Posted on 02/12/2006 1:46:32 PM PST by soccer_maniac
Welcome to the new FreeRepublic folding@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 250+ members comprised primarily of Free Republic members in good standing 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 Alzheimer's, Cancer, and Mad Cow (BSE).
Currently, the team is in 241st 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, please see the links posted below (or read one of the previous 8 folding threads)
I'm co-opting my husband's PC. Won't he be surprised!
I unistalled the GUI version, installed the console version as a service (with my user name) and shared the directory to my home network so I can monitor it from my main desktop.
If done correctly, he won't even know. : )
Unfortunately he's pretty computer-savvy so I think he'd notice! Besides, he'd be wondering why it's even on. He's mostly using his Mac laptop lately--my next target!
Not necessarily, I just discovered.
I don't do a lot of game playing, but I just tried to play Total Annihilation. The game kept minimizing after only a couple of full-screen sessions. I finally narrowed it down to F@H (the GUI version). Even pausing work didn't do it. I actually had to quit the utility before the game would operate correctly.
Might be bacause it's an older game. Might be because I'm not using the console version of F@H on this machine. Who knows. Just thought I'd bring it up, though, just in case someone else experiences it.
Done playing now-- F@H is back up and running...
Try the console. I think that OpenGL display really kills some video cards.
I've got two clients online now. I should have a third in the next month or two.
What's a good monitoring program?
Ok, I joined. Please add me to your ping list!
FahMon is very good for monitoring one or more machines over a local network. It gives you % done, estimated finish time, project name & number, points available, and other useful stuff.
http://fahmon.silent-blade.org/index.php/Main/HomePage
I also noticed that on older games my display jumps between the game and the desktop when running the GUI version. While the game runs OK F@H cannot adjust the PixelFormat and abends.
I now turn it off before older games, and run the console version on another system.
All your co-opters are belong to us.
BTTT
I just realized that there is another Team Ronald Reagan
http://fahstats.com/tr.php?t=616
Just looked at the team. Consists of two active folders and 7 total.
Its nice to have folders other than FReepers helping the cause.
I keep the console version on most systems and the GUI on my fastest system. Maybe I need another fast system to play solitaire on ...
Sorry to all for the misinformation. My daughter and my wife both play a few games om their computers, and I haven't heard any complaints, so I assumed there would be no problems. The only game I play is MOHAA, and I haven't played it in months. I guess I'll dig it out and try it to see what happens. Sorry all.
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