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Xzadur8
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I have had this folding home thing on my ps3 since I did the first firmware update, and The world looks good and all but I AM CONFUSED as to what its even for?
And at first i thought it may have shown all the PS3 users around the world (with the glowing dots) but that cant be realtime because there would only be (according to F@h 2 or 3 ps3 owners in the whole of SA????????cant be right)

If anyone actually knows what the hell it for could you help me out, thanks
01/08/2007
Adelaide hills, S.A
liam_w
Kudos: 7,212
Mates: 48
Go into it and if you have internet access press triangle and go to information -> about F@H. It tells you all about it.
01/08/2007
Bottom of the Sea
Xzadur8
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I didn't make any sense of that page but thanks anyways!!
I think im just going to delete it off my ps3, its useless anyway,!!!
01/08/2007
Adelaide hills, S.A
liam_w
Kudos: 7,212
Mates: 48
Well.. its not actually usless. It processes little packets of data that are then sent to the F@H server to be analyzed. It will hopefully lead to more answers about diseases that involve folding protein cells... or soemthing along those lines. These diseases include alzeihmers, and some cancers.
01/08/2007
Bottom of the Sea
Xzadur8
Kudos: 917
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hmmmm, i thought that it was a game or something that showed you all ps3 users online!! I'll have to figure it out, is Folding@home working while Im online (on ps3) and playing games etc? Coz I cant do anything while the F@H program is open, ie. "I cant minamize the program and leave it running, while doing something else at the same time"????!!
Not to worry, thanks for the help
01/08/2007
Adelaide hills, S.A
liam_w
Kudos: 7,212
Mates: 48
Nah, it only runs on idle PS3's. You have to put it on and leave it, say while you are at work/school or sleeping. You can set it to start automatically i think. Press triangle on it.
01/08/2007
Bottom of the Sea
Xzadur8
Kudos: 917
Mates: 41
ok, CHEERS, It makes more sense now. thanks man
01/08/2007
Adelaide hills, S.A
liam_w
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Mates: 48
Anytime mate. Join in and you could help save ppl and get a medal!
01/08/2007
Bottom of the Sea
Xzadur8
Kudos: 917
Mates: 41
which team Do i join? 60766 ??
01/08/2007
Adelaide hills, S.A
liam_w
Kudos: 7,212
Mates: 48
Thats the one mate.
01/08/2007
Bottom of the Sea
Xzadur8
Kudos: 917
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yeh, i joined now. got alot of folding to do!!im not even ranked yet !
01/08/2007
Adelaide hills, S.A
liam_w
Kudos: 7,212
Mates: 48
Yeah it seems to update every few days. I have done a few more than it says on the site.
01/08/2007
Bottom of the Sea
smASHer
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the stats site pretty much updates every hour, in the first 20 mins of each hour eg. 1pm-1.20pm but i think sumtimes when Stanford's server are being overloaded, it updates every 3hrs, im not sure.

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: most 'work units' need to be returned completed within 3-5 days of downloading to make the research useful, as future work units can rely on the ones done now, if your work unit isn't returned in time, it is sent out to another folder's PS3 to complete. So if you only want to run Folding@Home every now n then, its best to leave it do an 8hr session to complete a full work unit and then switch it off and start again the next day. A new work unit will be downloaded automatically after you upload, so remember to switch the PS3 on and fold within 3 days to return THAT work unit if you can.

THANKS GUYS FOR YOUR EFFORTS - keep up the great work, and encourage others to join in on the great cause!

cheers
04/08/2007
Kialla Shepparton, Victoria
Bev
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Thanks for that information smaASher, I'm new to the whole folding @ home thing and recently joined the myps3 folding @ home team. I'm glad I read your post because I didn't know about the days limit!
04/08/2007
Adelaide, SA
Xzadur8
Kudos: 917
Mates: 41
so is it best NOT to do small amouts at a time, instead do what you said and run it for a full 8 hours. coz sometimes I'll run it for an hour here an hour there!! or do you just mean it wont register the completed work units (WU's) if PS3 isn't turned off every day or so??? I usally run mine a few times during the day, then over night for 8 hrs or so, Is this ok ? And i always have a WU done withing the 24 hrs sometimes 2 WU's
04/08/2007
Adelaide hills, S.A
longarms
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as long as you finnish the work unit with in 2 days of first dl/ing it you will be fine
04/08/2007
Central Coast (NSW)
Xzadur8
Kudos: 917
Mates: 41
ok no worries, mine are always done in time!! cheers
04/08/2007
Adelaide hills, S.A
smASHer
Kudos: 570
Mates: 24
yeh, doesn't matter if the work unit is getting 'worked on' intermittedly (wrong spelling probz) as long as its completed and sent back within the time limit. check here to see the exact time limit on each work unit fah-web.stanford.edu/

good work guys, keep recruitin!
06/08/2007
Kialla Shepparton, Victoria
Bev
Kudos: 4,450
Mates: 238
Ok cool thanks for that link mate. I've done 4 work units now haha! Xzadur8 your a champion we started roughly the same time but you have 7 or 8 work units already I think!
06/08/2007
Adelaide, SA
Xzadur8
Kudos: 917
Mates: 41
yeh i have been leaving it run for 6-8 hours over night when im sleeping and i run it during the day when im away from the ps3 ( i have it set to Auto-Start after 10 mins)
I've completed 8 and have 3 hrs to go till i finish 9!!!!!!
WOOHOO we have 15 CPU's folding and i actually counted them all in Australia. !!

HERES THE STATS: We are ranked team 5267 out of 75897, and the team has completed 237 WU's(work units) which is bloody good if you ask me considering we only have 15 CPU's ........
06/08/2007
Adelaide hills, S.A
 
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