I haven't noticed any drawback on speed... it doesn't operate unless the cpu is being under utilized.
Newman
Senior Member - 4K
posted: May. 23, 2001 @ 1:53p
All signed up and part of the Fatwallet team (try to guess which member I am! ) They should do this with all diseases, its a lot easier for me to donate computer time than money.
mcdugall
Senior Member
posted: May. 23, 2001 @ 2:03p
they need to design a multi threaded enabled program so it can use all four of my processors at once.
Spjegues
Ancient Member
posted: May. 23, 2001 @ 2:05p
Well I hope I can help
Spjegues
MrFartyPants
Senior Member - 4K
posted: May. 23, 2001 @ 2:08p
If you look at the speed in runs at while regularly running compared to the speed it runs at when in screen saver mode you will notice a dramatic difference. At one time I had about 20 computers running the UD program. When the screen savers were on the # of results returned was rather low. When I disabled the screen savers on them the # of results returned sky rocketed. I asked others to try and they had the same results.
At first I thought it was just me but others have come to me and told me the same thing. Anyway, it's up to everyone. The screen saver is cool however.
This is EXCELLENT! If you click the I on the bottom left of the control panel, you can watch what it's doing. I have NO clue what the screensaver looks like, so if that's it, don't shoot me.
MrFartyPants
Senior Member - 4K
posted: May. 23, 2001 @ 2:14p
Scween saver looks like the thingy your are looking at right now Hawpster
i'm curious about the different ratings for your computer that it shows in the program.. my linksys 100BT network card is rated only at 32 whilst the intel 100BT is rated at 100.... could there really be that much of a difference between the two?
Redol - Send them an email asking about the possibility for Linux! They might have not thought there would be any interest in it.
shawnman
Senior Member
posted: May. 23, 2001 @ 2:48p
<< i'm curious about the different ratings for your computer that it shows in the program.. my linksys 100BT network card is rated only at 32 whilst the intel 100BT is rated at 100.... could there really be that much of a difference between the two? >>
I noticed that too with my Netgear card.
If you havent noticed Intel is a major sponsor for this project and I suspect that is why you are seeing the bias
My P3 933 processor is only rated a 63/100. I suppose its another marketing tool from Intel, I mean it cant be that much slower than a P4.
I'm curious as to how it rates an AMD chip... anyone care to post
I know I'm being a little dense here but I did read the info on their website and I still don't understand exactly what this program is supposed to be doing. Could someone who's running it explain what it does?
BlueTDimly
Frivolous Member
posted: May. 23, 2001 @ 4:06p
For those who have questions, UD has a very good set of message boards specific to their project. I would suggest posting your questions there, and/or reviewing the excellent FAQs.
They do have a good board, and a good FAQ, but unfortunately I can find no information on what the program is actually doing (other than using your unused CPU cycles to run tests). From the screen shots and a few comments made in the boards, I gather it's "testing two proteins." Ummm . . . okay. Now, this does look somewhat familiar cuz I watched a Nova program about angiogenesis drugs, and another Nova (I think) about the human genome project. Both used the same sort of comp. images of proteins. But I'd still like to know specifically what they are "testing" the two proteins for. Two members of my family have currently incurable forms of cancer (one of them is my mother) so I'm not being flip about this. But I don't want to load up a program that is a total mystery to me. Anyone know the basic science (or can point me to the answer) of what's going on with this thing?
None other than it is a fun way of organizing the effort.
comat0se
Broke Member
posted: May. 23, 2001 @ 5:52p
I don't mean to rain on the parade... but I've got an important question.
Who gets the profits from the drugs that you, me and your neighbor's computer develop?
Cancer-fighting drugs are ridiculously expensive and the drug companies would love to sucker people into doing their work for them at little or no cost.
Just keep in mind if you are running a OC'ed computer or a higher end computer, keep an eye on your temps. This upped my temps by 5-8 degrees C. Just a note to keep an eye on it.
Just joined! My grandma just died and she had bone cancer so I'm really glad to help! Just went to the funeral earlier today actually. I just hope my 1ghz Athlon can help a bit
<< Who gets the profits from the drugs that you, me and your neighbor's computer develop? >>
No question the monetary profits go to the drug company. By participating now, we get a chance to win prizes. By succeeding we may get to spend extra time with our loved ones... the ultimate prize.
yup, I do care that drugs are so expensive, but if there is a cure the price doesn't matter in the end...
elhumano
Cranky Member
posted: May. 23, 2001 @ 8:58p
I've joined. My grandma is in the hospital right now with an unrelated condition, but my sympathies go out to everyone who has personal connections to this harsh illness.
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