We have done alot of work and I feel proud to have been a part of it.

Wonder how many phases they are planning. 3? 5? 10? 50? 100?

I would have been nice to know how much work there are left in the "big" picture, not just for each phase.

However I don't see that coming when they can't even update the percentage of the phases on a semiregular basis.

But we forgive them for these small sins.

Wow! With the extra power given to FAAH from HPF1 and HPF2 going down, we are only at 40%? There must have been a TON of top hits from phase 1.

Well, I guess this is a good thing for HPF2, as this allows plenty of time for them to work out their bugs without endangering WCG from having a WU shortage.

Phase 1a:

"NCI Diversity Set (1,900) vs. Mutant HIV Protease Panel (270)"

Phase 1b:

"NCI Set (230,000) vs. Wild Type HIV Protease (1)"

Phase 2:

"ChemBridge (500,000) vs. Wild Type HIV Protease (1)

Top Hits from Stage 1 vs. Mutant HIV Protease Panel (270)

NCI Diversity Set (1,900) vs. Monomeric HIV Protease (20)"


We can't accuratly expect to predict how long its going to take to finish phase 2 based on how long it took to finish phase 1 since phase 2 is a whole new set of tasks.

If you notice the 500,000 vs 230,000 you see that this is FAAAR more work.

The total processing time you see on WCG's web site includes all of Phase 1 (14,400 years) plus the work that has been completed on Phase 2.

I do not know why Phase 2 is going much slower because it is doing calculations similar to Phase 1 but just on a larger set of molecules, so the processing times should be somewhat proportional. It has never been revealed in what order each set of molecules are being processed or the number of "top hits" are being processed so it is impossible to estimate what specific sets of molecules have been processed or exactly how long it will take. At the present rate, it might not be until early next year before Phase 2 is completed (about 15,000 more years of processing).