Folding looking good!

[stoid]

WOW, since folding.exteremoverclocking.com had been down I hadn't been following our stats, but today, the first day it's back up, we've folded 12,000 points by 3:00!!

Have we been slowly getting higher, or what??

[Rower_CPU]

All I can say is, damn that's a crazy spike from when they were down and then cashing in all the points at once. That'll skew our graph for a while, but it definitely looks like we're on a nice production increase. :)

[MrMacMan]

That looks very nice...

Very nice.

[MacBandit]

Since the stats have came back up we've exceeded The Knights results every day. Maybe there is a chance we can retake them.

Then they would have to change there name to the Knights who say ichi ichi............

[bousozoku]

It looks as though there are only a few more hours to position # 23.

[Mr. Anderson]

Its truly weird - but we're also out producing the knights :D

Maybe if we catch up we'll have to go do a little taunting!

D

[Edot]

I should have a Dual G5 up this weekend. When is Big Mac going to join MacRumors?

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by Mr. Anderson
Its truly weird - but we're also out producing the knights :D

Maybe if we catch up we'll have to go do a little taunting!

D

Would that be a good idea after the last time we passed them? It wasn't much more than a few weeks and they passed us again.

[nw_mike]

I see it mentioned every once in a while?

Just Curious...

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by nw_mike
I see it mentioned every once in a while?

Just Curious...

Look through the Distributed Computing area. You'll see that the Knights came in swinging.

They passed us, we passed them, then, they passed again.

By the way, we're at # 23 now!

[Tiauguinho]

Very Good Job Team!

I wonder when will mc68k put its labs all for our team again! :) We will need that output to pass the Knights. But its great to see that our team is still climbing!

[FritzTheWonderM]

it seems to be helping. I'll see if I can't intall the client on a few more of our lab machines.

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by Tiauguinho
Very Good Job Team!

I wonder when will mc68k put its labs all for our team again! :) We will need that output to pass the Knights. But its great to see that our team is still climbing!

I've got the PC lab now. mc68k is using the eMacs for the RC5 project.

[howard]

i checkout out the RC5 sight but am a little confused by what it is...

what is it?

[mc68k]

Originally posted by Tiauguinho
Very Good Job Team!

I wonder when will mc68k put its labs all for our team again! :) We will need that output to pass the Knights. But its great to see that our team is still climbing! ive got the library macs, the 2 CUSA stores, frys, and two apple stores pending on further adventures

...and of course my own lab

[nw_mike]

For grabbing the top spot of our team!

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by howard
i checkout out the RC5 sight but am a little confused by what it is...

what is it?

It's basically a distributed project to hack security. They are generating keys to break the encryption. It may benefit everyone by leading to stronger security in the long run, but I think it's objective is dubious at best.

[mc68k]

Originally posted by howard
i checkout out the RC5 sight but am a little confused by what it is...

what is it? it's a contest like any other distributed computing project where you show off how many computers you can control

macs happen to kick some serious ass (http://n0cgi.distributed.net/faq/cache/264.html) at this project

you can win $1000 for yourself and your team

the objective of projects is kind of secondary to me...i love the stats and teamwork

[MrMacMan]

To re-cap:
Folding -- Curing Diseases
Plus: Um... curing diseases, and um support MR.
Minus: Could be faster on the Mac Still...

RC5 -- Encryption Breaking
Plus: Macs destroy every other processor.
Money if you break the encrypyion... and for your team
Minus: Doesn't Suport MR... (personal view: It doesn't do much really... I mean it says 'we can break the encrpytion'... but it takes a frikken loonngg time)

Seti -- Alien Searching
Plus: Also am MR team. Os 9 support
Minus: Our team bites.
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Also SETI has been accused of giving out the same unit many times... and the top teams (might) hack the stats.

[mc68k]

Originally posted by MrMacman
Also SETI has been accused of giving out the same unit many times i could make an argument that folding repeats itself as well

a good recap of the pros and cons :)

-stats only update once a day for rc5 too..thats a con for me

[FritzTheWonderM]

Six more processors! 4 G4s, a G5, and one G5 kindly 'donated' by CompUSA.

[mc68k]

Originally posted by FritzTheWonderM
Six more processors! 4 G4s, a G5, and one G5 kindly 'donated' by CompUSA. that's the holiday spirit! way to go fritz :)

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by FritzTheWonderM
Six more processors! 4 G4s, a G5, and one G5 kindly 'donated' by CompUSA.

Yes, very very nice.

[Vlade]

Originally posted by FritzTheWonderM
and one G5 kindly 'donated' by CompUSA.

Neet! When I go to best buy, can I instal folding on all the PCs/Macs or do they re-image the machines? Also, should i get the high end athlons on pentiums (I don't wanna get caught doing to many)?

[mc68k]

Originally posted by Vlade
Neet! When I go to best buy, can I instal folding on all the PCs/Macs or do they re-image the machines? Also, should i get the high end athlons on pentiums (I don't wanna get caught doing to many)? are the machines at best buy hooked up to the net? if they're not, then there's not much point

[Dreadnought]

Hi guys,

Just to let you know, my brand new dual 1.8 will be all yours for folding! Still waiting on it to arrive (have been waiting for 3 weeks now...). Anyhow, already started with folding on my mac, B&W, but it got tooo slow, so, unfortunately had to stop. But I will be back!!

Dreadnought

Edit: just downloaded the terminal app from mc68k and this works without slowing down my g3 400. So till that G5 gets here my B&W will be helping you guys out! :D

[vannote]

Welcome back to #1 mc68k

[TrojanAvenger]

I just signed up my dual G5 for the cause. I only found out about Folding@Home through this site. A little bit of competition and a good cause just by a screen saver. I love it! :D

[Selecter]

I just left a small note at the Knights doorstep for them to get their shrub on or else. :D I feel so evil.

[Kingsnapped]

I have my old PC that could go 100% to this. How often would it have to access the internet in order to properly fold?

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by Kingsnapped
I have my old PC that could go 100% to this. How often would it have to access the internet in order to properly fold?


Depends on how fast it is. It only has to access when it finishes a work unit and when t does it only needs to make contact for a minute or two. So if you're machine can perform an average work unit in 10 hours then it would need to go online for a couple minutes every 10 hours or so.

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by Selecter
I just left a small note at the Knights doorstep for them to get their shrub on or else. :D I feel so evil.

I hope you know what you started.:rolleyes:

You haven't been here long enough to know what these guys are like but let's just leave it at, they don't seem to need to impersonate the Knights of Ni rather they seem to actually be the Knights of Ni.

[Selecter]

I was a lurker here about a month before I actually signed up and started folding. So I am aware of their taunting. Yes, it seems they think they are the real deal.

Lets just say I like to stir the pot. :D

[Sir Fart]

Congrats on passing the GOONS. But we're not GOONS, we're full-fledged MORONS and we won't go down without a fight :mad:.

We see you coming up behind us and thus have erected a sign to warn others of your presence ;) .

You'll have to excuse our lack of taunting. You may recall the last time we were here one of your moderators saw fit to lock all of our threads :rolleyes: .


http://www.petsignsplus.com/1farmxgif/jackass.gif

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by Sir Fart
Congrats on passing the GOONS. But we're not GOONS, we're full-fledged MORONS and we won't go down without a fight :mad:.

We see you coming up behind us and thus have erected a sign to warn others of your presence ;) .

You'll have to excuse our lack of taunting. You may recall the last time we were here one of your moderators saw fit to lock all of our threads :rolleyes: .


http://www.petsignsplus.com/1farmxgif/jackass.gif

I clear my nose in your general direction. You, you kannigit. Pbbbbbttttttt:p

[pyknosis]

I've been a long time SETI user, so I'd like to keep it running (I use the graphical version, usually minimized to the dock). I'm thinking of also running the CLI version of Folding. Does anyone out there run Folding and SETI simultaneously? Are they friendly to each other in terms of priority?

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by pyknosis
I've been a long time SETI user, so I'd like to keep it running (I use the graphical version, usually minimized to the dock). I'm thinking of also running the CLI version of Folding. Does anyone out there run Folding and SETI simultaneously? Are they friendly to each other in terms of priority?
The folding Team would love your support... Unfortunately the Processes to not play well and would be at about 40% for each process when your computer is completly idle.

I stopped SETI after reading much about it...

Folding for me seems much more worthwhile.


BTW, The Knights Shall Go DOWNN!!!

:p

[Sir Fart]

Originally posted by pyknosis
Does anyone out there run Folding and SETI simultaneously? Are they friendly to each other in terms of priority?

Seti and Folding are completely compatible, but ONLY when crunching for the Knights Who Say Ni !;) :p We'll even let you crunch on a MAC, but only if you rip off those dreadful Apple labels and festoon it with "Intel/AMD Inside" stickers :D .

[Dreadnought]

Hmmm, watched the teamscores yesterday and today. Weren't we closer to the Knights yersterday (saturday 3rd jan). It seems somehow that they are getting further away...although our WU count is higher then theirs.

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by Dreadnought
Hmmm, watched the teamscores yesterday and today. Weren't we closer to the Knights yersterday (saturday 3rd jan). It seems somehow that they are getting further away...although our WU count is higher then theirs.

The amount of overhead we have over them is down slightly. This increases the time need to plow them over.

[Rower_CPU]

I'm really impressed with our increased output lately...last I checked we'd barely get into the top 20 and now it looks like we're destined to break the top 15. :eek: :D

Amazing work, team!

[mc68k]

Originally posted by Sir Fart
…We'll even let you crunch on a MAC, …the word is Mac an abbreviation for Macintosh :o

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by mc68k
the word is Mac an abbreviation for Macintosh :o

No no no M.A.C.. Massively Awesome Computer.

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
I'm really impressed with our increased output lately...last I checked we'd barely get into the top 20 and now it looks like we're destined to break the top 15. :eek: :D

Amazing work, team!

Hehe, we might get near 16-17 range... a break into the Top 15 is asking for a lot.

:eek:

[Rower_CPU]

Well, we're at 20 now with 6 prospects and no threats...;)

[MacBandit]

What's up with all the small work units everyone including me seems to be getting lately. They've slowed down my work process by almost half.

[MrMacMan]

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
Well, we're at 20 now with 6 prospects and no threats...;)
Sorry, I was looking at the realistic goals.

2008?

A littlee far off.

[jbg]

Originally posted by MacBandit
What's up with all the small work units everyone including me seems to be getting lately. They've slowed down my work process by almost half.

I've gotten a few too and they will play hell with your production. The p921_vpf912 is the worst one, it takes a G5.2.0 about 10 hours for a big 23 points. The 916, and 917 take 10 hours also but reward you with 30 points, still well below the normal 4 plus points per hour you normally get (per processor) on the G5.2.0.

The 920 is really pretty good with 36 points in about 7 hours. The 922 takes 7 hours for 31 points which is on par with other units.

So getting a few of the 921 can really drop your production. These units are also slow on the window machines which makes me wonder if they didn't just mess up with the point system on this one?

We will just have to ride it out I guess.

[Selecter]

both my G5 CPU's are working on p683's @ 60 points each. The AMD is crunching on a p848 @ 32. Dont know what the work CPU is doing besides gasping for air. ;0D

wonder how fast the new G5's are going to be tomorrow? I'll buy another after the fall update and they hit 3 Ghz.

[jbg]

The 683 takes just under 15 hours on mine, which is about average at 4 pph, never had an 848, hopefully it's in the 4.5 minute per frame range?

The G5 is a great machine, mine gets about 1400 - 1500 per week, unless of course you get somee bummer p921 units?

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by MacBandit
What's up with all the small work units everyone including me seems to be getting lately. They've slowed down my work process by almost half.

Be glad you didn't start folding way back when. I used to get WUs which took the G3/400 10 hours and gave 0.6 points. Now, those seemed useless but it's all about helping people.

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by bousozoku
Be glad you didn't start folding way back when. I used to get WUs which took the G3/400 10 hours and gave 0.6 points. Now, those seemed useless but it's all about helping people.

I know just what you mean. I actually did start folding way back when for the XlR8yourmac.com team. That was on my B/WG3 400. It was so frigging slow and I ended up quiting. Before I started getting these new small units that take a lot of time my Dual/1.4 was getting about 1100 points/week on it's own.

I think the reason our daily point gap is getting smaller and smaller between us and the Knights is because of these little work units. I can't think of any other reason unless there's just a bunch of machines that were not being used over the winter break and were just folding but are now busy doing other tasks.

[Dreadnought]

Originally posted by bousozoku
Be glad you didn't start folding way back when. I used to get WUs which took the G3/400 10 hours and gave 0.6 points. Now, those seemed useless but it's all about helping people.

I know have one which takes an hour for 1% when my G3 B&W 400 is idle... So this is gonna be a while...

[Dreadnought]

Originally posted by MacBandit
I think the reason our daily point gap is getting smaller and smaller between us and the Knights is because of these little work units. I can't think of any other reason unless there's just a bunch of machines that were not being used over the winter break and were just folding but are now busy doing other tasks.

More and more G5's! That's my 2 cents.

[bousozoku]

Originally posted by Dreadnought
I know have one which takes an hour for 1% when my G3 B&W 400 is idle... So this is gonna be a while...

Sure but before the new core, that took a lot longer. I had one that took 4 hours 10 minutes per percent on my G3/400 and 1 hour 23 minutes on the G4/800.

We will all get there. Stay with us. Your contribution is appreciated. :)

[Selecter]

[21:05:25] + Processing work unit
[21:05:25] Core required: FahCore_78.exe
[21:05:25] Core found.
[21:05:25] Working on Unit 03 [January 7 21:05:25]
[21:05:25] + Working ...
[21:05:26]
[21:05:26] *------------------------------*
[21:05:26] Folding@home Gromacs Core
[21:05:26] Version 1.56 (December 23, 2003)
[21:05:26]
[21:05:26] Preparing to commence simulation
[21:05:26] - Looking at optimizations...
[21:05:26] - Created dyn
[21:05:26] - Files status OK
[21:05:26] - Expanded 509414 -> 2524925 (decompressed 495.6 percent)
[21:05:26] - Starting from initial work packet
[21:05:26]
[21:05:26] Project: 920 (Run 59, Clone 8, Gen 12)
[21:05:26]
[21:05:26] Assembly optimizations on if available.
[21:05:26] Entering M.D.
[21:05:33] Protein: p920_vpf910
[21:05:33]
[21:05:33] Writing local files
[21:05:34] Testing CPU type...
[21:05:34] Done testing.
[21:05:34] Extra AltiVec boost OK.
[21:05:34] Writing local files
[21:05:36] Completed 0 out of 250000 steps (0)
[21:10:19] Writing local files
[21:10:21] Completed 2500 out of 250000 steps (1)
[21:15:03] Writing local files
[21:15:05] Completed 5000 out of 250000 steps (2)
[21:19:47] Writing local files
[21:19:49] Completed 7500 out of 250000 steps (3)
[21:24:31] Writing local files

Yeah Dual G5's is shweet. This X2.

But what I wanna see is a Xgrid enabled folding client. I already asked the head honcho about it on the stanford forum and he said it had been discussed internally, whatever that means.

He needs to know that we mac users want a Xgrid enabled client as soon as the xgrid beta is made final. With xgrid and a few mac using universities and businesses the mac teams would rule.

[MrMacMan]

5 Minutes a Step!?

I envy you so much!

grr.

Xgrid I suppose they are seeing if it is feasible?

[MrMacMan]

[sorry double post]

I checked out the Folding Stats...

Ahh Oh My God!

We hit ORANGE!

:eek: :eek:

Attached picture cause their server is having load problem issues.

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by MrMacman
[sorry double post]

I checked out the Folding Stats...

Ahh Oh My God!

We hit ORANGE!

:eek: :eek:

Attached picture cause their server is having load problem issues.

Well that's awesome. Too bad I'm still getting these tiny 30 point or less work units that take as much time as the 60 pointers I use to get.

[Rower_CPU]

Holy crap!!! :eek:

We rock!

[Selecter]

I'm trying to hit orange on a personal level. :D but I think I am about 2 CPU's short. Computer show coming up this weekend and I'm gonna be on the look out for cheap cpu power to put online here. I want a dedicated folder farm so I can reclaim my "fun" computers without feeling guilty that I'm taking them off the grid.

Our user count has gone up 15 folks in the last week too. Come on you guys I wanna see the Knights bite the big one. :D

[FritzTheWonderM]

I had my first 1000+ point day yesterday. You wouldn't think that adding a single G5 to my other 19 processors would make a big diff but...

My apologies to LordMord and backspinner who I will be passing shortly on my way to the toop 10.:cool:

[Selecter]

when you can do framesets in 5 minute or less you can rack up some points.

You are kicking major ass Fritz. :D

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
Holy crap!!! :eek:

We rock!

Wow! We made to orange on the Extreme stats page!!:D

It would be great if we could keep it there!

And I just passed 10,000 points recently :D

D

[Rower_CPU]

Congrats, D!

And congrats and thanks to everyone that has ever done even a single WU for the team. It's an awesome collaborative effort and it's amazing to me to see how far we've come with the team. :)

[MacBandit]

Originally posted by Rower_CPU
Congrats, D!

And congrats and thanks to everyone that has ever done even a single WU for the team. It's an awesome collaborative effort and it's amazing to me to see how far we've come with the team. :)

It's amazing to think it was just a few months ago when our goal was to reach 10,000 units a day. Now we're doubling that. It's simply insane.

[Rower_CPU]

Absolutely.

The way things are looking, the KWSN are in it deep. It will be very satisfying to spank them soundly. ;)

[shemp9999]

i just added 6 more dually linux boxen at work today.

they are:

6 x 900 MHz PIII
2 x 1.4 GHz PIII
4 x 2.0 GHz Xeon

to add to the other 3 procs at work:

1 x 733 MHz G4
2 x 1.0 GHz G4

and the 5 procs at home:

1 x 400 MHz G3
2 x 500 MHz G4
2 x 2.0 GHz G5

for 20 procs all in all. :cool:

maybe i can hit 4-5k week now. although i might retire the g3. and when i get the electric bill i might remove the home g4 and g5, too. :(

i'm looking at some low-end g4s at scanner stations, too. i'm trying to not abuse more machines than i should :D

the xeons got tinkers and they look to be slow...11 mins a frame. but soon the WUs they come a rollin' and the knights they go a fallin'... :p

ok, i just hurt my smiley maker...tata

[MrMacMan]

Wow you are doing pretty damn well also shemp:
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/member_overview.php?UserID=63611

Wee thats a lot.

Rower, Mr. A --
Does Orange + 20 Place = Front Page?


;)

[I keep pushing for it... only cause it recruits a ton of people]

[shemp9999]

Rower, Mr. A --
Does Orange + 20 Place = Front Page?




[I keep pushing for it... only cause it recruits a ton of people]

it recruited me in early december - right when i got the g5 back from the shop and wanted to test it out a bit ;)

[MacBandit]

By the look of my totals I'm going to have to assume that some of my hijacked rigs have been sold or taken off line. I'll have to reconnoiter and commandeer some more cpus for the greater good.

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by MrMacman
...
Rower, Mr. A --
Does Orange + 20 Place = Front Page?

;)

[I keep pushing for it... only cause it recruits a ton of people]

On a slow news day. ;)

I'll PM arn to see if he can squeeze an announcement in.

[Mr. Anderson]

Well, we've done it 2 days in a row, lets see if we can stay at this level for a while. At our current rate we could *eventually* end up 14th overall - that's damn good! :D

D

[Dreadnought]

Hi all, I am folding@home now, but have at work a 2.0 Pentium 4 running windoos 2000 (that's 2000 more errors!!). And it's sitting idle a lot. Have tried to run folding on it, but it didn't get through the firewall of my company, and the IT support doesn't want to help me with it or give me the port! Does anyone know a program that scans the open ports, so that I can install folding on it and that it gets data from stanford? I know, it's a bit illegal, but it's for team 3446! :D

[jbeetz]

Originally posted by Dreadnought
Have tried to run folding on it, but it didn't get through the firewall of my company, and the IT support doesn't want to help me with it or give me the port! :D

Don't tell anyone, but "someone" here got around IT by finding out the address of the HTTP proxy server. We're set up for autoconfiguration, which does silly things like block web based email and who knows what else...

[Dreadnought]

Thanks Jbeetz for a certain private post with a link! Will give it a try on monday when I am back at work, hopefully folding!