A/N: Rosetta at home is a real project. I decided to do this not only to do another chapter for this since it's been a while since I updated but to help spread the word about Rh. Of course there are a good bit more projects you can choose from but this is the one I use now (I used to use Setihome). They do hope the information gained from it will someday be used to help fight and cure things like malaria and HIV so I hope you'll at least check it out as it's free, simple to install, and you won't even notice it's even running! I speak from experience as I've used it since 2008.
Sans the disorientation, Sam found himself sitting in front of a computer. By the looks of the computer, Sam guessed when he had leaped it was at some point after he first started leaping in 1995. Moving the mouse, Sam hovered above the clock.
July 14, 2008.
Had it really been thirteen years? Sam thought.
"Well, I hope operating systems have improved since Windows 95," Sam said.
"Of course they have," Al said. "You'd be surprised at some of the things even common every day computers can do."
"As much as I'd like to hear it,' Sam replied, "why am I here?"
"Oh," Al said, "you're just here to download and install a program on the computer here."
"Really?" Sam asked. "What is it?"
"It's called Rosetta at Home but the "at" is spelled with the "at" symbol," Al explained.
"What's it for?"
"It's a distributive computing program," Al said, "and the purpose is for computers around the world to help research and predict protein structure. But it works using idle computer power and is run out of Baker Laboratory at the University of Washington. They're hoping the information gotten from the whole thing will go on to help cure several diseases including HIV."
"Oh, that sounds great," Sam replied.
"Yeah," Al said. "But in the original history the guy you are, whose name is Bryan by the way, was about to download it after seeing his girlfriend. Probably slipped his mind or something because Ziggy can't find that he ever installed it afterwards."
Minutes later, upon getting the Bryan's email address and signing up, Sam looked for the project on the list.
"There it is," Sam said. "Is Ziggy sure that's all I'm here to do?"
Al nodded. "Ninety-nine point two percent certain. So once you attach it you should be out of here."
Getting to the point where only one last click was necessary, Sam turned to Al. "See you next leap," he said grinning. Sam forced his finger down and disappeared in blue.
