Folding@Home - Anyone still do it?

[xxMATTGxx]

I remember when Habbox used to have it's own team on the folding@home site (http://folding.stanford.edu/) and I was wondering if anyone still does this or did the craze for it stop a long time ago.

[Chippiewill]

F@H seems pretty dead, I imagine that the rate of technological growth means that less and less people are needed to achieve the same amount so they're probably not too bothered about it.

[Stephen!]

With no proper support for GTX680's still, or for that matter any kepler based GPU's, I didn't think it was worth it anymore.

[e5]

I don't quite understand it

[mrwoooooooo]

waste of electricity

[xDj77440x]

I don't quite understand it

If I remember correctly, F@H collects info about your computer and such. By using CPU or even doing nothing you can work your way to completing work units. Completing a WU will reward you points. If you're synced with a team number, points will go to thateam too. Though it may not sound like much, I think you're able to also contribute to raising money for curing cancer.

Dunno, I should use F@H again.

[samsaBEAR]

If I remember correctly, F@H collects info about your computer and such. By using CPU or even doing nothing you can work your way to completing work units. Completing a WU will reward you points. If you're synced with a team number, points will go to thateam too. Though it may not sound like much, I think you're able to also contribute to raising money for curing cancer.

Dunno, I should use F@H again.

You're almost there, F@H uses your 'spare' processing power (may be a more technical term for that) to understand and 'fold' proteins in the attempts of understanding how they reach their final stage. The idea is that when we've researched more into this, we can start to understand illnesses like Alzheimer's and different types of cancer, and hopefully start work on a cure.

[chemidann95]

I don't used it anymore..

[N!ck]

Nope, but I'm currently hunting for Mersenne Primes with my servers and home PC.