JackR 0 #1 August 7, 2007 As many of you know Lenni Sand from Skydive Lost Prairie was diagnosed some time ago with Parkinson's Disease. Ske is a wonderful person and many of you have already reached out in support and love. I recently came across some work that Stanford is doing in the area of Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers and cancer-related syndromes. It's called Folding@Home. You can help out by donating some of your idle computer time to the project. I've set up a Skydive Lost Prairie team which will track how much everyone has contributed. For information about how to help out visit the Folding@Home website at http://folding.stanford.edu. When you configure your team enter 81761 for the Skydive Lost Prairie team. Keep track of how much we've contributed at http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=81761Packin' Jack 42nd Lost Prairie: The Ultimate Answer to Life, the Universe, and Skydiving 25 Jul - 3 Aug 2009 2007 photos: http://www.skydive.com/prairie/pages/prairie.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JackR 0 #2 August 8, 2007 You can download the software from http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html There are versions for Linux, Mac, and Windows. I know the Windows downloads are a bit confusing when you first look at it. there are lots of versions to choose from. The GPU versions are for very advanced graphics cards, so just ignore those. The "No nonsense" text-only version is more efficient, but I had trouble getting it to work. You can try it, but I think it is just too confusing to install for the average computer user. I would stick with the Graphical client. Then just match with your version of Windows. When you set it up, enter 81761 for your team number. This will include your results with the rest of the friends of Lost Prairie. Thanks for taking some time to support research for these diseases.Packin' Jack 42nd Lost Prairie: The Ultimate Answer to Life, the Universe, and Skydiving 25 Jul - 3 Aug 2009 2007 photos: http://www.skydive.com/prairie/pages/prairie.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JackR 0 #3 August 10, 2007 We're already off to a good start. Still there are a lot of computer savvy people out there that can give us a hand. Check out the link above and donate some idle computer time to medical science. Attached is our current points certificate. You can print and post this to show your support and raise awareness to this effort. Check back at the Folding@Home website to get the most current points certificate.Packin' Jack 42nd Lost Prairie: The Ultimate Answer to Life, the Universe, and Skydiving 25 Jul - 3 Aug 2009 2007 photos: http://www.skydive.com/prairie/pages/prairie.htm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
