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FR Folding@Home Project Update - 2 MILLION points & we're in the Top200
soccer_maniac
| 2-21-06
| soccer_maniac
Posted on 02/21/2006 10:13:18 AM PST by soccer_maniac
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To: Malsua
Cool... between your jump, and my Mardi Gras weekend updates, now until Wednesday, we should see some healthy daily stats.
Of course, mine will drop back down, wednesday night, when the energy czars have their way.....
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posted on
02/24/2006 9:33:11 PM PST
by
Klutz Dohanger
(Folding - Help science, as you browse the web. Team#36120)
To: Klutz Dohanger
I just hope I dont come across as an ASS since I Instructed my ops NOT to shut idle machines down.
We'll see. heh. I can tell them not to do it, if they behave, we'll see. :)
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posted on
02/24/2006 9:39:13 PM PST
by
Malsua
To: Malsua
woo hoo... a 24,000 point day for the KLutz... looks like my lab instructors, followed directions for a change :)
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posted on
02/24/2006 10:26:04 PM PST
by
Klutz Dohanger
(Folding - Help science, as you browse the web. Team#36120)
To: soccer_maniac
Observations:
1) Yay! We had a HUGE 24 hour point total! 61,000+! SISD, for those who care, is seeing us a lot closer in the rear-view.
2) The DUmpster is so far behind, they can't even smell the exhaust of our afterburners, although this one doesn't get it:
ribofunk Donating Member
6. Finally Got Around to Signing Up
we'll catch up with those freepers yet.
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posted on
02/25/2006 5:50:12 AM PST
by
Clara Lou
(A conservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality. --I. Kristol)
To: soccer_maniac; All
Points last 24 hrs. 61,918!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
02/25/2006 7:00:11 AM PST
by
houeto
(Mr. President, close our borders now!)
To: soccer_maniac
Oh yea, and we changed colors! Average daily points: 51,018!!!!!!!!!!!
186
posted on
02/25/2006 7:06:51 AM PST
by
houeto
(Mr. President, close our borders now!)
To: DocRock
187
posted on
02/25/2006 8:03:12 AM PST
by
DocRock
To: houeto
188
posted on
02/25/2006 8:37:05 AM PST
by
soccer_maniac
(Do some good while browsing FR --> Join our Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding@home)
To: DocRock
Team "CHIP ASIA - Folding@Home" (#194) ahead of us by 6,201 points
We may overtake them with the next update
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posted on
02/25/2006 8:39:39 AM PST
by
soccer_maniac
(Do some good while browsing FR --> Join our Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding@home)
To: soccer_maniac; Klutz Dohanger; Malsua; texas booster; All
FYI -- I've seen a few people ask about extra electrticity usage while doing their Folding but don't recall seeing any discussion about it.
A few weeks back I bought one of those fancy Kill-A-Watt devices and decided to check it out.
While idling, my main machine draws about 124-125 watts, as soon as I crank up Folding the consumption rises to 150-151. So, running Folding on this machine is about the equivalent of a 25W light bulb. Obviously, your mileage will vary depending on the processor in use. :-)
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posted on
02/25/2006 8:44:51 AM PST
by
ken in texas
(folding yesterday, folding today, folding tomorrow..... team #36120)
To: ken in texas
Seems correct. From the FAQ http://folding.stanford.edu/faq.html#misc.power
How much power/money is used by keeping a F@H running 24/7 on a computer? Roughly, a CPU uses about as much power as a watt light bulb. Here's a report on computer power management from Lawrence Berkeley government labs, and there are other references on the web you can find. Although power supplies on most computers are rated at 400 watts, average usage is lower. On average, a Pentium-type computer uses about 100 watts (if the monitor is off). So, the daily difference between off and running F@H is about 24x100 = 2.4 kWh. At $0.15 per kWh ( from PG&E here in California), this works out to about $0.36 per day. In general, lighting and climate control use a much larger share of household power than computers do. So the best bet for cutting costs and conserving energy would be to turn off lights, turn off your computer monitors (which use more power than a CPU), and turn down the heat.
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posted on
02/25/2006 8:55:16 AM PST
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: soccer_maniac
Thread on the U.S.S. Reagan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1585391/posts
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posted on
02/25/2006 9:23:32 AM PST
by
Thom Pain
(Supporting the Constitution is NOT right wing. It is centrist.)
To: Thom Pain
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posted on
02/25/2006 9:45:10 AM PST
by
RebelTex
(Help cure diseases: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548372/posts)
To: Drango
Thanks for the power usage thing... My other half wants to shut down the computers at night. I've been keeping mine on and he turns his off at night... But, if he sees mine is on, he will turn it off. .. .
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posted on
02/25/2006 9:56:49 AM PST
by
abner
(Looking for a new tagline- Next outrage please!- Got it! PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS LOST IN THE USA!)
To: soccer_maniac
Team "CHIP ASIA - Folding@Home" (#194) ahead of us by 6,201 points We may overtake them with the next update
We passed 'em.
9,057 points in the last update. We could hit 60K points today.
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posted on
02/25/2006 10:07:24 AM PST
by
SC Swamp Fox
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To: abner
My other half wants to shut down the computers at night $0.36 per day
But for many of us it's not an electrical cost issue! In earlier threads, it was noted that most geeks and many large corporations keep their 'puters on 24/7. That's because turning a 'puter on and off is the most destructive thing you can do to it. Think of a light bulb. When does it fail? When you first turn it on and the power surges through it. Now think of the miniature circuits, resistors, capacitors etc on a motherboard. The power surge isn't good for it at all.
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posted on
02/25/2006 10:10:39 AM PST
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: papasmurf
How in the world do you get only 1 point on a wu?
That just sucks!
278 Cincinnatus 1 1
:O)
P
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posted on
02/25/2006 10:18:12 AM PST
by
papasmurf
(Join Free Republic Folders. Folding@Home Team # 36120)
To: ken in texas
While idling, my main machine draws about 124-125 watts, as soon as I crank up Folding the consumption rises to 150-151. So, running Folding on this machine is about the equivalent of a 25W light bulb.Very interesting. Thanks.
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posted on
02/25/2006 10:20:25 AM PST
by
houeto
(Mr. President, close our borders now!)
To: papasmurf
How in the world do you get only 1 point on a wu?Weird!
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posted on
02/25/2006 10:23:43 AM PST
by
houeto
(Mr. President, close our borders now!)
To: houeto
Yeah, it is. Looking the the protein noun, I see it is supposed to reward 404 points.
2107 171.64.122.141 p2107_lambda_5way_melt_4_10011 1258 78.00 114.00 404.00 100 GROMACS
Wonder what happened?
:O)
P
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posted on
02/25/2006 10:37:30 AM PST
by
papasmurf
(Join Free Republic Folders. Folding@Home Team # 36120)
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