 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / December 2005Donate your spare computer power for cancer research
For the past several years, I have donated the spare cycles on my home computer for research -- initially searching for prime numbers, then for AIDS research, and now for research on human proteome folding used for medical research on a wide variety of diseases, including cancer. Since my wife was recently diagnosed with cancer of the thyroid (she will have surgery in January), I naturally have taken an even greater interest in the search for cures. This page on the World Community Grid website -- http://tinyurl.com/cq2ps -- states that: "With an understanding of how each protein affects human health, scientists can develop new cures for human diseases such as cancer, ...". This is no hoax, and although it might still be years before this research is successful, the more people who donate their SPARE computer power -- which is otherwise wasted on something like a screensaver -- the sooner the project can be completed. I have created a personal website -- http://tinyurl.com/b7ofs -- which explains the process a bit more and provides several links to other sites for more information. The World Community Grid is NON-PROFIT and doing research for the betterment of all mankind. I hope -- especially during this special holiday season of charity -- that you will consider donating your SPARE computer power to this worthwhile project; all it will take is a few minutes of your time, and I am confident that you will never even know that it is running on your computer after it is installed. As I mention on my webpage, if you are skeptical, do a web-search for "grid computing", also known as "distributed computing", and you will see that this has been around for a long time and is perfectly legitimate. I have no personal stake in this other than wanting to help find a cure for cancer. Thank you, and Merry Christmas! Bill Velek Bill .....good idea getting word out. Been doing for several years. Merry Christmas! > For the past several years, I have donated the spare cycles on my home computer for > research -- initially searching for prime numbers, then for AIDS research, and now for > research on human proteome folding used for medical research on a wide variety of > diseases, including cancer. ... I've been running protein folding calculations for the Stanford University project for many months. See: http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/ I had feared that it would slow down my computer, but it didn't. The program runs at the lowest priority setting so that when you run any other program, your program takes over the machine and the Stanford program just waits for free time. I haven't yet found any downside to running it. Alan I've been running Seti for years but it would probably make more sense for a cancer patient to assist with medical research. Ben > I've been running Seti for years but it would probably make more sense for > a cancer patient to assist with medical research. Ben Perhaps the aliens have a cure for the common cancer? My computer would drag down the whole network. If your screen dims, I've just gone online. ;-( I.P. > My computer would drag down the whole network. If your screen dims, I've > just gone online. ;-( > > I.P. That happens when my sons turn on their stereos... High Intensity Focused Ultra-loud... they said it was a new style of cancer treatment. >> My computer would drag down the whole network. If your screen dims, I've >> just gone online. ;-( [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > High Intensity Focused Ultra-loud... they said it was a new style of > cancer treatment. It does make my cancer leave them alone... so it works maybe? snip > I've been running protein folding calculations for the Stanford > University project for many months. See: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > I haven't yet found any downside to running it. Thanks (also to Dominic and Ben) for the posts that help to validate this important research tool. I've posted in a number of forums, and most of the time I am met with great skepticism and even resentment because many consider this to be some sort of a scam or at least a form of spam. Well, I'm sorry, but this is an important, non-commercial message, and if I can relate it in _ANY_ way to the forum-topic, then I feel that it is NOT spam. The way I see it, we have tapped only a _SMALL_ percentage of the _wasted_ computing power available over the Internet ... and that is a shame when we have such a compelling need as medical research. Just image what might be possible if just half of the home computers in this country were to join in this type of research. I don't care _where_ folks sign-up, so long as people join _some_ research project. I encourage ... and challenge ... everyone active in grid-computing or who joins, to help to spread the word. There is no down-side to it, and all of us can reap great rewards from this. Thanks, and MERRY CHRISTMAS. Bill Velek > I encourage ... and challenge ... everyone active in grid-computing or who > joins, to help to spread the word. There is no down-side to it, and all > of us can reap great rewards from this. How do "gridders" protect their computers from malware invasion with this level of interaction and exposure? I.P. >> I encourage ... and challenge ... everyone active in grid-computing or who joins, to >> help to spread the word. There is no down-side to it, and all of us can reap great >> rewards from this. > > How do "gridders" protect their computers from malware invasion with this level of > interaction and exposure? When you download the software, it talks only to a specific server. In my case, it talks to the server at Stanford University. Some of the other programs talk to other servers. The program does _not_ expose your computer to any computer other than the one that is coordinating the simulations. It talks to that machine to download data to crunch, and to upload results and get the next data segment. The connection is always opened by your machine to talk to the server. The program on your machine does not act as a server itself, accepting connections from anyone who tries to connect to it. You can think of it as having a one-way telephone. You can call out to a particular receiver, but your phone is not accepting calls from anyone. If the people at the other end are trustworthy, you should be safe. You aren't exposed to anyone else. Alan |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.