(Vanity) FreeRepublic Folding@Home Project Update (We're in the Top 1,200!)

Free Republic Folders Stats Page ^ | 12/25/2005 | me

[texas booster]

OK, new thread for the next week.

First, a big shout out to the SETI 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 104 processors and 76 users. We have a number of new users in the team, with Clara Lou, fzx12345, SamfromLivingston, brityank, manwiththehands and Tami all popping onto the hit list this week.

Malsua, uriah and Ken in Texas are solidly in the top 10. Malsua is continuing to add systems and now accounts for 10% of the FR total. Great job!

Free Republic Folding@Home Stats Page

On the global front, Free Republic Folders is now listed at # 1196. We are poised to overtake (today):

carletonu (maybe in MN?)
Helms-Deep
2*ian
Dynadues
Soluchis
Greece and soon the
University of Pennsylvania!

We were passed by one team, SISD. My guess is that this team really is the computers of an Independent School District that were all "volunteered" to fold over the holidays. They are producing points at a rate of 37,000 points per day. As we gain members from the 100,000 FReepers that visit JimRob's place I expect that we will have a much greater long term growth than them.

[FourtySeven]

Ok thanks for the help!

I've been trying to do this, to no avail. I'm simply not computer literate enough. I may try to tinker around in the future, but for now I think I'll stick with the relatively user friendly graphical program.

One question though, does "GUI" stand for "Graphical User Interface"?

[ken in texas]

One question though, does "GUI" stand for "Graphical User Interface"?

Yes.

[systematic]

Free Republic Folders

Date of last work unit	2005-12-26 08:13:45
Active CPUs within 50 days	108
Team Id	36120
Grand Score	176168 (certificate)
Work Unit Count	1446 (certificate)
Team Ranking (incl. aggregate)	1192 of 41861
Home Page	http://www.freerepublic.com
Fast Teampage URL	http://fah-web.stanford.edu/teamstats/team36120.html

[systematic]

Team members

Rank (within team)	User	Score	WU
1	Texas_Booster	21168	162
2	Compaq_Owner	20422	149
3	Dads_AMD3000	18445	64
4	Malsua	12911	92
5	Compaq_Owner3	12397	104
6	Ken_in_Texas	7652	35
7	T_Admin	6796	53
8	bubba_sales	6763	55
9	Uriah	6256	56
10	Jim	5585	42
11	Tony1	3851	27
12	Chesterbelloc	3551	34
13	umbagi	3208	41
14	dfwddr	2746	41
15	Steve_Wilson_1	2626	23
16	Weasel	2512	22
17	ENDUSER_Michael	2298	16
18	Kingu	2092	23
19	Vern_1	2037	16
20	kenth	2007	21
21	Hawkeyes_Girl	1752	9
22	BoT	1720	80
23	Brian_Admin	1649	12
24	rach_FR	1611	21
25	Compaq_Owner_David	1524	14
26	susan	1366	13
27	Tactical	1322	9
28	Jinx	1074	21
29	A.Hun	1043	10
30	Professional_Engineer	1024	10
31	David_G_1	990	8
32	Kevin_Inspiron	952	6
33	FourtySeven	895	8
34	Trax_Admin	848	7
35	mediamole	791	13
36	Mount_Athos	760	8
37	Andrewksu	718	8
38	VAcharonD1	600	1
39	cgk	581	6
40	Slothful1	552	10
41	Big_Bobs_FTW_1	549	3
42	dangermouse	526	5
43	Flyer_FR	519	6
44	vidi	498	4
45	David_Griffith	453	4
46	LSimpson	362	3
47	RetroSexual	322	7
48	VICI	318	3
49	mouser	301	5
50	KGJ1	301	2
51	Vladimir_F	287	10
52	xeniast	287	2
53	Tami	275	2
54	ezsmoke	271	2
55	manwiththehands	257	2
56	ArgentCent	241	1
57	dblevins	241	1
58	Veni	214	2
59	KGJ2	212	2
60	sshultz460	206	1
61	Drachenfels	206	1
62	ShakeNJake	206	1
63	CPQ_1700	197	2
64	Hoplite	184	4
65	Michael_K	182	1
66	sales_don	182	1
67	HangThemHigh	182	1
68	Heil_Dad	171	3
69	brityank	166	1
70	Klutz_dohanger	140	3
71	fzx12345	139	2
72	SamFromLivingston	138	3
73	Suzy_Que	93	1
74	Clara_Lou	93	1
75	ChadGore	48	1
76	Klurz_dohanger	46	1
77	Becky1	41	1
78	jarod_1	19	1

[ican'tbelieveit]

Question for you. I was checking out fahstats.com (they show how many points I get per unit). Anyway, I did a search on Free, and found that there are 2 Free Republic teams. Do we possibly have some strays? Team#47733.

[systematic]

Sortable FR team member stats: http://fahstats.com/t.php?t=36120

Team production: http://fahstats.com/tp.php?t=36120

Teams we'll conquer next: http://fahstats.com/tr.php?t=36120

[houeto]

What do I do? Just download the software?

[prophetic]

Clara, you do need to uninstall the previous graphical client. Next download the "No-nonsense" text-only console (with built-in Windows-service-install option) and save it in a folder (e.g. temp). Run the install from that folder and set the options to 1) start as a service, 2) low priority 30% and use Internet Explorer setting to get & send data; etc etc.

Very important!! Please disable ALL screen savers (windows screen savers, aquariums etc) since these eats up a lot of cpu cycles which may otherwise be utilized in crunching Folding@Home projects

I've seen whereby this is much more efficient in crunching data since unless you REALLY want to see the 'exciting' but meaningless display onscreen - it really does not help you in the work, which is what this project is all about imho.

So I would advise everyone in this thread to migrate over to the console version configured to start as a service because again:
1) it does not use any video processing
2) it does not conflict with any programs needing to use video usage
3) runs unobtrusively in the background at all times and
4) overall improvement in the amount of Work Units (WU) being processed.

[houeto]

When I download the software, will it ask me to enter the team name or what?

[houeto]

hmmm...not getting any replies.

[ken in texas]

When I download the software, will it ask me to enter the team name or what?

Assuming you're downloading the regular version (runs in the systray), when it first starts up you should be presented with a configuration screen. In the first tab on that screen ["User"] there is a place to enter the team number.

[houeto]

Thanks. I am planning on downloading the console version after reading the previous posts.

[ken in texas]

The console version has a different method for entering your information. You must first run it in a config mode before starting actual work.

[houeto]

Will it prompt me to do so?

[ken in texas]

I do like to check my progress now and then, but I'll keep that to a minimum.

I understand... I like to open up the display on occasion to see how long each frame takes to process. Doing this every now and then takes virtually nothing away from the work your machine can do... maybe 0.01% in a day. Big deal. :-)

[ken in texas]

Will it prompt me to do so?

IIRC, yes, it will. The console version is guided by command line arguments; it opens in a DOS shell window, and asks you multiple questions that must be answered. (I experimented with the console version a week+ ago but abandoned it; my memory may be faulty. The F@H FAQ has some help on using the console version.)

[Clara Lou]

Thanks for your reply. I've started a new unit so, for the time being, I'm leaving things as they are. I did turn off my beloved screensaver, though. I'm saving a text of your post for future reference.

[houeto]

Well, I'm working now. Thanks for the info.

[Clara Lou]

We were passed by one team, SISD. My guess is that this team really is the computers of an Independent School District that were all "volunteered" to fold over the holidays.
I just saw the above comment--interesting and possible. However, my school district wouldn't tolerate it. It's big on energy conservation over the holidays. Those computers would be turned off in about a day's time.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Just a note of interest from the Original Distributed Computing project:

New Mersenne prime found