Help research cancer and other diseases with Folding at Home

http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/setiathome/setiathome_20070706.html

Well I guess I can mark this one as done… I didn’t actually add it as a goal in the first place anyway.

When it comes to helping find a cure for cancer there’s not much more I can do except fold my arms and put on ‘folding at home’ every now and then…

I mean… Cancer research? I don’t think I have anything to add to the discussion, have you tried lemon juice?

I’m just all out of ideas on that one (have you tried lemon juice though?) cancer is nasty business, I hope we find a cure one day.

A comment below said that the software isn’t Mac compatible, so I’ll expand a bit on what the software is compatible with:
Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, and Vista
Mac OS X (in any of its versions)
Linux
Playstation 3

Also, it can be run as a screen saver or a program, along with the more complicated console version. The link to download is below, don’t forget to add team #36343 as that’s team 43Things.com

http://folding.stanford.edu/English/Download

I have a Mac and the software isn’t compatible… sigh darn…..

who is folding with our team. Jaq has worked his way up to our number 4 contributor on the team! Morningbreeze is #5, Ficus_Major #7, Wimblejigs #9, eatdrinktravel #18, Oogyboogwa #19, MisButterflyKisses #25, and stevepayne #29. Sorry if I left anyone out, I tried to include everyone that is a current folder. If you think you are folding for our team and your name folding name isn’t on this list, check that your folding is working and that you added team #36343.

As you can all see the team is getting bigger, but the more people and the more computers that are folding the more difference we can make. So, even if you want to fold for another team please join.

Also, I’d like to note that there are 43Things people that fold for other teams, notably the_technocrat (who is one of the biggest contributers to folding in the world!) and DeadWriter.

I had planned on downloading it yesterday however didn’t really work out so tonight right afterwork I’ll start.

-Peace Mandy

you know how little things sometimes make a big difference to your point of view? well, I have a lot of bad days. sometimes, everything goes wrong. sometimes, nothing gets done or, even worse, everything I’ve already finished gets undone and I have to start all over. sometimes, I think, I will never get anywhere with this life.

and then I walk by the computer, especially at night after such a day, when the house is hushed and I’m feeling really small, and see the screensaver for Fighting Aids etc. and it’s like seeing a candle lit in the dark. I think, well at least I did that, I’m doing that. vicariously, almost, but I am making that research go faster and hopefully solutions can be found faster because of it.

sometimes this is the only thing in the day that I feel like I actually did right, got done. and I don’t know, but for some reason, it’s always so uplifting to know that I managed to do that one thing.

there’s hope yet!

and then I remember that others are doing the same; I’m not the only one. and maybe it’s silly to be so heartened by that idea, but my mood changes completely and so I don’t care if it’s silly or not, it means a lot to me.

I have BOINC and Folding at Home on my compy too :)

more at volunteer my computer

...perhaps my Mac can do something to the world with Folding@Home.
Tomorrow I’ll install it in my work computer too. ;)

Keep up the good work everyone!

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/teamstats/team36343.html