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(Vanity) FreeRepublic Folding@Home Project Update (We're in the Top 1,450)
Folding @ Home Stat Page ^ | 12/17/05 | me

Posted on 12/18/2005 10:03:55 AM PST by texas booster

OK, new thread for the next week.

First, a big shout out to the SETI members who have added CPUs to the effort. Remember, its Team 36120, NOT Team 0.

Next, congrats to all for bumping our team up to 65 processors. ArgentCent is the latest to have joined our happy band of folders and jumps in at # 36 with his first completed WU. We now have 51 members in the team, and about 45 active participants.

Malsua, uriah and Ken in Texas are solidly in the top 10. One of these will probably be the new Numero Uno in a couple of weeks, barring newcomers borging dozens of unsuspecting systems (not that there's anything wrong with that!)

Daily Production Graph

On the global front, Free Republic Folders is now listed at # 1448. We are poised to overtake (today) Kami Sacred Folding Team, buzzez, Naptune, PCSilencieux and Team Razorsh*g.

The only competition coming up on us is still QHT HPC. They are out producing us by about 1,000 points per day. As we gain members from the 100,000 FReepers that visit JimRob's place I expect that we will prevail and keep our lead.


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Milestones we will soon mark:

Top 1400 on Monday Dec 19

Top 1300 on Thursday Dec 22

Top 1200 on Monday Dec 26

Top 1100 on Friday Dec 30

Top 1000 on Wednesday Jan 4, just in time to see UT whup USC.

1 posted on 12/18/2005 10:03:56 AM PST by texas booster
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To: texas booster

BOINC needs some serious changes to their interface. I know trained IT people who won't use it because it's so awkward.


2 posted on 12/18/2005 10:08:10 AM PST by SteveMcKing ("No empire collapses because of technical reasons. They collapse because they are unnatural.")
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To: texas booster

Bump.


3 posted on 12/18/2005 10:08:40 AM PST by Rocko (this post kills fascists...and communists)
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To: texas booster

Ok stupid question here, I've dumped Seti and am trying to signup to folding. I need to know the URL to copy and paste to BOINC. Do you know what URL I should enter?


4 posted on 12/18/2005 10:11:07 AM PST by Slicksadick (Go out on a limb........Its where the fruit is.)
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To: A.Hun; ambrose; Beelzebubba; Blood of Tyrants; Bob; brityank; Cagey; CarrotAndStick; CFC__VRWC; ...

Ping to new Folding @ Home thread.

Please contact Texas Booster or soccer_maniac if you want on or off this list.


5 posted on 12/18/2005 10:11:53 AM PST by texas booster (Bless the legal immigrants!)
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To: Slicksadick

See my post #2. My advice is to give up in protest, and save yourself a couple of fruitless hours.

Maybe they'll get the hint out in Berkeley...


6 posted on 12/18/2005 10:12:42 AM PST by SteveMcKing ("No empire collapses because of technical reasons. They collapse because they are unnatural.")
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To: SteveMcKing

BOINC will get better with time and money.

Time, because programmers need it.

Money, because it uses government grants.

(Ducking for cover)


7 posted on 12/18/2005 10:13:56 AM PST by texas booster (Bless the legal immigrants!)
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To: texas booster

What kind of timeframe is typical for completing a workunit?


8 posted on 12/18/2005 10:20:15 AM PST by Professional Engineer (Why does everyone want to be Frank? What's wrong with being John or Pete?)
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To: Slicksadick

Folding @ Home has a beta BOINC client, but they have chosen not to release it because of problems with the network.

Download the F@H client here:

http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html

run it and enter your desired name in "User Name", and "36120" in the team number place. You will then get credit for your work.

Do not leave the team number as 0, for that drops into Anonymous, the biggest group in any distributed project.

Of course, you could always enter "Texas Booster" for your user name, especially if you have a really fast machine ...


9 posted on 12/18/2005 10:21:03 AM PST by texas booster (Bless the legal immigrants!)
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To: Professional Engineer

I understand that Work Units are dispursed based upon machine speed, so that WUs get completed in a week or so. This keeps WUs fresh from a scientific POV.

I have an AMD 3000 with a fast NVidia video card. Most of my units are about 3500 steps and take a couple of days. My present WU is 250 steps and will be finished in just over a day.

One's first WU is normally a bit smaller than normal.


10 posted on 12/18/2005 10:24:46 AM PST by texas booster (Bless the legal immigrants!)
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To: texas booster

Arrrgh! If only it were a BOINC project.

I could have tossed 70+ systems into the pool.


11 posted on 12/18/2005 10:26:29 AM PST by ExDemSince92 (/* You are not expected to understand this */)
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To: Professional Engineer

For a ~ 1Gig processor workunits are completed in one to five days running 24/7 depending on the size of the work unit. With eight processors running 24/7, I was getting ~ 2500 points/week. Now I'm only doing one processor about 4 to 6 hr/day - 2% of previous effort.


12 posted on 12/18/2005 10:29:10 AM PST by Paladin2 (If the political indictment's from Fitz, the jury always acquits.)
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To: texas booster

I've put this on my CAD station. The WU I have is 500 steps.


13 posted on 12/18/2005 10:29:54 AM PST by Professional Engineer (Why does everyone want to be Frank? What's wrong with being John or Pete?)
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To: texas booster

my team 36837 isnt doing too bad either http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=36837


14 posted on 12/18/2005 10:30:07 AM PST by prophetic
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To: texas booster

I think you do a lot better with "recruiting" here on FR if you'd explain what it is your doing. I don't have a clue other than you're looking for computers to help you do something. Security issues are a concern though.


15 posted on 12/18/2005 10:35:35 AM PST by jwh_Denver (I'd rather be daytrading.)
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To: ExDemSince92

Hey, feel free to toss CPUs our way. If you can borg that many CPUs you be in front in no time.


16 posted on 12/18/2005 10:36:51 AM PST by texas booster (Bless the legal immigrants!)
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To: Professional Engineer

Thanks mucho. CAD workstations do very well on this, fast processor, fast video and lots of RAM.

Now if you can run it 24/7 without any other processes getting in the way ...


17 posted on 12/18/2005 10:38:26 AM PST by texas booster (Bless the legal immigrants!)
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To: SteveMcKing

I did give up after more than a couple of hours. Ugh!
I've been running Seti software since '99, with 20,000 hrs of machine time. When I D/L'd BOINC I have no credit showing and Seti has not credited any time since mid-November. WTH, I quit. I can't get anything to do anything afer setting up project!

FRegards


18 posted on 12/18/2005 10:40:28 AM PST by citabria (Zoom, zoom, Boom, boom)
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To: prophetic

Not bad production at all. With the number of points ya'll generate with only 150 processors you stand a very good chance of being Top 100 fairly soon.

Let me guess - you are FoldnUpnGoenHome? Great name!


19 posted on 12/18/2005 10:40:40 AM PST by texas booster (Bless the legal immigrants!)
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To: texas booster

I signed up, will give it a try. Got a 500000 step work unit to run on my dual processor G4, so we'lll see how that goes. Can't run it if it slows down my work during the week, but I'll see how it runs tonight.


20 posted on 12/18/2005 10:48:35 AM PST by RetroSexual
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