PS3 Gamers Are Real World Heroes

Quick, are gamers socially impaired, violence prone losers or technically hip, socially conscious good guys? The numbers don't lie: Sony Playstation3 participation is 30x that of Windows machines in Stanford's disease fighting Folding@home project. And PS3s provide 80% of the TFLOPS this project uses.

[PS3 Limps on and on]

Why? Because it's all about loyatly. Sure XBOX 360 has had better games thus far but we don't forget about the console brand that we grew up playing

PS3 fans = loyatly
360 fans = loyatly to themselves.

[mighty_douche]

dude, i think some of us arent quite so die hard. its silicone and plastic my friend, nothing more.
reasons i bought the ps3:
had the games i want...MGS, KZ (after E3 trailer 05), LBP etc
had the HD player
WI-FI
just looks damn cool
and most important, it offers me a promise, the promise of it still being supportted and still kicking ass years from now.

[lynx1halo]

FOR THE TWO ABOVE ME...YOU GUYS PROVE THAT THERE ARE STILL RATIONAL PEOPLE ON THIS DAMN SITE.......A MANY BUBBLES FOR YOU BOTH

PS3 = INNOVATOR
XBROKE360 = IMITATOR

[remix]

im loyal to the end.

bubbles for you

[cmrbe]

I am loyal to Sony as long as they deliver which they have in the case of the PS3 for me personally. I am not a short sighted person and i know quality when i see it.

[jay3]

Are you guys serious? Loyalty? Come on, give us all a break here.

And what the hell is this? "YOU GUYS PROVE THAT THERE ARE STILL RATIONAL PEOPLE ON THIS DAMN SITE..

PS3 = INNOVATOR
XBROKE360 = IMITATOR "

Are you trying to act like you're not a fanboy? Bad job, man.

I'm sorry but this whole Loyalty thing is a load of crap.

[marinelife9]

I still think Microsoft should join the Folding@home initiative as well. Add 12 million more 360's to the fray and increase the performance even more.

[whengeeksgobad]

To proclaim that you are loyal to some major corporate entity is something to be proud of? Be proud then I guess. I will buy a ps3 because I like games. Not because I'm "loyal," thats not loyal thats being a consumer tool. Congrats. I'll "stay loyal to myself" by thinking for myself and not confusing a statement made to compliment ps3 owners with more fanboy 360 vs ps3 garbage. Pssh.

On to the actual statement itself: yes. Ps3 owners have done a HUGE service to folding for their contributions and it is pretty great they are doing it.

[Mark 1]

YOU'VE BEEN HIT BY...
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[aba]

I had a PS1 and PS2, so whatever...

[Hapimeses]

It must be said: whenever I fold@home, I don my cape and put my underwear on outside my trousers.

If that doesn't mean I'm a superhero, I don't know what does.

I'll be very interested to see how folding increases as the PS3 sells more.

[Leg-End]

i dont think it will increase as ps3 user base grows because people gradually lose interest in f@h - these are then replaced by the new owners of the console

[whengeeksgobad]

I don't do this often but I'm making a very general statement here:

I'm betting that less than 1% of all ps3 owners bought their ps3 for F@H. So within that context I don't think it will help sales at all. It is pretty incredible to see how much computing power the thing has though.

[Shankle]

Well duh! No one bought a PS3 for f@h. You can do it on a computer. The idea is to improve sony's public image and emphasise the power of the ps3. The little things help to sway decisions.

[Armyless]

before we pre-judge whether people purchase a PS3 to fold...

or two.

[Neurotoxin]

Yes its true Murderers, paedofiles and rapists don`t play playstation.......

But even if they did, they are folding @ home.

Yeah..... Real heroes

[fyou]

Murderers, paedofiles and rapists are busy playing the 360 with their 8-year-old boyfriends. "Hey Billy, wanna see my Master Chief?" *ZIP*

[Keyser]

that was disgusting and hilarious all at the same time.

Back on topic, folding at home is dealing with real life problems, outside of games.

If you could help a dying person wouldn't you? I hope so...

[WilliamRLBaker]

FACT

Since the inception of folding@home (about 5 years ago i believe) not a single innovation, or breakthrought in cancer, medicene...ect research can be attributed to folding.

then again we've not found aliens either:)

P.S:FACT if sony really wanted to benefit mankind, they would have taken 10,000 ps3's linked them and run folding. Linked like a giant processor they could crunch numbers faster then 5 super computers on the planet, all the data all the consumer ps3's running folding at home do in one day, the ps3 farm linked could go through in about 5 minutes.

P.P.S: folding was a publicity stunt for sony.

Final Thought:
3 disagrees, I want you to find proof attributing folding@home to an breakthrough in human medicine, or cancer research...I've done searches and can find nothing attributed to folding@home.

I all so want proof that 10,000 ps3's linked to work as one big processor wouldn't be better then the seperate ps3's currently running it.

[mighty_douche]

...lets cancel all medical research huh, i mean your right... whats the point....

sarcasm^^

[THUNDERMARE]

So scientists have been trying to cure cancer for the last 100 years, and did they succeed?

Like that article said, if you even read it, it required 30 CPU years to simulated folding. Its only been 3 years into this project and 1 year since PS3 contributed to the project (yes 40k PS3 have contributed more than 1 million PC) and you expect them to magically solve a hundred years old question?

[Amp]

You Pathetic Troll.FACT, NO DISESAE IS CURED WITHOUT RESEARCH.What IS the cure for cancer? Do you know it and arent telling anyone? The fact that you troll on every F@H article is just unbelievable.Put your head back up your bottom side, where it belongs. NOBODY is forcing a PS3 ownwer to F@H, its their choice. If the little bit each person does helps the research, what POSSIBLE consequence does that pose to you?pathetic

[WilliamRLBaker]

awww you cant say a single thing to prove me wrong, so you make a random vague statement that I'm trying to say stop medical research.

Most Medical research actually produces a result after a time, F@H has not, New studies have come from it but no breakthroughs.

http://folding.stanford.edu...

I all so take back the time frame its not been 5 years, its been about 3..

@thunderware:
If you knew any thing cancer is alot older then 100 years, and has been an affliction for a while to the human race.

http://cancer.about.com/od/...

All so if you knew any thing, My father died from cancer:)
all so if you knew any thing.

THE FACT STILL REMAINS!
Not a single Genetic, Disease,Medicine breakthrough can be attributed to Folding@home.

FACT
Sony Doesn't care about the common man, If they had wanted they could have easily taken 10,000 ps3's from their own pocket put them all on BI G FAT fiberoptic internet, and linked them for a massive super computer thats capable of running through all the data in 5 minutes that it takes a day for all the ps3's currently running F@H.

FACT
F@H is a publicity stunt for sony, they used it to say look what we did!!

The Debate isn't either F@H is good for us, or weither it will produce a result.
THE DEBATE Is that sonyfanboys aren't heros because their are people in this country that built computer farms in their basements just to run folding@home and haven't been called heros.

Sony doesn't give a damn, and neither do sonyfanboys:)

Oh and I must say sonyfanboys say the ps3 is a super computer on its own, Why wouldn't 10,000 of them linked and programmed to do comprehensive tasks as a same unit? hmmmm?

and Like i've said to every one else.

IF YOU DONT LIKE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IGNORE ME:)

[mighty_douche]

your arguement is rediculous, ok maybe they havent achieved anything yet, but does that mean they should stop, is that your outlook on life? if you dont get something straight away you give up?

the ps3's are sat in peoples homes, each adding, maybe there fighting a lossing battle, maybe it seems meanless, but you know what, i give £2 a month to charity, but i still see alot of people dieing of hunger, now, should i stop giving?

[THUNDERMARE]

Hummm I like to see when a doctor tells you that you got a brain cancer. You, then, run to your local game store, buy 20 PS3 and start folding like no tomorrow.

[SmokeyMcBear]

seriously baker, your hatred for sony makes you look like a freaking idiot. Every single PS3 has the ablitly to do folding at home.. every single one, how many are out there, lets say 5 million, maybe 10 million by the end of the year, the potential there is awesome, even if one percent of the people owning ps3s use the folding at home, you can see it. You actually try and turn this around and make it bad for sony because they didnt create a cluster of ps3s to perform these calculations year round. You are a piece of crap baker, you really are, finding negativity in something that is offered free of charge, and up to you do it if you want, and furthers research in diseases that are affecting thousands of people on a daily basis, just go back to playing video games, and pray to god no one in your family comes down with a horrific disease. I applaud any type of research that is being made to rid our society of these deadly diseases. Get a life buddy, the world is a lot bigger than the tv screen in front of your face.

"IF YOU DONT LIKE WHAT I HAVE TO SAY IGNORE ME" wahhhhhh... damn crybaby, can't take a little debate, rather have people like youself have their head stuck in the sand.. nawww i dont ignore people thats for pu$$ies, I like to see your crap and call you on it, its funner that way, now go change your panties

[Edwin1989]

mr WilliamCryBaby wants us to ignore him... aawwwwww

well bad news for you, I won't HAHA

[Kaneda]

William...idiot!

F@H has been there long before PS3. Research takes time... it doesn't mean take 100,000 computers hook up and you got your solutions... maybe when you go to high school and take science class you will understand...

[whengeeksgobad]

William, I can't offer you proof that it's helping. I will say however that I don't believe it's hurting. These are spare CPU cycles and stanford seems to think they can be put to use. Research continues until it ends, so in the case of F@H, it can and may go on forever, but thats also the point of research (IMO).

They *can't* link 10,000 ps3's together, they don't have the money. That is the whole point of distributed processing programs such as seti and folding to the best of my understanding.

Whether Sony "cares" or not is besides the point really. The outcome for sanford is the same regardless...

There have been examples of IBM blades being replaced by a cluster of PS3's, in smaller research groups and they have been very productive. Google ps3 clustering to find a wealth of info on it. At any rate, just thought I'd chime in with my perspective. No offense intended.

[OmegaKulu]

Fact, you can't come up with medical breakthrough without understanding the problem in the first place, and folding@home is an approach to understand the cause, not to find solution. Protein folding mechanics is a lot different than typical medical studies where you normally just inhibit the error protein, which doesn't solve the problem.

There are 2 approach to actually solve the problem, 1 is through complete DNA alteration to produce the correct protein sequence(human DNA alteration research have yet to make any breakthrough as well, and they've been doing it for yrs now, and they have a huge issue with press and governmental) 1 other approach is to try systematically fix the error protein during its folding so it will end up in the correct shape in the final stage. This is where F@H come in, to understand folding mechanics, an area that have yet to be fully understood in the medical world.

You need to try harder.

[Arkham]

FACT: "At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."

I always love bringing that old one out for occasions like this.

[Zeevious]

Willy...

I'm not sure Folding@Home is researching the field of solving the pesky problem of raving madness, but there have been some FANTASTIC breakthroughs in the field.

I'd suggest you try a morning dose of Prozac...

An afternoon tea spiced with Valium...

And a nice cozy Wellbutrin chaser after dinner...

Get back to me in 2 weeks...
Oh but wait, by then you'll be all ignored so I won't be taking your calls.

Don't worry, with 2 weeks of all that you won't feel depressed about it at all.

[Armyless]

just skip it.

Not worth it.

[tethered]

WilliamRLBaker,
Why do you even care what Sony is doing to help people?
Its not on your 360 so it doesn't concern you.
Why do you feel anyone here will take you seriously?

Why do you even care about HD-DVD and Blu-Ray?
Its not on your 360 so it doesn't concern you. Unless you paid extra for the add-on.

My point is this. You come into PS3 discussions and bash the PS3 and everything about the PS3.
You bash folding@home.
You bash Blu-ray.
You bash the people that play the PS3.
Why do you even care?

You have nothing to do with folding@home on the PS3.
You have nothing to do with Blu-ray on the PS3.
You have nothing in common with people that enjoy the PS3.
Why? Because you hate everything about the PS3.

So........ why?

What can you possible expect to get out of all this bashing?
Do you think someday Microsoft is going to reward you for a job well done or something like that?

I really see no reason for you to even respond to this because it will turn into a bash-fest anyway.

Please do us all a favor and go back to the 360 side of this site and leave us alone until you have something nice to say about the PS3.

Thank you.

[Nameless]

More non news stuff

[Kururo]

I dont care about this. i want news for gamers. I think its great we're helping in scientific research but just because there is no news for gamers as of recently doesn't mean we should approve of these stories on non-gaming issues.

[PS3 Limps on and on]

because they could do both in their life time. They could of saved a life at some point, you never know. And then also they could secretly lust for young girls.

[mighty_douche]

what the f*ck is up with this dude?

im sure theres an empty bench outside the primary school with your name on it freak.

[SmokeyMcBear]

yeah i pretty much hate lightning, he/she's a piece of crap

[cmrbe]

I do agree because humans are capeable of alot goodness as well as alot of cruelness in this world. As they say nobody is perfect. Nobody is absolutely good or absolutely bad but we are all somewhere in between at different degrees.

[kewlkat007]

the title should of been "I'M IN LOVE WITH PLASTIC BOX".

I like games but not like that.

It's a good thing I broke away from the delusional BS playstation world, in the end it's just a plastic box that I happen to like certain games
on.

some gamers need help...loyalty this and that is so childish and insecure, especially when some feel threatened...

"PS3 Gamers Are Real World Heroes"
*What a fn title*, only on News by Gamers....

At the end of the day there are more things important then a console..

[SmokeyMcBear]

"At the end of the day there are more things important then a console.."

well said, and extacly the point of folding@home. Its amazing how people can find negatives in everything.

[PimpHandHappy]

i just added u to my ignore list

u come into this thread for one reason! To slander a good idea with ppl using the system to help some geeks with the math!

Hey William is it that you dont want to look for a cure for cancer? You would rather we just not try and cure disease. Or is it you dont want the PS3 to be looked on with aderaction (yea i cant spell)

i dont get it dude

why not just pass this up and not even comment

then u get into a debate over it

wtf

get a grip dude

or get a life

[Edwin1989]

"or get a life"

or dump it

[ATLRoAcH]

...and it can be put to good use.Go supastation 3 go!

[cmrbe]

Thomas edison Tested Over 3000 Filaments before he came up with his version of the light bulb.Do you think he should have stopped when his 10th didn't work?.
On the subject. All PS3 participants should be proud of what they have contributed and shame on all the haters.

[Ri0tSquad]

I don't see why ps3 users who contribute to this should be hated. Anyone who does should be educated immediately ASAP. I leave this running when I sleep because I have a commercial internet connection and I'm not limited to how much I can use in a month.

[aba]

Your not special for folding ok? Shut the f**k up already.

EDIT: I can't with stupid sh*t like this going around.

[Keyser]

you added a lot to this thread.

You're right, people shouldn't be praised for doing what's right. They should be praised for doing what's wrong.

If people got half the praise that people get for not adding anything to life on Earth maybe kids wouldn't hire hitman to kill their parents for taking away their playstation.

Come on dude, be better than that.

[Armyless]

then there's no reason not to Fold.

[INehalemEXI]

PS3 users are everyday heroes. They make the choice to support F@H which is doing important research. They could easily make the choice not to fold but they have a moral compass it seems that points them in the right direction. (improves the gamers image).

Better news then those a murderer blames his actions on a violent game story. Pfft come on.

Brand loyalty is very important. Its like tv shows if they dont have a loyal fan base and good ratings the shows are canned.

F@H is cool. As is linking multiple consoles to form a supercomputer. Lets face it the ps3 has recieved technilogical achievment awards for good reason.

[texism]

This is obvious bullsh!t. Think critically dammit.

Sure Folding at home is a good tool for studying protein folding, but we all know it is just publicity for the PS3. You bought the PS3 to play games, not to cure cancer.

I could just as well say "PS3 Gamers Are Real World F*CKS" because the PS3 uses up soo much electricity, which rapes our natural resources. See how I just spun that? Want another one? How about "PS3 Gamers Are Real World F*CKS" because they kill each other over game consoles.

If you bought the PS3 thinking "Wow, I really want to help further protein folding research," then good for you. You may be one of the better people in the world.

But I can SWEAR that 99% of the PS3 fans on here bought the PS3 to play games. So don't use this to rationalize the fact that you bought a PS3. Play your game and shut up.

I don't see any of you PS3 fans talking about what you can do to further research on cancer.

Have a good day hypocritical f*cks.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Are you saying that CANCER IS GOOD?

I think you are!

You xbox fans and your cancer!

[THUNDERMARE]

I spent 4 min trying to read and understand your point.
My conclusion, you are f**ked.....

[texism]

@ Leon
Apparently, you don't know how to read, or you don't know how to understand what you read.

@ Thunder
Oh yeah, I must be f*cked. I mean, it takes you FOUR MINUTES to read what amounts to two paragraphs...and your conclusion is that I'm f*cked. I guess your reasoning speaks for itself.

[athlon770]

because we PS3 owners purchase a system with great potential, and were just using a feature Sony thought to include. Problem is these guys console of choice can't do what us PS3 owners take for granted. We should pitty them, not call them names. As PS3 owners, we are better than that, they are like little children screaming at the shadow of a tree limb in their window.

So turn the other cheek my friends, they are upset that the PS3 is already done more for f@h than all the other systems put together. Not bad for only being a year old.

[Armyless]

It costs them almost nothing and requires almost no effort.

All the more reason to DO it.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

I'm going down with my ship if the Playstation brand goes away...

*lifts hand to forehead*

[Chriswsm]

I just cannot bring myself to use folding@home. Curing disease removes a natural population control and therefore adds to the human overpopulation problem = bad. Leaving your PS3 on to run Folding = bad.

Count me out.

[texism]

I loled. This is as technical as it gets folks

[Double-Edged]

The neogeo game??

[texism]

If I wanted to make more people buy XBOX over PS3, I could also say that XBOX owners are real world heroes because when they buy an XBOX, Bill Gates gets the money which he pours into the melinda-gates charity foundation.

It's just a matter of publicity. Just spinning information this way and that way to get people to believe what you want them to. They dont care whether PS3 owners are ACTUALLY world heroes or not. They just say this stuff to convince you that PS3 is the best...just so you should choose it over the competition.

Then again, Im not saying they should take away folding, because at least it does something. It's just that Sony doesn't care. As long as they get $$.

[ElementX]

Yay, lets contribute to carbon emissions by leaving our PS3s on all night. Way to go!

[Zeevious]

DIMINISH carbon emissions by having 1 device on, that replaces 5 others.

Any PS3 or Xbox 360 provide multiple functions in 1 device, at a fraction of the electrical usage and carbon emissions of 5. (or more)

Spending another fraction of that saved energy to cure or understand diseases is more than fair.

I think everyone wants a clean healthy environment, but not just to make nicer looking graves.

[Armyless]

The pattern here is...

a) if it's not on your console, bash it

that's it... just one point in the pattern...

it self-repeats.

[DFresh]

The proof is in the article and the games/accessories.
Sony wins hands down.
MS may have money
but
there's one thing they don't have the technology
even if MS buys exclusives it doesn't matter because they don't have the technology to compete.
That all MS is doing this Gen.
No talent
just look at Halo 3 (640P).
Seriously if they say that's there Sony Killer than they've already lost.
I'm sorry hate to be rude but that's the truth.

[The Dark Knight]

Is this some kind of way that sony making is making there fans feel "special" to say if yiu buy a ps3 your heroes???? how much nerdier can you get.

Its a game console, you just play freaking games.

Ps3 fans- Weirdos with no life that think there heros

Xbox 360- People with a life and play games for fun

[Zeevious]

As a survivor of cancer, It's both amazing and saddening to see this thread.

People who CHOOSE to run Folding@home are taking a step to help understand a disease that is devastating to not just the people who have it, survive it, or die from it...but the families and friends of those people.

This is not about Publicity stunts, which console has a better fill-rate, who's got 60 fps at 1080P or a piece of electronics dying from a red ring of death.

This is about a REAL red ring of death, and I think people on here like PanZeRFaust14 and WilliamRLBaker should be TRULY ashamed of themselves.

Ashamed of losing the ability to see past a couple of game consoles, past the rivalry over who's got the smallest d!ck, and see that it's really about PEOPLE.

People who's lives may one day be helped by this research.

Whether it's clicking a few buttons to start a program like this, stopping by to see someone who needs you, or helping support families who've had someone they loved lose the fight...It's giving HOPE of a cure, and doing something to help that matters.

This is REAL LIFE...and to those that help support surviving any devastating disease, you have my thanks and respect.

To others responding, you have only my pity.

In 10 years, if you have cancer and are offered a cure...remember to ask your doctor if it was developed from the Folding@Home research.

If it is...say "I'm sorry, I can't take THAT cure...I'm a DIE HARD Xbox fan."...and you really mean that.

Look past a piece of hardware that plays games...Life doesn't come with a RESET BUTTON...

[jorellpogi]

i just hope your statements will put some sense unto their thick skulls. folding@home is voluntary and a very noble endeavor.

kudos to every participant of folding@home. keep up the good work.

[cmrbe]

Why the xbots are in here spewing crapp is beyond me. This article has nothing to do with their beloved x360 and yet they are still here to talking trash to people that are trying out to make a difference for the better.

[cmrbe]

Check if the article said anything about the x360 and it userbase then think about what you post.

[Zeevious]

I really think the kind of hatred shown by some is not just sad, it really is pitiable.

Here's the PM reply from PanZeRFaust14:
" . . .
Re: Is it really just about 'Who's better, Who's better, Who's BEST?'
WOW...your one pathetic little fukc. YOUR NOT SPECIAL FOR FOLDING F@GGOT.
Stop sucking sonys d!ck and buying the PR bullshit. Sonys not doing it for anyones health dumba$$.
Its too bad the cancer didnt kill your a$$, then you wouldnt be sending lamea$$ messages and clogging up my mailbox.

FUKC U. BLOCKED I hope cancer eats you alive.
. . ."

To someone who did almost die of cancer, and have seen others struggle and die from it, I think there is something even worse: Living life not as someone, but someTHING like this.

Not because of what he said, but what type of person he'd have to be to say it...A sad, scared, empty little child that I hope believes in reincarnation.

Only so when they die and go to hell, they can come back, do it all over again and go right back to hell.

I stand by my original comment, and truly pity anyone so full of hate & misery...

No need to waste it though; That fire from hell smells alot like yet another incarnation of fresh PanZeRFaust14!

So...anyone got any marshmallows?

[aba]

So I made it good. I don't believe in hell, but if it exists, i'll see you there @sshole.

[ukilnme]

This is obviously a great benefit to researchers. When I get home I will be sure activate Folding.