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by Tarx
Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:37 pm
Forum: Scientific discussions (Non-FAH)
Topic: Rehab programs for folding@home addicts?
Replies: 154
Views: 45050

Re: Rehab programs for folding@home addicts?

It's the guilt! I have to keep my HTPC off folding (GPU & SMP) for the summer (no AC, in a cabinet = sizzle time) and every time I check to see how I'm doing, I think of what was lost... At least when cooler temps arrive, and folding ramped back up again, I'll be reducing my carbon footprint (el...
by Tarx
Mon Jun 02, 2008 11:22 am
Forum: How can we help FAH grow
Topic: Answers to: Reasons for not using F@H.
Replies: 188
Views: 193607

Re: Answers to: Reasons for not using F@H.

And in the long term, without trying to find a cure to these disease, one wonders just how much massive the long term carbon footprint will be due to these diseases, let alone the personal and societal costs...
by Tarx
Sun Jun 01, 2008 5:50 pm
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Official Stats
Replies: 2
Views: 876

Official Stats

" Stats update in progress External access to the Folding@home stats server is currently not available in order to expedite the stats input process. We expect this to take about 45 minutes. " Is it possible (and what would the impact be - e.g. reduce # times to update per day) that while t...
by Tarx
Tue May 13, 2008 3:33 am
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: ideas on speeding up stats
Replies: 27
Views: 5751

Re: ideas on speeding up stats

I use the team page list with all the team members (not the one with just the first 1000 members) - that is very important, but for my purposes, updating it once a day would be all I need. As for the project numbers & WU completed - I've very rarely checked what projects I've done (haven't for o...
by Tarx
Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:26 am
Forum: How can we help FAH grow
Topic: Answers to: Reasons for not using F@H.
Replies: 188
Views: 193607

Re: Answers to: Reasons for not using F@H.

With regards to environmental cost, I had noted in the past a few items: - in winter, the cost is minimal as the energy used turns into heat. - the environmental cost (let alone other costs like the societal costs and financial burden) of these diseases is significant - can always trade cost (e.g. c...
by Tarx
Fri Feb 08, 2008 1:04 am
Forum: Discussions of General-FAH topics
Topic: Resistance...to FAH
Replies: 17
Views: 4662

Re: Resistance...to FAH

Back to the original topic; some arguments I've been given -my electricity bill will skyrocket (despite the fact that the person in question's computer is left running idle most of the day and indeed night anyway) -it's pointless, they won't solve cancer without lab work (answer: project's aims are...
by Tarx
Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:17 am
Forum: Scientific discussions (Non-FAH)
Topic: Welcome back
Replies: 17
Views: 7761

great!
Give up a heads up if the old forum data will overwrite this one.