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FR Folding@Home Project Update -- We're Now # 55 of all teams with 20,000,000 Points
Stanford University Folding@Home Distributed Computing Project ^ | 03/03/2007 | Stanford University

Posted on 03/03/2007 3:26:29 PM PST by texas booster

Time for a new Free Republic Folding@home thread.

Our Free Republic team of 428 members comprised primarily of Free Republic members in good standing have banded together to donate their excess CPU cycles to a worthy cause. Via distributed computing, millions of computers around the world contribute directly to scientific research, in the quest for a greater understanding of diseases such as Alzheimer's, Cancer, and Mad Cow (BSE).

Currently, the team is in 55th place (with 1,025 active CPUs - 106,120 completed Work Units and 20.25 million points).

This is an entirely voluntary program, and if you want to learn more, please see the links posted below (or read one of the previous 30+ folding threads)


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Hobbies; Miscellaneous; Reference; Science
KEYWORDS: curefordisease; fah; fh; folding
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To: Quix
I'm somewhat similiar to you - but with a newer comp - and running XP Pro

I run mine at about 85% capacity, and I switched to a 550 watt power supply after my 400 died. Much better.

You could always run it in non-graphical and see waht happens.

41 posted on 03/05/2007 4:19:38 PM PST by SoftballMominVA
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To: SoftballMominVA

Not sure what you're saying about nongraphical.

Am not using the GUI on F@H.

But appreciate the suggestion.

I have a very over necessary power supply. Very hefty. I ordered the computer built that way in Taipei.


42 posted on 03/05/2007 4:28:28 PM PST by Quix (GOD ALONE IS WORTHY; GOD ALONE PAID THE PRICE; GOD ALONE IS ABLE; LOVE GOD WHOLLY)
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To: Quix; stylin19a; Drango; GoldCountryRedneck; prophetic; A.Hun; FreedomGuru; ken in texas; ...

We have five new folders showing up on the boards now:

Cindi Domino
MrNovi
GLClaudine
rocky and
GLjen

and a few more that are still new:

antiRepublicrat
Bernie638
FreedomGuru
FAQ
helper2

Thanks papasmurf for keeping folks aware of the team on the GetLoaded.com boards. I think we have well over a dozen active GL folders now, and some of them are now FReepers!

If you know the FReeper names of these folders, FReepmail me and I'll put them on the ping list.

Thanks to all of you for providing support and encouragement to the newcomers.

We have a lot of new folks who are making a difference in medical research!


43 posted on 03/07/2007 7:43:54 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: texas booster

How can a corporate entity, specifically a vc firm, have a have a political identity - are corporations now registering party affiliation?

We're for less government involvement in our personal lives, right

Now that the enemy is in our midst, should we throw "Trust but verify" out with the bathwater? This is September 10 thinking.

= = = =

INDEED

ESPECIALLY THANKS TO EGON FOR HIS TIRELESS PATIENCE.


44 posted on 03/07/2007 7:49:25 AM PST by Quix (GOD ALONE IS WORTHY; GOD ALONE PAID THE PRICE; GOD ALONE IS ABLE; LOVE GOD WHOLLY)
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To: Quix; Egon

OOOOPS, WRONG COPY/PASTE IN THE BUFFER

YES, SUPER THANKS TO EGON FOR HIS TIRELESS PATIENCE


45 posted on 03/07/2007 7:50:40 AM PST by Quix (GOD ALONE IS WORTHY; GOD ALONE PAID THE PRICE; GOD ALONE IS ABLE; LOVE GOD WHOLLY)
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To: Quix
I keep the main side open all the time and have several extra fans going all the time.

A decent case is designed to flow the air over the parts that need it and out of the box. Leaving the case open can leave hot spots. Getting a power supply with a big, high-capacity fan can help (some put the fan on the bottom of the power supply where there's room for a much bigger one), as well as replacing any case fans with better ones.

46 posted on 03/07/2007 8:30:26 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat

Thanks.

Appreciate the input.


47 posted on 03/07/2007 8:34:47 AM PST by Quix (GOD ALONE IS WORTHY; GOD ALONE PAID THE PRICE; GOD ALONE IS ABLE; LOVE GOD WHOLLY)
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To: texas booster
What's up with Overclocking?

I had a WU finish up at home about 8:30 last evening. It showed up on the F@H site by 10:00 but still hasn't shown up on Overclocking.

Evidently I have made it into the top 10% of all folders in less than 5 months. Sounds like a lot on inactivity to me.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

48 posted on 03/07/2007 8:52:28 AM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: LonePalm

Extremeoverclocking.com gets their stats directly from the Stanford data servers. Based on the number of posts on the F@H forum there may have been a hiccup in verifying the completed work units. I do not know why a credited WU would appear on the F@H site but not on EOC.

Folding Freepers has about 430 folders who have posted a work unit. Many of the names are my old carcasses from a couple of years ago.

In many cases you will see typos in names that are not caught for a while (see kluta_dohanger, etc). Another number are folks that folded for a while, got a new computer and never reinstalled F@H. A few have joined other groups or BOINCed themselves.

Then you have the small group that has been banned from FR, and they drop off. Hey, it happens both ways. Sometimes folks are banned and they keep on folding for the FReepers.


49 posted on 03/07/2007 9:08:40 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: texas booster
Texas Booster:
This is my list of past/present/made a mistake folders. I ran a "folder-ship" drive 2 weeks ago. There may be one or two whose name I don't know yet. Sometimes it'll be a few weeks or more before they post back on GetLoaded.

greenbo__ ..Is having issues.
GL_Doug
FRpapasmurf_client..me
Cindi_Domino
4_DUKIE_SCHMOOKIE..My Dog
RIP_DUKE..My dog
GLClaudine
rocky
GL_jen
In_Memory_of_DUKE My dog
GL_DAME..Passed away Nov 06.
GLDoug..Work puter, no more.
gl_terri..Quit.
Regina_Plumm..SMILE, Dylan's Mom.
WESTPALMSENIOR
GLgranny
BigBro1..My Brother
GL-Bartaholic
Tonystransportation..Went to DU. LOL
Jacy
patricia_bell
JohninWAGL..Work puter, no more.
FRpapasmurf..Me
greenbo..Is having issues

Thanks for your perpetual vigilance. :)

:O)

P
50 posted on 03/07/2007 4:23:58 PM PST by papasmurf (Join Team 36120 Free Republic Folders. Folding@Home Enter Name:FRpapasmurf)
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To: LonePalm

EOC and other stats sites get their numbers from a comma delimited text file that Stanford puts out several times a day.

Sometimes the stats on Stanford's site will be accurate, but the script they use to produce the text file won't update. I used to do private stats for another team (don't ask me, it is a lot of work and EOC is better) and there could be days where there were no updates.


51 posted on 03/09/2007 8:11:58 AM PST by MediaMole (9/11 - We have already forgotten.)
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To: MediaMole

Here's the FR team's text file link...

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/teamstats/team36120.txt


52 posted on 03/09/2007 8:16:07 AM PST by MediaMole (9/11 - We have already forgotten.)
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To: texas booster

your article has no topics assigned


53 posted on 03/10/2007 4:48:09 AM PST by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

Strange. We can't post an article without Topics, and when I tried to add one it came back unknown.

Probably a bad DB link in John's world.


54 posted on 03/10/2007 8:55:07 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: texas booster

it pretty much makes the article invisible here on FR, without an explicit search for it. Oh well! We don't exist. :)


55 posted on 03/10/2007 9:45:41 AM PST by Mount Athos
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To: texas booster

Really maybe you should just repost this one


56 posted on 03/10/2007 2:49:39 PM PST by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

Yeah, still can't add topics. Bummer.

We will pass another team in 10 days, so I will start that countdown early.


57 posted on 03/11/2007 6:20:08 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: texas booster

bttt


58 posted on 03/11/2007 7:26:15 PM PDT by Born Conservative (Chronic Positivity - http://jsher.livejournal.com/)
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To: texas booster

Bump


59 posted on 03/12/2007 7:17:58 AM PDT by papasmurf (Join Team 36120 Free Republic Folders. Folding@Home Enter Name:FRpapasmurf)
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To: texas booster

Finally made it to the top 4000 of all folders.

Would have pinged Dave Maher but don't know his freeper name.

Slipping past dave, and slowly gaining on you texas.

Just got rid of two of my machines, but replaced them with another. One of my fast systems has been down for the better part of a week and won't be up until this weekend (assuming it's not too serious).

I should be adding another at the very end of this month (but it will probably replace two others), so probably not much if any of a gain.


60 posted on 03/14/2007 6:43:53 PM PDT by JosephW (Mohammad Lied, People die!)
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