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[hobbi]

nah you're okay DaPurno - it doesn't count towards FK's score til you finish, so if you're nearly finish and you sign up then it'll count

[DaPurno]

mine is just mins away...lets see what happens now !

[kb1827]

Originally posted by hobbi
it looks even cooler if you set the quality to low

Yeah, you're right. Maybe something with ASCII art and Flash Low-Quality?

[Flashkit]

I am just about to sign up myself, and I have placed a wee link in the announcments to go up tomorrow to Team Flash Kit!

Lets be the team that wins!

VIVA FK!

[Juels]

Hey Mark,

Nice see you with us We'll show the world the power of flashkit.com!!!!

Juels

[hobbi]

yeah, good to have you on board mark, specially with your beast of a computer!! that's cool as with the announcement let's go team flashkit!!!

[cynister771]

Signed up a little over an hour ago, I'm at 24%.

[hobbi]

this is for those who aren't sure what this is all about.

quick info

• This will not noticably affect your computers performance as the program is set to low priority so it uses free cpu resources only
• There are prizes to be won!!
• download here
• join team flashkit here
• Team FK needs YOU

long info
this is a distrubiting computer effort much like seti@home that utilises the power of hundreds of thousands of computers around the world. All these computers are simutaniously searching for a cure for cancer to put it bluntly, by using the computer to simulate chemical reactions and send the results back. the results are analyzed, and if some are found to be good further research is conducted on that and eventually, this could lead to a drug that cures cancer.

You have to download a program with runs at low priority, so it only uses unused computer resources so you won't know it's active. or you can simply run it as a screensaver so it only runs when you're not using the computer. Every so often the program communicates with the saver to send/receive work units and keep going. The company, United Devices, will donate webmiles to the Starlight Childrens foundation based on the amount of work units completed, so there is another good cause of this program. If a cure is found, it won't be sold, it will be freely available. This project is supported by INTEL, the cancer society and Oxford University. You can win prizes, there are tens of thousands of dollars of prizes to be given away including flights, computer packages and cold hard cash.

CANCER FACT —
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US, exceeded only by heart disease

there are teams, which compete against each other. we have a team, team flashkit. we have 29 members and have crunched 394 work units. check out page 1 of this thread to see a screenshot of the program.

this is a great cause, and a chance to prove that Flashkit kicks arse, let's show the other teams what we're made of even if you have a pentium 166 still sign up, it will make a difference!

so sign up now, and check out the website for more information.

find out more about the cancer research project here and here

once you have signed up
once you have signed up, it would be nice if you put a link in your footer to this thread, to encourage others to sign up. to do that, edit your profile and on your signature put this along anything else there, or change it to whatever you like...
[*url="http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=151160"]contrubite to the possibility of curing cancer with your computer[/url*]

and don't forget to remove the *stars*
feel free to email me with any questions

thanks for your time to listen to me mabling on

cheers
hobbi
[Edited by hobbi on 06-18-2001 at 05:25 AM]

[kb1827]

Originally posted by hobbi
this is a great cause, and a chance to prove that Flashkit kicks arse, let's show the other teams what we're made of even if you have a pentium 166 still sign up, it will make a difference!

And remember, your P166 could be the one that finds a cure. This is like "It takes millions of drops of water to make an ocean."

[allek2000]

Hey Hobbi,
I want to thank you for linking me to United Devices. My my Best Friend is dying of Cancer and I have been watching her suffer through the past year. I'm afraid she doesn't have much time left, she's had all the treatment and surgery her body can take.
It feels good to know now that I'm actually doing something to help. I'm even thinking of putting my current flash project on hold and start another dedicated to this worthy cause. I hope someday soon we will reign victorious!
Cheers to Team Flashkit!

[RazoRmedia]

[Xerxes]

I just joined. This program won't mess up my computer will it?

[hobbi]

Originally posted by Xerxes
I just joined. This program won't mess up my computer will it?

no, it won't muck up your computer, it runs at low priority so it uses free cpu resources, it's as if it isn't there almost

[RazoRmedia]

Originally posted by Xerxes
I just joined. This program won't mess up my computer will it?

nah, it only uses processes that are not being used and u can uninstall it at any time, remember, every little helps

[kb1827]

Top. Keep bumping this up if it starts to slip down to page 2. Also, put a link to this thread in your footer

[url*="http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=151160"]possibility of curing cancer with your computer[*/url]

Remember to remove the stars from the url tags.

[wrench]

Giddiup!

I'm in

[Twiztiid]

I'm up and running. Got 1 computer on it now, should have at least one of my others working on it soon.

[kb1827]

Team FK update:

Members = 44
Results Returned = 439
Points Generated = 34,213
Total CPU Time = 170:23:31:12 (d,h,m,s)

[RazoRmedia]

kicked to the top, seems quite succesful now. Big thanks to Mr Fennell for sticking us on the front page

[kb1827]

Bump

46 Members
576 returned results
43,491 points
220:02:00:19 D:H:M:S