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thats ok, its not everyone's thing, but even if your not interested long term, i do encourage ppl just to participate on July 1st if they can

cheers

05/06/2007

Kialla Shepparton, Victoria

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Ill do it just keep us posted.

...and dont make 17 threads about it.

06/06/2007

Brisbane - start.select@hotmail.com

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stonecold says:

What a scam! If they wanted to help cure cancer they would've by now and AIDS for that matter. All of the charity organizations help their pockets not people who need it.

06/06/2007

perth

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megaFLOPS (MFLOPS = 1,000,000 FLOPS)
gigaFLOPS (GFLOPS = 1,000 MFLOPS)
teraFLOPS (TFLOPS = 1,000 GFLOPS)
petaFLOPS (PFLOPS = 1,000 TFLOPS)
exaFLOPS (EFLOPS = 1,000 PFLOPS) and
zettaFLOPS (ZFLOPS = 1,000 EFLOPS).

petaflop = 1, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000 FLoating point Operations Per Second.

One milion, billion flops.

06/06/2007

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roblaw says:

stonecold said: What a scam! If they wanted to help cure cancer they would've by now and AIDS for that matter. All of the charity organizations help their pockets not people who need it.

the money is in the medicine, not the cure!!

06/06/2007

GoldCoast, QLD! robpinit@hotmail.com

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Waste of my time.

06/06/2007

Harrison

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callan5 says:

What your doing here is a nice thought smasher, but im already part of the folding community.

06/06/2007

Outside Perth W.A, over those green mountains, Milkin the cows with Mandy.

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I already participate in extreme ironing on the weekends.

Maybe you can start an extreme folding team smASHer.

06/06/2007

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lol i dont do the chores at home.

pirarefunk is entitled to his oppinion and thats fine, but i think if he looked into it a bit more, he mite see how great this project is (Sony would not have wasted their time if it wasn't useful)

cheers

07/06/2007

Kialla Shepparton, Victoria

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stonecold says:

smASHer said: lol i dont do the chores at home.

pirarefunk is entitled to his oppinion and thats fine, but i think if he looked into it a bit more, he mite see how great this project is (Sony would not have wasted their time if it wasn't useful)

cheers

Thats what they said about the PS2
some supercomputer

07/06/2007

perth

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It just seems like a pointless exercise..why dont Sony donate some of there funds to help reaserch instead,,theres an idea

07/06/2007

Harrison

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because not all cancer research is done in labs by scientists, a lot of calculations need computer power, and thats what Folding@Home is about. Actually i just read then that Stanford is releasing new 'work units' (further research) to be calculated by PS3s and home computers, so the Project is definitely going places

cheers

08/06/2007

Kialla Shepparton, Victoria

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May i ask why you are SO into it??

I mean its obvious that you like it more than the rest of us??

Whats with that?

08/06/2007

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callan5 says:

Mate you sound like a nice guy and all by informing us about this, but your name is a abit brutal.

just a thought

08/06/2007

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answer to greysnake
i dont know, i saw a link for team 24 for Folding@Home on www.overclockers.com.au and saw what is was about and actually how many ppl were doing it and just stunned me. I had heard of Seti@Home (about aliens n crap) and i thought well this is much better, i can use my computer for couple hrs a day like normal AND be helping out cancer research at the same time without affecting my work. the reason i've targeted the PS3 forums so much is that the PS3 is so much more powerful than computers and even just a couple more thousand of these CELL powered computers Folding will enhance Stanford's research SO MUCH! and will make Sony's investment in developing the program so worthwile! So please guys, if u dont mind just puttin together 8hrs worth of Folding within 4-5 days even just once a week or a fortnight, it will REALLY HELP CANCER RESEARCH. Im so into it that i get the 'display' PS3 at work (i work at Dick Smith) folding, coz its turned on, not doin anything useful (we're lucky to get a couple of ppl a week interested in buying $1000 worth of console) so yeh just Fold on it. I really plan on getting my own soon, hopefully they'll update the PS3 into a slimmer better lookin version within a year

Cheers

answer to callan5:
lol me bro has been callin me smasher since i was like 7 or 8, my name is Ash, and i just use smASHer as a username with ASH highlighted, not to sound tough, but just what it is.

08/06/2007

Kialla Shepparton, Victoria

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But apart from the satisfaction of helping out - what do u get out of it?

Im missing something here??

Because i dont know how someone can be so enthused about something they will never actually witness first hand the actual day in day out benefits of - if u get what i mean.

08/06/2007

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yeh nah i get ya. i dont know, just i see the other donators in the folding forums and everyone is into it and helpin each other out, news is released on whats goin on with the project etc. so just really into it.

i dont really get anythin out of it, most ppl do it to donate then secondly to be either part of a team, or build their own, and im excited about building mine up. If Stanford keeps makin small breakthroughs, thats good enuff for me, once they crack it bigtime, i'll know that i helped make it happen! its just a good feeling really.

08/06/2007

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callan5 says:

I agree that its a good feeling too mate, thats how i felt when i became part of the folding community, keep it going

08/06/2007

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stonecold says:

Its impossible!!
I wonder what the PS4 will do

09/06/2007

perth

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I think its a massive scam..if Sony was so into helping cough up some cash...is there any proof of whats happening IE:Video or Data or are they using it for a massive lan party.

09/06/2007

Harrison

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PS10 will be injected hypodermically and all gamers will be underground junkies.

09/06/2007

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pirarefunk said: I think its a massive scam..if Sony was so into helping

man, you've crawled under one bigass rock! simply put, Sony did not have to invest any money at all into this project, but i'd say that many months programming for a 'fake cancer research project' using up a percentage of developing resources all so they can just 'appear' to be caring? i dont think so, they've spent a lot of money they didn't have to just so the PS3 could contribute to a good cause, now stop making comments on how fake it is, if u dont like it, stop posting!

10/06/2007

Kialla Shepparton, Victoria

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