Jventer Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 (edited) I have recently discovered that everyone with spare computer processing capacity can help research in many areas, including Covid-19. Basically you download some software and then your computer help with research. All it cost is some electricity, a small price to advance science. Check out https://foldingathome.org/. I would love to see a SNA team on there! This what this group is saying: We are focusing the Foldingathome compute power on SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and the human proteins the virus interacts with. First, we uncovered novel protein structures that were previously inaccessible to the research community. With your help, we are now screening for potential drugs to target these structures as a part of the COVID Moonshot Collaboration. https://foldingathome.org/ Edited August 26, 2020 by Jventer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I'm in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundbyte Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Not for me, sorry. Too many security questions, no obvious answers. Too much like phishing for me. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emesbee Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 You've got to be kidding. This one has 'red alert, do not enter' written all over it. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jventer Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 49 minutes ago, soundbyte said: Not for me, sorry. Too many security questions, no obvious answers. Too much like phishing for me. I understand your concerns. I normally use Mac's for security reasons and I use Internet Security and Virus Software programs as well. Of course I too was quite sceptical until I started to research this in detail. Check out the people behind this, e.g. Stanford University in the USA. Since I joined I have not had a single event to doubt this, but you do not have to believe me. If you are not interested - I fully understand. If you are interested, there is ample info on the internet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jventer Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 (edited) 53 minutes ago, emesbee said: You've got to be kidding. This one has 'red alert, do not enter' written all over it. @soundbyte - you can also check this link To me looks like there is a bucket load of IT people already involved: https://stats.foldingathome.org/teams I am trying to do some good here. If you are interested - please participate, if you don't - I respect your opinion. Edited August 26, 2020 by Jventer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jventer Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 Who is behind this? https://foldingathome.org/category/fah-team-members/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jventer Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Batty said: I'm in. Hi I have created a team, just enter the number when you join: 267219 Thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muon* Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 (edited) Haven't a bit nor byte to spare Edited November 3, 2020 by muon* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 On 26/08/2020 at 7:30 PM, Jventer said: Hi I have created a team, just enter the number when you join: 267219 Thanks Pumping up the numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jventer Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 24 minutes ago, Batty said: Pumping up the numbers Thanks! You are doing a great job! I have a 6 year old laptop i5 running 24 hours and are far behind you! I started a 8 year old mac mini as well this morning to see what it can do. In a few weeks time I may be able to add a new PC. What PC do you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EHT007 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 For all i know, they could be using our CPU for mining bitcoin at our expense However, i have invested into a Australian company, should they pull it off it will be win/win situation. Not only are they looking into COVID but are also have completed Phase 2 HIV‐1 clinical trial. ASX: BIT https://www.biotron.com.au/ my 2c. Dean 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Jventer said: Thanks! You are doing a great job! I have a 6 year old laptop i5 running 24 hours and are far behind you! I started a 8 year old mac mini as well this morning to see what it can do. In a few weeks time I may be able to add a new PC. What PC do you use? 18month old i5 with a RX2070 GPU. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Shame no one else has joined up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregWormald Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 I'm in--joined the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jventer Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 4 hours ago, GregWormald said: I'm in--joined the group. Thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicprObe Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 For those sceptics, the folding at home has been going on since nearly the beginning of the internet. Last time I was in a group I think we were looking for extraterrestrial communications. Anyway, I'll join up shortly when I go upstairs to the i7 rig. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synodontis Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) just joined the team Edited October 28, 2020 by Synodontis Spelling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synodontis Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 2nd PC online this morning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Marc Posted October 28, 2020 Administrator Share Posted October 28, 2020 On 29/08/2020 at 1:45 PM, Pasic007 said: For all i know, they could be using our CPU for mining bitcoin at our expense However, i have invested into a Australian company, should they pull it off it will be win/win situation. Not only are they looking into COVID but are also have completed Phase 2 HIV‐1 clinical trial. ASX: BIT https://www.biotron.com.au/ my 2c. Dean If you got in recently, you're in a better position than me. I bought in a long time ago back when they were at $0.18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aasza Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 (edited) On 28/10/2020 at 6:35 PM, LogicprObe said: Last time I was in a group I think we were looking for extraterrestrial communications Yep, it was called SETI@home I used to run it back in the day on a Windows98 machine with 56K dial-up Edited October 31, 2020 by aasza 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EHT007 Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 On 29/10/2020 at 6:35 AM, Marc said: If you got in recently, you're in a better position than me. I bought in a long time ago back when they were at $0.18 I hope it will ve over 20c within 3month. i keep buying more sitting just under 10c avrg. Hopefully something good comes out. I had massive win few years ago, got in at 2c and sold at peak 39c. Pure luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jventer Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 Thanks to the new joiners. I have a laptop running 24/7 just on this. @Batty is way ahead of me as he has a machine with a graphics card, which makes the difference :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 When not folding my PC is barely idling, the psu fan hardly turns and the CPU fan is running at min speed. With folding on it is full speed ahead, everything is spinning at max speed, so it must be doing some work. My bottleneck is probably my wifi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muon* Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Crunching numbers leans mostly on the CPU, graphics card not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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