What are points for?

[samuelvange]

I just started after hearing about this for a while, what are these points about anyway, I can't find anything abut them.

[P5-133XL]

The points are for people to keep track of their folding history and produce competition between individuals and teams. For some, it is a major incentive to fold. For others, it is totally irrelevant as they are folding for science.

[7im]

And even if you don't care about the points compared to other people folding, you can also use it for yourself, to track your own progress, efficiency, improvements, or to quickly recognize a problem if you points output happens to drop. It's also a way to determine which client type you might want to use. Clients that use more resources get more points. Then again, you may not wish to donate as much, but points are one way to make a comparison.

[Ericson_Mar]

You also get to print out a "certificate" to hang on the wall.

[jrweiss]

Don't forget the "fresh minty breath" claim...

[science man]

Why did they turn this project into a competition with points? I mean, do you get like a reward or something when you reach a certain amount of points?


Merged post with existing topic. -7im

[anandhanju]

Asked and answered here: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2466

[science man]

thanks

[Taylor_Roehr]

I hear about ppd and was wondering if there was a tool to find it effectively?

[anandhanju]

FAHMon (available via the Tools page) is a neat little monitoring tool that computes and displays PPD.

[alancabler]

It's been said that the true meaning of the word competition is "striving together to reach the same goal".

Since all observed life forms exhibit a competitive nature, one could conclude that it is a very good idea to harness that aspect of human behavior.
Sure enough, F@h is a far more powerful system than it would be without the points competition.