Re: folding (non-poker)

In message <4387a426$0$23282$db0fefd9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, tg <tg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: 
wtf is folding@home?
and don't tell me to go to the site coz I did that and just ended up confused.

It's a distributed computer project - like the various SETI@home, and cure for cancer projects.

It works based on "folding" proteins. Your computer runs a simulation of how a few of those proteins will fold, and sends the results back when it's finished. The overall simulation can therefore take a lot less time, if thousands of computers are being used for the task.

Typically, these things kick in as screen-savers or only take as much processor power as isn't being requested by other programs (setting themselves as super low-priority), so that you shouldn't be stopped from using your computer normally.

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