Dr. Baker election to National Academy of Sciences

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Feet1st Send message Joined: 30 Dec 05 Posts: 1755 Credit: 4,690,520 RAC: 0	Message 14625 - Posted: 25 Apr 2006, 22:40:45 UTC Last modified: 25 Apr 2006, 22:42:11 UTC Congratulations Dr. Baker!!! on your election to the National Academy of Sciences... We NOW more fully understand why an entire new project was created and named "RALPH" (it just HAPPENS to be the name of the PRESIDENT of the Academy... coINcidence?) Add this signature to your EMail: Running Microsoft's "System Idle Process" will never help cure cancer, AIDS nor Alzheimer's. But running Rosetta@home just might! https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/ ID: 14625 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

JChojnacki Send message Joined: 17 Sep 05 Posts: 71 Credit: 10,895,641 RAC: 7,979	Message 14631 - Posted: 26 Apr 2006, 3:32:08 UTC Congratulations Dr. Baker!!! ID: 14631 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Feet1st Send message Joined: 30 Dec 05 Posts: 1755 Credit: 4,690,520 RAC: 0	Message 14647 - Posted: 26 Apr 2006, 9:42:43 UTC Since RALPH really isn't an alpha project, and now that the election to the acedemy is out of the way, it can be renamed to RoBetta, right? (for non-native English speakers, the double "t" is intentional, it's a pun on "beta" but looks more like "better" :) Add this signature to your EMail: Running Microsoft's "System Idle Process" will never help cure cancer, AIDS nor Alzheimer's. But running Rosetta@home just might! https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/ ID: 14647 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

brianwc Send message Joined: 7 Dec 05 Posts: 3 Credit: 701,894 RAC: 0	Message 14717 - Posted: 27 Apr 2006, 3:45:06 UTC Congratulations Dr. Baker! What an honor. From what little I know, it's well-deserved. ID: 14717 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

R/B Send message Joined: 8 Dec 05 Posts: 195 Credit: 28,095 RAC: 0	Message 14726 - Posted: 27 Apr 2006, 6:23:43 UTC Congratulations... As an aside. I'm curious. How many members are there? What is the criteria for bein selected to it and so forth? Thanks... Founder of BOINC GROUP - Objectivists - Philosophically minded rational data crunchers. ID: 14726 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

R/B Send message Joined: 8 Dec 05 Posts: 195 Credit: 28,095 RAC: 0	Message 14834 - Posted: 28 Apr 2006, 7:54:14 UTC That's impressive. Only 72 Americans and 18 non americans are elected each year. More people win lotteries than that. Founder of BOINC GROUP - Objectivists - Philosophically minded rational data crunchers. ID: 14834 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

NewInCasp Send message Joined: 12 May 06 Posts: 21 Credit: 5,229 RAC: 0	Message 16340 - Posted: 15 May 2006, 21:11:19 UTC - in response to Message 14625. Congratulations Dr. Baker!!! on your election to the National Academy of Sciences... We NOW more fully understand why an entire new project was created and named "RALPH" (it just HAPPENS to be the name of the PRESIDENT of the Academy... coINcidence?) Congratulations... ID: 16340 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote