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- vraa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Digg's team number is 49808. ( http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=49808 )
The PS3 F@H client will be released on the 22nd. The Euro launch is on the 23rd I believe, and all Euro PS3's will be required to get the 1.6 firmware. The 1.6 firmware includes F@H and I believe you'll be able to use F@H whenever your PS3 is idle, I know I'm going to run it 24/7 (except for gaming of course).
There is also a Windows SMP open beta that just launched from the good folks at Stanford if you're interested (ie: have a dual core or quad core CPU) You can get the WinSMP Beta here ( http://www.stanford.edu/~kasson/folding/Folding@Home%20Windows%20SMP%20Client.EXE ) (Note: You need .net 2.0 framework, don't forget to read the SMP readme.doc!)
There is also a client for both PPC Macs, and Intel Based Macs. The Intel based macs are in beta but man, do they crunch. It's SMP capable.
You can of course get the rest of the clients here ( http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html )
Fold away folks!
For the people wondering, what is Folding@Home, well it's a nifty trick in which you download a small program from Stanford University, install it, and allow it to use your spare/idle cpu cycles in order to simulate proteins folding (hence the name). Once the simulation is done, it submits the results back to Stanford and gets another workunit to process. Basically with about 600,000 thousand computers working so far it's like having a ultra-powerful supercomputer -- but at a far less cost. The results from the simulations could lead to cures for cancer, alzheimers, parkinsons, and a slew of other horrible diseases. What have you got to lose, give it a shot -- fold to help save humanity :)
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