MacRumors Folding @ Home

[MacRumors]

In the midst of the significance of WWDC Announcements of Apple's new PowerMac G5, MacRumors members reached another milestone last week...

MacRumors' Folding Team (http://folding.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/teampage?q=3446) surpassed Team Mac OS X (http://folding.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/teampage?q=1971), bringing MacRumors's team to the 28th position overall in the Folding team stats (http://folding.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/searchteamstats). Of more interest, this now makes MacRumors' team the #1 Mac-Folding team.

Congrats to the everyone involved...

Users interested in helping the cause should visit our Distributed Computing forum (http://forums.macrumors.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=19).

[MrMacMan]

Anyone who doesn't know about folding should go to this forum (http://forums.macrumors.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=19)

And anyone who wants to help cure disease please read the FAQ (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?threadid=21908) By Rower.


Congrads to all!

[scem0]

wow. #1 mac site!

Congrats to the whole folding team.

I installed folding on a comp at CompUSA last time I was there.

I have it installed some other places too.

Working on 25 WUs :).

scem0

[maradong]

congrats
btw system clocks are not the same. ;-) readjust them, perhaps config the ntpd ...

[AndrewMT]

Wow, that sounds great.....I think. What's folding?

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by maradong
congrats
btw system clocks are not the same. ;-) readjust them, perhaps config the ntpd ...

Arn knows, this is why (originally) a person posted about something that wasn't posted yet... :p

Again our rank is shown here (http://teamstats.macnn.com/fold/rank1.phtml) or here (http://statsman.org/folding2stats/html/) or even here (http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/)

Well a great time in F@H indeed, and with your help we can help even more
people! :D

edit: Originally posted by AndrewMT
Wow, that sounds great.....I think. What's folding?
Read the FAQ posted above OR at standford (http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/)

[Kwyjibo]

imagine once you guys have a few g5s folding....a week of a lab of dual 2ghz and youll outpace every team ...well according to apple atleast

[simX]

Pff. What about SETI@home? I'm not too fond of Folding@home, especially the client. Is there a command-line client I can use, similar to the SETI@home command-line client?

If there is, I might consider joining, but not with the god-awful interface that is the regular Folding@home client.

(BTW, scem0, did you mean for your name to have that meaning, or was that accidental? :p )

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by simX
Pff. What about SETI@home? I'm not too fond of Folding@home, especially the client. Is there a command-line client I can use, similar to the SETI@home command-line client?

If there is, I might consider joining, but not with the god-awful interface that is the regular Folding@home client.

(BTW, scem0, did you mean for your name to have that meaning, or was that accidental? :p )

Ask and ye shall receive. (http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/download.html)

Thanks for posting the story, arn. :)

[scem0]

Originally posted by AndrewMT
Wow, that sounds great.....I think. What's folding?

there are about 3,000 links to what folding is on this page.

I urge you to participate. Not only for MR but also for humanity.

Originally posted by simX

(BTW, scem0, did you mean for your name to have that meaning, or was that accidental? :p )

what meaning?

scem0

[simX]

Originally posted by scem0
what meaning?

scem0 [/B]

Hee, nevermind. :p

[shadowfax]

this is great stuff, "fo' shizzle."
i did a couple of WUs myself, but decided my laptop didn't need to cook like that. i need to get a desktop computer, or just con my friends into folding for my user name...

[BaghdadBob]

The G5 isn't going to help unless they optimize for it...well, maybe some.

Congrats, team! I gave up on mine as my iMac is just too slow to make any progress. I was about half way through a WU after like 10 days, and then it went back to zero inexplicably. Plus I just can't sleep soundly with my computer running actively in the same room. But I still believe in the program and think anyone who can help, should. Stanford rocks.

Someone should give the client writers a clue and give people a console/minimal interface that still tels us what our status is without showing the (to most of us) meaningless rendering.

[buffsldr]

Weird, that Arn should post this today, as I checked the stats for the first time in a long time today. I was blown away at how many users we have on the team. I like it. I might even be forced to break down and add a "folding-centric" signature to my posts.

Anyway, this is awesome. I hope these folders stick around. Nice work.

[adamfilip]

Originally posted by BaghdadBob
The G5 isn't going to help unless they optimize for it...well, maybe some.

Congrats, team! I gave up on mine as my iMac is just too slow to make any progress. I was about half way through a WU after

I think that the G5 will do especially well in folding even if the code isnt optimized for it

[hvfsl]

Do I have to use a Mac to add my results to Macrumors team? I have 4 AMD Athlon PCs that are not doing anything some of the time that I could use (I use them for lan games when people come round). I have a few Macs also, but they are all laptops.

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by hvfsl
Do I have to use a Mac to add my results to Macrumors team? I have 4 AMD Athlon PCs that are not doing anything some of the time that I could use (I use them for lan games when people come round). I have a few Macs also, but they are all laptops.
You can use what ever MHz you have free ;) Run it ony any platform you like, just make sure your team number is 3446 :D

[Thom_Edwards]

i just recently hit 1000 points, and i've been teetering right at the 70th position. my goal is to get into the 50s, but all i have is a 233 imac and an 866(?) celeron. my point is, it doesn't matter what kind of machine you have. just do it (no endorsement from nike...)

now if rice university could only get some distributed computing going! we beat stanford in baseball, why not this? :D not to go too far off topic, but it sure is nice to see the owls win something. what a great, quiet little school here in texas. it was awesome--the houston chronicle headline read "rice guys finish first". classic.

edit: that's 70th position for macrumors. i'm in about 28000th place overall...

[blakespot]

Look -- why not point your spare CPU time at SETI@Home (setiathome.berkeley.edu/), as I do, and then when we find the aliens, we can ask them how protein folding works. Simple.



blakespot

[SPUY767]

I, for one, can't wait unti SETI and the Protein folding project get their hands on a G5 computer and we mac users are allowed to lace into either project. With computing power such as the G5 at our disposal, I think that the Mac community will be getting greater recognition in both of these programs very quickly.

[macdong]

Originally posted by blakespot
Look -- why not point your spare CPU time at SETI@Home (setiathome.berkeley.edu/), as I do, and then when we find the aliens, we can ask them how protein folding works. Simple.



blakespot

or you could also anger them and get the whole world destroyed. :rolleyes:

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by blakespot
Look -- why not point your spare CPU time at SETI@Home (setiathome.berkeley.edu/), as I do, and then when we find the aliens, we can ask them how protein folding works. Simple.



blakespot

Sure, and then they can cure HIV/AIDS and any other significant Virus, right?

I doubt in my life time that will happen, and if you find them, what is the clostest planet, a good couple light years away, yeah a damn long distance.

I think folding will have a more immediate effect on the world population...

[Freg3000]

I have tried to fold two or three times in the past, and I really want to be successful. But whenever I get the thing up and running, it seems just to sit there. I left it on overnight and nothing happened. I am all for trying to help out but I also want to know that something is happening. does anyone know what I am doing wrong?

[zuggerat]

mad props arn & co...woo

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by Freg3000
I am all for trying to help out but I also want to know that something is happening. does anyone know what I am doing wrong?

Start a thread in the distributed forum explaining you problems exactly, what folding app you're using, etc. - you'll get the answers you need.

Have you tried the scripts?

Congrats to the team! Looking forward to breaking 50k points for a week! :D

D

[evil]

is there a prize or something for being in first place?

[smurphur]

the satisfaction that you are helping a lot

[buffsldr]

Originally posted by hvfsl
Do I have to use a Mac to add my results to Macrumors team? I have 4 AMD Athlon PCs that are not doing anything some of the time that I could use (I use them for lan games when people come round). I have a few Macs also, but they are all laptops.

absolutely not. and dont feel a bit bad about it either. all the help is appreciated

[Vroem]

This is totally new to me and I'm very excited. But before beginning with folding I want to know if my processing power is really used for folding and not for other things like virtual nuclear experiments.

This question rises to me when reading about strange projects like seti@home.

[Java]

After reading more about this project, I decided to join. Figured I'd put my dual 1ghz to good use.

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by Vroem
This is totally new to me and I'm very excited. But before beginning with folding I want to know if my processing power is really used for folding and not for other things like virtual nuclear experiments.

This question rises to me when reading about strange projects like seti@home.

That's an interesting question. I think it ultimately comes down to how much you trust the institutions behind the projects. Stanford runs Folding and Berkeley runs SETI.

[e-coli]

I've been folding for about 3 weeks, and I'm stuck on the same protein. It's a monster.

Must be the cure for cancer. :D

[jimthorn]

Originally posted by Java
After reading more about this project, I decided to join. Figured I'd put my dual 1ghz to good use.

Thanks for signing on, Java!

And thanks to arn for the front page! It's already helping the team!

[BigJayhawk]

I just joined the MacRumors Folding Team (BigJayhawk). I added a brand New Dell 2.4 Ghz Machine at work and I'll add my Mac Cube 450 when I get home.

It will be interesting to see which is faster at folding. The BRAND NEW Dell or the Mac Cube that is years old!?

[macdong]

i hope they can improve the folding screen saver.
it doesn't work with OS X's screen saver password protection.

[Raiden]

sounds like fun. early next year when I get a brand spankin new apple G5 ill add it to the folding mix. (ill be 17 with a G5, w00t!)

my snowhite imac 600 i use now probly cant do much....can it? cause if it can help you guys, why not? :)

-Raiden, a MR lurker who doesnt post much. :cool:

[Rower_CPU]

Any machine you care to use helps the team. :)

[BigJayhawk]

How about this:

Our next MacRumors Folding@Home Team Member (anyone have some spare cash?)

[macdong]

Originally posted by BigJayhawk
How about this:

Our next MacRumors Folding@Home Team Member (anyone have some spare cash?)


i got........ <reaching into pockets>............ 10 cents....

[BigJayhawk]

10 cents is a start! In fact, at this rate, there will be G8 chips in this thing by the time we can afford it. That WILL REALLY make our donations toward saving the world worth while. We may even get to speak on iChat AV at one of Steve's Keynotes! (After all, Al was on one and what exactly did he do -- invent the internet, or something?? heh)

[Brother Mugga]

Just out of interest, how many of us are folding on purely Wintel machines? I'm just nosey about how many others don't own a Mac yet, but are watching the rumor/news sites/forums etc.

No reason, just nosey.

It's nothing to do with me thinking I'm weird or anything.

Ha.

Ha ha ha.

The very idea.

Brother Mugga


(Mine's a 1.33 Gig Athlon, by the way...until Christmas when I hope to be switching to a rev. B G5. Of course, this urge to spend is entirely unrelated to my pathological need to to catch up with Sedulous, Threadhead, and Britboy.)

[superspaminacan]

Been reading MacRumors a long time and finally felt compelled to register, basically because I've just begun to fold@home for the MR team. Had considered it before but shyed away. I took the time to fully read about the folding project and understand what it's all about. Once that happened I joined immediately. Woo! Thanks for maintaining this superb, levelheaded rumor site. Easily one of the top 5 Mac sites around. Keep up the good work.

[mayodreams]

I've had my AMD Athlon XP 2500+ (Barton) PC running at 1.83GHz and my QS 867MHz G4 crunching away for folding for about 3 weeks now and I am glad to contribute my 500+ pts to one of the best Mac sites around!

[nilepoc]

Pun very much intended.

[MrMacMan]

Brother Mugga, some people are windows only, some people with windows labs do contribute, we don't care what OS you run.

Its all for the greater cause!

And welcome to all who joined! :D

[jzieske]

Just started visiting macrumors a while ago and have loved everey minute of it. Hope I can help bring the team to #1, where any mac team should be.

-Jeff

[Wardofsky]

Originally posted by macdong
or you could also anger them and get the whole world destroyed. :rolleyes:

Then we wouldn't even have to worry about protein folding, we'd all be dead.

[britboy]

Originally posted by Brother Mugga
(Mine's a 1.33 Gig Athlon, by the way...until Christmas when I hope to be switching to a rev. B G5. Of course, this urge to spend is entirely unrelated to my pathological need to to catch up with Sedulous, Threadhead, and Britboy.)


Do i hear a challenge? Do I? All i have to say is: beware! (http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/python/Sounds/HolyGrail.au/fart.au) :D

FYI> i've just added a 2.4 GHz P4, and an 800 MHz duron to my list, so good luck trying to catch up ;)

[Pete_Hoover]

Go MacRumors team team folding! We rule.

[ouketii]

heh heh pc deathmatch...last one to fold is donated to battlebots

[macdong]

Originally posted by Wardofsky
Then we wouldn't even have to worry about protein folding, we'd all be dead.

my point is, one should try to rely on himself for troubles instead of asking for help, especially help from "unknown species" :D