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Folding@Home Reports Success

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the who-wants-to-turn-their-pc-off-anyway dept.

msheppard writes "This Article describes how the folding@home distributed computing project is reporting that they used the data processed on client machines to "predict the folding rate and trajectory of the average molecule." Too bad Seti@Home hasn't had a hit yet."

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  1. @Home already folded by jason99si · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sure.. after @Home already folded, liquidated its assets, and lost millions for investors, now they claim success.

    Oh wait..

  2. And so what if SETI did get a hit? by joshamania · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Will all you million or two yahoos using SETI@Home please stop and start using Folding@Home and Genome@Home. SETI is a nice concept, and I don't wish for it to go away, but it is a waste of your spare CPU cycles.

    Even if we do find "aliens", they are apt to be tens if not hundreds of light years away. Cancer and Cystic Fibrosis are here right now.

    Put your CPU cycles to good use. Say NO to SETI and YES to Folding/Genome@Home.

    1. Re:And so what if SETI did get a hit? by joshamania · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      Last I heard, this was an opinion oriented discussion board. Your stupid fucking troll post could easily be applied to anything anyone says about anything. Fuck yourself.

  3. To all you IDIOTS out there. by joshamania · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Don't force my personal opinion on anyone else? Who the fuck is forcing anyone to do anything. Multiple posts to my previous comment told me not to force my opinion on someone else, but the last I heard, this is a fucking opinion oriented message board. And just who have I forced to change?

    When is the last time someone posted something on /. that did not contain an opinion? Perhaps never? (and for you idiots, I'm being facetious).

    What I said is "SETI@Home is a waste of CPU cycles."...not "change to Folding@Home or I will hunt you down and eat your children".

    Flame on, morons.