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    Just installed this... Pretty cool that we're in the top 500.
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    Just joined the team.

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    Just joined in. It just may replace ProgressQuest as a stand-by program in my home computer :D



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    Weeh, just finished my 10th WU and am ranked 170th of the gitp team.
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    Now i am really convinced, that i need a new computer. I set it at the highest priority (50 % of cpu load) and still it takes it's sweet time to finish 1500-point-unit. With 9 hours, i have folded about 30% of it. The screensaver does not work either, but that just may be my OP system which should have been re-installed about 6 months ago :D

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    Maybe you have to much stuff on?
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    Too much stuff on???

    As what, on hard drive or in the task manager list? The first is about 75% full, but the second.... that i keep as empty as possible.

    But is what it is... i have just finished my first folding. Next one to go, i hope that it was helpful to someone :)


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    168 point for first work unit. Next (2500 point unit) running already.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Merlon View Post
    Now i am really convinced, that i need a new computer. I set it at the highest priority (50 % of cpu load) and still it takes it's sweet time to finish 1500-point-unit. With 9 hours, i have folded about 30% of it. The screensaver does not work either, but that just may be my OP system which should have been re-installed about 6 months ago :D
    I dunno, Protein folding is a MASSIVE task. For those that don't know:

    A protein is a long molecule which is a chain of amino acids. It is made up of potentially thousands and thousands of atoms. To fold a protein you must

    1) Calculate the force exerted on each individual atom by a) every other atom and b) its environment (in most cases, water - adding more molecules to the mix)
    2) Sum the forces from step 1)
    3) Give each atom an acceleration in a direction based on 2)
    4) Adjust each atom's speed based on 3)
    5) Adjust each atom's position based on 4)

    This loop must be redone once per femto (0.000 000 000 000 001) second of simulation time, as that is the vibration rate of a hydrogen bond.

    So, yeah...its a lot of work.

    (Posting this cos I just....borrowed....the spare CPU time of the servers at work for the team. They are on as user cahs07)

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    Just joined. What a great project!
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    About a year ago, I ran F@H and got about 600 points with about 60 hours of folding (my CPU was a pretty good one, too.) The other day, nVidia released their new set of CUDA drivers (more on CUDA.) So, after I installed the drivers, I decided to try out the F@H GPU client. I left it on overnight (and increased the fan speed on my graphics card), and I got about 2000 points. This thing is ridiculously fast. I notice a bit more of a performance hit while doing things with F@H in the background, and I have to watch my GPU temps, because they get pretty high, but I would definitely recommend that anyone with a compatible card (GeForce 8 or higher, or Radeon x2000 series or higher) and that wants to contribute to the project to install the GPU client.

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    Giant in the Playground Folding Team Update #21

    Here is the update for Dec 1st!

    In team news this update:
    - We've just reach the top 300 teams! Congrats to the team!! The rest of the stats in this update covers October & November.
    - Welcome to the 24 new team members:Ashtar, Ayago, cahs07, CASTLEMIKE2, CASTLEMIKE3, Celtois, Compumyst, Cricket, DavidRousseauCharbonneau, DexStewart, Estelindis, Grindle, KarlDerGrosse666, Lordofnarf, Mabmoro, Merlon, morbidwombat, Pandaren, Pivo, Suzy2512, TakeV, Vorynn, wildwinds and Zakama!

    Team member point contributions:
    Who has contributed to the team points for this update? Here is the list (in alphabetic order):
    _, _Simius_, _Zoot_, Adam, adanedhel9, Adghar, Administrator, AgentPaper, Al'izh'dheg, Andrew_Waddie, AngelSword, Angew, APWhite, Ashtar, Ayago, BAA, Bildibik, Bugsysservant, cahs07, CASTLEMIKE1, CASTLEMIKE2, CASTLEMIKE3, Ceika, Celtois, Compumyst, CyberNGA, Dallas-Dakota, DavidRousseauCharbonneau, deadmstie, DeMorgan, Detrevnisisiht, DexStewart, dougcosine, e_chuck, Edan42, Elektro, Estelindis, Firestar27, Flandre, Forthork, frdougal, gaelbert, ghaden, greecetrap, Griever_, Grindle, Hairb, homestar3.14, Issedil, Jellylu, Jimbert, JT-GitP, Kakoshi, KarlDerGrosse666, Kawaii_Neko, KingofGriffins, Lansier, LoopyZebra, Lordofnarf, LordRod, LuisDantas, Lyserdigi, Maadneet, Mabmoro, Manryn, Mantlet, Mariel_Dragon, MaxDibe, Memnarch, menschenfresser, Merlon, Micate, Mobius_Stripped, morbidwombat, MrEdwardNigma, Murska, Nullvoid, Oblomovism, OgRib, outsidethelinesofreason, Pandaren, Phoe, Pivo, Psykopig, QSmurf79, Reina, retnuhytnuob, Robert_Noble, Robodave, Roger, rward30, Samiam303, shaydin, Shellbullet, silas_the_monk, Silophant, St.Sinner, Sungmanitu, Surmuck, TakeV, Tass, TFBeyond, TheLogman, Toastifer, Tsitra, Tyrmatt, vorpalbunny, Vorynn, whiskeybob, wildwinds, xwd, Zakama, zalbarsj, ZebTheTroll and ZombieRockStar.

    With the top 20 members in points gained since the last update being:
    1 JT-GitP
    2 Al'izh'dheg
    3 cahs07
    4 Jimbert
    5 Grindle
    6 OgRib
    7 AngelSword
    8 KarlDerGrosse666
    9 vorpalbunny
    10 Ashtar

    Moving up in team ranks (in the top 100):
    In the top 10: cahs07 (new member) enters the ranks in 7th! Jimbert jumps up by 2 into 8th!
    In the top 20: Elektro moves up into 14th! Grindle (new member) enters the ranks in 18th!
    In the top 30: Adghar jumps up by 3 into 21st! KarlDerGrosse666 (new member) enters the ranks in 27th! dougcosine jumps up by 2 into 29th!
    In the top 40: Robodave jumps up by 2 into 31st! Ashtar (new member) enters the ranks in 34th! Angew leaps up by 10 into 36th! whiskeybob leaps up by 4 into 39th!
    In the top 50: LuisDantas leaps up by 13 into 41st! BAA leaps up by 36 into 42nd! Mantlet jumps up by 3 into 48th!
    In the top 70: QSmurf79
    In the top 80: St.Sinner, deadmstie, Hairb
    In the top 90: silas_the_monk, MaxDibe, AgentPaper
    In the top 100: Shellbullet, Toastifer, Murska, LoopyZebra, Lyserdigi, Detrevnisisiht

    Individual Milestones achieved
    2,000,000 points: JT-GitP
    1,000,000 points: Al'izh'dheg
    250,000 points: AngelSword
    100,000 points: cahs07, Jimbert, rward30
    50,000 points: Grindle, adanedhel9
    10,000 points: KarlDerGrosse666, Ashtar, BAA, QSmurf79, ZombieRockStar, St.Sinner
    Congratulations to all those that have achieved a new milestone!

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    Saw the thread looking for artists, decided to join. I've just downloaded it.

    I hope it's not one of these "run as a screensaver" things. People used to send some that would "calculate how much energy you save"... bull, mine would always stay at 0 for the simple reason that when I don't use my computer, I turn it off.
    So hopefully, this can run while I'm using my computer. I still need to figure out how to install it properly first (I'm with Ubuntu).

    EDIT: Well, I can't use it :( It needs 64bits and I'm only 32. That's a disappointment... I hope something will become available for the likes of me...snif.
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    T'is fun that someone is using my username, but that someone is not me.

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    I found this useful site with lots of dynamically updated stats.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lissou View Post
    EDIT: Well, I can't use it :( It needs 64bits and I'm only 32. That's a disappointment... I hope something will become available for the likes of me...snif.
    Lissou,
    I don't think this is true. Reading the download page you see that it supports the following:
    Linux (x86) and BSD *combined uniprocessor

    or

    SMP client (i.e. multi CPU)* (64-bit required for SMP)
    There are also forums dedicated to folding.

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    Actually, I'm 32-bit and it works just fine for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lissou View Post
    I hope it's not one of these "run as a screensaver" things. People used to send some that would "calculate how much energy you save"... bull, mine would always stay at 0 for the simple reason that when I don't use my computer, I turn it off.
    It can run as a screensaver on some systems (not Mac, def Windows; not sure about Linux)
    Always turning off your comp will not always save you energy. Example: If I turn off my computer , then come back in 10 minutes and turn it on, I have used more energy than I would have by leaving it on. Not sure about the exact threshold.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thevorpalbunny View Post
    It can run as a screensaver on some systems (not Mac, def Windows; not sure about Linux)
    Always turning off your comp will not always save you energy. Example: If I turn off my computer , then come back in 10 minutes and turn it on, I have used more energy than I would have by leaving it on. Not sure about the exact threshold.
    There is a discussion thread dedicated to reasons for running (or not) FAH. The screensaver stuff seems to be a big red herring as indicated by this thread.

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    I'm in, been a Oots reader for a very long time but never got into the forums.
    Usually I dislike charities and stuff but F@H really appeals to me.
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    Hey guys,
    look at my new signature

    You can create one at www.dcstat.com.

    1) it's free
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    4) it makes people think "hey, what a strange bar, let's click on it!"
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    Wow, this is an interesting proyect. I´m downloading and setting up the program right now.

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    I'm all set up... probably won't run 24/7, but I'll do what I can

    Also, Wraith28k = Me.
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    Downloading as we speak, um, read.
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    Eh, what the heck. My computer is always on anyway, might as well use those processor cycles for something. Signed up as Drenmar_Amyril.

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    I may as well donate part of my processor time to science.

    First unit is 5% complete... a little algebra for an extrapolation and it should finish that 250,000 step unit in about... 32 hours.

    These aren't little projects, how much grind does it take other people's machines?
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    Drat, I keep forgetting to to turn it on when I turn my pc on.....
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    I'm in, with (hopefully) all 4 of my working computers!

    Heh heh
    I love having so many computers...

    And one of them is even up to date, too!


    EDIT: I'm running an Intel-Mac (macbook), and I have no idea how i see what it's doing. can anybody help?
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    Quote Originally Posted by dallas-dakota View Post
    Drat, I keep forgetting to to turn it on when I turn my pc on.....
    Put it in Start Up. Problem solved.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Person1123 View Post
    EDIT: I'm running an Intel-Mac (macbook), and I have no idea how i see what it's doing. can anybody help?
    Sure:
    To activate it/ deactivate it go to System Preferences, Folding@Home.

    For a general progress overview open the unitinfo.txt file, or open the FAHlog.txt file to view a more detailed progress history. You can find those files in the Folding@home folder that gets installed inside your personal Library folder (the one inside your User Folder), or you could search for the files in spotlight.

    The website says a dashboard widget is under development that might provide more information, but I have no clue when or if that will be released.
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