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Not something I would even consider running on a network setup for Trading.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent Rollins [mailto:kentr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 9:49 PM
> To: OmegaList; RealTraders
> Subject: Folding@xxxx
>
>
> Some of you may have heard about SETI@xxxx, a program you can
> run on your
> computer that analyzes radio signals from the Arecebo dish looking for
> signals that may be from extra-terrestrial life. SETI@xxxx
> has 10's maybe
> 100's of thousands of users. I have been running their
> software on all of
> my machines since the program went live over 2 years ago and I have
> completed over 5,000 work units.
>
> Recently, I removed the SETI@xxxx software and installed
> software from a
> Stanford project called Folding@xxxxx The goal of the project is to
> understand how complex proteins fold into their final shapes
> and understand
> how mutations in the genes that create the proteins create
> mutations in the
> resulting proteins which affects their final shape and causes
> diseases like
> Cystic Fibrosis, Alzhiemer's, CJD, etc. Stanford also has a companion
> project called Genome@xxxx which is attempting to create new proteins.
>
> The Folding@xxxx software is easy to install, very
> unobtrusive, and works
> with clients that are behind proxies. It runs at Idle
> priority on Windows
> so that your foreground applications are unaffected. I run
> this software 24
> hours on all my machines, even the machines that I use all
> day, and I never
> notice it. There are 2 versions for Windows: one that works
> as a screen
> saver and one that runs as a console application. I run the
> console version
> which is much faster because it doesn't have to waste CPU
> cycles drawing the
> molecules on the screen. I have not tried the Genome@xxxx software.
>
> If you have one or more machines that have some spare cycles,
> I encourage
> you to look at these applications. You can help advance science by
> literally doing nothing.
>
> http://folding.stanford.edu/
> http://genomeathome.stanford.edu/
>
>
> Kent
>
>
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