Folding@Home on a Personal Level.

Folding@Home is amazing. I dedicate to do it every night and most of the day while I am at school. My father died of cancer so this project is personal to me. Every night and most of the day. Even if not directly cancer, because it does reseach on other desease. Not magic but it Helps. Just a small push into gettting closer. Just a small helping hand.

While not some magic that will cure everything it is important and needs to be continued whie small. Again it Helps.

And being around chemists in my family for many years I know alot about the impications of this program. My cosin was one of the main reseachers in dicovering how protiens like p53 stop poduction and how it effects p21 and vice versa.

Folding@Home is amazing. I dedicate to do it every night and most of the day while I am at school. My father died of cancer so this project is personal to me. Every night and most of the day.

PS:

WOW I am really suprised in how cool remote play it. I can control my PS3 from my PSP! I does everything from pictures to music to videos. I even sent daveman3 a message over PSN using remote play!! IT ROCKS! you can even access the PS Store!!

KaptainKernal

Cancer is a disgusting disease that ravages our planet daily and it has no limits. One cannot imagine the feeling I had of watching my grandpa crack jokes, then watching him get weaker, and weaker, until finally he was bed ridden and could barely keep his eyes open. When my grandma came to my house and told our family in person he passed away I was devastated....that man was like my father...Carrying his coffin only 8 months after laughing with him tore me up. The hardest part is that only 2 months later I went to Ft. Benning 1/50th ITB (for you cats that know what it is you can see my picture on my myspace page.) I wanted my grandpa to be the one next to me in my uniform but he died before I could graduate...running this program brings me a great level of peace...I'm sure there are tons of ou guys who know how terrible this disease really is...this is by far one of the most amazing things I've ever seen ANY mainstream company do. It means a lot to me and I thank Sony for doing this...thanks TC I didn't really think anyone in here cared enough to post about this.NextGenNow

Cancer robbed me of half my childhood and my dad's life. It is really a terrible desease. Pure Evil in many respects. I hope this small endevor can help rid the world of it, once and for all.KaptainKernal

[QUOTE="NextGenNow"]Cancer is a disgusting disease that ravages our planet daily and it has no limits. One cannot imagine the feeling I had of watching my grandpa crack jokes, then watching him get weaker, and weaker, until finally he was bed ridden and could barely keep his eyes open. When my grandma came to my house and told our family in person he passed away I was devastated....that man was like my father...Carrying his coffin only 8 months after laughing with him tore me up. The hardest part is that only 2 months later I went to Ft. Benning 1/50th ITB (for you cats that know what it is you can see my picture on my myspace page.) I wanted my grandpa to be the one next to me in my uniform but he died before I could graduate...running this program brings me a great level of peace...I'm sure there are tons of ou guys who know how terrible this disease really is...this is by far one of the most amazing things I've ever seen ANY mainstream company do. It means a lot to me and I thank Sony for doing this...thanks TC I didn't really think anyone in here cared enough to post about this.longhorn7

Cancer robbed me of half my childhood and my dad's life. It is really a terrible desease. Pure Evil in many respects. I hope this small endevor can help rid the world of it, once and for all.KaptainKernal

[QUOTE="KaptainKernal"]Cancer robbed me of half my childhood and my dad's life. It is really a terrible desease. Pure Evil in many respects. I hope this small endevor can help rid the world of it, once and for all.longhorn7

I haven't personally lost anyone to cancer, but reading your posts seriously got me feeling even better about how we'll be able to help with our PS3's. If our contribution saves just one life, it will be the best $600 I ever spent:)mztazmz

[QUOTE="longhorn7"][QUOTE="KaptainKernal"]Cancer robbed me of half my childhood and my dad's life. It is really a terrible desease. Pure Evil in many respects. I hope this small endevor can help rid the world of it, once and for all.NextGenNow

[QUOTE="NextGenNow"][QUOTE="longhorn7"][QUOTE="KaptainKernal"]Cancer robbed me of half my childhood and my dad's life. It is really a terrible desease. Pure Evil in many respects. I hope this small endevor can help rid the world of it, once and for all.longhorn7

[QUOTE="longhorn7"][QUOTE="NextGenNow"][QUOTE="longhorn7"][QUOTE="KaptainKernal"]Cancer robbed me of half my childhood and my dad's life. It is really a terrible desease. Pure Evil in many respects. I hope this small endevor can help rid the world of it, once and for all.NextGenNow

[QUOTE="NextGenNow"][QUOTE="longhorn7"][QUOTE="NextGenNow"][QUOTE="longhorn7"][QUOTE="KaptainKernal"]Cancer robbed me of half my childhood and my dad's life. It is really a terrible desease. Pure Evil in many respects. I hope this small endevor can help rid the world of it, once and for all.longhorn7

[QUOTE="longhorn7"][QUOTE="NextGenNow"][QUOTE="longhorn7"][QUOTE="NextGenNow"][QUOTE="longhorn7"][QUOTE="KaptainKernal"]Cancer robbed me of half my childhood and my dad's life. It is really a terrible desease. Pure Evil in many respects. I hope this small endevor can help rid the world of it, once and for all.NextGenNow

Wow..just listening to your stories really got to me man. Using this program does make me feel like i'm helping in some sort of way and I truly hope something good comes out of this one day. Also Gaming is my time to escape some of the harshest things in the world, just like you stated in your post. It's just my way to relax. Great Topic.Ice-Cube

let's give heart when we are available

power of PS3 united

I'm a scientist at Southern Research Institute in Maryland, USA. 

I think it's important for me to inform everyone that Folding at Home is not for cancer research, but simply to understand how proteins fold based upon their amino acid sequences.  That said, this program is limited by the programming and the application of the scientists at Stanford Universities Chemistry department.

The program has led to approximatelly 50 scientific research articles being published on the subject of medicinal chemistry.  While this may seem impressive, none of this information has led to clinical research of any significance.

Just wanted to get the word out.  This program was made to predict protein folding and that is the ONLY thing it does.  It does not magically cure cancer. 

I'm a scientist at Southern Research Institute in Maryland, USA.

 

I think it's important for me to inform everyone that Folding at Home is not for cancer research, but simply to understand how proteins fold based upon their amino acid sequences. That said, this program is limited by the programming and the application of the scientists at Stanford Universities Chemistry department.

 

The program has led to approximatelly 50 scientific research articles being published on the subject of medicinal chemistry. While this may seem impressive, none of this information has led to clinical research of any significance.

 

Just wanted to get the word out. This program was made to predict protein folding and that is the ONLY thing it does. It does not magically cure cancer.

Dust24311

 
It's not only for that but folding@home binds consoles and computers alike to apparently form some super computer to help simulate real life problems. We know it's not going to create a magical cure, but it's helping scientists figure out problems and so forth. It's not only to educate but to help. I think you missed that whole bit. 

Furthermore mr. Dust24311, it actually has done some good. They have found results on peptids in nanotubes, results on p53, and has even led to computational drug design. Shazaam! 

[QUOTE="Dust24311"]

I'm a scientist at Southern Research Institute in Maryland, USA.

I think it's important for me to inform everyone that Folding at Home is not for cancer research, but simply to understand how proteins fold based upon their amino acid sequences. That said, this program is limited by the programming and the application of the scientists at Stanford Universities Chemistry department.

The program has led to approximatelly 50 scientific research articles being published on the subject of medicinal chemistry. While this may seem impressive, none of this information has led to clinical research of any significance.

Just wanted to get the word out. This program was made to predict protein folding and that is the ONLY thing it does. It does not magically cure cancer.

Wii26

It's not only for that but folding@home binds consoles and computers alike to apparently form some super computer to help simulate real life problems. We know it's not going to create a magical cure, but it's helping scientists figure out problems and so forth. It's not only to educate but to help. I think you missed that whole bit.

Furthermore mr. Dust24311, it actually has done some good. They have found results on peptids in nanotubes, results on p53, and has even led to computational drug design. Shazaam!

Wii26

[QUOTE="Wii26"][QUOTE="Dust24311"]

I'm a scientist at Southern Research Institute in Maryland, USA.

I think it's important for me to inform everyone that Folding at Home is not for cancer research, but simply to understand how proteins fold based upon their amino acid sequences. That said, this program is limited by the programming and the application of the scientists at Stanford Universities Chemistry department.

The program has led to approximatelly 50 scientific research articles being published on the subject of medicinal chemistry. While this may seem impressive, none of this information has led to clinical research of any significance.

Just wanted to get the word out. This program was made to predict protein folding and that is the ONLY thing it does. It does not magically cure cancer.

Dust24311

It's not only for that but folding@home binds consoles and computers alike to apparently form some super computer to help simulate real life problems. We know it's not going to create a magical cure, but it's helping scientists figure out problems and so forth. It's not only to educate but to help. I think you missed that whole bit.

[QUOTE="Wii26"][QUOTE="Dust24311"]

I'm a scientist at Southern Research Institute in Maryland, USA.

 

I think it's important for me to inform everyone that Folding at Home is not for cancer research, but simply to understand how proteins fold based upon their amino acid sequences. That said, this program is limited by the programming and the application of the scientists at Stanford Universities Chemistry department.

 

The program has led to approximatelly 50 scientific research articles being published on the subject of medicinal chemistry. While this may seem impressive, none of this information has led to clinical research of any significance.

 

Just wanted to get the word out. This program was made to predict protein folding and that is the ONLY thing it does. It does not magically cure cancer.

Dust24311

It's not only for that but folding@home binds consoles and computers alike to apparently form some super computer to help simulate real life problems. We know it's not going to create a magical cure, but it's helping scientists figure out problems and so forth. It's not only to educate but to help. I think you missed that whole bit.

Have you not read up on this? If you have then you would know I am not wrong.

"You can help by simply running a piece of software. Folding@Home is a distributed computing project -- people from through out the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer makes the project closer to our goals.

Folding@Home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed computing, to simulate problems thousands to millions of times more challenging than previously achieved."

Folding@Home Main Page

My apologies not real life problems but problems thousand to million times more challenging. Craziness isn't it? I never said it was a magical cure nor did anyone else. You missed the whole part about people linking together to help increase research. It's not suppose to be a cure. You completely missed the point of the entire program and what people are doing. It is suppose to HELP with cancer research. Everyone knows it's not a cure. Just because you're a scientist doesn't mean anything. It doesn't take one to realize this isn't meant to cure but instead HELP. Sorry I can't emphasize enough how this is suppose to help and not cure. Everyone knows that but you come running here like you can contribute something when all you have done is been a downer. You aren't helping at all. You're just showing that you can brag about scientific knowledge and claim that your a scientist. Whoopie doo who cares?

And did I say it was a real life problem solver? Maybe you should indulge yourself into some reading no? The problem here seems to be more that you can't read what people post so you take it in your hands to educate us. The concept of  folding@home is to simulate problems thousand to millions more challenging then real life and previously achieved. That's the point of it! Yes to fold proteins but to help simulate! Go read up on it. It's not that hard to type it into google. 

The thing that's twitching me right now is that just because we don't have scientific degrees, we know nothing. We know that it won't cure cancer later this year. You state something so obvious that even a child would know. My 14 year old brother understands this simple concept. Sorry but you have contributed next to nothing in this thread except to show that you're arrogant. 

[QUOTE="animation_imp"]I want to react on this... The above post is true, however, do not be discouraged because of it. The research is indeed not specifically aimed at cancer research and it probably won't yield any practical information in the near future. Still it's very important and I hope everyone keeps running the program. Proteïns are what makes the world go round sort of speak, and a clear understanding of proteïn-folding and where it can go wrong is key to understanding some of the mechanisms behind cancer, Alzheimer, Parkinson, etc... This research is important and you can help using your favourite gaming console. And I find it a bit childish of Dust24311 to put this down. By the way, I have no ties with Sony or the Stanford Universities and I'm a Master in Biology, got my degree at the University of Ghent in Belgium. I know what I'm talking about.Dust24311

If people feel better using this program and get a sence of closure in the example of the posters in this thread, then I think it's not your job to burst their bubble. I find it very immature and painfull for the people with good will who want to contribute to a potentially immense community of normal every-day people helping out in scientific research.

Another point I'de like to make is people need it to be explained so everyone can understand, If one were to explain what the program actually does it would have only a minimal following. Explaining it using examples like cancer and Alzheimer, makes it much easier to understand and so more people will join in. Does this negatively influence you personnaly, no, so leave them be. Put your energy into something else, there's a lot more semi-scientifical BS going around...

You can show how greenpeace uses false numbers and outdated research techniques to get nice graphs so they can get more money from the masses. You can show people that All Gore's "Inconvenient thruth" is way overblown and there's lot's of scientific research to back you up... You can inform people on the fact that global warming has very probably nothing to do with human CO2 emmisions... etc... There are enough semi-scientific BS causes for you to lay in the open, so leave this harmless, free (except for the electricity you spend of course) and potentially great project alone.

[QUOTE="Wii26"]

Furthermore mr. Dust24311, it actually has done some good. They have found results on peptids in nanotubes, results on p53, and has even led to computational drug design. Shazaam!

Dust24311

Yes but when proteins don't fold properly they can lead to several diseases. You're right, it could be one of the reasosn for Alzheimer's but who cares right? No significance. 

[QUOTE="Dust24311"][QUOTE="Wii26"][QUOTE="Dust24311"]

I'm a scientist at Southern Research Institute in Maryland, USA.

 

I think it's important for me to inform everyone that Folding at Home is not for cancer research, but simply to understand how proteins fold based upon their amino acid sequences. That said, this program is limited by the programming and the application of the scientists at Stanford Universities Chemistry department.

 

The program has led to approximatelly 50 scientific research articles being published on the subject of medicinal chemistry. While this may seem impressive, none of this information has led to clinical research of any significance.

 

Just wanted to get the word out. This program was made to predict protein folding and that is the ONLY thing it does. It does not magically cure cancer.

Wii26

It's not only for that but folding@home binds consoles and computers alike to apparently form some super computer to help simulate real life problems. We know it's not going to create a magical cure, but it's helping scientists figure out problems and so forth. It's not only to educate but to help. I think you missed that whole bit.

Have you not read up on this? If you have then you would know I am not wrong.

"You can help by simply running a piece of software. Folding@Home is a distributed computing project -- people from through out the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer makes the project closer to our goals.

Folding@Home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed computing, to simulate problems thousands to millions of times more challenging than previously achieved."

Folding@Home Main Page

My apologies not real life problems but problems thousand to million times more challenging. Craziness isn't it? I never said it was a magical cure nor did anyone else. You missed the whole part about people linking together to help increase research. It's not suppose to be a cure. You completely missed the point of the entire program and what people are doing. It is suppose to HELP with cancer research. Everyone knows it's not a cure. Just because you're a scientist doesn't mean anything. It doesn't take one to realize this isn't meant to cure but instead HELP. Sorry I can't emphasize enough how this is suppose to help and not cure. Everyone knows that but you come running here like you can contribute something when all you have done is been a downer. You aren't helping at all. You're just showing that you can brag about scientific knowledge and claim that your a scientist. Whoopie doo who cares?

And did I say it was a real life problem solver? Maybe you should indulge yourself into some reading no? The problem here seems to be more that you can't read what people post so you take it in your hands to educate us. The concept of  folding@home is to simulate problems thousand to millions more challenging then real life and previously achieved. That's the point of it! Yes to fold proteins but to help simulate! Go read up on it. It's not that hard to type it into google. 

The thing that's twitching me right now is that just because we don't have scientific degrees, we know nothing. We know that it won't cure cancer later this year. You state something so obvious that even a child would know. My 14 year old brother understands this simple concept. Sorry but you have contributed next to nothing in this thread except to show that you're arrogant. 

I lost my mother when I was 22 and my father 10 months later.  My mother was given two years and lasted two months, my father was diagnosed and lasted 8 days.

I for one will be using the folding program constantly and it disgusts me everytime I hear some selfish selfcentered moron discuss the reasons why they won't. 

To all of you who are using the Folding program CONGRATULATIONS!!  You are a better person because of it!  Imagine the pleasure we could all experience if down the road they find some breakthrough information because WE got together and did something selfless and intelligent.

I will do my part in this experiment. It means a bit to me since my father is currently in remission for bladder cancer. He got in a bad industrial chemical accident whilst working for Con-Ed in NY City. This led to his cancer.

Help give others a fighting chance;

Do your part, Download FOLDING @HOME today

On the one hand I can see the benefits of running the program, but I'm a little worried about leaving my PS3 on for too long. I pick up my PS3 tomorrow and I don't want to burn it out within months. In the end I think I will run the program 4/6 hours a week, but I have read on forums of people planning on running the program overnights or during work hours. If you add in the GamePlay hours and Blu-Ray moments, I think the PS3 is going to be running to hot...  :)

On the one hand I can see the benefits of running the program, but I'm a little worried about leaving my PS3 on for too long. I pick up my PS3 tomorrow and I don't want to burn it out within months. In the end I think I will run the program 4/6 hours a week, but I have read on forums of people planning on running the program overnights or during work hours. If you add in the GamePlay hours and Blu-Ray moments, I think the PS3 is going to be running to hot...  :)

Pixelgen