Its a GIRL!

So who won? with a prize pool of 2226 (1726+500) Svalbards its a win we all wanted!

DRUM ROLL

PANDA won the pot!
Congratulations….

Also, congrats to Krai, Matt, Robag and Bob2 for picking a girl (and sorry to the rest of us poor saps who got it wrong!)

so you will notice Panda on the Svabard Leader board nipping at the heals of Fuzz very soon.

Ive changed the rules slightly: (I wont actually be taking the svalbards off of anyone)

All good fun!

Last Wagers on if n0mad have been extended to July 10

Wagers can be made Here

Recap of Prizes for the Guessing comp is around a 1050 svalbard winning…

Nomad thinks she is going to go early… so if you want to adjust your wager, last chance!
New players welcome! lets all get in on the fun of n1mad!
(make sure you follow the specified format!)

The Poll for the Sex has closed with 6 for a boy and 4 for a Girl
300 svalbards each if you got it right….

A post for both the new and old ;)

Folding@Home Distributed Computing

Goal:
“To understand protein folding, protein aggregation, and related diseases. What are proteins and why do they “fold”? Proteins are biology’s workhorses — its “nanomachines.” Before proteins can carry out their biochemical function, they remarkably assemble themselves, or “fold.” The process of protein folding, while critical and fundamental to virtually all of biology, remains a mystery. Moreover, perhaps not surprisingly, when proteins do not fold correctly (i.e. “misfold”), there can be serious effects, including many well known diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, and Parkinson’s disease.

What does Folding@Home do? Folding@Home is a distributed computing project which studies protein folding, misfolding, aggregation, and related diseases.”