Mudcat Against Cancer

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Justa Picker
Date: 05 Dec 01 - 08:22 PM

You should be able to use your Mudcat name as your Logon ID, and whatever password you so choose. You download the software, register and logon, and go into my device manager or device configuration and determine how much hard drive space you want to allocate. You do this while you're actually on the internet and connected to the site.

If you have a large hardrive (20 or more gigs), figure on devoting 1 gigabyte of hardrive space towards it. Don't just run it as a screen saver, but rather let it run (when it detects snooze mode, after 5 minutes.) There should be more help stuff on the site. Hope this was of some help.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Hollowfox
Date: 05 Dec 01 - 08:11 PM

Same questions, still no answers. I'll be all right, with a little hand holding. So..after I use the blue clicky thing and click that I want to join, can I just put in my Mudcat name, or do I have to register somewhere else with my real name? Or do I just keep trying whenever the infernal machine says there's been an error? I'm willing to keep re-entering, as long as I know I'm not pounding sand down a rat hole.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Hollowfox
Date: 05 Dec 01 - 08:25 AM

I just tried joining, and I had the same problem Sorcha did at first, except that I didn't see a download button. Can I use my Mudcat name and password, or do I have to register somewhere else, or what? I have to get to work now, so I'll follow instructions when I get home tonight and give it another try. (Remember, I still live just up the road from the Amish. Really.)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Morticia
Date: 04 Dec 01 - 12:31 PM

I lost the link the last time I re-configured my contraption.....

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Sorcha
Date: 03 Dec 01 - 10:22 PM

I am still using the screen saver and it has not caused any problems for me, other than the "jiggling" driving me nuts when I'm in the room but not on the computer.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 03 Dec 01 - 09:41 PM

Still seems to be working for me...

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 03 Dec 01 - 08:27 PM

Amos, I may be wrong on this but a feeling I got which didn't encourage me to keep trying was that there was an Intel/ PC/ Windows focus there.

Jon

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Amos
Date: 03 Dec 01 - 08:21 PM

Well -- I dunno if these guys are all that smart -- they asked me to select my OS and gave me a bunch of low-end second rate options from Microsoft!! The SETi crowd were up for any OS you had to run it on, at least.

If their research protocols are as narrow-minded as their interface design, I reckon they may still be solving last year's issues!

A

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 03 Dec 01 - 08:11 PM

I packed in. It kept loosing my results near the end of a processing run i.e. in the 98+% range or maybe it was the final send. I know I wasn't alone with this problem - there were other comments in the message board system but no solution offered.

Jon

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Justa Picker
Date: 03 Dec 01 - 08:01 PM

So whatever became of the team?
Am I the only one left?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 21 Apr 01 - 03:56 AM

We gotta evolve to the point where we can not only live WITH the toxins, but so's we can live OFF the toxins!!

;-)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Morticia
Date: 20 Apr 01 - 07:21 PM

possibly more information than we really want there, Mark *BG*!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 20 Apr 01 - 07:04 PM

No argument, Jon, I'm jiggling away...

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 20 Apr 01 - 12:50 AM

Good point Mark but whether this one find a cure/cause or not, the idea of donating a little spare processing power is interesting and my be proven to have many useful applications.

Jon

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Peg
Date: 19 Apr 01 - 11:24 PM

well said, Doctor Mark; I could not agree more.

Once cancer sets in it is often as a result of years of living life "out of balance" and by that time only drastic allopathic methods have a chance of working. Holistic measures can do a lot if applied early enough.

Stress reduction and proper nutrition would do a lot to reduce cancer rates in this country I bet; not to mention a less toxic environment but I for one feel helpless against that at times...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Mark Cohen
Date: 19 Apr 01 - 11:16 PM

The jiggling is probably because, unlike the SETI@home site, this one is actually a screensaver. For those who remember the dark ages of computing, if you left your computer on after logging off, the flashing cursor and steady C:\> (or A\:> for the real oldtimers) would eventually burn out the phosphor on your monitor screen. So somebody invented the screensaver, a little program that kept images moving on the screen when the computer was not in use. Hence, the jiggles. I imagine there might be a way to turn it off.

Just a side note to say that while I like this idea and think it may be helpful, when you think about cancer it's important to look at the big picture: causation (smoking, pollution, nasty chemicals in our agrocorporate food supply, commercial-driven nutritionally wretched foods in our diets and especially our kids' diets, etc.), better access to health care, and a broad-based approached to prevention and treatment rather than the "let's find the magic molecule which will get rid of all cancers so we can all keep trashing our bodies and our environment and not worry, tra-la" approach. All of which is not to belittle the amazing success modern medicine has had in prolonging and improving the lives of those who have cancer--just trying to provide some perspective. OK, soapbox off.

Aloha,
Mark

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Sorcha
Date: 19 Apr 01 - 10:56 PM

There are nine of us now. Does everbody elses' go all jiggly? Mine does, and I can't stand it, so I decrease the contrast on the monitor to zero so that the screen is black but it is still running.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 19 Apr 01 - 09:43 AM

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 19 Apr 01 - 03:22 AM

morty...You don't have to uninstall and rejoin as part of the team... you can just click the 'here' link that Max posted above and click join, enter your user name and pass and yer good to go!

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Morticia
Date: 18 Apr 01 - 06:03 PM

Max, I'm already running this and have been for some time, are there benefits to the service in a team approach?Enough to make it worth my uninstalling and joining again as part of the team?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 18 Apr 01 - 05:00 PM

I'll give it a go next week when the visitors have gone and I've got access to my own PC. The one I'm using this week does not meet the 48Mb RAM minimum spec.

Jon

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Sorcha
Date: 18 Apr 01 - 04:36 PM

Never mind, I didn't see the "download button"....I think I got it now.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Sorcha
Date: 18 Apr 01 - 04:34 PM

Dumb question.....I tried to join with my Mudcat name and Password, and it refused me........is it just busy, or do I need something else?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 18 Apr 01 - 04:29 PM

Are we 3 gonna do this by our selves?

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Amergin
Date: 18 Apr 01 - 02:44 PM

Ok, I got her now.....This is kinda interesting....

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 18 Apr 01 - 02:43 PM

Ya.. we have a better chance of curing cancer at this rate...

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Max
Date: 18 Apr 01 - 02:42 PM

I used to have SETI running all over my network, I really wanted to find those alien bastards. But this, is a far better cause. I'll cure cancer then find intelligent alien life.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Max
Date: 18 Apr 01 - 02:33 PM

The project is getting popular, so the Web site is slow and has errors sometimes, but keep trying.

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 18 Apr 01 - 02:13 PM

Loaded fine for me... good plan Max... better this than the SETI screen saver eh!

;-)

Subject: RE: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Amergin
Date: 18 Apr 01 - 02:09 PM

I received the following message when I went to check it out, Max....

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Note: The United Devices internet team has been automatically notified of this error and will work to resolve it as quickly as possible. You may also contact us directly via our e-mail support form.

Subject: Mudcat Against Cancer
From: Max
Date: 18 Apr 01 - 02:06 PM

Hi all. Just wanted to let you know about some software that I am running to help find a cure for cancer. It runs as a screensaver and/or in the background as you use your computer. I have it running on 6 machines here at Mudcat HQ. You can run it too. I have created a team which you can join here. You can download the software and run it too, and as a group we can do our little part to help. The Web site has plenty of info on the project and keeps a tally of all our CPU time and results. I check it every morning. Just thought it might be something we can do with our computers in addition to checking the Mudcat 18 times a day. Spread the word at work and have them join our team. The link to our team and to get signed up which is the same as the link above is: http://members.ud.com/services/teams/team.htm?id=FF522EE4-424A-47EF-81C5-EC4366B8E354. Send it to friends and such. The project is getting popular, so the Web site is slow and has errors sometimes, but keep trying. Thanks.