The goal for this protein has been changed from 10 billion to 30. Get your points
NOW, while the gettin' is easy!
From the offical project forum:
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Originally Posted by jaydee116
I have a hard time with this "changing the goal amount of work". How is it that this can be changed? Why is 30 billion more usefull for this protein than 5 billon for the one a couple a go or 10 billion for the last one?
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Because Generation-0 is random, DF results are ruled by probability. The more sets of generations that are folded, the better the results. There's no final 'true' answer, just a series of better and better aproximations, with more and more detail as to how to get there.
But just like our cooling, there's a point of diminishing returns. With this short protein we have now, structures are 'cheap'. It's an ideal time to see just where that diminshing point is.
In the past, there have been times when a protein was ended short of goal, when results stopped improving like they should. If I was a betting man, I'd say that'll happen this time. 30 billion just gives us room to work.
Plus, running this one a few days longer gives 'em a bit more time to analyze the results of the last one, do more work on the backend-beta, make some improvements to the energy-function/scoring-algorithm, and pick out a protein to do next.
It's all good.
