turn off the Main title, which seems to be checked by default. It seems to have streamlined things, and I still can watch the protein visualization, but it doesn't update as fast, saving valuable CPU speed! Of course, I could just be having a fast protein folding day. Who knows?

My frame rate is now 2m:1s/frame!

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

31. How do you find that out and what exactly is that?

[mcscajun]

35. You see it on the graphic -- on the lower third of your stats on the

current WU. It'll look something like this:

Frames Completed:
269/400
7m:31s/frame

The last line is your 'frame rate'.

[nedbal]

47. What is your fastest frame rate? 24 secs, the work varies

one wu will take 24 secs / frame while the wu I did prevously on that same machine took 20 mins/ frame ???

[MrMonk]

69. I'm appalled

I've been running my first WU continuously for a week, and I've barely completed 200 frames.
Any suggestions as to how I can speed this along?

[mcscajun]

73. Check out this post upthread for suggestions that may help.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=120440&mesg_id=130097

[MrMonk]

117. I just noticed . . .

this on the Folding@Home website:

we benchmark (the WU) on a dedicated 2.8GHz Pentium 4 machine with SSE2 disabled

I'm running on a Pentium II machine, circa 1998.
That might explain the long computation times.

[mcscajun]

85. Just noticed a Much Faster Frame Rate... 28s/frame

Could be because I just got home and turned on my PC. I'd been leaving it one for days and days at a time running WUs.

Maybe it pays to give things a rest now and then. :)
Just like us.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

30. I only have one processor too, but I still like to see my output :)

Guess I'm just competitive no matter what LOL

[Caoimhe]

32. I can't believe I am going to admit this.. my husband will laugh

but I am thinking of looking in the garage for my old computer.. it was a wreck and not good for much, but it might be salvagable for FOLDING. *rubs her hands together*

[mcscajun]

33. Hee-hee-hee-hee

:evilgrin:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

49. Let's ask Congress & Senate Democrats to join.

They fold like no one else. </venom>

[EvolveOrConvolve]

98. Some suggestions if you pull out that old box

I've got an old dog that takes fooooorrrrreeeeeevvvvvveeeeeerrrrr to complete a single frame. The first WU it completed in about a day (must have been a small one), but the next WU wasn't scheduled to complete until sometime in October of 2007! I had to uninstall the F@H application and delete it from my hard drive and start over, only grabbing WU's that have no deadline (there is an option in the Configuration tool that allows you to only grab WU's without deadlines). It completes about one a week now, and isn't downloading the huge WU's anymore.

Other suggestions:

Close any unneeded programs. Click Start->Run and type in MSConfig. On the General Tab, check the Selective Startup checkbox. On the Startup Tab, uncheck every program in the list (unless F@H is listed!), so that no resource hogs are being launched at startup. Also, click on Start->Programs and check your Startup folder - delete any files in the folder. Make sure you restart your computer before installing F@H.

Install a Firewall on the computer, and only allow access to the Internet to the F@H application. That way, you don't need to run an AV or spyware program.

Before you start, defrag your hard drive and do a complete clean up of temp files. Both can be accessed by clicking on Start->Programs->Accessories->System Tools. I don't know if this will actually help the performance of F@H, but older computers that have less memory have a greater chance of using the swap file, and a clean hard drive provides better performance for the swap file.

Give the computer some time to rest between WU's. Right-click the F@H icon in the System Tray and select Pause When Done. That will give the processor some time to catch it's breath before starting another WU. Older processors have a slightly greater chance of burning out (because of old heat-sinks, CPU fans, etc.). Make sure to right-click on the icon and select the Resume option.

WARNING: the first two suggestions are for people who want to use an old computer exclusively for F@H. If you use your computer for other tasks (email, Word, games, finances, etc.), always always always use an AV, spyware tools, and a firewall. In addition, if you use your computer for everyday tasks, killing all the startup programs may cause some of your applications to not run correctly.

[BamaBecky]

19. I missed thread #1 and #2, can somebody clue me in?

thanks - I have no idea what this is all about.....
Bama

[mcscajun]

21. Here's the scoop in a nutshell...

ny_liberal got it started in Thread #1 with the idea to form a DU Team to participate in "Folding@Home" -- to get as many DUers as possible involved with lending their spare CPU cycles to medical research on folding proteins. It's about distributed computing, similar in scope to the SETI@home project.

Here's the scientific lowdown:
http://folding.stanford.edu/science.html

The FAH Client is simple to add to your PC, runs in background, you can pause it if you need to, shut down your PC when necessary; it'll pick up pretty much where it left off and resume working. It works on a tiny part of the problem under analysis, completes its assigned Work Unit (WU) and submits it back to the main computer @ Stanford University. You can even watch a graphical representation of what your PC is up to during its folding process. :)

Why protein folding?
What happens if proteins don't fold correctly? Diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, cystic fibrosis, BSE (Mad Cow disease), an inherited form of emphysema, and even many cancers are believed to result from protein misfolding.

When proteins misfold, they can clump together ("aggregate"). These clumps can often gather in the brain, where they are believed to cause the symptoms of Mad Cow or Alzheimer's disease.

Our Team # is 48157...and you can download the client in minutes.

Links to prior threads:
Thread #1
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=753&mesg_id=753
Thread #2
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=38723&mesg_id=38723

On Edit: Okay...it's a Pretty Large "Nutshell" :)

[nedbal]

89. for thread #4 we need to draw others in , we need a great subject & post

to open with, start throwing out ideas , like

WE NEED YOUR HELP , SMASH THE FREEPERS.

THE POST SHOULD STATE DIAL UP AND SLOW MACHINES ARE OK. GOOD MACHINES WORKING WEEKDAYS ONLY ARE OK... more ideas are needed


I expect 100 recommends from all those folding


DU needs like 300 more cpu's to do a realistic freeper challenge


made this avatar




://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/images/avatars/personal/153258.jpg

/personal/153258.jpg

to generate interest

[mcscajun]

90. I forwarded your post link to ny_liberal, who started all of this.

I'm thinking that when the time comes, it should be her post to start the next thread.

[mopinko]

23. hey, can i get a sub-team?

Moebius2288 is my son. i have a couple of other computers here that i will be getting on here shortly. my hubby's rival for the "he who dies with the most toys" award is on the number 2 team. i know there is always just good old adding. but who does that these days?

[TheGunslinger]

24. Well, you can specify the same username when 1st running the client

That way, all WUs go to the same username. In essence, that's a sub-team. ;)

[mopinko]

34. hmmm. don't think that will set well

with the male egos here. maybe i will just post a household total from time to time in these threads.

[Caoimhe]

25. I have suggestion

We need to somehow mention the race to catch and ultimately eclipse the Freepers in the next thread header. I think it will get more curiosity seekers looking at it. I put a post in the Chronic Diseases forum (no responses yet), but could you put one in the Computer forum? Seems that they might have some extra CPU to spare!


KICK! :kick:

[mcscajun]

27. I'd already put a post in the Computer forum, the Health Group,

and the Science Group.

Don't let that stop anyone...we just have to be careful not to cross the line between enthusiasts and pests. :)

And while this is mostly about cures, the competition with the Freepers IS an interesting side note...and perhaps it IS time to mention it (only occasionally, mind) in a Subject Line Or two.

More CPUs!!!!

ny_liberal is going to freak OUT (in a good way) when she gets back and sees yet Another thread grow from her original post. :)

[Caoimhe]

28. is she on vacation?

just curious.

[mcscajun]

29. All I know is she sent me a PM saying she'd be away from DU

for a couple of days...no details.

[alfredo]

41. This is terrific.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

100. If beating the Freepers also helps science

It's a win-win situation (even if the Freepers win).

I agree with the poster that said we needed 300 more CPUs to challenge the Freepers. Bring it on, freeps!

[Caoimhe]

38. MSCAJUN might I just add

I really love Wesley Clark too!

How do we help kickstart him for 08?
I don't want to see him on a stage with 8 others.. I want a unified party!!!!

[mcscajun]

39. See WesPac

http://www.securingamerica.com/

Join WesPac
Get on his mailing list.
Get involved with your local Democratic Party.

I have. :)

[mcscajun]

40. With 102 CPUs clocking in...Team Ranking is now 2,449 of 42,175

With a continuing stream of new team members...we'll be in the Top 2000 anytime now...

More CPUs!!!

[Mabus]

42. And there are seven more DU'ers since the last time I looked

that have contributed to our total. I know that the donor name doesn't show until the first WU has been completed and submitted. I hope this means there are more at work than names showing up.

:toast:

[mcscajun]

43. I'm certain of it...

...and just think, if every member of the team could just get One DUer to join them...we could double the size of our team in a week!

Each one, reach one. :)

[Mabus]

44. I'm going to set up my husband's computer

as soon as he's away from it long enough for me to get to it.

My next "targets" will be my brothers. ;) It'll give their computers something to do when they aren't lurking on DU for the latest information.

[mcscajun]

45. Bravo! and good luck with that.

:)

[nedbal]

46. recommend

[mcscajun]

48. Friday the 13th: 103 CPUs and we're at 2,413 of 42,181

Date of last work unit 2006-01-13 03:20:06
Active CPUs within 50 days 103
Team Id 48157
Grand Score 71135 (certificate)
Work Unit Count 617 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) 2413 of 42181

[corporate_mike]

57. #2,371 with 105 CPUs

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

50. How smooth on the machine the Linux version is!

No other operation has any noticeable lag. No unexpected disk activity, no sudden Internet slowdowns, no nothing. The Folding@Home executable occupies about 10 megabytes of RAM. Sweet!

[r0tt3n1]

52. Linux client

I concur, the Linux client has been very well behaved on my lone Linux file server boxen. As for the 10 meg memory usage, that will fluctuate as the machine gets different wu's. Other wu's will likely use more memory...
Keep it up DU!

[alfredo]

53. When I get my Intel Mac, this machine will dual boot Linux.

It will still be crunching numbers for FAH.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

54. DU TEAM LINK IN OP IS BORKED -- Use this instead:

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=48157

[alfredo]

71. Oops. I was doing some editing of the sig line today

you probably caught it when I had it screwed up. When I copy/pasted, I left off the last number. I corrected it,

[jsamuel]

56. Done

[tiptoe]

60. # 2,369 ( 105 CPUs )

Democratic Underground

Date of last work unit 2006-01-13 11:18:04
Active CPUs within 50 days 105
Team Id 48157
Grand Score 73137 (certificate)
Work Unit Count 637 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) # 2,369 of 42185

[Mabus]

61. 106 active CPUs - #2359

and 75 DU'ers!

Date of last work unit 2006-01-13 12:17:05
Active CPUs within 50 days 106
Team Id 48157
Grand Score 73632 (certificate)
Work Unit Count 641 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) 2359 of 42186

[corporate_mike]

62. we should be in the top 2,000 in 2 days

see this radar screen:

http://fahstats.com/tr.php?t=48157

[corporate_mike]

63. Take a look at these stats!!!!

http://fahstats.com/index.php?col=1

[alfredo]

65. We will be in pretty good shape if we continue growing

at a steady pace.

[mcscajun]

67. Wow! We're really a Lot Closer to catching the Freepers

than the general stats would show.

Among the active teams, the Freepers are on line 36; Team DU is on line 78.

Can you Feel it? Critical Mass is around the corner, folks. :)

[alfredo]

70. This has been a lot of fun. I know it will become

routine someday, but I'm enjoying it now.

[corporate_mike]

77. Among the active teams, the Freepers are on line 36; DU is on line 78

More CPUs!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We can catch them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Imalittleteapot]

68. 108 active CPUs ranked 2349 of 42190

:applause:

[Mabus]

74. We broke 2,300, currently we are 2,295 of 42,191 (108 CPUs)

Date of last work unit 2006-01-14 06:18:18
Active CPUs within 50 days 108
Team Id 48157
Grand Score 77115 (certificate)
Work Unit Count 672 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) 2295 of 42191

:woohoo:

Together we are making a difference.

[alfredo]

75. As we used to say

We're kicking ass and taking names.

[alfredo]

76. 109 cpu's rank 2282

Keep it up friends.

[corporate_mike]

78. DU #2,282 ------(KOS #2,815, RedState #3,033, FreeRepublic #505)

DU stats:
http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=48157

KOS
http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=48083

RedState.com
http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=48064

FreeRepublic.com
http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=36120

[alfredo]

79. Great stats.

Our progress has slowed, but that is to be expected.

[Mabus]

80. I noticed a lot of "first timers" in recent days

That is, a number of people have completed their first work units. There have been some new people who said they have joined in the past few days whose numbers aren't even showing yet. I think we'll see another sudden bump as the newer members complete their first work units later this week.

[alfredo]

81. I should have more WU's but I was experimenting around and

messed up several. Oh well.

[corporate_mike]

83. Nice list of new member stats

http://fahstats.com/nm.php?t=48157

[mcscajun]

84. More and better numbers!!!

Date of last work unit:        2006-01-14 16:16:35
Active CPUs within 50 days:       111
Team Id:       48157
Grand Score:       78957 (certificate)
Work Unit Count:       688 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate):       2262 of 42199

Eleventy-one CPUs!!! On our way to 200!!
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[tiptoe]

95. ttt

[tiptoe]

121. ttt

[Mabus]

86. 2,238 of 42,201 (112 CPUs)

Date of last work unit 2006-01-14 19:13:34
Active CPUs within 50 days 112
Team Id 48157
Grand Score 80268 (certificate)
Work Unit Count 699 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) 2238 of 42201

The more the merrier! :toast:

[mcscajun]

87. Last one for me tonight...

More CPUs!!!

Let's cook it up, DUers!

[corporate_mike]

88. #2,231 --- more CPUs!!! --------We shall pass the Freepers!!

We cannot let the Freepers help science more than we can!!

Aks your family members and all friends to join our team!

[alfredo]

91. 112 processors, rank 2177

keep it up folks

[corporate_mike]

96. #2,165 with 112 CPUs

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=48157

[alfredo]

97. You can see a slowing as we encounter the more active teams.

Soon it may take weeks to pass anyone, and maybe someone will overtake us. That's just the way it works.

[corporate_mike]

104. #2,152 --- more CPUs --- c'mon DU!!!!!!!!!!!!

C'mon DU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[alfredo]

106. I like your enthusiasm.

[corporate_mike]

107. Makes me sick to see those FREEPers ahead of us in the rankings

Seriously.

We should merge with Kos and other progressive sites.

[alfredo]

108. That's something to consider, but we will have to work to

coordinate all the groups. Many may want to keep their own identity. You know, having our name on the stats is good advertising for this site.

[Imalittleteapot]

93. Kick for team 48157. If you haven't already,

join in. Folding is worthy of your DU attention.

[alfredo]

94. Thanks for the kick.

[Twillig]

99. A vulgar translation for those who haven't joined:

We need more fucking folders if we're gonna make any fucking ground on the fucking freepers!

[EvolveOrConvolve]

101. Fuckin A!

[corporate_mike]

103. well said

LOL

[Mabus]

102. Here's an example of what we're doing

Structure of the p53 dimer with the Leu330 mutant highlighted. Our simulations predict several mutations which would have a signifincat (sic) impact on the rate of folding of p53. This one, Leu330, has already been implicated in cancer.


First results from Folding@Home cancer project published. We have been studying the p53 tumor surpressor and our first results on p53 have recently been published. You can find a summary and link to the paper on our papers page.

To our knowledge, this is the first peer-reviewed results from a distributed computing project related to cancer. Thanks to the continued support of FAH donors, this is will be just the first of many cancer related works that will come from FAH.

Roughly half of all known cancers result from mutations in p53. Our first work in the cancer area examines the tetramerization domain of p53. We predict how p53 folds and in doing so, we can predict which amino acid mutations would be relevant. When compared with experiments, our predictions have appeared to agree with experiment and give a new interpretation to existing data.

For more on folding@home results see: http://folding.stanford.edu/results.html

[mcscajun]

109. With 113 CPUs running, Team Rank is 2,142 out of 42,225

Date of last work unit:       2006-01-15 20:17:24
Active CPUs within 50 days:       113
Team ID:       48157
Grand Score:       85671 (certificate)
Work Unit Count:       748 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate):       2142 of 42225

[mcscajun]

110. Monday Morning: 114 CPUs running, Rank 2,105 of 42,231

Date of last work unit:       2006-01-16 04:21:22
Active CPUs within 50 days:       114
Team ID:       48157
Grand Score:       88423 (certificate)
Work Unit Count:       770 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate):       2105 of 42231

[corporate_mike]

111. #2,083 ---- we'll be in the top 2,000 soon!!

More CPUs!!!

[corporate_mike]

112. #2,072 and moving higher every hour!

eom

[Mabus]

113. 2.071 with 116 CPUs working

Date of last work unit 2006-01-16 12:09:00
Active CPUs within 50 days 116
Team Id 48157
Grand Score 90539 (certificate)
Work Unit Count 785 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) 2071 of 42235

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=48157

I've just passed the half-way mark on my current WU.

[corporate_mike]

116. #2,054 with 117 CPUs

MORE CPUs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Roland99]

122. 2010 of 42241

[lavendermist]

115. I just joined and downloaded and....

it is already working. Neat! I'm on the DU team.:bounce:

[Mabus]

118. My current project

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/allprojects#1809

These projects concern the folding of the triple helix of collagen. Collagen is a major component of bone, skin, and other organs. It is in fact the most abundant protein in humans, taking a quarter of the protein mass. Collagen has a unique structure consisting of three chains wrapped around each other, hence the name triple helix. Mutations in collagen cause misfolding of the triple helix, leading to diseases such as Osteogenesis imperfecta and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. We are studying the folding mechanism and how mutations affect it.

Points and deadlines:
p1800 - 77 points, 23 days; p1801 - 66 points, 20 days;
p1802 - 77 points, 23 days; p1803 - 69 points, 21 days;
p1804 - 123 points, 35 days; p1805 - 130 points, 37 days;
p1806 - 19 points, 10 days; p1807 - 19 points, 10 days;
p1808 - 153 points, 44 days; p1809 - 153 points, 44 days;


I'm folding p1809.

[mcscajun]

119. WTG! See you on the stat page shortly.

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Caoimhe]

132. Welcome to DU leepsy! and THANKS!

WE are gonna kick ass and TAKE NAMES!

YAY MY 800th POST!
:woohoo:

[alfredo]

120. 2031 now. I am working on one big WU. It's taken it 3 days to

do 28%. Of course my machine is 6 years old and I have to remember to wind it up.

[corporate_mike]

123. #2,010 with 118 CPUs!

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=48157

[Caoimhe]

124. WE'VE BROKEN 2000!!

WOOHOO!
:toast:

1996 of 42244
with 118 CPUS folding!

Great job DUers!

[corporate_mike]

125. Top 2000 teams have detailed stats and graphs at ExtremOverclockers

See this link

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=48157

wooohoooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mabus]

126. Woohoo indeed

:woohoo: Way to go DU!

[corporate_mike]

128. It may be time for a new thread in honor of reaching the Top 2000

More CPUs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mabus]

130. Less than 24 hours after you said we were close to 2000

We broke it. I realize we're in the "big leagues" now and are progress won't be as rapid as it has been --UNLESS we get more people to join.

Looking for the new thread.

[alfredo]

127. You know that DU

also has a climate prediction team?

[mcscajun]

129. Congrats to all DUers on Team 48157!!

We did it! Our first Big, Big Win!

Breaking into the top 2000!!

:woohoo:

More CPUs!!!

[Avalux]

131. Yea!!! Great news!

:applause: :woohoo:

[mcscajun]

133. Thread # 4 started

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=164110&mesg_id=164110