Posted on 01/15/2006 9:32:31 AM PST by texas booster
OK, new thread for the next week.
First, a big shout out to the SETI and BOINC 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 456 processors and 209 user names. We have a number of new users in the team, with over a dozen folders now from GetLoaded.com all popping onto the hit list this week.
Special mention to Klutz Dohanger, who has quietly volunteered over 100 systems to fold. That is 20% of all of the Free Republic Folders systems actively engaged in research. Klutz is the first to earn 100,000 points.
We now have ten members who have contributed at least 10,000 points each. Malsua, Ken in Texas, Andrewksu, LSimpson and kingu have all reached this milestone, and Uriah will join them next week. Great job!
Even more impressive, our team now boasts 113 members who have folded at least 1,000 points. That is more than the entire number of CPUs folding for our erstwhile left-wing environazi competitors!
Free Republic Folding@Home Stats Page
On the global front, Free Republic Folders is now listed at # 487. We are poised to overtake (today):
MaximumCPU (these guys are serious overclockers)
BadgerBadgerBadger
ECU-SCIS-Cluster (82 CPU cluster in Australia)
BensCustomCases
Greenland HS in Winslow, AR Tech Labs
and the Univ of Stoney Brook Math Club, Stoney Brook NY
As we continue to grow there are a number of milestones coming around the bend:
Top 400 by next Friday
Top 300 by the end of the month
We have 610,000 points so far and have folded over 5,000 WU. We will reach:
750,000 points by Jan 24
1,000,000 points by mid February
Thanks again to all that are helping us advance science and promote the peaceful use of computers.
Extreme Overclockers Stats for Free Republic ^
Thanks :o) It's been frustrating as heck.
How long does it take for a system to show up as inactive? Some of the WUs take several days to finish and with a power glitch or internet interruption they might not get returned for over a week. Would that cause them to appear as "not in service"?
Team Overtake estimates:
400 in 1 day.
300 in 14 days.
200 in 2 months.
100 in 8 months.
1500 in 5 days
1000 in 35 days
500 in 7 months
Used? Get a new system...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103539
Here is why Fry's is so eeeeeeeeeeeevvvvvvvvvvvvvvillllllllll...You can get the MB & CPU for about the same low price as newegg charges for the cpu alone!
http://www.netaffilia.com/ad/electronics/frys/i/2006/01/20/14855.html
I hate Fry's.
Overtake estimates:
Lemme see if I got this -
the smaller the group # i.e.,500 - 1000 vs 1001 - 1500 the sharper the incline of the curve to get there ... and the more effort and or time to get there ...
Uhhhh sooo if one is in the top 100 - the slope really get steep for overtakes and to displace #1- 10 or whatever it must be an almost vetical climb.
Close is relative. # 400 and # 500 are massive amounts of energy apart.
FR is going to move from 200 to 100 in 6 months? Awesome!
DU hits 500 in 7 months will still be light years behind FR 100 in 8 months ....
So it seems all we can do is bait them and have some reserves ready - I am going to buy a "cruncher this quarter - just for fun - and be on the lookout for some computer lab honey who wants to get married :-)
http://www.netaffilia.com/ad/electronics/frys/i/2006/01/20/14832.html
Also for $179 bucks I can get a brand new, AMD 2400+, internet ready system w/Linux. Dang, I can't really upgrade my old PIII for that. I hate Fry's.
You've hit the reason I havn't already jumped on making a cluster of old junk. I know that recent cpus are vastly superior to old stuff and it's just so cheap, I keep thinking why bother. I can buy some really cheap stuff, load a working linux distro on it and park it in a rack.
My only comment is that if you buy an ECS motherboard instead of an ABIT or an ASUS you're buying garbage that will likely cripple the performance. Shrug. Just my opinion. Willing to be wrong if someone can show me that a no-name chinese board can outperform Abit/Asus.
In otherwords the price was right, as in *free* when I bought it as a combo at Frys. (Did I mention I hate Fry's)
I have zero issues with that. If you know what you're getting into and it does what you want...fair enough.
What I DO know is that boards that are not build for speed, open Excel and Word like champs, but when it comes to cranking cycles in games or folding proteins flop like fish out of water.
I am not trying to say that you have a system that doesn't do what you want/need. Far from it. Many systems do exactly that. I build gaming rigs which also excel at folding proteins, so I'm a purist in that respect. You will probably do great with that one. It's simply something I wouldn't do. Shrug, no biggie, have it it. It'll prolly do great. I'm not one to judge.
ok, I had to restart when I got home from work this evening and I've lost the little green icon that was in my dock (and the screen i could minimize/hide).
I found the folding@home folder in my library, but what do I click on to get my icon back (I'll put him permanently in the dock this time) and the screen that shows the protein? Is my mac still folding?
I've had a long day (and really long week), so my brain is fried.
5.56mm
http://forum.folding-community.org/viewforum.php?f=8
http://teammacosx.homeunix.com/forum/cgi-bin/ikonboard.pl
I know squattro about MACs but the above two forum should be able to help you. Somone else here may be able to offer specific advise. Fold on!
thanks
I'll check those links out when I get home tomorrow after work.
I have been on this wu for about three days now and I'm only at step 62. Completed 12400000 of 20000000 steps. Do you know what the heck that means and how long before the work unit is finished?
Yea, that is a darn good price for new stuff. But for a no thrill folding farm, I'll be looking for dirt cheap, darn near free, bargains. A rack of 5 or 6 old PIII/P4 MB with nothing more then a NIC with a powersupply modified to power two MB's. Not costing more then $200. That's part of the fun for me, seeing how much horse power for as little cash as possible. I've seen a few PIII/P4 auctions including the CPU go for less then $30.
This is the guide I plan to follow. Already got the server and an old hub. I'll try to start with 4 MB/CPU/NIC combos, 2 PWR Supplies with spliced power cables, and some more CAT5.
Yeah I had glanced at that set-up several weeks ago when I had a serious geek on. It's several orders of magnitude above my linux and configuration skill level. Still I admire anyone who can follow the instructions and get it done. Fold on!
Oh and as I said before...craigslist has some near free "stuff".
The curve is definitely steeper where we're sitting, and only gets steeper from here on. We have to post about 30,000 points, just to move from 408 to 399. The gaps between the teams, are anywhere from 2,000 to 5,000, not 10-100 points. They're still cruising through deadwood, and while they may be making great mileage now, they're about to hit the hill country.
Also, it's about consistency, and staying active, long enough to accumulate the multi-million point totals.
and don't worry about the reserve. I don't have much time at work these days, but mid to late February, I know... I keep threatening, but there are a few hundred machines, that are just waiting to receive their clients. Actually, 23 computer labs, with 30 machines each, each and every one at least a PIV, 1.8 ghz or better, Dell Optiplex.
Pity none of y'all are near south Mississippi, and have a few spare hours, to donate to just loading the console.
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