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OLD UPDATE, DISREGARD: After a week of diagnosing, exams, etc, my wife and I have decided to do a surgery on our little baby boy. He's diagnosed with Hirschsprung disease, which requires surgery. Our copay, after the insurance and medical deductible, is well over what we can afford, so I apologetically shut down this project until further notice. Those who won the cards (in the USA) will still get them.
HAVE A SPARE PCI-EXPRESS SLOT? WANT A FREE CARD TO FILL THAT EMPTY SLOT AND FOLD FOR TEAM 33? READ ON!
[C]hain[G]ang
a Folding at [H]ome Project
This isn't meant to compete with the Community Boxen program, but to help keep the [H]orde in the lead AND to get fellow [H] members into folding. A friend of mine has cancer, and this is one of the few ways I can help. I’m willing to send out 8600GT/8800GS cards to fellow [H]ardforum members for the purpose of folding. There must be a lot of spare PCI Express slots out there! You can use the card to game, Physx, etc. Just make sure to fold with it 24/7!
Phase one. "Testing the waters"
I will send out ONE card after I randomly draw. If you get selected, please send $10 to a paypal account and i'll ship it off. YOU MUST AGREE TO THE CONDITIONS BELOW before I send off the card.
Here are the specific conditions:
1. Only ONE card per person. (This may change)
2. You MUST be a [H]ardforum member with at least 100 posts. (don’t want OZ to get a hold of them)
3. You keep the card for as long as you fold. As soon as you stop folding for Team 33 with the card, send it back to me. (PLEASE BE HONEST!)
4. You fold for ONLY Team 33 with the card.
5. UPDATED: You pay ONLY $10 for shipping. This will offset my cost of shipping and handling. (used to be $15, $10 is more reasonable)
6. UPDATED: You fold under the PROJECT NAME (ChainGang) for the first 6 months. After that, IF you fold for your own points after the 6th month mark, you agree to buy the card for 1/3 the then current retail price or send the card back to me. (i'm not making money on this project!)
7. UPDATED: If you fold under the PROJECT NAME (ChainGang) for more than a year, the card is YOURS to keep. After that you can continue to fold under the PROJECT NAME or yours! THOUGH YOU MUST keep folding for Team #33 for as long as the card is in your possession!
8. You must fold with the cards 24hrs a day, each day of the week. Downtimes are understandable, but are lost time! PLEASE STRIVE FOR 24/7!
9. I am NOT liable for ANY damage or costs associated with installation and/or operation of these cards.
I will spend about $80-100/month to maintain this project. I think there are a LOT of spare PCI Express slots out there in the forums just waiting to be filled with cards to FOLD. This will help others join in the folding for a minimum of cost.
FAQ
Why are you doing this?
I have a long time friend that is battling cancer. She's gone into remission, but it could come back at any time. I donate funds to cancer research, but I want something more actively involved. Folding for Stanford's project does that.
Why not just build your own farm?
I was going to setup a farm with each box holding 2-3 GPUs. But then I thought, why spend all of this money on cases, power supplies, motherboards, etc just to run 2-3 GPUs in each box when there are a lot of unused 8x/16x PCI-E slots in other people's computers?
Aren't you doing this JUST to increase your own points?
I fold for cures. The points are just a feedback on how much I can achieve. I'd also like some recoginition on this project. It is my time and money after all.
Why do I have to pay for shipping for this "free" card?
To offset my own costs. You're getting a $50 to $80 card. Don't complain. =)
Why do you have it that I have to buy the card after 6 months if I want to fold for my own points? Folding requires you to burden some of the costs. I'm removing one of the main costs, the retail cost. You can use the card to game, do Physx, etc. I'm only charging 33% of the then retail price after 6 months. Regardless, YOU win, I win, Team 33 wins, everyone wins.
Are you nuts?
Ask my wife.
HAVE A SPARE PCI-EXPRESS SLOT? WANT A FREE CARD TO FILL THAT EMPTY SLOT AND FOLD FOR TEAM 33? READ ON!
[C]hain[G]ang
a Folding at [H]ome Project
This isn't meant to compete with the Community Boxen program, but to help keep the [H]orde in the lead AND to get fellow [H] members into folding. A friend of mine has cancer, and this is one of the few ways I can help. I’m willing to send out 8600GT/8800GS cards to fellow [H]ardforum members for the purpose of folding. There must be a lot of spare PCI Express slots out there! You can use the card to game, Physx, etc. Just make sure to fold with it 24/7!
Phase one. "Testing the waters"
I will send out ONE card after I randomly draw. If you get selected, please send $10 to a paypal account and i'll ship it off. YOU MUST AGREE TO THE CONDITIONS BELOW before I send off the card.
Here are the specific conditions:
1. Only ONE card per person. (This may change)
2. You MUST be a [H]ardforum member with at least 100 posts. (don’t want OZ to get a hold of them)
3. You keep the card for as long as you fold. As soon as you stop folding for Team 33 with the card, send it back to me. (PLEASE BE HONEST!)
4. You fold for ONLY Team 33 with the card.
5. UPDATED: You pay ONLY $10 for shipping. This will offset my cost of shipping and handling. (used to be $15, $10 is more reasonable)
6. UPDATED: You fold under the PROJECT NAME (ChainGang) for the first 6 months. After that, IF you fold for your own points after the 6th month mark, you agree to buy the card for 1/3 the then current retail price or send the card back to me. (i'm not making money on this project!)
7. UPDATED: If you fold under the PROJECT NAME (ChainGang) for more than a year, the card is YOURS to keep. After that you can continue to fold under the PROJECT NAME or yours! THOUGH YOU MUST keep folding for Team #33 for as long as the card is in your possession!
8. You must fold with the cards 24hrs a day, each day of the week. Downtimes are understandable, but are lost time! PLEASE STRIVE FOR 24/7!
9. I am NOT liable for ANY damage or costs associated with installation and/or operation of these cards.
I will spend about $80-100/month to maintain this project. I think there are a LOT of spare PCI Express slots out there in the forums just waiting to be filled with cards to FOLD. This will help others join in the folding for a minimum of cost.
FAQ
Why are you doing this?
I have a long time friend that is battling cancer. She's gone into remission, but it could come back at any time. I donate funds to cancer research, but I want something more actively involved. Folding for Stanford's project does that.
Why not just build your own farm?
I was going to setup a farm with each box holding 2-3 GPUs. But then I thought, why spend all of this money on cases, power supplies, motherboards, etc just to run 2-3 GPUs in each box when there are a lot of unused 8x/16x PCI-E slots in other people's computers?
Aren't you doing this JUST to increase your own points?
I fold for cures. The points are just a feedback on how much I can achieve. I'd also like some recoginition on this project. It is my time and money after all.
Why do I have to pay for shipping for this "free" card?
To offset my own costs. You're getting a $50 to $80 card. Don't complain. =)
Why do you have it that I have to buy the card after 6 months if I want to fold for my own points? Folding requires you to burden some of the costs. I'm removing one of the main costs, the retail cost. You can use the card to game, do Physx, etc. I'm only charging 33% of the then retail price after 6 months. Regardless, YOU win, I win, Team 33 wins, everyone wins.
Are you nuts?
Ask my wife.
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