Folding @ home!

What is the point in folding@home it took me ages to download 1 work unit to 100% then an even longer work unit started to download does anyone know the point of it and how many work units do i have to download before something happens?

thanks

What is the point in folding@home it took me ages to download 1 work unit to 100% then an even longer work unit started to download does anyone know the point of it and how many work units do i have to download before something happens?

thanks

grimreefer05

folding@home is a program you run that does simulations for a project at stanford to help find cures for cancer and other diseases. so doing the work units is all it does, you don't get anything other that the knowledge that you may be helping to save someones life down the road, maybe even your own.

......and how many work units do i have to download before something happens?

thanks

grimreefer05

Downloading a work unit is really quick, the calculations take about 6 Hours, and the upload is again a quick one.

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What is the point in folding@home it took me ages to download 1 work unit to 100% then an even longer work unit started to download does anyone know the point of it and how many work units do i have to download before something happens?

thanks

gundamfan80

folding@home is a program you run that does simulations for a project at stanford to help find cures for cancer and other diseases. so doing the work units is all it does, you don't get anything other that the knowledge that you may be helping to save someones life down the road, maybe even your own.

What is the point in folding@home it took me ages to download 1 work unit to 100% then an even longer work unit started to download does anyone know the point of it and how many work units do i have to download before something happens?

thanks

grimreefer05

Slowly, bit by bit, unit by unit, we're opening the door to Narnia to help get Steven Seagal home. And if that's not something you want to be a part of then hell, you're not even human

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What is the point in folding@home it took me ages to download 1 work unit to 100% then an even longer work unit started to download does anyone know the point of it and how many work units do i have to download before something happens?

thanks

814StopsToday

Slowly, bit by bit, unit by unit, we're opening the door to Narnia to help get Steven Seagal home. And if that's not something you want to be a part of then hell, you're not even human

I thought we were building Skynet??? 

What is the point in folding@home it took me ages to download 1 work unit to 100% then an even longer work unit started to download does anyone know the point of it and how many work units do i have to download before something happens?

thanks

grimreefer05

It depends on the internet conection. If you have a faster one it will download faster.