Glad to hear that.

1) Yes, you need internet connection to download and upload your WU (work units)
2) It is up to you. We normally set to 100% but you can set to whatever percentage you want

Head on to our folding community where most folders hang out : http://forum.lowyat.net/Folding@Malaysia

Errmmm... I think the first post is quite clear leh. However, I think you can get a more clearer picture here : http://folding.stanford.edu/

Don't worry about the time, it is probably following their local time. IINM, Stanford university is in California, U.S.A.

Let me ask you a question. If everybody stops folding, would all the above problems go away? No, not in a million years. Why? That's because there are OTHER major contributors of pollution and climate changes that needs to be addressed. Understand the last sentence first before reading on.

Yes, folding do contribute somewhat to the problem and stopping folding would definitely lessen the impact. However, the reason we fold is for science, in a hope that this "folding" project might bear fruit that will benefit everyone. If you think this is ridiculous, then I guess all scientific studies (e.g. climate modelling) using supercomputers should stop immediately as they also contribute to pollution.

What about driving? How many cars does your family have? How many cars are there on the road? Don't you think the pollution from cars is worse? Do you know that when you drive, there are fuel being ignited and EXPLODING in your engine? And not once or twice a second but thousands of times EVERY second!!!! Which do you think is worse? Driving or running a computer?

What about industries all over the world? Factories and industries that churn out tons and tons of carbon dioxide everyday. What about them?

Yes, we all should do our part to lessen pollution and save the world. Everybody knows that. However, knowing and doing it is 2 different thing. Among other things, you can start by not driving and use the bicycle in addition to throwing away your aircon and use the hand fan. ALSO, throw out your fridge as it is running 24/7. Why need a fridge? So that you can drink cold water and eat ice cream? If you say you want to keep food fresh, then a small fridge is definitely enough. No need to keep water, ice or whatever unimportant things inside.

Also, search the net on how to "Save the environment" cause you'll find 1001 ways to do it. Now, would you do it to save the environment? Here's a few examples :
http://www.seql.org/100ways.cfm
http://www.wikihow.com/Help-Save-the-Environment
http://library.thinkquest.org/26026/Specia...nvironment.html

BTW, I FOLD for SCIENCE and not for anything else and IMO, there's no such thing as "eco-friendly" when you run your computer at load 24/7.

This post has been edited by kmarc: Jan 30 2011, 02:29 PM

Just to add to my points:

Haizzz.... I'm not going to explain to you regarding this. Read up on carbon dioxide and green-house effect that leads to global warming and global effects. You talk about climate changes and you don't know the relevance of carbon dioxide?

As in the other thread, here's my answer + the response to your reply




Your quote "I just hope we do our part for ourselves, our family, our loved ones and our future", which is why we fold in the first place!!!!

When I started folding years ago, I did remember saying that I don't expect my folding contribution to help us in this lifetime.... only hopeful that it will help our future generations....

This post has been edited by kmarc: Jan 30 2011, 05:11 PM