(WooHoo! TOP 250!) Free Republic Folders Search for a Cure for Cancer, Alzheimer's

Stanford University ^ | 02/05/2006 | Texas Booster

[texas booster]

OK, new thread for the next week, now that Pittsburgh has another Super Bowl ring.

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 714 processors and 271 user names. We have a number of new users in the team, with over a 50 computers now from GetLoaded.com, a trucking support website, all contributing while their owners ply our freeways keeping the nation moving.

We now have 22 members who have contributed at least 10,000 points each. Greenbo, stylin19a, and smith288 are the latest to reach this milestone. Chesterbelloc and mediamole will join them this next week. Great job! Even dfwddr will make this mark one day ;`)

Even more impressive, our team now boasts 180 members who have folded at least 1,000 points. That is more than the entire number of folders for our erstwhile left-wing environazi competitors!

Free Republic Folding@Home Stats Page

On the global front, Free Republic Folders is now listed at # 268. We will be in the Top 250 on Wednesday!

As we continue to grow there are a number of milestones coming around the bend:

Top 250 by February 10
Top 200 by the end of the February

We have 1,350,000 points so far and have folded over 10,000 WU. We will soon reach an exalted mark of folding a million points per month, each and every month! Fantastic!

Thanks again to all that are helping us advance science and promote the peaceful use of computers.

Extreme Overclockers Stats for Free Republic

[RebelTex]

"How did you set this up?"

Good Question - I'm not sure, LOL.   I'm running Linux, so I downloaded the console (no window version available for Linux) and then said yes to advanced methods.  I think it asked if I wanted to run it as a service and I said yes.  I think I may have also used a couple of settings that I maybe should not have - not really sure what I did, but here's a link to a good install guide (I found it after I did my install - I may redo it using their tools but I don't have time right now).

The Ultimate FAH Install Guide

Hope that helps.

BTW - I don't really know much about Linux - I just followed someone's suggestion and downloaded the Mepis version of it and it installed without any configuration from me - found all the hardware & got the drivers right, etc.

RT

[Paladin2]

The only problem is that the GUI client sometimes wants to be restarted (crashes and needs to be restarted) when it gets a new WU. Never a point loss and it doesn't always happen. The GUI is in the start folder and the console is manually started from the "run" line (where the computer remembers the command string - though it sometimes needs to be "run" twice to get it going).

I'd like to point out that the GUI seems to represent the actual unit that is being folded. I have an 1809 that has THREE intertwined spirals and is cool to watch being displayed from the different perspectives as it progresses.

[Katya]

Folding Freepers bump...btw anyone can do this. My eleven year old loves clicking on the cog to see how we're doing.
Let's add another fifty folding freepers!!!!

[DocRock]

Tuesday Bookmark

[Drango]

folding bump

[soccer_maniac]

Free Republic Folders - A Tribute to Ronald Reagan

Date of last work unit	2006-02-07 06:10:13
Active CPUs within 50 days	724
Team Id	36120
Grand Score	1394264 (certificate)
Work Unit Count	10471 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate)	265 of 42660
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	371682	2820
2	Malsua	77937	575
3	Texas_Booster	41147	315
4	VeniVidiVici	29692	162
5	LSimpson	25679	181
6	Kingu	23620	132
7	Ken_in_Texas	22555	158
8	Compaq_Owner	22136	172
9	Andrewksu	21203	187
10	FRpapasmurf	20179	152
11	arderenne	19554	79
12	Dads_AMD3000	18445	64
13	Senator_Bedfellow	16640	66
14	ValorDaus	16105	143
15	rach_FR	15740	138
16	Craigon69	14481	60
17	Uriah	14477	121
18	Compaq_Owner3	12490	105
19	walkerk	11044	73
20	greenbo	10721	71
21	smith288	10710	73
22	stylin19a	10517	65
23	mediamole	9670	91
24	Chesterbelloc	9465	80
25	dfwddr	8917	134
26	InfraRed	8808	64
27	Bush_Democrat	8275	59
28	TheMightyQuinn	8172	39
29	umbagi	8073	74
30	DocRock	7931	54
31	mouser	7892	55
32	bubba_sales	7846	64
33	zeugma	7479	50
34	ezsmoke	7226	32
35	Jim	7069	55
36	Drango1	6982	53
37	T_Admin	6796	53
38	Hawkeyes_Girl	6665	49
39	Weasel	6391	48
40	FrogMom	6309	46
41	VICI	6289	49
42	Seamoth	6280	56
43	Derllak	6167	38
44	A.Hun	5982	66
45	MarkeyD	5977	51
46	colinhester	5932	39
47	Mount_Athos	5778	35
48	vidi	5634	52
49	ewg	5471	39
50	Professional_Engineer	5426	41
51	Happy_Babymoon	5392	37
52	TChad	5366	38
53	HangThemHigh	5337	35
54	Veni	5263	53
55	JohninWAGL	5154	35
56	oblomov_1	4962	26
57	Petronski	4875	40
58	Egon	4585	84
59	FReeper_Dundee	4403	35
60	hessian	4391	36
61	fostendug	4336	32
62	BoT	4332	135
63	Tony1	4331	31
64	Compaq_Owner_David	4265	38
65	Steve_Wilson_1	4146	34
66	KJC1	4076	27
67	1066AD	4056	27
68	sshultz460	3948	26
69	Hiredhand	3883	29
70	RedWing9	3850	35
71	doc11355	3813	40
72	Vern_1	3797	37
73	bbarr	3770	27
74	houeto	3721	30
75	FRstentor	3702	27
76	patricia_bell	3639	23
77	Jinx	3613	38
78	SilentServiceCPO	3592	23
79	_MontanaDal	3580	27
80	mombrown1	3511	24
81	rodneymatlock	3500	25
82	Advil000	3495	17
83	Treb	3486	39
84	Jacy	3443	23
85	Flyer_FR	3409	28
86	HangnJudge	3404	20
87	paengineer	3399	39
88	KGJ1	3377	23
89	FourtySeven	3355	35
90	Freeper_Drago	3314	25
91	j_tull	3273	19
92	kenth	3226	30
93	RebelTex	3133	57
94	dangermouse	3112	22
95	bpolhemus	3112	27
96	Brian_Allen	3088	21
97	PCBMan	3075	19
98	freeper_krb	3003	22
99	SoCalRocket	2991	20
100	Tatze	2974	20
101	Drachenfels	2963	22
102	hoping2help2	2901	18
103	ShakeNJake	2796	24
104	Katya	2796	18
105	Slothful1	2779	24
106	Foldspace	2686	17
107	Mississippi_Freeper	2660	20
108	evilC	2639	19
109	Bobibutu	2609	24
110	fzx12345	2590	20
111	Tigermoth	2583	20
112	non-anonymous	2581	20
113	Incredulous	2558	16
114	Thom_Pain	2548	27
115	KGJ2	2431	18
116	cgk	2428	22
117	Cody	2421	20
118	BigBro1	2420	21
119	pbrown	2340	20
120	eyespysomething	2330	14
121	VAcharonD1	2319	14
122	ENDUSER_Michael	2298	16
123	Ladypixel	2276	17
124	hoping2help	2247	13
125	SC_Swamp_Fox	2111	16
126	MnJohnnie	2104	11
127	William_Helvig	2103	15
128	gl_terri	2092	14
129	Klutza_dohanger	2064	11
130	GaltMeister	2036	14
131	Tonystransportation	2023	16
132	glockrocks	1989	18
133	Yokiepoo	1916	11
134	Hoplite	1913	12
135	Swordmaker	1908	21
136	geritol	1889	10
137	David_White	1835	12
138	LynnHam	1821	17
139	Regina_Plumm	1791	15
140	holly_go_rightly	1770	9
141	farsighted	1705	9
142	Brian_Admin	1649	12
143	GL-Bartaholic	1645	15
144	Clara_Lou	1638	14
145	susan	1624	16
146	SamFromLivingston	1623	15
147	MathyKathy	1572	8
148	idiots_will_catch	1563	18
149	Route66_FreeRepublic	1544	11
150	placerville9	1539	15
151	nsa2318	1518	9
152	Linda_Geiger	1512	9
153	brityank	1508	14
154	Dplowdude	1491	14
155	Suzzee	1458	8
156	Mrs_1066AD	1443	9
157	ThirdOrder	1394	8
158	Cralic	1363	10
159	Sunshine55	1329	9
160	Tactical	1322	9
161	jimfree	1279	8
162	Pusterfuss	1274	9
163	xeniast	1249	6
164	RetroSexual	1248	17
165	Mike_Medved	1238	9
166	feefee	1195	11
167	Pikus	1188	9
168	FReeper_Marie	1176	10
169	rrapson	1161	7
170	David_G_1	1143	9
171	c505ber	1094	7
172	Kevin_Inspiron	1088	7
173	manwiththehands	1087	7
174	BitDrifter	1087	9
175	greedo	1070	8
176	uglybiker	1057	8
177	mastercylinder	1050	6
178	WESTPALMSENIOR	1039	7
179	amigatec	1038	6
180	paulat2	1009	9
181	GLDoug	1003	8
182	Incorrigible	995	7
183	kacknor	990	6
184	ArgentCent	969	6
185	Freeper_KOZ.	954	8
186	MyMacMini	934	12
187	NonValueAdded	889	4
188	Cementjungle	872	7
189	Trax_Admin	848	7
190	dbender5555	788	4
191	OldsDontFloat	772	4
192	sales_don	749	5
193	Kosst_Amojan	740	6
194	PureSolace	733	4
195	ArgentCzar	729	4
196	HBAR223	693	6
197	GoldCountryRedneck	693	7
198	DTwistedSisterS	675	9
199	SoDak	648	5
200	GL_DAME	635	3
201	Suzy_Que	616	5
202	SlicksaDk	603	3
203	Where_are_my_marbles,_Nancy?	600	1
204	aaiken	600	1
205	Tami	594	4
206	ShadowSnakeX	560	5
207	Big_Bobs_FTW_1	549	3
208	Jeff_Musselman	527	4
209	G_Thomas_Wilson	518	4
210	twinzmommy	516	6
211	SV	482	2
212	Roger__Heidt	478	4
213	Westlake	476	5
214	David_Griffith	453	4
215	Camel_Joe	438	6
216	Becky1	435	3
217	bgalbreath	395	5
218	Tax_Government	345	3
219	spunkets	344	4
220	Zcrack	340	4
221	Vladimir_F	287	10
222	ARubin	287	2
223	MRadtke	285	2
224	dblevins	241	1
225	melt	241	1
226	Izzy_Dunne	241	1
227	cdgent	206	1
228	CPQ_1700	197	2
229	MONTANADAL	187	3
230	Michael_K	182	1
231	Clintons_Are_White_Trash	182	1
232	FRpapasmurf_client	181	1
233	Heil_Dad	171	3
234	ChadGore	168	4
235	Jess35	166	1
236	Fanfan1	166	1
237	DB5555	153	1
238	unruly.human	133	3
239	Shadow_Deamon	128	1
240	Anonymous	92	2
241	BellStar	92	2
242	Pitcherfan19	48	1
243	Fanskar	48	1
244	Klurz_dohanger	46	1
245	linda_gei	46	1
246	greenbo__	46	1
247	DocRock_2	46	1
248	Zach_Erskine	41	1
249	jarod_1	19	1

[soccer_maniac]

DU plans to take their team "to the next level"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=337518&mesg_id=337518

[soccer_maniac]

DU stats & charts

[houeto]

Thanks for the graphics!

[zeugma]

I'll check it out. Thanks!

[processing please hold]

Article should probably downplay the freeper competition.

Wise decision. lolololol

[papasmurf]

You're the greatest, Texas_Booster..THANKS! (btw-I'm sittin' in Lubbock right now. LOL)

If you don't mind, I'd like to copy/paste that on the GL site for those that can't get here, ok?

I know this "shout out" will make them all smile and proud.

:O)

P

[texas booster]

All of us at Free Republic are very appreciative that so many of the GetLoaded gang are helping out research (and our team).

Just like to give tangible thanks to those that give so altruistically.

Ya'll are great!

[soccer_maniac]

altruistically

SAT word of the day, LOL :)

[fanfan]

My home, my computer, my folding team!

LOL!

Fold on, FRiend!

[fanfan]

HT environment

What does that mean?

[Paladin2]

Hyper-Threading. Roughly, a process where by a single program can run faster by using two processors or processes more or less simultaneously.

[fanfan]

Thanks Paladin.

[RebelTex]

mid-week bump

[soccer_maniac]

We're #256 with 727 CPUs.