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	Folding @home - Joint world wide project

Fast T friend

12-15-2007 4:24 AM

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Fast T friend says:

people from throughout the world download and run software to band together to make one of the largest supercomputers in the world.

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12-15-2007 7:41 AM

wildcat

mutual cooperation and support, that is the name of the game..
good clip FTf, thx

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