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Hi there. I'm not sure if you've heard of Folding@Home, but here it goes anyway.
I have set up a team called Habbox Folding. Here is a link to the topic. http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=495142
I'm just wondering, if this gets popular enough, can it be made the official folding team for Habbox?
If you need anymore info, please just ask.
Thanks.
What's folding all about? I don't think it would be official for Habbox whatever it is anyway by the looks of things from that thread.
From the folding@home website.Quote:
What is protein folding and how is folding linked to disease?
Proteins are biology's workhorses -- its "nanomachines." Before proteins can carry out these important functions, they assemble themselves, or "fold." The process of protein folding, while critical and fundamental to virtually all of biology, in many ways remains a mystery.
Moreover, when proteins do not fold correctly (i.e. "misfold"), there can be serious consequences, including many well known diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers and cancer-related syndromes.
You can help by simply running a piece of software.
Folding@home is a distributed computing project -- people from throughout the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world. Every computer takes the project closer to our goals. Folding@home uses novel computational methods coupled to distributed computing, to simulate problems millions of times more challenging than previously achieved.
What have we done so far?
We have had several successes. You can read about them on our Science page, on our Awards page, or go directly to our Results page.
Want to learn more?
Click on the links on the left for downloads or more information. You can also download our Executive Summary, which is a PDF suitable for distribution. Also, you can learn more by watching recent seminars (Stanford BMI ; Xerox PARC). One can also help by donating funds to the project, via Stanford University.
Ah I see. It's a nice idea but I doubt you'll get it "official" to Habbox or whatever.
Oh well.. i'd at least like to get the topic stickied or something. (Only if it becomes popular of course)
in more simpler terms...
Proteins are important for everything. All enzymes are proteins which catalyse reactions and proteins also recognise and allow molecules through a cell membrane. If its faulty meaning that it is folded incorrectly (the tertiary structure (3D)) then it is unable to transport these through the membrane. One cause can be cystic fibrosis which stops chloride ions leaving cells which means waters retained.
Oh how i love genetics!! Ill give it a go and see what its like.
my friend runs it in his PS3 because it's about 3 times more powerful than his PC.
i would, but my PC is way told, i need all the proccesor power i need :D
I have stuck it for now. Let's see how it goes :).
It's not a bad idea. I'd join but I don't really life 3rd party programs stealing my CPU :P
Glad MAD has posted because I didn't understand a word you were saying. Anything technical like that and my mind wanders by the second paragraph.
I am sure its pretty good though :)