Volunteer your PC

[Kid A]

Grid.org is a single destination site for large-scale research projects powered by the United Devices grid computing solution, Grid MP Global. From the Cancer Research Project sponsored by Intel and the University of Oxford to the Anthrax Research Project sponsored by Intel and Microsoft, the Grid MP Global @ grid.org has been put to use for research and analysis projects of groundbreaking scope. With the participation of over 2 million devices worldwide, grid.org projects driven by the Grid MP Global have achieved record levels of speed and success in processing data.

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To become a member of grid.org and participate in these important grid computing projects, simply download a free, non-invasive software program that works as a screensaver. It runs when your computer has idle processing time. Your computer never leaves your desk and the project never interrupts your normal PC use.

Grid.org lets you make a real difference without donating money or time, with the system that you are using to view this site right now-your home or office PC.

You can find more info on GRID here, about cancer research here and download the software from here.

I've been using it for a few weeks, and have noticed no interference with my computer's performance whatsoever, even while playing rather resource-intensive games such as UT2k3 or Medieval TW. So go get it, you have no excuse!!

[alguna chica]

I use folding@home; same design different project (understanding the folding mechanisms of proteins...an important part of bio research today)

[JAZ]

Im the same as alguna chica, I've ran folding@home for nearly a year now and I think it/or any of these similar projects are a worthwile cause that everyone should install.
You can set it up as a service so it runs in the background and you wont even notice its running as it only uses unused cpu cycles so theres no excuse for not installing it.
Kid A's cause is just as valid as the folding@home one I use as any of these causes are a good thing and everyone should help them as they could bring benefits for all.


If anyone decides to install folding@home, why not join a team, I fold under team #93 (short-media) and they would be glad to have you and if you want to help my points total also join as my user name OneJaz (you get points for each work unit you complete)
Theres plenty of info on the team I fold for here as well as faq's to do with everything you need to know about running f@h.


I dont want to steal Kid A's thread and as I said his cause is as valid as mine and I'll just be glad if anyone runs either of our recommended clients

[Kid A]

Hijackers!! :P
Just kidding. The purpose of the thread was to inform people that they can help scientific research by doing nothing (well apart from installing the proggie). In the end, it'll be beneficial for all of us either way.

[JAZ]

Come on no ones replied to this thread all day
I know loads of you have these uber overclocked computers well why not use some of that amazing processing power to help hopefully save peoples lives, the only other way this research can be done is for the researchers to pay to use huge multi million $$ computers and the cost prevents them from using them as much as they want so dont come on here bragging about your P4@4ghz or your xp1700@2400mhz unless you put that power to a good use!!!
Seriouslly install it and forget about it thats all you have to do, think your o/c is stable? well run it 24/7 @ 100% cpu usage to find out (allthough you can limit the prog to use anything between 1% to 100% of your free cpu cycles)

[Kid A]

Meh. I should've created a final fantasy thread or smth instead, it would have at least 300 posts by now

[ready2rumbelX]

I use folding@home....I have been for a while. I wanted to start an NGemu team for folding@home, but it didn't quite work.

ready2rumbelX

[Player-X]

Folding here as well

[Kidd]

I'll go get that cancer app right now - my father died from cancer a few months ago and I'll be damned if it happens to anyone else I know...

[Boltzmann]

I'm helping SETI - let us find the ETs first

[Mad]

can i use it even on 56k??

[alguna chica]

Yeah Mad you can. The program doesn't require a fast (or constant) internet connection to run. It just downloads the each project you work on and then sends its network the results. In another note: "Slow" computers actually have a good amount of idle cpu power to contribute too...and most of these programs add weight to the work slower computers do so that way, in terms of a points system, it shows that slower computers put in as much work as the faster ones (in terms of hours, not what was acomplished)

[Mad]

k, maybe ill try that.But can u explain it better?
So, i dl the prog, it works on when my pc is idle, them when i get back to the net it sends the results?? i dont need to be online all the time for it to work?

[Player-X]

Basicly yes