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Gamers helped in finding the cure for AIDs?
Topic Started: Sep 20 2011, 04:18 PM (96 Views)
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http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/18/7802623-gamers-solve-molecular-puzzle-that-baffled-scientists?GT1=43001

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The feat, which was accomplished using a collaborative online game called Foldit, is also one giant leap for citizen science — a burgeoning field that enlists Internet users to look for alien planets, decipher ancient texts and do other scientific tasks that sheer computer power can't accomplish as easily.
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foldit looks complicated x.x I might try it anyway tho
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Cheese
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oh look I thought I was gunna have to take a long science course or something to understand this but they have a page explaining everything :P

http://fold.it/portal/info/science
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How much do you want to bet they no-lifed it?
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The Griffin
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agh. I would try the game but biological science makes me sad inside.
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Lol i actually got like SOOOO FUCKING CLOSE to figuring out that puzzle. Who knew it was an AIDS molecule :o
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I can't even get passed the intro puzzles x.x
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-An eye he can't see out of
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-Everytime he gets excited he throws up
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took me a while to get pass intros lol. I'm out of intro now. still a beginner though. But im learning stuff :-D like sidechains and hydrophilic and hydrophobic ones. and stuff i learned in 10th grade is coming back.
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I did half of those in organic chem + Bio classes... its rlly easy til u get into the harder levels.
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Sep 21 2011, 11:47 AM
I did half of those in organic chem + Bio classes... its rlly easy til u get into the harder levels.
Thats what she said!.....wait.....wat.......
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Lol I downloaded it and gave it a shot. I took some bio classes in high school so I thought "why the hell not?" XD
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