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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Alzheimer's / July 2005contribute computer time to Stanford research group
Your computer can help find a cure for deseases as Alzheimer's, Huntington's and Parkinson's. Idle time on your computer is needed by the Chemistry Department at Stanford University. One of their research project uses thousands of computers worldwide to analyze protein folding. It is believed that flaws in protein folding are responsible for many such serious deseases. Here is how you can join in this cooperative effort. Point your internet browser to http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html. Download the correct installation program for you computer. Then run the installation program. The program will run algorithms and merge the results with those from thousands of other computers. You should see no effect on your own use of the computer. The algorithms run only when you are not using the computer's resources. For more information, go to: http://folding.stanford.edu STOP!!!! BEWARE!!!!!!!!! It is not a good idea to allow an outside source to use your computer. They will have access to the history in your computer, including financial info, passwords, etc. Even if this is a` legit thing', someone could hack into it and use a keystroke program to get all your personal info and rip you off. Adelle > Your computer can help find a cure for deseases as Alzheimer's, > Huntington's and Parkinson's. Idle time on your computer is needed by [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > For more information, go to: http://folding.stanford.edu You are right to be wary of installing unkown programs on your computer. However, the following link will show you where you can find articles in the New York Times, Science Magazine, American Scientist, BBC News and elsewhere, which will show that this is legit. YES THIS IS LEGIT. DO IT FOR THE TURD MEISTER!!!!!!!! Sorry, I forgot the link in the last message: http://folding.stanford.edu/press.html > STOP!!!! BEWARE!!!!!!!!! > It is not a good idea to allow an outside source to use your computer. They > will have access to the history in your computer, including financial info, > passwords, etc. As far as I know, folding@home neither requires nor uses such information for their servers: I've been contributing computer time to 'em for about four years now, and never had a lick of trouble. Their servers are the only point of vulnerability, here, since (unlike all Windows operating systems) folding@home has absolutely NO back doors to the personal computers on which it operates. > Even if this is a` legit thing', someone could hack into it and use a > keystroke program to get all your personal info and rip you off. Nope. You install folding@home, and you need never use your keyboard again. As a matter of fact, with the right OS, you need never use your keyboard at all. This is, by the way, a professional opinion: my business specializes in computer network security. Blessed be, Baird  SignatureModkin of soc.religion.paganism Modstaff of alt.religion.wicca.moderated Newstaff, Inc. at newstaff.com Quite a few people on alt.support.arthritis take part in this. Gwen > > STOP!!!! BEWARE!!!!!!!!! > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Blessed be, > Baird |
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