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Join the QJ.Net Folding@Home Team!

Posted Mar 22, 2007 at 03:50PM by Kristine C. Listed in: Biomedical Technology Tags: Sony, Stanford University, Folding@Home

With the release of firmware 1.6 for the PlayStation 3, along with it comes the Folding@Home software which many members of the gaming community have been waiting for. And yes, among those who have been looking forward to this potentially life-saving project is the QJ Team.

For those who are yet unfamiliar with the term, Folding@Home is a project which was started by researchers from Stanford University. The project involves the study of protein folding which has been thought to be the root of diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Huntington's Disease, cystic fibrosis, and some types of cancer. The aim of the project is to help the researchers to build models and simulations of these proteins by lending them some CPU power and a bit of bandwidth.

Now that Sony has fully pitched in on this effort and is putting the power of the Cell processor to good use, gamers can now do their part by simply installing the Folding@Home software on their PS3s and letting the program run while the console is idle.

Well, we here at QJ are doing just that, but we would of course love some company from our readers. So, in order to turn this into a full community effort, we would like to invite all of our readers (or even if you're just passing by our site for the first time) to join the QJ.Net Folding@Home team.

It's fairly simple. Once you've launched the Folding@Home program, just press the triangle button to bring up the Options panel, select "Identity", and then select "Join an existing team". After that, just enter QJ.Net's team number and, voila! You're now a part of QJ.Net's Folding@Home team. Here's QJ's team number:

52781

There's nothing to lose while we have everything to gain as we help in the scientific effort to cure some of the diseases which many members of society have been or are currently suffering from. So, power up that PS3, download and install the software, join our team, then go make yourself a sandwich and proceed to feel good about yourself. Or you can just simply continue to sit in your living room, let the program run and watch that really nifty 3D background which shows the Earth in all its sparkly glory, AND feel good about yourself.

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by B4H4M00T - 2007-03-22

» First!

I'm in :)

PSN: Kishin

feel free to add me to buddy list... just notice me that ur from QJ

Re: fg (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» gsad

no join 54919!

Re: Supergrover (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» :)

Stats right now:

Windows OS - 158602 PCs at 151 TFLOPS
PS3 - 4128 PCs at 101 TFLOPS

WOW, the PS3 is THAT much faster!

Re: ^ (Unregistered) - 2007-03-23

» true?

lol if thats true, owned.

Re: Supergrover (Unregistered) - 2007-03-23

» STAT

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype+osstats

Stats right now:

Windows OS - 158,980 PCs at 151 TFLOPS
PS3 - 11,818 PCs at 290 TFLOPS

Bet the researchers are extremely happy! and I for that matter :)

by bigp (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» ill join

ill join right now

Re: bigp (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» forgot

forgot my PSN nme is- XxBigP123xX

by Steven (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» joining

joining and psn: SeeDsTOHR

Re: Advertising -

Re: no (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» NO!!

join 54919!

Re: mike (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» *****

your stupid!

by THE_ELEM3NT (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» gladly

glad to be of service, especially for something like this, happy join the QJ.net folding team.

by gtauk - 2007-03-22

» what is

what team is 54919?

Re: mine (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» its my team

the super awsome people team

by Creighton (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» ahhh

join 69!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Dre (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» Folding

I joined the time PSN lildre09 add me if u want

by cree (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» Sonys Team

This is the psu boards team

55265

join if you would like

by cyco blac (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» QJ team

joined

by Advertising -

by mohaas05 (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» just joined

identity: mohaas05

by huds601 (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» I'll be in in 12 hours!

Awaiting my PS3 here in the UK for tomorrow! I'm in for sure :D

by bub (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» Join the biggest PS3 Team instead: 51355

http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=51355

by bamhm182 (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» I choose QJ

I'm going to join the QJ team just because I've been a long time reader/downloader from QJ, so if I were to join a folding team, it'd be from a website I know, like this or one of my forums, and since not many of my friends from forums have PS3s, I choose QJ.

PSN: bamhm182

by Pacos - 2007-03-22

» Joined!

I'm in the party too!

by wahh (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» nah

not me hehehe im watching mtv

by Barakku (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» Joining Bandwagon!

I'm joining, yay for saving lives.
PSN : Barakku, message me if you want to add me

by oh yeah (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» mine is 54919

i got the admin over at pspcrazy.com in my group

by lala (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» yeah

im savin lives baby !!!!! my F@H name is SolidSnake cheah PS3 is helpin solving protein folding to save lives STANFORD AND PS3 congrats !!!!!!! videogame and life saving how better could it get ?????? way better LMAO

by Michael (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» in

Im going in
PSN : magnusum

by Advertising -

by The Director (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» count me in

PSN: TheDirector

by Amish.Gramish - 2007-03-22

» I already joined this one

And I've been running it for a while!!!
LET'S CURE CANCER!!!

by Mister Common Sense is a MORON (Unregistered) - 2007-03-22

» new updated stats

Ok this is amazing. F#$K off xbox 360 :)

158,824 active windows os CPUs running active, doing 151 teraflops of calculations

7,316 ACTIVE PS3 CPUS RUNNING, DOING 179 TERAFLOPS RIGHT NOW.

Re: me (Unregistered) - 2007-03-23

» did you know

Mister Common Sense equals M.C.S. equals Microsoft Corporation Scum

by N3570R - 2007-03-23

» Heh...

You know what, I'm gonna do that right now.

by Suicidal_SNiper (Unregistered) - 2007-03-23

» Joined

Joined...:)

by PSP (Unregistered) - 2007-03-23

» im in

Joined too...

by PSP (Unregistered) - 2007-03-23

» sorry for double post, but...

check out the folding@home website.

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=osstats

if you add all the other OS current TFLOPS*, it equals less than what the PS3's are producing. If find that pretty cool. :)

by Kristine C. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2007-03-23

» Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who joined the QJ F@H team! We really appreciate it. Keep 'em coming, everyone! :)

by jackazz (Unregistered) - 2007-03-23

» explanation plx

How exactly does lending them my ps3 power help ? seriously someone care to explain ? are they searching around on the internet for cures ??

This all just sounds like a waste of time because theres no explanation behind it other than people who join will be helping! helping how ? how can people who know nothing about it help ? how does ps3 power help find cures ?

they want people to just leave their ps3 on so they can benefiet while I sit bored wishing I could play game? what if they dont find ***** for the next 20 years ? I could have enjoyed playing games all that time instead I wasted my hard earned money and time so a bunch of college people can find cures with millions of ps3's ?

it just sounds like bull*****, if they dont have the doe to support such a project and not be able to buy their own super computer(s) then they should be cast aside, instead they want to be lazy and try to get millions of people who spent 600+ dollars to "donate" their equipment to help a bunch of college people who have a hunch they can find cures by adopting ps3 power ?

wtf wtf wtf wtf...seriously wtf..until someone enlightens my dumbass about this incase I have the wrong view then i'll join.

Re: datnizzle (Unregistered) - 2007-03-23

» wrong view

"it just sounds like bull*****, if they dont have the doe to support such a project and not be able to buy their own super computer(s) then they should be cast aside, instead they want to be lazy and try to get millions of people who spent 600+ dollars to "donate" their equipment to help a bunch of college people who have a hunch they can find cures by adopting ps3 power ?"

The "doe"? Anyway it's a university study. Those types of things always require grants and public contributions. Instead of leaving a dollar in a jar people are running this on their ps3.
Have you read the description of the program that pops up when you click on the icon? It explains how you will be "helping".
By the way, where are these super-disease curing-computers everyone should have. It's not that easy, Dumbass. That's why there is no cure for the disease already. That is why you do research. That is why you ask for help.
There you have it, Dumbass. If it still doesn't make sense to you, DON"T DO IT.

I hope that helped, Dumbass.

by Professa (Unregistered) - 2007-03-23

» Im in

Im joining!
PSN ID: Professa91
Add me!

by risi37 (Unregistered) - 2007-03-24

» why not

im in

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