Folding@Home Reports Success

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 22, 2002 @02:00AM 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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Folding proteins by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-22 02:03 · Score: -1, Troll

Watch those proteins fold!
Re:Oh, *that* kind of folding. by CokoBWare · 2002-10-22 02:06 · Score: -1, Troll

@Home went bankrupt? Holy crap! What's this world coming to? No wonder I switched from cable high-speed internet to DSL! (Yes I did think it was about @Home actually) ;)
vomit foolz by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-22 02:14 · Score: -1, Troll

vomit
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beside
my laptop
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bekause of vodka
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vodika n da mornin
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die
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dieieing
vodka
and no breath
30 minutes till found
die
death
dead
1. Re:vomit foolz by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-22 02:27 · Score: -1, Troll
  
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Anonymous is no. 1 kekeke by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-22 02:20 · Score: -1, Troll

It would appear that we're not all bad.

Viva la Anonymous Coward!
Re:I fold at home by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-22 02:24 · Score: -1, Troll

Fuckin' cock suckin', finger lickin', fudge packin', turd burglin' ass bandit
mod parent up by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-22 02:25 · Score: -1, Troll

why don't the moderators mod this up? Why why why please please please, I want to die. Fie this life fie fie fie. I want to leave run with a silver bullet.

Smoke a cig
wish it were a blunt

smoke this cig
wish it were a crack rock

smoke this cig
wish it were a gun

smoke this cig
wish I were dead

smoke this cig
fuck slashdot this is the last time I ever pose
hopefully

I can
kill
myself

Courage

courage

resolve

death
Re:Sad news ... Stephen King dead at 55 by Stephen+King · 2002-10-22 02:26 · Score: -1, Troll

No, I'm not.

--
Karma: Undead.
Re:And so what if SETI did get a hit? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-22 02:29 · Score: -1, Troll

but the sand niggers wont beleive it and they'll still nuke us.. fucking towel heads
SCOTTISH SHEEPFUCKERS UNITE by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-22 02:48 · Score: -1, Troll

You have nothing to lose but your kilts.
Re:SPEAKING OF FOLDING, HOW'S VA SOFTWARE'S STOCK? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-22 03:22 · Score: -1, Troll

I 333Subject Line Troll333
Re:Folding @ Home page is by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-22 03:40 · Score: -1, Troll

fucking karma whores... shameless
Re:To all you IDIOTS out there. by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-22 03:58 · Score: -1, Troll

If there were any questions about the vocabulary or the average intellectual capacity of your typical Folding@Home user, I think you've safely put them to rest.