Site Update: Folding, SETI@Home, GarageBand Forum

[MacRumors]

- MacRumors SETI @ Home Team (http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_139691.html) is going strong and looking for new members. If you would like to help, see our SETI FAQ (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=47705) or visit our Distributed Computing forum (http://forums.macrumors.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=19).

- MacRumors Folding @ Home Team (http://folding.stanford.edu/teamstats/team3446.html) is now the 20th overall ranked team (http://folding.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/searchteamstats) and remains the #1 Mac Folding team. If you would like to help, see our Folding FAQ (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?threadid=21908) or visit our Distributed Computing forum (http://forums.macrumors.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=19).

- A new GarageBand discussion forum (http://forums.macrumors.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=65) has been created in anticipation of the growing interest in Apple's new iLife Application.

- And thanks (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=54204) to all those who helped out during the MacWorld Expo keynote.

[sethypoo]

Great! Looking forward to using the GarageBand forum, anyway to share songs?

This is great!

[arn]

Several Garageband sites have emerged.

http://www.garagebandexchange.com/
http://www.garagebandcreations.com/
http://www.soniccat.com/
http://www.applegarage.com/

we'll see...

and I'll look into allowing users here to upload their latest song or so...

arn

[Macmaniac]

Well I have rejoined SETI, I had some problems with units crashing, hopefully they won't crash again!

[Omad0n]

i had almost forgotten about Seti! Thanks for posting this, I'll be able to re-join teh team now :)

[~Shard~]

Great to hear about the GarageBand sites! I'll definitely be making good use of them....

[simX]

Thanks, arn, for giving yet more visibility to the MacRumors SETI team! While the folding team is going strong, we could still use a lot more users to the SETI team!

So to give you all an incentive to join the SETI team, how about this (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=54747): if we get onto the top 200 list, we can kick Symantec off the list! They're the 200th team. It's going to require a lot of work and time, still, but I know we can do it. And I know how you guys all hate Norton Utilities... so let's show them how we feel! :)

Also, note that SETI runs on any Mac running System 7.5.5 or higher, so we aren't relegated to Macs only running Mac OS X like the MacRumors folding team is. That gives us a big advantage, and we should use it. So if any of you have any older Macs, don't hesitate to put them on the project! Any computing power helps.

[Rocketman]

Originally posted by arn
Several Garageband sites have emerged.

http://www.garagebandexchange.com/
http://www.garagebandcreations.com/
http://www.soniccat.com/
http://www.applegarage.com/

we'll see...

and I'll look into allowing users here to upload their latest song or so...

arn

I have a question for god.

Is macrumours.com a "Mac" site or an "iPod" site? If it were an Apple site it would be Applerumors.com, after all.

Rocketman

[arn]

Originally posted by Rocketman
I have a question for god.

Is macrumours.com a "Mac" site or an "iPod" site? If it were an Apple site it would be Applerumors.com, after all.


Not sure if I follow the reasoning behind the question

If you want, you can go to http://www.applerumors.com if it makes you feel better. ;)

To answer the question... it's a site related to all things related to Apple and the Mac. iPod included.

arn

[buffsldr]

Originally posted by arn
Not sure if I follow the reasoning behind the question

If you want, you can go to http://www.applerumors.com if it makes you feel better. ;)

To answer the question... it's a site related to all things related to Apple and the Mac. iPod included.

arn


Very cool, Arn, I had no idea you had applerumors.com

And thanks for marketing the folding team.

[Kingsnapped]

Woo... I'm glad I started folding before it came cool like this...:D

Remember, folding is actually going to valid medical research. It's easy, check it out.

[Isbiten]

Joined the folding team a couple of days ago, haven't finished my first eh assignment yet though :)

Not want to hurt anyone, but seti at home isn't the best way to spend your spare CPU cycles.

[Rower_CPU]

Folks, let's avoid the SETI vs F@H comments. Both teams need support, and as one of the leading members of the F@H team, I'm perfectly happy supporting the SETI team in their efforts to move up the ranks.

Play nice. :)

[MrMacMan]

Yeah when the SETI team reaches 200 i might have to add some support for it... but for me its really what the research is doing... SETI for Aliens... Folding for Dieases.

I fold currently, I've had a few family members die from things like that... not good at all.

The Folding Team will accecpt all Mac Os X, Linux and Windows computers!

My Theory:
Folding for Mac Os X
SETI for Os 9 and Under.

[MacFan25]

Originally posted by buffsldr
Very cool, Arn, I had no idea you had applerumors.com

And thanks for marketing the folding team.
PCRumors.com (http://www.pcrumors.com) is also a good site. ;)

I'm glad to hear that our folding team is doing so well, and I'm glad to see Macrumors expanding. Thanks, and keep up the good work! :D

[Doctor Q]

Using a RAM disk, it's possible to run SETI in such a way that it does not access the disk while running. Is the same thing possible for Folding?

[simX]

Woo! We got an extra 42 members from this story -- that should definitely help us in getting on one of the top 200 lists. Just look how many more work units we got: we now have 143906 units done for team, as opposed to the 128468 work units just yesterday at 6 PM PST. Just 93852 more work units to go before we get on the top 200 list! ;) Anybody else up for joining the SETI team?

(BTW, if anybody misjudges my comments about Folding, know that I'm just being silly when I say things like tempting Folding users to come to the SETI team. Both teams are doing well, and both need support, as Rower said. :) )

[djsincla]

... and still going strong.

[Fender2112]

Originally posted by MacFan25
PCRumors.com (http://www.pcrumors.com) is also a good site. ;)



That's funny. :D