Folding Forum

I edited the poll to add another option. "No, if I am going to use my electricity, then I want to fold for my own team." You should now also be able to change your vote if you want. I apparently reset the poll, so please vote again if you like. I still would like to get further feedback on...

What management tool will you use? How will it integrate with a normal dynamic IP address in a home, without enabling access to any other computers or devices on the home net? That is a great question and one I don't have an answer for. This is why it is great to get so much feedback to my general ...

How about buying a bunch of the new PS3s on the condition that they be left on and folding whenever no games are being played. You'd have plenty of applications for one of the new low-power version. Your "customer" gets the immediate use of a game console and they donate the over-night el...

Hmmm, I'd be on board with that if I can fold under my current team and user name. My basement is nice and cool. I'm sure everyone would be onboard if they got a free computer to fold and add to their points, :D but the points will go towards the foundation's team. They will be able to see their po...

Another question : will you allow them to fold under the Username they want and the team they like, or will they have no control on that ? And of course, who will manage the machines and check if everything is folding fine ? (this relates to my previous remark about checking if they honor they prom...

toTow, That is a great point. I'm not sure how we make sure that they computer is being used 24/7 for folding. Again, I am not very technical but maybe the computer could be locked out for the 3-4 years so that it is managed on my side. The end-user would have limited usage of the computer during th...

These computers would be new computers with most likely the I7 architecture processors. I have a post in the Hardware Forum about specs, etc.

Regards,
Jeff

I have another post in the Hardware Forum about my project of giving computers to individuals for the dedicated use of Folding@Home. I want to get a sense from the community of how many people would be willing to use their electricity and bandwidth if they were given a dedicated computer for this pu...