=TheRevolutionX posted a comment on a previous journal that said:

not to get off subject but do you know of any shared computing efforts out there for these types of problems, it would a cool way to be pro active. letting someone searching for a cure use your computers wasted clock cycles.

instead of your screen saver kicking in you go help on looking for a cure. i sure as hell would rather do that then have SETI running on my machine


I knew I had heard of some but I vowed to find out and find out I have. I didn't have to look far as the people that are responsible for SETI, run the rosetta@home project.

So let me back-track a moment for those who are reading this and have gotten this far in the journal and think I'm speaking another language.

BOINC (Berkley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) is a piece of software that runs on your computer instead of your normal screensaver. However, BOINC is not the research project, it's the platform you use to choose the projects you want to participate in. Research projects require HUGE amounts of computer power and supercomputers are limited and expensive. What BOINC does, is allow researchers to use your computer when you aren't. Your computer automatically downloads work, processes the data and sends it back to the lab.. pretty cool!

SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.) is probably one of the most well-known of these projects but for those phialthropists out there, I recommend rosetta@home:

“Rosetta@home needs your help to determine the 3-dimensional shapes of proteins in research that may ultimately lead to finding cures for some major human diseases. By running the Rosetta program on your computer while you don’t need it you will help us speed up and extend our research in ways we couldn’t possibly attempt without your help. You will also be helping our efforts at designing new proteins to fight diseases such as HIV, Malaria, Cancer, and Alzheimer’s…”

If you're ready to get started go to rosetta@home homepage and select to download BOINC

Once BOINC has downloaded you can add the rosetta@home project and get your computer working



- I've been a REALLY good girl!



Calculations: Subtract 1 point for negatives and Add 1 for positives




Tally
January - 414 points

February 1 - +1 (laughed at myself and let you guys laugh too)
=415 points

February 2 - +2 (had a fantastic girls day out with my favorite girls)
-1 (was subjected to the news again)
=416 points

February 3 - +1 (learned to chill)
-1 (subjected to evil news again on the plane)
+1 (had a great dinner with $FallenRox another favorite girl!)
+1 (was re-energized by $FallenRox's energy)
=418 points

February 4 - -4 (brutalized in journals)
+1 (made huge progress on projects and motivated by team members)
+1 (free lunch!)
+1 (Angelo made me a custom latte)
+1 (had dinner with a friend)
=418 points

February 5 - -1 (was disappointed by someone's actions)
+1 (was motivated by people around me)
+1 (talked to an old friend)
+3 (found out love was the #1 search word)
+1 (found out hate wasn't in the top 100)
=423 points

February 6 +1 (random person helped me out at airport)
-1 (coffee suicide)
-1 (3 hour delay on airplane)
+1 (made a friend on the plane)
+1 (rescued by Rob, got home safe)
= 424 points

February 7 - +1 (found new fun feature idea)
+1 (was helped by a friend)
=426 points

February 8 - +1 (parliamentfunk sent me a song)
-1 (Rob left for an extended word assignment)
+3 (Expected results for a project are better than I could have imagined because of
team work)
=429 points

February 9 - +2 (Collections launch!)
=430 points

February 10 - +1 (helly-stock put my name on her ass!)
+1 (found out there's moonbeam13 fanart!)
+1 (found amazon wishlists whoa boy)
=433 points

February 11 - 1 (people jumping to conclusions and nixing a new feature before given a chance)
+1 (people taking the time to find the benefits of something)
+1 (got random valentine love from my team )
=434 points

February 12 - +1 (found out ~Mad-Eyes is doing this too)
+5 ( brought on new gallery directors and watch the current team embrace and
welcome them)
=440 points

February 13 - +1 (had people follow through on a cool selfless project)
+1 (=BlakkReign coins new dA word!)
-2 (read about a shaking death & a car accident)
+1 (watched random love things happen)
=441 points

February 14 +5 (spent day with my mom and grandpa, grandpa + toy store = win)
+5 (random act of kindness at grocery store)
+5 (lots of love outpouring today community of rockstars you are)
=456 points

February 15-18
+2 (spent the day and night with my mom)
+1 (spent the day with a friend catching up)
+1 (helped a friend with a task)
+1 (relaxed and felt no guilt)
+1 (plotted a spectacular gift)
+1 (introduced deviantART to my mom)
-1 (read the news)
=462 points

February 19 - +1 (mom started a hug revolution)
+1 (promoted stjoan's AIDS walk and watched people respond)
+5 (flick the switch effort and deviant who started a Walmart campaign)
=469 points

February 20 - +3 (Random gifts received)
+1 (got a love letter from Rob - aww)
-1 (don't wanna talk about it but it deserves a negative)
-1 (fire in downtown toronto destroys piece of history)
+1 (found rosetta@home and downloaded it)
+1 (75% of stjoans goal met)
+1 (mom lifted my spirits)