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Attila · 03-18-2007, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Ganix

YOU DONT BUY IT
ITS NOT A GAME
AND IT COMES IN THE FREE FIRMWARE.

lol why would you pay money to help them?
thats basically what we call charity.

Yeah, why should we? Why should we help them cure the disease of the world....Oh wait....that's right....because we live on EARTH and not MARS.
We might as well go out and jump in the sea when its -100 outside.

FabianN · 03-18-2007, 03:14 AM

I've looked through and not a SINGLE person here understands what this is. Not one of you.
Sometimes I'll see like one or two that understands it and the rest don't. No, none of you get what this is, how it works, or anything.
Folding@home is a project at Standford University to help understand proteins, molecules, and much more.
Here is the site:
http://folding.stanford.edu/

What this program does is it gathers data on some proteins and starts to run simulations on it. To try and figure out what happens and how it functions. That work is done on individual's computer. It then sends back the results to standford for the scientists to exam.
It's purpose is to not detect or cure cancer. It's to run simulations on proteins. Now, cancer and proteins are interlinked, so they can concentrate on only cancer proteins and such, but it can do so much more than that.
But, in the end, all the program does is run simulations to help understand how it works. If we understand it, we hope that we can cure it.
Not to say that isn't important. This is very important, and they are working on many diseases, the list is on the site.

The PS3, while a powerful game system, does have some weak points. There are some protein folding that will be extreamly hard to do on the PS3 simply because of it's lack of RAM compared to a PC.

It's a good thing, but from what kind of market share the PS3 is getting won't be that big of an increase in performance in their studies.

Darc · 03-18-2007, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by FabianN

I've looked through and not a SINGLE person here understands what this is. Not one of you.
Sometimes I'll see like one or two that understands it and the rest don't. No, none of you get what this is, how it works, or anything.
Folding@home is a project at Standford University to help understand proteins, molecules, and much more.
Here is the site:
http://folding.stanford.edu/

What this program does is it gathers data on some proteins and starts to run simulations on it. To try and figure out what happens and how it functions. That work is done on individual's computer. It then sends back the results to standford for the scientists to exam.
It's purpose is to not detect or cure cancer. It's to run simulations on proteins. Now, cancer and proteins are interlinked, so they can concentrate on only cancer proteins and such, but it can do so much more than that.
But, in the end, all the program does is run simulations to help understand how it works. If we understand it, we hope that we can cure it.
Not to say that isn't important. This is very important, and they are working on many diseases, the list is on the site.

The PS3, while a powerful game system, does have some weak points. There are some protein folding that will be extreamly hard to do on the PS3 simply because of it's lack of RAM compared to a PC.

It's a good thing, but from what kind of market share the PS3 is getting won't be that big of an increase in performance in their studies.

That makes lot more sense!

Jakuza · 03-18-2007, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Legacyweapon

so who's gonna leave their PS3 on and take use up more electricity so you can pay more for the electric bill?

Im not paying for it, who cares?

if PS3 can cure cancer, then we ARE the best console on the market.

Mr. First Name Basis · 03-18-2007, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FabianN

I've looked through and not a SINGLE person here understands what this is. Not one of you.
Sometimes I'll see like one or two that understands it and the rest don't. No, none of you get what this is, how it works, or anything.
Folding@home is a project at Standford University to help understand proteins, molecules, and much more.
Here is the site:
http://folding.stanford.edu/

What this program does is it gathers data on some proteins and starts to run simulations on it. To try and figure out what happens and how it functions. That work is done on individual's computer. It then sends back the results to standford for the scientists to exam.
It's purpose is to not detect or cure cancer. It's to run simulations on proteins. Now, cancer and proteins are interlinked, so they can concentrate on only cancer proteins and such, but it can do so much more than that.
But, in the end, all the program does is run simulations to help understand how it works. If we understand it, we hope that we can cure it.
Not to say that isn't important. This is very important, and they are working on many diseases, the list is on the site.

The PS3, while a powerful game system, does have some weak points. There are some protein folding that will be extreamly hard to do on the PS3 simply because of it's lack of RAM compared to a PC.

It's a good thing, but from what kind of market share the PS3 is getting won't be that big of an increase in performance in their studies.

I understood it. I even put it into simpler terms on like page 3. I'll copy and past it hold on.

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Originally Posted by Mr. First Name Basis

It's like America and outsourcing jobs.

Ok so they send out someone to find employment in another place (your PS3) because it's taking too long to make shoes (crunch numbers). Well when the workers in China (your PS3) are done making a certain number of shoes (crunching numbers), the company (your PS3) sends them back to America (wherever they process the data). When they recieve the shoes (data), you will get another set of shoes to make (numbers to crunch). Basically the PS3 runs 20 to 30 times faster than a normal PC so they're using the PS3s. Also, if you went and bought a super computer for like making pictures in photoshop, chances are, you won't have a very good GPU (Graphical Processing Unit) and that's what folding@home uses. That's also why they pick the PS3 cuz it owns.

Then again, job outsourcing isn't that easy of a subject to understand either.

Who · 03-18-2007, 05:25 PM

oooooooo! o.o sony can save lives! 1 more reason that ps3 pwns wii

Darc · 03-18-2007, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Who

oooooooo! o.o sony can save lives! 1 more reason that ps3 pwns wii

Could you LEAVE THE FANBOYISM OUT?

Thank you.

No,Wii isn't pwned-The PS3 just has more processing power for the task.

K-Rizzle · 03-18-2007, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Darc

Could you LEAVE THE FANBOYISM OUT?

Thank you.

No,Wii isn't pwned-The PS3 just has more processing power for the task.

Not to mention the Wii is still on that 2nd generation bullshit meanwhile the PS3 and Xbox 360 are on that 1st.

<Sigh>.

When will Hii and Shii realize that Wii are garbage?

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