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[QUOTE=arno_v]The file says:
Current Work Unit
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Name: p1413_polyQ36x2 in water
Download time: November 27 11:06:31
Due time: February 5 11:06:31
Progress: 17% [|_________]

But the program says it's going to be ready by friday, but sometimes, when I just start up my computer, it says something like January.
Too answer your questions, my computer is running bout 6 hours a day, and it is using full CPU.[/QUOTE]
Everything is fine, then - it's just a rather large work unit

Don't forget to fold, everyone! I just noticed at the statistic webpage that Gamebanshee has climbed to 1555 position, and that only 10 CPU:s have been active the last 50 days.

Fold, fold!

1 C_Elegans 14409 63
2 C_Elegans_lab 9157 39
(...)
7 ik911 1998 23

YOU CHEAT !!!

You're all still folding right?

--------This is a bump for the sake of mankind--------

I just recently got my firewall to accept folding@home again, but again - my computer dosen't idle much on weekdays, so I'm not that terrible active.

I am folding at work, but not so fast because I this computer for a lot of heavy calculations, often overnight. My game machine at home used to be the fastest, but since I moved 2.5 weeks ago I have had no internet, and I won't get internet at home until next week I think

We may be proud of ourselves. Our team folded over 75000 points!!!!

A better indicator would be that we are team #1412 of #37048. Not to shappy

But of course, it isn't about that - it isn't a competition (gotta leave my computer idle, gotta gotta gotta leave my computer idle)

[QUOTE=Xandax]But of course, it isn't about that - it isn't a competition [/QUOTE]

Not at all *dammit I still don't have internet at home, grrr, grrrr*

Recently there was an article about climatology published in a fine scientific journal, where this kind of community effort has been used to make calculations. Climate modelling requires a huge amount of processor power, so it was nice to see the researchers managed to get high quality science out of a community project

Too bad it didn't work for me some how. I installed the program once, but after 2 months I haden't even finished one work unit. So I decided to uninstall it.

It took me almost 2 months to get a decent internet connection at home, but finally I am folding at home again. Now we are team 1287 of 38220 Fold, fold

Xandax has not folded for over a week... Bad, bad Xandax. Have you forgotten to fold? Could it be Alzheimer?
...

Quick everybody! Fold for Xandax!

[QUOTE=C Elegans]It took me almost 2 months to get a decent internet connection at home, but finally I am folding at home again. Now we are team 1287 of 38220 Fold, fold [/QUOTE]
You don't need a decent internet connection. The data it sends is supposedly very small and the client can be set up to ask you before it sends it so there's no excuse even if you're on a 56k

I too have joined the folding effort Although it has me down for October before I finish a WU

[QUOTE=Vicsun]You don't need a decent internet connection. The data it sends is supposedly very small and the client can be set up to ask you before it sends it so there's no excuse even if you're on a 56k [/QUOTE]

I should say: an internet connection. The dial-up modem I used at home only worked 1/5-6 times and the time it took for me to check the mail was shorter than it took for the F@H to connect, it seemed. In any case, now I'm back in business with both my high-end computers (the laptop has broken down).

I would, but my computer is my insomniatic fidget toy, and there really is no downtime of any significant length. It's rare this thing is idle for more than an hour or so at any given time unless I dissapear for a party somewhere.

Would it be worth it to bother if my system is nearly constantly in use?

From what I can tell Magrus it uses your CPU very efficiently. It will use any spare power even if there are applications running (computer doesn't have to be completely idle).

Ofcourse while your playing a game I doubt it will be able to do much "folding", but while you're spamming, should be able to get some done. And you seem to do a fair bit of that .

I've made a fair chunk of progress already while I've been browsing the boards . I'm down for completing this Work Unit on Thursday now Not the 150 days it first predicted

Well I installed it, and it's doing something that says "waiting for core" and on step 34 ATM. Whatever that means, I've no clue, but it can just run on it's own I guess.

When I want to play games, I have to quit folding, cuz else it minimalizes my game all the time. Strange.

Well, for some reason it isn't registering as using any of my idle process, which is at 97-99% ATM. Maybe it's doing work and such to get things set up on my computer before it actually kicks in fully?