Folding@home Team 56895 and Life with PlayStation

[Titus]

Hi Guys,

Wow this thread should have been left sticky - Ive been using the ps3 on folding for about a week but didnt know this site had its own group ive been in some other small ps3 group and will deff be changing to this one! thanks for making this sticky again and showing everyone we have a folding group here!!

[fabilichus]

I don't get folding@home. What do it do and mean ?

[PBJblu-ray alltheway]

Originally Posted by Iceman

haha, no more like because of guidosarduche and PaulB404 who must be running 10+ PS3s

(PaulB404) ONLY 2 Here, mine and my sons.......Different locations but only 2.........We have been folding for this team since it started..........24/7...........Guidosarduche was hard to catch but it looks like he lost some of his processing power.

[CptGreedle]

If you have a PS3, there is a pre-loaded program (not fully installed but the installer is loaded) that lets you run "folding@home". It gets data from Stanford University and "folds", or processes, virtual protein molecules. It does this to find cures to diseases and such.
It is free to use, free to get, works on Mac, PC, and PS3, and can be set up as a screen saver, so when you are not using our PS3 or computer, it will automatically turn on and process.

[guidosarduche]

Originally Posted by PBJ

Guidosarduche was hard to catch but it looks like he lost some of his processing power.

Still processing. Once I had heard that someone at work set up a team I jumped over to help.

[bubs]

I just joined, great idea.

[bubs]

Originally Posted by CptGreedle

It is free to use, free to get, works on Mac, PC, and PS3, and can be set up as a screen saver, so when you are not using our PS3 or computer, it will automatically turn on and process.

How can I do this for my ps3?

[CptGreedle]

If you look on your PS3, under the network options on the XMB you should see something that says folding@home. Just install that and you are good to go. To join with us, check the OP on this thread for the group ID number, enter that number and a name for your PS3, and you will be able to join in.

[bubs]

Originally Posted by CptGreedle

and can be set up as a screen saver, so when you are not using our PS3 or computer, it will automatically turn on and process.

I mean as a screensaver. Im already on the team.

[Shin-Ra]

PLAYSTATION®3 ENABLES FOLDING@HOME™ TO BE RECOGNIZED BY GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ AS WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING NETWORK

Tokyo, November 1, 2007 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) today announced that PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3®) computer entertainment systems, part of Stanford University’s Folding@home™ program, have enabled the distributed computing project to be recognized by Guinness World Records™ as the most powerful distributed computing network in the world. The record was initially set on September 16, 2007 as Folding@home surpassed one petaflop(*1), a computing milestone that has never been reached before by a distributed computing network. In addition to this, the collective efforts of our users have enabled PS3 alone to reach the petaflops mark on September 23, 2007.

The record is a testament to the widespread participation of PS3 users from around the world—currently more than 670,000 unique PS3 users have registered to the Folding@home network, bringing the overall computing power of the program to more than a petaflop. Thanks to PS3’s powerful Cell Broadband Engine™ (Cell/B.E.), scientists will now be able to make greater progress in their studies of protein folding and its link to diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and certain forms of cancer.

“To have Folding@home recognized by Guinness World Records as the most powerful distributed computing network ever is a reflection of the extraordinary worldwide participation by gamers and consumers around the world and for that we are very grateful,” said Vijay Pande, Associate Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University and Folding@home project lead. “Without them we would not be able to make the advancements we have made in our studies of several different diseases. But it is clear that none of this would be even more remotely possible without the power of PS3, it has increased our research capabilities by leaps and bounds.”

“To have PS3 play such a large role in allowing Folding@home to be honored by Guinness World Records is truly incredible,” said Masayuki Chatani, Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Technology Platform, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. “This record is clear evidence of the power of PS3 and the contributions that it is making to the Folding@home network, and more importantly, scientific research.”

The Folding@home program up until recently leveraged only the distributed computing power of personal computers (PC) from around the world. The PCs that made up the Folding@home network numbered roughly 200,000 giving the program the equivalent of about one-quarter of a petaflop. On March 15, 2007, PS3 joined the program and since then more than 670,000 unique PS3 users have registered to the Folding@home network, bringing the overall computing power of the program to more than a petaflop.

Starting with Folding@home, SCE will continue to support distributed computing projects in a wide variety of academic fields such as medical and social sciences and environmental studies through the use of PS3 and hopes to contribute to the advancement of science.

(*1) A petaflop is the ability of a computer to do one quadrillion floating point operations per second (FLOPS).

(*2) For more information, please see official website (http://www.scei.co.jp/folding/en/).

[bluflu]

Originally Posted by bubs

I mean as a screensaver. Im already on the team.

Start Folding@home then press the triangle button, and select settings.

[jspraggs]

Just signed up for thr forums and folding at home!

lets go BLU

[bluflu]

... don't forget to sign up for the Blu-ray.com Folding@home team.

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/...&teamnum=56895

[SGIBES]

You guys can count me in, I will sign up tonight with my psn id name ZEUSPLAY.

[iceman]

Awesome job guys and girls... we are now #235 and climbing!

[sega_smasher]

just joined the group. didnt know this was on here! ... i am ashamed. =(

[Titus]

How did Rolo71 get so high up in the ranks with only 51 wu's? Are there some bonus ones every now and again worth mega ammounts or something?

LOL

ps my sign name on folding is TBrewerton

[Rolo71]

Originally Posted by Titus

How did Rolo71 get so high up in the ranks with only 51 wu's? Are there some bonus ones every now and again worth mega ammounts or something?

LOL

ps my sign name on folding is TBrewerton

I'm using a PC and doing big wu's. It's 1760 points every 25 hours for me (if I don't use it for something else).
Don't know yet if 'm gonna buy a PS3 or a stand-alone blu-ray player.
If I gonna buy a PS3 I will also use it for folding.

[Titus]

Is there somewhere to choose the size WU?

[groovyone]

Originally Posted by Titus

Is there somewhere to choose the size WU?

Not for the PS3. It is assigned a specific size packet.