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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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I used to run the UD agent, but this has more projects and is overall better. Intel helped optimise the algorithms so that they run 40 times faster. And THINK, which this project uses, was what UD used before Ligandfit.
The best benenfit however is that the makers actually listen to the users and add features that are asked. Like linux support.
Also the SR team on here does far better than the SR UD team rankings wise.
The best benenfit however is that the makers actually listen to the users and add features that are asked. Like linux support.
Also the SR team on here does far better than the SR UD team rankings wise.
I 'do' UD Agent, which is smallpox and other various diseases program.
These things are actually genius.
These things are actually genius.
My new athlon peaked at 280...
Well I've seen a whole bunch of new people appear on the SR forums in the last few days, so to integrate yourselves, show your maturity, kind side and gain some respect, go download this.
Well I've seen a whole bunch of new people appear on the SR forums in the last few days, so to integrate yourselves, show your maturity, kind side and gain some respect, go download this.
Just out of curiosity, what is the highest CPU rating any of you have ever scored whilst running this? My old Celeron peaked at 49.
I'd like to do this, But unfortuanatly my case over heats when applications like SETI run.
I'm getting more case fans soon though, Keep it nice n cool :P
I'm getting more case fans soon though, Keep it nice n cool :P
In your start up folder delete the think.tlg file. That will stop it starting on start up.
I did, although I replaced it with shortcuts to the actual executables for think and server. Did that because on my PC server started faster than think did and it would then throw up an error message, even though in that time think started.
I did, although I replaced it with shortcuts to the actual executables for think and server. Did that because on my PC server started faster than think did and it would then throw up an error message, even though in that time think started.
Ouch! Ive had to temporarily disable the THINK program... my system was
becoming unstable, I wish it didnt insist on running at startup, my
machine (like me) hates being woken up to massive calculations along with all the other stuff in the startup menu
becoming unstable, I wish it didnt insist on running at startup, my
machine (like me) hates being woken up to massive calculations along with all the other stuff in the startup menu
Ouch Ive had to temporarily disable the THINK program... my system was becoming unstable, I wish it didnt insist on running at startup, my machine (like me) hates being woken up
Finally returned a job!
Been running for nearly 10 days that one. Trust me to get the abnormally big ones. 8500 points though.
Been running for nearly 10 days that one. Trust me to get the abnormally big ones. 8500 points though.
You have no idea how long it took me to spellcheck that message; and I was trying to multitask with a text at the same time. Truly I am a man marvel.
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