Please consider joining DU's Folding@Home team.

[alfredo]

it is an easy way to help your fellow man/woman. All you have to do is download and run a small program in the background. It is secure and it will not harm your machine or its performance.

I have been folding proteins for years, at times forgetting it was working in the backgroud on my machine.

For info on folding@home, please follow this DU link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=646990&mesg_id=646990

or visit my journal page. It is the second entry.

We have many people willing and able to help. I can help with the Mac platform if you have any questions.

You can set the client to launch automatically by making it a service, or on the Mac, adding it to logins items. It's really easy to do, and you will have the satisfaction of knowing you are doing some good for your neighbors and loved ones.

Home page: http://folding.stanford.edu/
DU team page: http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=48157

Our team number is 48157 You can join the team when you launch the client.

Fell free to ask questions

[Mabus]

1. Thanks for the reminder

Now I remember what that little cog-like flower is in my system tray is for...

Working to save lives, one protein at a time.

[alfredo]

2. Great.

Great, you have it running as a service.

[Mabus]

9. ...

[mcscajun]

3. I was reminded again last night how important this work is...

...when I met a new friend who was diagnosed a few years ago with Parkinson's Disease.

She's a vibrant woman, an adoptive parent, a serious amateur photographer, a progressive, and a fine human being. And she's got PD.

We must all do all we can to find cures...the Folding @ Home Project is one way we can help directly.

[alfredo]

5. My mom had Alzheimer's. I have a 50/50 chance of

contracting it. Same with my sister. I'm folding as fast as I can

[corporate_mike]

4. This is a great cause! Join and make a difference with us!

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

6. No problem

I've (melonhawg) doing this for awhile
so far two pc's, P4 2.4GHz service

Donator_melonhawg
Team Democratic Underground (48157)
Score 8210
Donator Rank=79575 of 540249

Peace

Proud Members of Melonhawg Society

[alfredo]

7. Thank you.

By this Summer I will have a Mac Mini Duo. That should speed things up a bit.

[alfredo]

8. We are ranked 379 with 324 CPU's

[mcscajun]

10. Kickin' it for Team DU!

:kick:

[mcscajun]

11. Recruitment... Recruitment... Recruitment.

That's the answer now. I've been saying "Each One, Recruit One" here on DU for a while now...meaning each DUer recruit One Other.

That's "tip of the iceberg". This evening, I sent out a letter to ten of my liberal friends, to many of whom I provide computer support at No Cost. In the letter, I'm asking them to join our efforts here.

I'll report back on responses.

Go thou and do likewise. :)