How many think a Folding at Home forum section would be good

[king smp]

Hello

Folding @ Home is a distributed computing project that helps scientists by utilizing home user computers during non-use to fold proteins so scientists can hopefully find answers and cures for diseases like cancer,leukemia,diabetes etc

This is important to me since my Fiance has stage 4 incurable lymph node cancer and was given only 13 months to live by her oncology doctor

Hopefully what has happened to her can be prevented in the future.

Currently our Toms F@H team only has a single thread for this topic and needs our support


Thank you for reading this

 

[EXT64]

I'm with you 100% king smp. Thanks for starting this.

 

[king smp]

Glad to help
If it needs editing let me know

 

[dogman_1234]

So sorry to hear about your Fiancee! You guys are in my prayers.

How many 'yes' votes will convince Administration to place a Distributed Computing Section in the Forum? Would love to hear from a Moderator, Joe P, or an Administrator themselves.

 

[king smp]

Hopefully they approve
It is for a great cause
There is no ulterior motive other than trying to help scientists fight diseases

 

[kilo_17]

Sorry to hear about your Fiancee, king smp! Thanks a lot for starting this poll, hopefully it will get the folding team some needed recognition!

 

[dogman_1234]

Jack Naylor is pissed at me. Rightfully so!

 

[king smp]

Who is Jack Naylor?

 

[dogman_1234]

He is a moderator.

 

[kilo_17]

Pretty sure he's a forum regular, forum name is JackNaylorPE if memory serves correct.

EDIT: Guess he's more than just a forum regular, haha.

 

[dogman_1234]

Correct...and I got on his 'good' side here recently...

dumb dogman!

 

[dogman_1234]

I have tied to spread the message across 1/2 of the forum. No one has really take it in I guess? :/

 

[kilo_17]

Not getting much of a response, I take it?

 

[king smp]

maybe traffic is slow today
lets hope the word of the poll spreads tomorrow morning USA Eastern TIme

 

[dogman_1234]

Pacific should be active.

 

[warmon6]

Well dont forget the UK side! They come to these forums as well. (beanoslim for example)

 

[dogman_1234]

Have bean send out messages as well!

 

[amuffin]

Start threads in the Cpu and components, graphics, and overclocking sections.

 

[dogman_1234]

I have. I cannot tell if Moderators have been deleting them!

 

[amuffin]

Folding stresses the gpu and cpu to 100% right?

EDIT:

Post in overclocking section about how it can test your system for stability!

Well IDK beanoslim said it might not be stable in FAH! :O

 

[anti-painkilla]

king smp, as others have said, sorry to hear about your fiancée.

Everyone fold for different reasons, we all donate our time and money towards this and more than one thread would be great to help new and current folders.

Please help us out.

 

[Ijack]

I voted no. Mainly because I disapprove of the massive cross-posting used to promote this project. That's enough to turn me off without reading further.

I suspect that only people who care will vote, so you will get an overwhelming, but irrelevant, "yes" vote.

 

[dogman_1234]

How else are we to get the message across?
Sorry to hear that you won't be joining us. We still welcome all to join 40051.
We were not forcing you to read the threads.

 

[nikorr]

Thanx for this thread, excellent idea!

 

[beanoslim]

I voted no. Mainly because I disapprove of the massive cross-posting used to promote this project. That's enough to turn me off without reading further.

I suspect that only people who care will vote, so you will get an overwhelming, but irrelevant, "yes" vote.

So if you don't care why did you vote?

How is it irrelevant when it means a lot to people as they feel it can make a differance to peoples and loved ones lives.

Your attitude towards this is enough to turn me off, hopefully I won't have to read any more of your irrelavant disapproving posts..