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You see this is an appeal for you to join www.find-a-drug.co.uk You might have heard about SETI@home, you know the thing where a program runs in the background using your unused processing power to scan data from a satellite dish.
Well FAD is similar in operation, except that instead of looking for aliens it looks for molecules and proteins that can be targeted for further research and stuff in finding a cure for cancer.
I have been running distributed computing projects for over a year now.
It doesn't require much effort, you download a small program and a work unit (WU). Then the program runs in the background just processing. When it finishes that WU it moves on to the next in the queue of 2 or 3 that you download every so often from the net. When it is finished it gets sent back to FAD.
The program doesn't cause slowdown, it only uses unused power, as whenever you do anything else like type a letter it lets you do that and then starts processing again. After all other than in video editing or really high powered games you only ever use an average of 10% or so of your computers capacity. So why don't you donate it to a good cause?
FAD has several ongoing projects. Currently these are cancer, HIV, malaria, multiple sclerosis, SARS and bio terrorism antidotes.
If you do decide to join, I have now created a Special Reserve team. The team number for entering on the setup screen is 2072. So come on join up. So far there is 13 of us in the team. Out of 147 teams, Special Reserve is ranked 54. There is even a linux version now.
One day our efforts could make a difference. Imagine the lives that could be saved. In Britain, 1 in 3 people get cancer. Over a million people a year die in developing countries from Malaria, 3 times as many as AIDS kills. Even so, HIV is at epidemic levels and kills 100,000s a year all around the world. 40 million people in Africa have HIV, and in time it will kill them all.
This project doesn't require anything much of you, all you have to do run the program in the background. You can help to make a difference. It all builds up, just from lots of people running this. So far nearly 4,000 years worth of computer time has been spent scanning 27.62 billion moleculules.
There have been successes in finding growth inhibitors on several occasions in several areas. So come on, join us and help save the world.
Well FAD is similar in operation, except that instead of looking for aliens it looks for molecules and proteins that can be targeted for further research and stuff in finding a cure for cancer.
I have been running distributed computing projects for over a year now.
It doesn't require much effort, you download a small program and a work unit (WU). Then the program runs in the background just processing. When it finishes that WU it moves on to the next in the queue of 2 or 3 that you download every so often from the net. When it is finished it gets sent back to FAD.
The program doesn't cause slowdown, it only uses unused power, as whenever you do anything else like type a letter it lets you do that and then starts processing again. After all other than in video editing or really high powered games you only ever use an average of 10% or so of your computers capacity. So why don't you donate it to a good cause?
FAD has several ongoing projects. Currently these are cancer, HIV, malaria, multiple sclerosis, SARS and bio terrorism antidotes.
If you do decide to join, I have now created a Special Reserve team. The team number for entering on the setup screen is 2072. So come on join up. So far there is 13 of us in the team. Out of 147 teams, Special Reserve is ranked 54. There is even a linux version now.
One day our efforts could make a difference. Imagine the lives that could be saved. In Britain, 1 in 3 people get cancer. Over a million people a year die in developing countries from Malaria, 3 times as many as AIDS kills. Even so, HIV is at epidemic levels and kills 100,000s a year all around the world. 40 million people in Africa have HIV, and in time it will kill them all.
This project doesn't require anything much of you, all you have to do run the program in the background. You can help to make a difference. It all builds up, just from lots of people running this. So far nearly 4,000 years worth of computer time has been spent scanning 27.62 billion moleculules.
There have been successes in finding growth inhibitors on several occasions in several areas. So come on, join us and help save the world.
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HalloHowArtThou wrote:
> I'm running (and have been for a while) UD Agent which is a SmallPox
> thingy.
>
> Get it off www.grid.org
>
> :-D
I ran UD for 9 months and put in some serious crunching. But FAD is better. Think used to be used by UD, but not now. Think has since been optimised by Intel themselves to run 40 times, not percent, 40 times faster than before. Plus UD don't care about their users, they are too comercially orientated and don't have a linux client.
FAD on the other hand have a wider range of projects, are very helpful (I asked a question on the forum and had the head guy answer it himself within 24 hours) and as there are fewer users and teams an SR team could do well in the stats ranking. It would barely register on UD.
FAD has also been the more reliable and doesn't have timeouts meaning that even old PCs can make a contribution.
> I'm running (and have been for a while) UD Agent which is a SmallPox
> thingy.
>
> Get it off www.grid.org
>
> :-D
I ran UD for 9 months and put in some serious crunching. But FAD is better. Think used to be used by UD, but not now. Think has since been optimised by Intel themselves to run 40 times, not percent, 40 times faster than before. Plus UD don't care about their users, they are too comercially orientated and don't have a linux client.
FAD on the other hand have a wider range of projects, are very helpful (I asked a question on the forum and had the head guy answer it himself within 24 hours) and as there are fewer users and teams an SR team could do well in the stats ranking. It would barely register on UD.
FAD has also been the more reliable and doesn't have timeouts meaning that even old PCs can make a contribution.
Notorious Biggles wrote:
> Urkie:
>
> A hit is molecule which is predicted to interact or bind with the
> protein receptor.
>
> In English that means that the program has come up with a molecule
> that will bind on to the cancer protein (or whatever other project's
> protein). If it binds, then it could possibly be used for treating or
> killing the protein.
>
> Some work units get a lot of hits. Some get none. Those that get none
> can be eradicated from billions to be calculated. If there are hits
> then they will be researched further.
ah, so if i get a molecule with a lot of hits (currently 200!), it would then go on to be researched, based on the hits it gets?
> Urkie:
>
> A hit is molecule which is predicted to interact or bind with the
> protein receptor.
>
> In English that means that the program has come up with a molecule
> that will bind on to the cancer protein (or whatever other project's
> protein). If it binds, then it could possibly be used for treating or
> killing the protein.
>
> Some work units get a lot of hits. Some get none. Those that get none
> can be eradicated from billions to be calculated. If there are hits
> then they will be researched further.
ah, so if i get a molecule with a lot of hits (currently 200!), it would then go on to be researched, based on the hits it gets?
that makes more sense now...
my CPU rating is 168, whatever that means.
i also joined the SR team now.
wow, my 200-hits molecule must be one in a million, as i look at the number of jobs biggles has done, and total hits comes under 700. This molecule is lucky.....i can feel it...no...i can't.
EEEK........ERROR........oh, phew, thought i'd lost my molecule.
Pop.
We have had a lot of new users since the last time anyone saw this.
We have had a lot of new users since the last time anyone saw this.
I shall be joining. I think my two laptops will help a bit.
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