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9.0 Miscellaneous·Is there a place where I can buy Team Helix or Folding@Home merchandise?
·If I create a cool logo for Team Helix, what should I do with it?
·Can I use the Google Toolbar for Team Helix?
·Can I build my OWN computer?
·What is distributed computing?
·What is FP?
| | | Yes.
There are three cafepress sites that are currently selling Team Helix and Folding@Home merchandise:
Team Helix merchandise site 1.
Team Helix merchandise site 2.
Folding@Home merchandise.
These stores are not in any way supported by, or connected to BroadbandReports.com or BBR Team Helix.
Any questions or complaints related to the products should be directed to cafepress.com.
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by Gizmo edited by nozero
last modified: 2005-08-07 17:07:27 | | | Post it in the Team Helix forum, and we'll have a look.
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by Gizmo edited by nozero
last modified: 2005-08-07 17:07:43 | | | For those that use the Google Toolbar, you may notice that they now have a distributed computing function, which they call Google Compute. At this time, it benefits the Folding@home project, which is one of the projects Team Helix benefits.
You can use this to support the Folding@home project, but it won't credit Team Helix.
However, there is a way to get Google to work for Team Helix.
Please Don't Attempt This Without Knowledge Of The Registry
This is a guide for making the Google Toolbar FOLD for your username on Team Helix:
1. Get the Google Toolbar from here: Google Toolbar (Without Advance features is recommended)
2. Install it
3. Install Google Compute from here: About Google Toobar
Now for the editing part:
4. The file you want to edit is C:\Program Files\GoogleDCC\GoogleFah\client.cfg
5. Open client.cfg in Notepad.
This is what it looks like:
[settings]
username=google210975797549510
team=446
asknet=no
userid= This is randomly generated by the client. Do not edit this!.
machineid=1
[http]active=no
host=localhost
port=8080
usereg=yes
6. Replace the Google210975797549510 with whatever username you are going to use. (Make sure not to add any spaces or change the format at all!)
7. Replace 446 with 4 (Which is the Team number for Team Helix)
This is what it should look like after the changes:
[settings]
username=yourusername
team=4
asknet=no
userid= This is randomly generated by the client. Do not edit this!.
machineid=1
[http]active=no
host=localhost
port=8080
usereg=yes
8. If you are going to run more than one instance of F@H ON ONE COMPUTER then you need to change the Machineid to a number between 1 and 4 the default for any F@H client is 1 so chose 2,3, or 4.
Each instance of the F@H client on one computer should have a unique Machineid: 1, 2, 3 or 4.
9. Click File>>>Save.
Now for the Registry change that needs to be done:
*Again, proceed with caution!*
A. Click Start
B. Click on run
C. Type regedit
D. ***Make a backup by clicking Registry in the top left corner of the window. Select export and name it RegBackup. Save it where you know where it is.***
E. Hit Ctrl and F at the same time.
F. Type GoogleFah in the find box.
G. This should bring you to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\DcClient]
H. Right click on dc-username >>> Select modify >>> Change it to your username (Make sure you use the exact username you put in the Fah config).
>>> Click OK.
I. Right click on TeamNum >>> select Modify >>> Change it to 4. >>> click OK.
J. Right click on UserName >>> select Modify >>> Change it to your username (Make sure you use the exact username you put in the Fah config).
>>> click OK.
K. Click the little X in the top right corner to close RegEdit.
14. Click on the Google Compute icon on the Google Toolbar. If there is an option to Start Computing click it otherwise You are Folding for your username and team 4!
15. You can right click on the Google Toolbar and un check it and it will hide.
16. Reboot your computer for the process to be complete.
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by ahulett edited by nozero
last modified: 2005-08-07 17:08:11 | | | Yes you can! 2kmaro has put together an excellent Build It Yourself guide With Pictures here: Build Your Own System! Now You too can build a cruncher for F@H!
Thanks 2kmaro !
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by Santa Fe edited by nozero
last modified: 2005-08-07 17:08:27 | | | KeysCapt said it best...
 
BBR Distributed Computing
Putting your spare computer cycles to work...
Written by KeysCapt
A considerable cross section of our members here at DSLR have chosen to participate in something known as "distributed computing"; to that end we've assembled a primer on how to put your spare computer cycles to use. There are a number of similar but distinct projects users can choose from. This is an introduction to them, and the process of distributed computing.
Distributed computing is a very large number of individual computers all working on the same problem. The real beauty of DC is the way it uses your computer, by using only the idle time of your CPU. While you read this, your computer literally just sits and waits, even if you are listening to music, have some different files open, maybe even burning MP3s to CD. Probably 90% of your processing power is idle. If you were participating in a DC project, that largely unused portion of your CPU cycles would be put to excellent use, and you wouldn't even notice it. And yes, your security is assured.
So let's take a look at some of the teams here, and learn a little about them.
 Team Helix is comprised of a group of loving and caring people who come from all walks of life and backgrounds and have different customs and beliefs. While we are all different and unique we do have one thing in common. We share the desire to help our fellow man. We do this by donating our time, our money, and our computers to run Stanford University’s programs.
The programs that Stanford utilizes are Folding@Home and Genome@Home, which allow us to fold and bend proteins in hopes of finding a cure to one of the many diseases which have inflicted mankind. Some of us have lost love ones to Cancer, Diabetes, and Alzheimer’s, while others are battling to overcome these diseases themselves. Others are here with no other reason then it’s the right thing to do. We have found unity and friendship and will always find a way to help our fellow team member.
BBR's RC5-72 Team is involved in a contest. It is geared towards solving the RSA Labs 72-bit secret-key challenge. Prizes are awarded to Distributed.net (home of RC5), the person that finds the key, the team to which winner belongs, and a non-profit organization chosen by all of the participants.
Project RC5 depends on each of its participants to find the correct solution for RSA Labs 72-bit secret-key challenge through "brute force". We literally try every possible key in order to find the answer. The RC5 Project has already found the solutions to the RSA challenges for 56 and 64-bit keys.
Approximately 100 people participate, with 50 contributing work units daily. Although every platform imaginable is supported, the Macintosh is the most common platform on the Broadband Reports Team due to the 128-bit vector units of the Apple G4 CPU. Currently, the Broadband Reports RC5-72 Team is ranked 19th overall, and we are constantly improving. We encourage all users, from all platforms to join the BBR team, and start crunching! Go to Distributed Net for project and client information.
BBR's Team Ecology can be found in the General Distributed Computing Forum and is a team of environmentally and ecologically minded people that are working together to support various preservation projects at the Ecology Fund site. The Ecology Fund site is operated by the Hunger Site Network "as a way to get funds for critical habitat and wilderness preservation using the power of the internet." The Ecology Fund site is supported by sponsors, who have an interest in wilderness preservation as well as other environmental concerns. In return for some minimal exposure on the Ecology Fund site, these sponsors make financial contributions towards the various projects when you "click" on the designated project buttons.
The team was founded on February 14, 2001 and has nearly 500 members, with approximately 80 currently participating. The team is ranked second overall among all teams involved. Over 14 million square feet of wilderness and habitat areas have been saved by this team. While not a "true" DC project in the strictest sense, it is a true team effort to preserve wilderness areas on this planet we all share. It's an easy project to participate in and takes only a few minutes of your time each day.
Lifemapper is the newest Distributed Computing team at BBR, introduced on April 28, 2003. Lifemapper is a sister team of Team Ecology. The project is supported by the Infomatics Biodiversity Research Center of the University of Kansas, and its objectives are to retrieve records of millions of plants and animals in the world's natural history museums, compute the ecological profile of each species, map where the species has been found, and predict where each species could potentially live. The results will be used for biodiversity research, education and conservation worldwide - especially to forecast environmental events and inform public policy.
BBR's Team Endeavor is another small DC project that participates in Distributed Folding. A small team, it is made up of a group of dedicated "crunchers" who run the project on multiple machines. In essence, proteins have a vast number of folds, larger than we could hope to compute even with distributed computing. Usually only one fold can be found in nature. The Distributed Folding Project is testing a new protein folding algorithm to see if it can reproduce natural protein folds after making extremely large samples of many different folds.
The participants are attempting to create the largest samples of protein folds ever computed. Already 1 Billion folds have been sampled for 5 small proteins, and the process of sampling 10 Billion (10,000,000,000) for another 10 large proteins is underway. By the end of our first phase, we hope to make over 100 Billion protein folds spanning 15 different proteins.
Team Discovery is a two-project team. One of the programs is called UD, which stands for United Devices. The other program is TSC (Tuberous Sclerosis Complex). With UD, team members crunch to find a cure for cancer. With TSC, team members try to find a cure for tuberous sclerosis complex. The team was created on April 5, 2001 and has 1,500 members.
During 2003, TD created "TD Project Hope". TD Project Hope was born out of an idea in March 2003 to build a large, multi-node community "cruncher" to process data for the team. This big cruncher was developed from numerous new and used parts, and is hosted by four different hosts. The project was funded by almost fifty team members contributing approximately $2,850.00 toward the project.
If you would like to learn more about these projects, and the amazing community spirit that develops among the DC teams, you can start by browsing the Team forums. Some have their own forum, and other teams may be found in the DC forum. But most of all, feel free to ask questions in any of these clubs ... the members are all more than willing to lend a hand. There are also several FAQs on the site with more info. These can be found in the forums as well.
Several members of the individual teams participated in putting this article together.
Posted 09-05 09:54 See: BBR-News
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by nozero
last modified: 2005-08-07 17:09:08 | | | FP stands for Foldinator Project.
The Foldinator Project has been established to support the cause of Team Helix and to have some fun while we are at it. Foldinator Project runs Folding@Home and, until it was completed, FP also ran Genome@Home, the Distributed Computing projects of Stanford University.
These "systems" are made up of so-called "blades"... with each blade being one AMD based personal computer. These systems are built, configured, administered and hosted by team members. We have both Folding@Home and Genome@Home blades and the WUs (Work Units) these blades turn out are credited to Team Helix under this project's name.
The Foldinator Project is made up of volunteers who donate either money or computer parts for one of these systems. For more information please come to the Distributed Computing Special Projects forum.
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