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FR Folding@Home Project Update - We're in the Top 190 teams (A Tribute to Ronald Reagan)
soccer_maniac ^ | soccer_maniac

Posted on 02/27/2006 6:44:55 AM PST by soccer_maniac

Time for a new FreeRepublic folding@home thread.

Our FreeRepublic team of 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 188th place (with 940 CPUs - 15,725 completed Work Units and 2,330,000 points)

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)


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To: Craigon

Question: Is everyone's output dropping?


221 posted on 03/06/2006 10:14:56 AM PST by Clara Lou (A conservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality. --I. Kristol)
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To: Craigon

It appears that every team's output has taken a noticeable dip. [I picked five teams randomly to check.]


222 posted on 03/06/2006 10:28:19 AM PST by Clara Lou (A conservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality. --I. Kristol)
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To: soccer_maniac

No one pulled the plug, they're still folding normally. Every team's output is down right now.


223 posted on 03/06/2006 10:59:54 AM PST by ahayes
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To: ahayes

Output. Dropping. Bump.


224 posted on 03/06/2006 12:03:28 PM PST by houeto (Mr. President, close our borders now!)
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To: Clara Lou; All
I concur. Checking some of the teams just ahead of us:

SISD = down
TSC!Russia = down
klfteam1 = down
PC Mag Greek Edition = down
Totally InTo Science = Well, they are knida bouncing up and down.
225 posted on 03/06/2006 12:41:55 PM PST by dfwddr (Join our Folding@Home team (Team# 36120) keyword:folding.)
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To: dfwddr
Totally InTo Science = Well, they are knida bouncing up and down.

Need.New.Keyboard...

226 posted on 03/06/2006 2:08:10 PM PST by BreitbartSentMe (Ex-Dem since 2001 *Folding@Home for the Gipper - Join the FReeper Folders*)
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To: dfwddr
Totally InTo Science = Well, they are knida bouncing up and down.

As should be expected. :)

As for my performance, it's taking a dive, because our energy managers heard about the asinine trick, of shutting off a building's power, at the main breaker, which saves them the time of wandering the hallways, looking for errant lights and AC units left on. We're battling that out right now, trying to convince the green gods, that this REALLY isn't a good idea, for several reasons. Came in to work this morning, and found 32 blown power supplies, of which 27 were on non-folding computers. Had to reset TCP/IP numbers on 147 printers, and coax two ancient Gateway servers back into life, by running vrepair, numberous times. Not to mention, hundreds of users, who couldn't access e-mail, because the DHCP servers were down. Can you spell "pissed off", and a bad monday, all the way around..... Our Maintenance department, is just as pissed off, because they're having to replace 3 compressors, at 2 different sites.

227 posted on 03/06/2006 2:12:45 PM PST by Klutz Dohanger (Folding - Help science, as you browse the web. Team#36120)
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To: Klutz Dohanger
Sounds like that trick won't continue! I wonder who had the brilliant idea?
228 posted on 03/06/2006 2:22:04 PM PST by ahayes
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To: Klutz Dohanger

"because our energy managers heard about the asinine trick, of shutting off a building's power, at the main breaker, which saves them the time of wandering the hallways, looking for errant lights and AC units left on."

OUCH - that's gotta hurt.

It sounds like it's time for someone to turn out the energy manager's lights - after all, they don't appear to be the brightest bulbs in the building, LOL.

229 posted on 03/06/2006 2:30:05 PM PST by RebelTex (Help cure diseases: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548372/posts)
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To: Klutz Dohanger

Sounds like it saved the company a TON of money and time... NOT!

Wow. What a bummer...


230 posted on 03/06/2006 2:57:21 PM PST by abner (Looking for a new tagline- Next outrage please!- Got it! PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS LOST IN THE USA!)
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To: Klutz Dohanger
Came in to work this morning, and found 32 blown power supplies, of which 27 were on non-folding computers. Had to reset TCP/IP numbers on 147 printers, and coax two ancient Gateway servers back into life, by running vrepair, numberous times.

Crap! I feel your pain.
231 posted on 03/06/2006 4:46:34 PM PST by andyk (Go Matt Kenseth!)
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To: Klutz Dohanger

Sounds like the folks who won't requisition a new UPS because the old one is only 4 years old and it depreciates in 5 years.

Penny wise and pound foolish applies. Forget the cost of the power supplies, send the muppets a bill for your services at $125 per hour.


232 posted on 03/06/2006 5:02:30 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: Klutz Dohanger
You and the maintenance manager need to send the energy manager a bill. Itemize it for material & labor. Have the departments affected by the failures send him a bill for lost productivity caused by the failures.

If he doesn't get the message, next week send the bills to his boss with the note stating that you didn't budget for these failures and insist the the repairs be paid for out of the energy "savings".

233 posted on 03/06/2006 5:12:49 PM PST by SC Swamp Fox (Join our Folding@Home team (Team# 36120) keyword: folding)
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The graphs in reply #37 have been updated.

Our daily production has finally ticked up, I contributed a whopping 39 points of it. My other two PCs are still chewing on 2107 and still have days to go.

234 posted on 03/06/2006 5:48:47 PM PST by SC Swamp Fox (Join our Folding@Home team (Team# 36120) keyword: folding)
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To: Klutz Dohanger
of shutting off a building's power, at the main breaker

Shutting off a 'puter that way is the worst way they can do it. In addition to the wear and tear on the hardware, there is a strain on the OS. (or at least that's what they taught me when I was taking my A+ classes). Overtime you will have to reinstall the OS earlier due to their "efficient" process.

235 posted on 03/06/2006 5:58:15 PM PST by Drango (A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
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To: Drango

And from my experience, shutting off the power gives you a pretty good shot at getting the "checksum error" from FAH and having to restart from ground zero. I have had 3 cases of the checksum error causing work loss, two were loss of power and one was a spontaneous reboot.

The latest incident was yesterday when I accidentally pulled the power cable loose. Lost a 2107 project that was 86% done (about 40 hours worth of folding).


236 posted on 03/06/2006 6:28:33 PM PST by HangThemHigh (Entropy's not what it used to be.)
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To: SC Swamp Fox

You know, I bet everyone's got 2107 or 2106 and that's the point gridlock! I've seen several people here lately with those. I have a Tinker going (unfortunately on a G4) and a smaller Gromacs, but my other two are 2107 and 2106.


237 posted on 03/06/2006 7:12:11 PM PST by ahayes
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To: HangThemHigh; All
Free Republic Folders - A Tribute to Ronald Reagan

Date of last work unit 2006-03-06 19:21:50
Active CPUs within 50 days 971
Team Id 36120
Grand Score 2703188 (certificate)
Work Unit Count 17528 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) 173 of 43124
Home Page http://www.freerepublic.com

238 posted on 03/06/2006 7:53:53 PM PST by soccer_maniac (Do some good while browsing FR --> Join our Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding@home)
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To: soccer_maniac; Malsua; All

Congrats to lrenh for reaching 100,000 points.

Watch out Malsua :) At this rate, you'll give up your #2 spot in less than 30 days.


239 posted on 03/07/2006 6:14:45 AM PST by soccer_maniac (Do some good while browsing FR --> Join our Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding@home)
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To: soccer_maniac; All

VeniVidiVi­ci and LSimpson are closing in on 50,000 points.

Andrewksu and Craigon69 are closing in on 40,000 points.

http://fahstats.com/t.php?t=36120

Congrats, guys/gals.


240 posted on 03/07/2006 6:16:54 AM PST by soccer_maniac (Do some good while browsing FR --> Join our Folding@Home Team# 36120: keyword: folding@home)
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