i'd like to post this outside of the Grid Forum, as it could be beneficial to any PCQ&A member.
Pwrguru is running a contest for people on the Grid team. the prize is a 2400 Athlon computer. The computer specs are as follows: 1. Standard case and 400w power supply 2. 40gig 7200rpm harddrive 3. Asus a7v8x-mx motherboard with onboard sound, audio, and lan 4. Amd 2500 "barton core" cpu, 333 fsb, 512 L2 cache 5. 256mb 2700ddr non-ecc ram 6. "a" drive and basic cdrom drive...Might be a burner if they are on sale 7. Windows XP home edition 8. Shipping anywhere on this planet..
The only rule is that to enter the contest you must be a contributing member of the team (you have plenty of time to do this ), and that you continue to contribute after you receive the prize.
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the PC911 Cancer Research Team was started by Alex the Crazygerman in 2001 on the PC911 Forum. we are now in 27th place, worldwide;. out of over 38,000 teams. how's that for gung-ho!
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here is an article from MSNBC on how the Grid works as a Supercomputer in the Basement. It explains the who, what, where, why and how. the when, of course, is now.
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Good Luck winning that machine! and a BIG HATS OFF TO PWRGURU!!! Can you believe this guy???
well i joined and have not yet finished the first thinganabob of work yet. my computers only an old 800mhz amd duron. its slow and half dead like its owner. but i,m trying
>well i joined and have not yet finished the first thinganabob >of work yet. my computers only an old 800mhz amd duron. its >slow and half dead like its owner. > but i,m trying
Dave, that's all ya can do, is try! Thank you for doing so. *smiles* Actually, I shouldn't say that is the only thing you can do, visit the UD forum and there are some tips that you may be able to use right now to help push you along.
Feel free to ask any questions in that forum about the UD as someone will surely be so kind to help you.
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#11. "RE: Wanna winna Computer?" In response to Owbist (Reply # 10) Wed Mar-31-04 04:05 AM by My childrens Mum
I think we need a little bump to the top again.
Join our team and possibly win a new computer. It's a great computer. Did you see the specs? How can you pass up a chance like that? Come on down to the Grid Team Lounge at PC QandA and click the link to join. It's that simple.
sophie tucker if what you put for spects it is slower. i have amd duron 800mhz 512 ram 160 gigs of hard drives and way tooo many programs on the go. and the third one is done i see. ram my virus scaner so it slowed it down more! lol
Hi ThreeDog, come over to the basement, here and let's talk. *smiles* Does this mean you have joined the team with us, sure hope so?
Another cruncher that wants a chance to win that computer, love it!! Most importantly you are doing it for the great cause, to get help find a cure for cancer. That's wonderful! *smiles*
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"A woman's heart is an ocean of secrets." Rose Dawson; from the movie "Titanic"
Hey, did you all know that we have a contest going on that you could win a new computer? Well, we do! *smiles*
Just come over to the basement (Grid Team PC911 Lounge) and you'll know all there is to know about winning that computer and fighting for a cure to wipe out cancer.
Join us, won't you please? *smiles*
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#51. "RE: Wanna winna Computer?" In response to LilJoe (Reply # 50) Tue Apr-13-04 03:07 AM by My childrens Mum
Oh my goodness, this poor little thread was over on page 2. Well I guess I'll just have to make sure that it's right up front and center
After all, we would not want to deprive someone of the chance to win our new computer.....you know that AMD 2500 Barton core computer, complete with operating system and shipping to anywhere in the world.
But it didn't come preloaded with XP, and United Devices cancer crunching agent!
You know this little program works away in the back ground with unused CPU cycles. If any other prog needs attention, it just gets out of the way. No way to even notice it is running.
It is a distributed computing project, testing the efficacy of promising molecules that bind to target cancer proteins. If University of Cambridge would have to rent mainframe time, it would be cost prohibitive to model.
That's where we volunteer. Mathmatical models are built and the work is broken up into small peices, called work units. Each agent then proccesses a WU dished out by Grid.org. The results are turned in and the data is checked and reassembled. Promissing leads will be followed up in the lab.
Your machine may just contribute results that lead to more effective drug treatments.
Well I found it but I don't think it stayed where you put it so I am putting it back where you can find it again.
Hope others will have a look at this and see the great giveaway we are having in the basement. Come check it out in the UD Forum, I think you may just be happy ya did.
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"A woman's heart is an ocean of secrets." Rose Dawson; from the movie "Titanic"
This little thread keeps on getting lost. But with the help of Lil Joe and Jan we seem to keep on finding it.
Good job you found it this time Mick. It was on the floor again, thought I'd have to go searching through all the other pages for it. I'll put it back where it belong.
Wow, I couldn't find this and if I am looking for it and can't find it, I know others won't see it when they aren't looking for it.
Did that make sense? LOL In other words, just a little BUMP!! *grins* We want one of you lucky people to give this great computer to, might as well be YOU!! *smiles*
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), and that you continue to contribute after you receive the prize.
Hope it's me!! hehe 
I already have a computer, thanks. 
