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FR Folding@Home Project Update - We're Now #58 of all teams with 16,800,000 Points
Stanford University ^ | 12/17/2006 | Texas Booster

Posted on 12/17/2006 6:29:12 AM PST by texas booster

Happy Birthday to the many folding FReepers who joined our little band last December. While we had been folding as a team for a long time, systematic was instrumental in rekindling interest in the team, and all the growth starts with his efforts.

We had just passed into the top 2000 of teams when December started. No Klutz, no lrenh, no malsua.

Uriah was our big gainer, having posted over 2000 points in less than a week!

BoT was folding that first week and is still folding away for us.

The research that we help advance will truly make a difference one day, for you or for one of your relatives.

Please ping us if you have any questions or need help - we do respond!


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To: texas booster

Well done and keep up the great work!

It's amazing how many different ways there are for an average person to contibute to scientific knowledge by using their computer to do number crunching.

I found out about a ste called Einsein@home here at FreeRepublic last year, and have been looking for Pulsars ever since whenever my computer is idle (63,894.23 Units done to date, and counting)

http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/

Another is the Stardust Project that is looking for cometary particles from the returned Stardust mission. My ranking over there is 880 out of 20,384 people who are also looking for particle tracks; not bragging as much as demonstrating how many people are involved in the Program.

http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/about.php

All of these sites are tremendously fascinating, and deeply satisfying to participate in. Pick just one, and go have a blast with it...


21 posted on 12/17/2006 8:07:43 AM PST by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts!!)
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To: Bean Counter

There are a few more FReeper teams going at it on different projects.

If you are going to run a screen saver, change over to one of these distributed projects and make a difference!


22 posted on 12/17/2006 8:23:54 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: texas booster; Senator Bedfellow
I had a ping about the cost of electricity to run F@H. For me, there is no additional cost (or it is under a dollar per month). I run all my systems 24/7 anyway, and folding is a much better use of idle cycles than fishies.

Senator Bedfellow posted this almost a year ago about his experience:

I once calculated it (for Seti@home) at about $7-$8/month for for 24/7 crunching on three machines versus 24/7 idling. Of course, I drive my boxes pretty hard anyway - I do a lot of video encoding and such - so my machines are hardly idling 24/7 anyway, meaning the difference was pretty negligible in the end. I suspect that spare cycles tend to be scarcer for me than a lot of folks, but YMMV :)

23 posted on 12/17/2006 9:46:16 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: texas booster
re. - the cost of electricity. I'll reference this post I made earlier in the year.

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. Your mileage will vary.

I keep the machines running 24x7 so consuming a little more power is not a big issue.

24 posted on 12/17/2006 10:34:45 AM PST by ken in texas (come fold with us.... team #36120)
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To: ken in texas

Even better - a test with a Kill-A-Watt meter. Has that device actually helped lower consumption?

Funny thing about electricity - I still turn off lights in empty rooms (except for some flourescents) but my computers run 24/7. No wonder my kids are a mess!


25 posted on 12/17/2006 10:54:04 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: texas booster
Even better - a test with a Kill-A-Watt meter. Has that device actually helped lower consumption?

I can't say that I've used it to lower consumption, but it's been interesting to see how much electricity is still consumed even though the device is "off", but able to respond to a "turn-on' command from the remote.

I've been tempted to set up some devices on a switch that can remove all power, but between the devices that reset to defaults after a power loss, and the ones that take a minute or so to reboot upon power restoration, I've just left things as they are for now.

26 posted on 12/17/2006 11:30:11 AM PST by ken in texas (come fold with us.... team #36120)
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To: ken in texas
I keep the machines running 24x7 so consuming a little more power is not a big issue.

As you say, it is about the same as leaving a single bulb on overnight...If cost is the issue, turning your computer on and off is very expensive 'cause it shortens you computer life. The electrical start-up surge to the motherboard as the 'puter is booted-up is VERY destructive. That's why most geeks and many large corporations leave their boxes on 24/7.

27 posted on 12/17/2006 11:36:18 AM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: JCEccles; Klutz Dohanger; aruanan

1 Klutz_dohanger 10,436 3,997,632

Three cheers to Klutz as we watch him sail past the 4,000,000 point mark!

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=168162


28 posted on 12/17/2006 1:54:31 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: Craigon

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=168247

Congrats to Craigon69 for moving past the 100,000 point mark!


29 posted on 12/17/2006 1:57:10 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: Drango
More than 150,000 home computer users

I know I work a lot, but I'd hardly call my office home.

30 posted on 12/17/2006 3:07:24 PM PST by Professional Engineer (As far as we know, all numbers are imaginary. some just hurt your brain more than others. ~ lepton)
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To: texas booster

Folding even as we speak. I wish this CPU didn't get so hot, though.


31 posted on 12/17/2006 3:18:50 PM PST by TenthAmendmentChampion (Pray for our President and for our heroes in Iraq and Afghanistan, and around the world!)
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To: TenthAmendmentChampion

Thanks for joining the team.

My laptop can get quite hot when folding, so I throttle back the CPU to 75%. On a desktop I might run it to 80% and check the temperature after folding a while.

Are you folding under your own name?


32 posted on 12/17/2006 3:44:11 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: TheZMan

I saw your first points this week. Thanks for joining us!

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=203691


33 posted on 12/17/2006 3:46:31 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: Uriah

Congratulations are due to uriah. He joined us almost a year ago and will break into the Top 10,000 folders by the end of the month.

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/user_summary.php?s=&u=168170

Way to go.


34 posted on 12/17/2006 3:50:20 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: TenthAmendmentChampion
Folding even as we speak. I wish this CPU didn't get so hot, though.

I have two dedicated dual core machines folding 24/7 in the shed I built out back (the family calls it the Taj MaShed, because, well, it's a bit overbuilt). There is no heater in the shed, but it is insulated. The folders keep the shed interior around 50 degrees Fahrenheit even though it's been about 15-25 degrees Fahrenheit outside. Whenever I go out to the shed to use my rower I'm basking in balmy weather courtesy of my CPUs.

35 posted on 12/17/2006 4:34:23 PM PST by JCEccles
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To: stockpirate
Some research indicates that Mad Cow is caused by feeding meat protein to cows.

From feeding prion-infected nerve tissue from scrapie-ridden sheep to cattle.
36 posted on 12/17/2006 9:56:18 PM PST by aruanan
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To: texas booster
tb, thanks for the boost and the link to personal stats.

Turning off the screensaver really seemed to speed up my processing.

I just use the marquee now and leave F@H grinding away in the background.

In case any new people haven't read the other threads, if you have IE7 don't choose the option to 'use Internet Explorer Connection Settings' because that interfered with my being able to send my completed work in. Texas Booster did a yeomans job of work to figure that out and help me contribute. Thanks again, tb.

37 posted on 12/18/2006 8:16:25 AM PST by GOPBiker (Thank a veteran, with a smile, every chance you get. You do more good than you can know.)
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To: GOPBiker

I have the monitor turn itself off after 20 minutes, rather than use any screensaver.

Its boring, but I fold faster!


38 posted on 12/18/2006 8:32:22 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: stockpirate; aruanan

Most animals supplement their diet with animal protien, whether in the wild or domesticated. Meat protien itself is neutral, whether bone meal or other left over meat by-products.

Feeding animals meat protien is nothing of itself, indeed to farmers and the cows it is beneficial. The feed is cleaned up and disease free (at least in the US).

Remember, wild deer and sheep get the same disease while never coming in contact with domestication.

Stanford is working to cure the disease itself. The prions cause misfolded protiens in the nervous system which build up over time. It is the cause of these misfolded protiens that we are working to discover.

How the disease spreads is a function of a lot of things beyond the scope of Stanfords' research.


39 posted on 12/18/2006 8:41:34 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120))
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To: texas booster

Cool.


40 posted on 12/18/2006 11:31:07 AM PST by FourtySeven (47)
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