(Vanity) Free Republic Folders Search for a Cure for Cancer, Alzheimer's (and beat down DU!)

Stanford University ^ | 01/29/2006 | Texas Booster

[kAcknor]

Thanks for the welcome. Put me on the ping list. I normally have 4 systems running at any one time, If the program works out on this one I'll add the others also.

[texas booster]

A link between Stanford and the world was down. Probably Sunday morning maintenance.

[ken in texas]

Thanks for starting the new thread!!

I'm back on-line now... my primary system had the boot drive go flaky Thursday night. I think things are finally close to reasonably stable. :-)

[Hoplite]

Used to be on the SETI@Home team until they went Bionic only, that thing screwed with my system.

You must have had the "blow-out, vapor three" bug.

[HangnJudge]

In short, the team at Stanford is way too busy to move points from one team to another.

Appreciate that their primary task is to find answers for Alzheimer's Disease and allied disorders

I'm just whining

I don't want to change any team's assigned points
Just my personal total
Lost access to computer network for a while
And had to quit

240282 credits is just a lot to walk away from.....
It's more than Klutz_dohanger, our fearless leader, has - 233514

I'm just whining

[Paladin2]

The FAH official site keeps a combined total and associated ranking for those with points earned for multiple teams (but with the same user name).

[kAcknor]

You must have had the "blow-out, vapor three" bug.

Well, Oscar said he could fix it, but I didn't have the money... ;)

[DocRock]

Sunday Bookmark

[HangnJudge]

Thanks

Keep on folding

[SC Swamp Fox]

That is really cool.

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[fanfan]

Thanks for the ping.

I used to do SETI, but was told I would wear down my hard drive, or in some way shorten the ultimate life time of my computer.

Can you explain why that wouldn't happen?

[Route66]

This is a "Please consider joining the team" bump.

[Wheee The People]

I used to do SETI, but was told I would wear down my hard drive, or in some way shorten the ultimate life time of my computer.

I can't think of anything, and there are some ultra geeks who "fold" and would highlight the dangers if they were there. If you aren't overclocking your computer and it's clean, there is no reason that your cpu should overheat. And it uses the harddrive so little it's not worth any concern. In a strange sense if you run F@H on your computer 24/7 it will be healthier than turning it on and off.

[SC Swamp Fox]

We're catching the FReepers! We have them right where we want them!

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[fanfan]

Alright. :-)

Good explanation.

I'm in.

Thank you.

[Senator Bedfellow]

See if they hotlink that one ;)

[fanfan]

Would the new 5.04 beta text only version be better in any way?

[SC Swamp Fox]

Hee-he.

Here's the screenshot: DUped!

[ken in texas]

I used to do SETI, but was told I would wear down my hard drive, or in some way shorten the ultimate life time of my computer.

And did this person tell you what facts were used to develop that opinion??

I suppose we could take the extremist view and say that even checking email and surfing Free Republic shortens the life of your computer. :-) However, as long as your hardware is in good condition and has adequate cooling / ventilation, all should be fine. Folding uses the processor as much as it can, you can always throttle it back a bit if you want it to use less. Checkpoints are written to the hard drive every 20-30 minutes or so.