rm3cpp (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I loved the mention of the educational possibilities of the project towards the end of the video. Although it's certainly an even more blurry goal than that of accurately predicting protein structures, it is an equally beautiful one. It is wonderful to see researchers thinking about things like that - because that is what we ultimately need, a world of creative people striving to understand the universe.

bestSVMS (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

why are they trying to compute the shape of its already known?and how is this different from f@h?

BigBananaMan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Well how does understanding quantum mechanics solve our energy problems?

MiniZiper (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

That's the screen saver. If you go to boinc manager, then to tasks, and select the running tasks, and option to the left will appear that says: "show graphics". Voila.

MiniZiper (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Well, you could use R@H knowledge and invent your OWN medicine, and give it away for free. But that would not work for you, now would it?Whether laboratories around the world charge too much or not, well we could ask the same whether the car industry charges too much or not for their cars. R@H cares about the KNOWLEDGE. And as far as I know, the knowledge is free to use.

MiniZiper (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It doesn't help you being a dumbass either.Rosetta's goal isn't to know the lowest energy levels, it's to accurately PREDICT the molecular shape of a protein w/o the laboratory hassle.And if you passed High School biology, you would know that much of the protein's function depends solely on it's structure.

christinio (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

this still doesn't explain how it helps that you know the lowest energy levels. somehow from the prediction of how molecules can connect you'll be able to cure cancer? HOW?! this video sucks as it tells absolutely nothing to the user. after watching my guess is that even seti has better chances of success than this. sorry, you need a PR manager

crowhawk (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Nice idea but how much of this research actually benefits ordinary people? As opposed to the pharmaceutical multinationals who manufacture expensive medicines beyond the price of most people?

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BigBananaMan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

How on earth do you get it to display as they showed at 4:35? It's not a function of the boinc manager.