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Yes this does count as a kind of advert.
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 several months 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, multiple sclerosis, SARS and bio terrorism viruses. HIV has been run in the past and will likely restart later this year.
If you do decide to join, I have now create a Special Reserve team. The team number for entering on the setup screen is 2072. So come on join up. So far, as I only just set the team up, I am the only member. Out of 54 teams, Special Reserve is ranked 39.
There is also a linux version in beta at the moment.
One day our efforts could make a difference. Imagine the lives that could be saved. In Britain, 1 in 3 people get cancer.
For every ones benefit, please help save the world, help find a drug.
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 several months 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, multiple sclerosis, SARS and bio terrorism viruses. HIV has been run in the past and will likely restart later this year.
If you do decide to join, I have now create a Special Reserve team. The team number for entering on the setup screen is 2072. So come on join up. So far, as I only just set the team up, I am the only member. Out of 54 teams, Special Reserve is ranked 39.
There is also a linux version in beta at the moment.
One day our efforts could make a difference. Imagine the lives that could be saved. In Britain, 1 in 3 people get cancer.
For every ones benefit, please help save the world, help find a drug.
Oh and no, not all PCs are doing the same thing. There are something like 35 billion molecules that need to be scanned over time. Each computer gets 100 which are then somethingamied into 10100.
Although so as to make sure that results are correct, the same WU is normally sent to around 3 PCs.
Although so as to make sure that results are correct, the same WU is normally sent to around 3 PCs.
It isn't spyware. I checked all that out before I mentioned it on here.
What's telling it what to do? The program. It takes the WU and basically just crunches it seeing if the molecule can bind with the proteins. I'm not the greatest bio chemist so I can't explain that bit very well.
Why have random PCs? Well another distibuted computing project, grid.org has in the past few years had 234,576 years of CPU time spent on it. Each PC adds up. There is no PC powerful enough in the world to run it all. It would take a supercomputer 100's of years to process it all.
Grid.org previously used FADs software. However, FAD has now gone alone. Grid.org incidentally is sponsored by Oxford Uni, IBM and Intel. And the Hulk movie. So it isn't just a bunch of spyware. That issue has come up many times, and it isn't.
It really is medical research.
What's telling it what to do? The program. It takes the WU and basically just crunches it seeing if the molecule can bind with the proteins. I'm not the greatest bio chemist so I can't explain that bit very well.
Why have random PCs? Well another distibuted computing project, grid.org has in the past few years had 234,576 years of CPU time spent on it. Each PC adds up. There is no PC powerful enough in the world to run it all. It would take a supercomputer 100's of years to process it all.
Grid.org previously used FADs software. However, FAD has now gone alone. Grid.org incidentally is sponsored by Oxford Uni, IBM and Intel. And the Hulk movie. So it isn't just a bunch of spyware. That issue has come up many times, and it isn't.
It really is medical research.
Sounds like a simple way of spying on people...
It's crap. Why do they need a random PC to do stuff. What's telling it what to do? Won't all the PCs be doing the same thing?
Can't they just get themselves a nice big powerful PC and do it themselves. Then have 100% of the processing power behind the program?
It's just a bad attempt to get people to install spyware...
It's crap. Why do they need a random PC to do stuff. What's telling it what to do? Won't all the PCs be doing the same thing?
Can't they just get themselves a nice big powerful PC and do it themselves. Then have 100% of the processing power behind the program?
It's just a bad attempt to get people to install spyware...
Yes this does count as a kind of advert.
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 several months 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, multiple sclerosis, SARS and bio terrorism viruses. HIV has been run in the past and will likely restart later this year.
If you do decide to join, I have now create a Special Reserve team. The team number for entering on the setup screen is 2072. So come on join up. So far, as I only just set the team up, I am the only member. Out of 54 teams, Special Reserve is ranked 39.
There is also a linux version in beta at the moment.
One day our efforts could make a difference. Imagine the lives that could be saved. In Britain, 1 in 3 people get cancer.
For every ones benefit, please help save the world, help find a drug.
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 several months 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, multiple sclerosis, SARS and bio terrorism viruses. HIV has been run in the past and will likely restart later this year.
If you do decide to join, I have now create a Special Reserve team. The team number for entering on the setup screen is 2072. So come on join up. So far, as I only just set the team up, I am the only member. Out of 54 teams, Special Reserve is ranked 39.
There is also a linux version in beta at the moment.
One day our efforts could make a difference. Imagine the lives that could be saved. In Britain, 1 in 3 people get cancer.
For every ones benefit, please help save the world, help find a drug.