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Join Date: May 2004
Location: The Beer Store
 
2004-08-30, 15:01

OK then, I'll try to explain it. It is a program that you can download as a screensaver, graphical or console based interface. In the program/internet, you can join and make teams. But what the programs does, is take 3D images of protiens( they're in diseases, solvents, chemicals etc) and folds them into some kind of image that helps scientists that are running this, cure diseases, find properties of chemicals etc. Now, this is getting huge and around 1.5 million people are doing it. And the program takes all your spare processor power and uses it. It doesn't slow your computer down because it ONLY uses spare power. Like, if your using a program that uses 99% of your power, the folding program only uses 1 percent of it.

P.S- folding a protien can take a long time. My emac 1.25GHz takes about 2.5 days to fold one. C'mon! some mod or admin should make a team and make a link to our site on the team page so people know we are helping to cure cancer!

Founder of the Applenova Folding Team
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