We have to remember why we fold. Is it for the points or to find a cure.
Every WU needs to be done and it could be "The One" that is the key to a cure.
The Stanford is not a big as we think it is. As we can tell every time it goes down on a holiday weekend between semesters.
It is mostly run by students, they write papers about the folding of proteins. Then the students move on to something else.
They do not expect, or even want you to make a dedicated folding system just for them.
Not my opinion, it is what they say. They want your extra unused computer cycles, all they ask for.
Some think they do not care about the donors, yada yada yada.
Partly true, but I think they are not as big and able to be on top of it as well as we think they should be.
I think that because, well they aren't. It is a student run school project. School is not always in session.
It is what it is and expectations are too high. Part maybe growing pangs.
Fold what they give you and hope for the best.Relax and believe/hope what you're doing may someday save a life.
Are CPU WUs really not worth it, what if that one WU was the key to a cure?
Just remember Do not delete WUs (Not saying you or anyone else is doing it) Just a FYI for all the new folders.
http://folding.stanford.e...licies/best-practices/Don't ban the IP address of server to get work or better WUs.
Don't trick the servers into thinking your system is not what it really is. IE: "32 cores when it is really only 24"
That is considered cheating and Stanford will reset you points to zero.
They can tell if you only get xxxx WUs and never get ZZZZ WUs because server ZZZZZ can never connect....
If that is a team wide practice they will reset the teams points to zero.
There was a huge issue a bout 8 or 9 years ago and it was not pretty.