(Vanity) Folding@Home - Team (we're still searching for a name), is now at #777 and still climbing.

Vanity | 03/03/2006 | Klutz_dohanger

[Klutz Dohanger]

Welcome to the folding at home thread. The previous thread has gotten too large, so we move on to yet another.

While this folding@home team is not officially sanctioned by Free Republic, it's members, or it's founders, it is comprised primarily of Free Republic members in good standing, who 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 Alzheimers, Cancer, and Mad Cow (BSE).

Currently, the team is in 777th place, having moved up from 1200th place, a week earlier, and is now in the top 100 teams, for daily contributions.

This is an entirely voluntary program, and if you want to learn more, links are provided to the program, or it is easily googled by "folding@home".

[soccer_maniac]

Thanks for the ping.

Please keep me on the ping list as well.

[soccer_maniac]

Free Republic Folders - A Tribute to Ronald Reagan

Date of last work unit	2006-01-04 05:23:45
Active CPUs within 50 days	333
Team Id	36120
Grand Score	325172 (certificate)
Work Unit Count	2748 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate)	754 of 42022
Home Page	http://www.freerepublic.com
Fast Teampage URL	http://fah-web.stanford.edu/teamstats/team36120.html

Team members

Rank (within team)	User	Score	WU
1	Klutz_dohanger	45255	408
2	Texas_Booster	24517	192
3	Malsua	23753	183
4	Compaq_Owner	21234	158
5	Dads_AMD3000	18445	64
6	Compaq_Owner3	12397	104
7	Ken_in_Texas	12169	54
8	umbagi	8073	73
9	Uriah	7761	75
10	bubba_sales	7195	60
11	Andrewksu	7178	49
12	T_Admin	6796	53
13	Jim	5799	44
14	Chesterbelloc	4934	45
15	rach_FR	4634	48
16	Kingu	4475	44
17	Tony1	4149	30
18	LSimpson	4121	25
19	dfwddr	4015	67
20	Jinx	3613	38
21	mediamole	3161	21
22	Steve_Wilson_1	2884	26
23	Hawkeyes_Girl	2594	12
24	Weasel	2512	22
25	Seamoth	2512	32
26	FRpapasmurf	2373	22
27	Vern_1	2359	20
28	BoT	2346	94
29	A.Hun	2308	22
30	ENDUSER_Michael	2298	16
31	mouser	2263	11
32	Mount_Athos	2127	16
33	kenth	2007	21
34	Professional_Engineer	1950	19
35	Compaq_Owner_David	1948	18
36	VICI	1810	17
37	Brian_Admin	1649	12
38	FourtySeven	1495	9
39	susan	1412	14
40	FReeper_Dundee	1406	3
41	VAcharonD1	1393	5
42	arderenne	1327	10
43	Tactical	1322	9
44	ValorDaus	1311	13
45	vidi	1230	12
46	Slothful1	1009	11
47	dangermouse	1008	7
48	ezsmoke	994	5
49	David_G_1	990	8
50	cgk	971	11
51	Kevin_Inspiron	952	6
52	Flyer_FR	921	11
53	VeniVidiVici	887	5
54	KGJ1	879	8
55	Senator_Bedfellow	868	4
56	Trax_Admin	848	7
57	RetroSexual	839	14
58	ShakeNJake	821	3
59	Veni	802	14
60	doc11355	793	14
61	greenbo	788	8
62	houeto	778	9
63	Klutza_dohanger	777	4
64	stylin19a	715	8
65	KGJ2	698	7
66	Tigermoth	692	5
67	FrogMom	646	2
68	PureSolace	646	2
69	MarkeyD	629	8
70	ewg	627	5
71	Happy_Babymoon	622	4
72	sales_don	616	4
73	fzx12345	609	7
74	Tami	594	4
75	non-anonymous	567	7
76	Big_Bobs_FTW_1	549	3
77	Pusterfuss	537	4
78	SamFromLivingston	533	9
79	xeniast	526	3
80	RebelTex	521	7
81	David_Griffith	453	4
82	Suzy_Que	452	3
83	BitDrifter	444	5
84	Hiredhand	438	5
85	Treb	436	6
86	Petronski	426	5
87	brityank	425	5
88	ArgentCent	423	3
89	Cralic	414	3
90	hessian	412	6
91	Regina_Plumm	407	4
92	Drango1	407	3
93	patricia_bell	405	3
94	FRstentor	398	5
95	HangThemHigh	388	2
96	Jacy	379	4
97	rodneymatlock	379	4
98	Mississippi_Freeper	374	4
99	DocRock	354	3
100	Craigon69	352	3
101	_MontanaDal	343	5
102	Cementjungle	333	3
103	1066AD	314	5
104	TheMightyQuinn	295	2
105	Vladimir_F	287	10
106	KJC1	287	3
107	Becky1	282	2
108	manwiththehands	257	2
109	colinhester	246	2
110	Katya	245	3
111	dblevins	241	1
112	DTwistedSisterS	241	1
113	pbrown	232	5
114	Swordmaker	230	5
115	sshultz460	206	1
116	Drachenfels	206	1
117	smith288	199	2
118	CPQ_1700	197	2
119	PCBMan	194	2
120	MONTANADAL	187	3
121	Hoplite	184	4
122	William_Helvig	184	4
123	Michael_K	182	1
124	Jeff_Musselman	182	1
125	Incredulous	182	1
126	Westlake	181	1
127	bpolhemus	180	2
128	Tax_Government	179	2
129	Heil_Dad	171	3
130	GL-Bartaholic	166	2
131	FReeper_Marie	166	1
132	BigBro1	166	1
133	gl_terri	157	2
134	Cody	153	1
135	JohninWAGL	153	1
136	David_White	141	2
137	placerville9	140	3
138	paengineer	138	3
139	paulat2	138	3
140	feefee	138	3
141	Brian_Allen	133	1
142	Roger__Heidt	131	2
143	walkerk	127	1
144	bbarr	126	2
145	ChadGore	94	2
146	Clara_Lou	93	1
147	GLDoug	92	2
148	SC_Swamp_Fox	92	2
149	uglybiker	86	1
150	freeper_krb	69	2
151	Pitcherfan19	48	1
152	RedWing9	48	1
153	InfraRed	47	3
154	Klurz_dohanger	46	1
155	mastercylinder	46	1
156	linda_gei	46	1
157	greenbo__	46	1
158	DocRock_2	46	1
159	WESTPALMSENIOR	46	1
160	greedo	46	1
161	Bobibutu	46	1
162	idiots_will_catch	46	2
163	LynnHam	46	1
164	Yokiepoo	46	1
165	MyMacMini	46	1
166	Anonymous	46	1
167	zeugma	46	1
168	HangnJudge	46	1
169	ARubin	46	1
170	jarod_1	19	1

[Malsua]

I like that :)

[generally]

I'm happy with just about anything the group chooses for a new name. "Team Gipper" seems appropriate in so many ways, conveying the conservative leanings of the group, and working toward a cure for Alzheimer's from which he suffered. "Folding in Pajamas" and its variants are my second choice.

[generally]

I'm generally not in favor of baiting the DU trolls, but in this case I'll make an exception. If it encourages them to sign up more computers, then it's a win-win!

[generally]

Now up to #748!

[RebelTex]

Yipppee - 7 WUs in 7 days with only 1 CPU - I'm climbing the chart, look out guys, here I come, LOL.

As far as team names go, I like the RR tribute idea.

I love the pic of RR - that's a keeper.

Here's some more name ideas::

Freeper Tribute to Ronnie
FR Tribute to Ronnie
Tribute to Ronnie
Free Radical Right  (kind of a play on words - 'free radicals' being oxidants leading to cancer)
Free Radical Right Wing
Free Radical Right Wing Conspiracy
FRRR   (Free Right - Ronald Reagan) (this one might get under Peta's skin, heheh.)

My apologies to all - I may have accidentally stirred up this hornets nest by drawing the attention of the mods.  I pinged a large list of FReepers that I thought might be interested in helping, and a few mods may have been on that list.  I also posted a summary on the Texas state board.  Instead of drawing support for the project, I may have caused the problem -  Mea Culpa.

I hope the team continues in some form.  Please let me know.  

[FourtySeven]

A worthy cause to be sure! I was disappointed to read the bruhaha on the last thread, but I'm just glad we're allowed to continue with regular threads advertising the project! I'm thankful for that.

I have added another machine, but it's not nearly as fast. (the one I'm typing on now actually) At this rate, I think we'll have a shot at being in one of the top 50 listed by the end of the year!

For a new name, I liked the "Conservative Folders" proposed on the last thread. Also, perhaps "Folding One for the Gipper". Or maybe "Folding for the Gipper".

[csmusaret]

re# 46; So were my puns.

[soccer_maniac]

I hope the team continues in some form. Please let me know.

The team IS FOLDING ON. In fact, we've accumulated 43,000 points since the "incident" and we're on track to be in the Top 700 in 2 days. There's no stopping (or slowing) this team!

[FourtySeven]

I wouldn't worry about the "hornets nest" too much. hehe It's unfortunate there seems to be such reluctance, but like I said previously, at least we're allowed to remain with the threads, continuing to advertise such a worthy cause. I think it's a more than fair comprimise. After all we didn't really loose anything, in terms of standing or the work done. We just have to change the name that's all.

I think I read this issue on the last thread, and it's really the only "just" criticism of the project. But it's easily answered too:

Why not just use a supercomputer?

Modern supercomputers are essentially clusters of hundreds of processors linked by fast networking. The speed of these processors is comparable to (and often slower than) those found in PCs! Thus, if an algorithm (like ours) does not need the fast networking, it will run just as fast on a supercluster as a supercomputer. However, our application needs not the hundreds of processors found in modern supercomputers, but hundreds of thousands of processors. Hence, the calculations performed on Folding@Home would not be possible by any other means! Moreover, even if we were given exclusive access to all of the supercomputers in the world, we would still have fewer cycles than we do with the Folding@Home cluster! This is possible since PC processors are now very fast and there are hundreds of millions of PCs sitting idle in the world.

http://folding.stanford.edu/faq.html#project.supercomputer

So to ask, "Why doesn't Stanford just buy a supercomputer, or buy their own computers?" is to underestimate exactly how many computers are involved in this project, and also, to overestimate the computing power of supercomputers. It also vastly underestimates exactly what is required in terms of computing power. As "protein folding" is an extremely complex calculation, and, as we know from the human genome project, there are probably close to 50,000 proteins in the body, many yet unidentified much less their unique "fold" (or conformation in 3 D space) described, it's rather clear that even all the supercomputers in the world couldn't do a better job than the vast super "cluster" of CPU's a project like this creates.

[Feiny]

Thank you both for your answers. They were helpful & I will sign up later today.

[PCBMan]

I joined up after discovering the beginning of the previous thread two days ago. Completed 2 WU's so far. When each one is finished I have to stop and restart the program to get it to send, and repeat that to get the new WU to download. I have a new PC and a DSL connection, and leave it running. Any suggestions?

[soccer_maniac]

Team Ranking #749 of 42,023

[Bobibutu]

" Instead of drawing support for the project, I may have caused the problem - Mea Culpa."

Your enthusiasm is to be commended.

It's usually good to try and stay below the radar - the story of the cold night, the bird, the fresh cow paddie and the cat comes to mind. ":^)

[texas booster]

If you are running the console version then you will need to restart your system, if it was configured to start as a service when you first installed.

If not check out these instructions by Klutz:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550060/posts#13

A reboot cures most issues.

[paulat]

I'm happy with just about anything the group chooses for a new name. "Team Gipper" seems appropriate in so many ways, conveying the conservative leanings of the group, and working toward a cure for Alzheimer's from which he suffered.

I concur. (...plugging along on a 182-pointer that won't be done for days....)

[soccer_maniac]

Free Republic Folders - A Tribute to Ronald Reagan

Date of last work unit	2006-01-04 09:18:31
Active CPUs within 50 days	334
Team Id	36120
Grand Score	329687 (certificate)
Work Unit Count	2795 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate)	747 of 42024
Home Page	http://www.freerepublic.com
Fast Teampage URL	http://fah-web.stanford.edu/teamstats/team36120.html

[Clara Lou]

Hey, I'm plugging along on a Tinker WU that is going to wind up taking 13 or 14 days ~sigh~ for 239 pts. On the other hand my iMac G4 will finish a 49-pointer sometime in the next 24 hours. Patience, I gotta have patience.

[paulat]

Patience, I gotta have patience.

So true...I want patience...RIGHT AWAY!!!