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Unread 03-23-2004, 09:25 AM   #948
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Originally Posted by Groth
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: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.
Unfortuantly no. They changed the amount well after the protein started because it was getting done so fast otherwise they would have changed it when it was started. Your answer is not good enough anyway even if it was correct. Also I got well over 1000gens buffered that refuse to upload for 24hrs now. One hard drive is maxed out and cannot continue.

I am done for now.
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