Leave your PS3 on for a good cause this Sunday night!

by Ed Stasick { Mar 21st 2007 at 10:45PM }

While the PS3 won't bring about world peace or solve world hunger, there's a good chance that it can help cure cancer. But your PS3 can't to it without you. With firmware update 1.6 just around the corner, it's time to do your part for humanity. This week marks the first ever Sunday Night Foldathon in support of Stanford's cancer research efforts.

"The S.N.F event is simple. On Sunday Night (March. 25th 2007) everyone who wants to participate in the S.N.F event simply turn there PS3 on and start the folding program, could be anytime you want or when you goto bed, you may let the program run as long as you want but would be great if it could atleast last till 7am Monday morning, its all up to you since anything helps. This is to see how much help we (the playstation community) can be for this program and to show them that the feature is being widely used and maybe saving lives in the process."

Let's use the comments section as a virtual "pledge card." Let everyone know that your committed to leaving your PS3 on Sunday night in support of this great initiative and to help make the world a better place. Truly, this is a time for fanboys to unite!

Tags: ps3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

Ed @ Mar 21st 2007 10:51PM

I pledge to leave my PS3 on Sunday night. Fanboys unite!

Lightbeard @ Mar 21st 2007 11:36PM

Sure, I will even leave my computer on running Folding as well.

Jose Godinez @ Mar 21st 2007 10:57PM

Count me in!!

kman79 @ Mar 21st 2007 11:01PM

Leaving it on all night Sunday. I leave for work at 6:00 PM and don't come home till 7:30 monday morning. I'll turn it on before I leave and set a fan lightly blowing in front of it. Houston is heating up and with my PC running, the room can get kind of warm.

john @ Mar 21st 2007 10:58PM

mine will be on. will there be any kind of results or any kind of data to show that it does make a difference

RatBoy @ Mar 21st 2007 11:03PM

Since folding@home is probably the addition in 1.6 that I am most excited for (even more than background downloading if you can believe it) I totally pledge to leave my ps3 on Sunday Night.

I mean how can you beat curing cancer while you sleep?

#21 @ Mar 22nd 2007 7:09AM

i'll probably leave it on till monday night since i wont be home to turn it off... meh playing GoW2 again will have to wait.

Thomas @ Mar 21st 2007 11:22PM

8pm - 9am... I can get that done... maybe even longer...

Noshino @ Mar 21st 2007 11:23PM

Can superman do that?

Me 1 - Superman 0

Trioptical @ Mar 21st 2007 11:34PM

Yep. This is going to be awesome. I'm in.

Pierce @ Mar 22nd 2007 10:01PM

I'm in... now, is that 7AM EST? or...

humpty @ Mar 21st 2007 11:40PM

Sure im in... once Home hits.. they should let you have a trophy of the protein you folded for your hall of fame.

mccomber @ Mar 21st 2007 11:46PM

As a slight aside, I know we can setup "teams", right? Well, how about having all of us folding under the same banner this Sunday?

Charl3z523 @ Mar 22nd 2007 12:57AM

I thought it would work even when your ps3 is in standby mode? Guess not =(.

Elmer @ Mar 23rd 2007 1:42PM

Consider it, ON

oo7ev @ Mar 22nd 2007 12:29AM

Wow, I really didn't think that this would catch on with so many people, as PC screen savers like this have existed for years, but I'm glad to see many people utilizing it and actually enjoying it.

mamardilla69 @ Mar 21st 2007 11:55PM

I will work different.

I WILL LEAVE MY PS3 ON RUNNING FOLDING HOME UNTIL MY DAD PAYS ME MY $70 AND I CAN AFFORD ARMORED CORE 4 HE BETTER HURRY UNLESS HE WANTS TO PAY ANOTHER $70 FOR THE POWER BILL(MAYBE IT WILL BE ON FOR A WEEk, OR MAYBE A MONTH, I DONT CARE IM HELPING THE HUMANITY, BUT NOT MY DADS POCKETS¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡)

Tesley @ Mar 21st 2007 11:58PM

I pledge to turn my lovely PS3 on..

Stef Geiger @ Mar 21st 2007 11:58PM

I'm definitely in. It's truly wasteful to have such a powerful computer and NOT use it for something like this.

KiraXD @ Mar 22nd 2007 12:18AM

my system is on 24/7 usually anyways (afking FFXI) so ill start it @ 12am sunday morning and leave it on (between playing oblivion) untill i go to work on monday @9am....even then i might forget to turn it off... so thats 2 straight days i get to say i helped find cures for cancer!!! i better go to fucking heaven for doing this shit... :P

eppsr @ Mar 22nd 2007 12:26AM

humm, contribute to global warming my drawing more power from the coal burning power plant powering my home, or help cure cancer.
i'll take cure cancer, and plant an apple tree next week.....

@mamardilla69
if i were your dad, i would open the circuit breaker to your room with blackmail like that.

Tanya @ Mar 22nd 2007 12:29AM

I'm dowm for some folding! ^_^

TheChuckinator @ Mar 22nd 2007 12:34AM

O YA LETS DO THIS. SHOW THAT X-POS 360 THAT PLAYSTATION CAN DO ANYTHING BETTER, EVEN CURE CANCER.MINES DEFINATLEY GONNA BE ON

TheChuckinator @ Mar 22nd 2007 12:35AM

O YA LETS DO THIS. SHOW THAT X-POS 360 THAT PLAYSTATION CAN DO ANYTHING BETTER, EVEN CURE CANCER.MINES DEFINATLEY GONNA BE ON

sean @ Mar 22nd 2007 12:45AM

Im in.

Otsego @ Mar 22nd 2007 12:47AM

I'll be folding from my PS3, Core Duo PeeCee and my Quad Core 2 duo Mac Pro.

If you would like to sign up for a team, our favorite sister site, Engadget.com, has a folding team.
http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/26/join-the-engadget-folding-home-team/

vizunary @ Mar 22nd 2007 1:01AM

mine is always on as well, like above though I thought this ran on standby? that's what the article that the 1st thread about FOLD said, didn't it?

sam-evans @ Mar 22nd 2007 1:08AM

There should be an online leader board of who has had their PS3 folding for the longest

The people who do the most folding each week/month/year/etc should win PlayStation Store $$$

bob @ Mar 22nd 2007 12:28PM

it may cure cancer, but how many houses will it burn down?

Alex @ Mar 22nd 2007 3:28AM

Count me in as well.

Kxpuc @ Mar 22nd 2007 2:02AM

when did things here in Houston ever get cold kman79?

and i'll probably leave mine on from 3am sunday till when ever i wake up from being out all night. I've been doing the Folding@home thing on PC for almost a year now might as well do it on a faster CPU

Tyler @ Mar 22nd 2007 11:08AM

Count me in

Joey_Numbers @ Mar 22nd 2007 2:13AM

I'll be checking it out Sunday night.

justin @ Mar 22nd 2007 2:33AM

i am also 'in'.

Dustin @ Mar 22nd 2007 3:12AM

I will! I have cystic fibrosis myself. Hope they find a breakthrough soon!

mugennosora @ Mar 22nd 2007 4:22AM

i am in!

DUCKyy @ Mar 22nd 2007 4:30AM

I wanna join! I wanna join!!

Keith... @ Mar 22nd 2007 4:48AM

Great idea. And for a wonderful cause. Count me in!

brewin @ Mar 22nd 2007 5:19AM

1.6 is out now. And guys, make sure at least one work unit has completed and been uploaded to Stanford. Completing one work unit could take anywhere from 4 to 24 hours or possibly even more. The current WU my PS3 is processing (p3128) will be completed in about 9 hours. Also, after you download and install the Folding@Home client, enter the client and press triangle to change your username (and team number if you're on a team.)

ck @ Mar 22nd 2007 6:17AM

I have my client up now. Is there a team to join?

Derrick @ Mar 22nd 2007 2:44PM

I can do this every day of the week. Except sat. and idk about sunday. Monday-Friday when i go to school 7am-1:10pm est i can let it do that. So, im getting a SHIT load of time and it doesnt affect me at all. LOL Come people lets cure these diseases.

Phil @ Mar 22nd 2007 6:43AM

Yes indeed i will

ill trooper @ Mar 22nd 2007 7:13AM

Well, I downloaded it, I'm folding now... Not terribly exciting! Looks cool... Not much is really explained on changing visuals, etc., so I pressed every button I could...

'Select' switches between the globe view w/data, globe view with percentage, and 3D ball-and-stem view

The analog sticks control rotation and zoom

I'd love to think the glowing dots around the globe represent PS3s crunching numbers... But maybe they're just cities? Watching the video from theguy in Japan on Kotaku, who downloaded and had it running very early yesterday (likely one of the earliest people running it) the guy seemed to be the only dot on Japan... But maybe it was only the glare and the simulated 'daytime' over Japan.