Site Update: Folding, Photos, Tunes, and News

MacRumors · Nov 15, 2003, 06:24 PM

- MacRumors Folding @ Home Team is currently the 25th overall ranked team and remains the #1 Mac Folding team. If you want to help, see our FAQ or visit our Distributed Computing forum.

- Doctor Q has put together a MacRumors Photo Directory which matches faces with usernames of many MacRumors users.

- DailyTunes now offers 1190 individual iTunes song recommendations. New song recommendation submissions have been streamlined thanks to weefle. Only a single iTunes song link is required to make a song recommendation and all the necessarily information is pulled automatically from the iTunes Music Store.

- A reminder that MacBytes tracks other interesting Mac news stories, opinion pieces, and happenings in the Mac Community that may not make it to the MacRumors front page.

AmigoMac · Nov 15, 2003, 06:36 PM

There is a long way ahead, great & congratulations!

humangod · Nov 15, 2003, 06:56 PM

in regards to the pictures thread:

HAHAHA!! LOOK AT ALL THE APPLE GEEKS!!!!

*looks in the mirror*

oh wait... nevermind.

-Mike

arn · Nov 15, 2003, 07:02 PM

Heh... be kind.

We want to encouraging of people to post photos....

arn

gwuMACaddict · Nov 15, 2003, 07:07 PM

go folding!

punter · Nov 15, 2003, 07:50 PM

you should get that 1100 node super computer to fold for a couple of minutes for your team! Take you to first place perhaps.

sososowhat · Nov 15, 2003, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by punter
you should get that 1100 node super computer to fold for a couple of minutes for your team! Take you to first place perhaps.

We actually together are close to as powerful as the Big Mac. Our team shows 912 active processors this week. I believe dualies count as one (mine seems to). Ok, so BigMac's faster, but not more than a few times faster, than the MacRumors team.

Power to the People

~Shard~ · Nov 15, 2003, 08:41 PM

Okay, who ranked this thread negative? Just curious - I mean, I think the folding ranking is great, the photo directory is an excellent idea for the MacRumors community, and Daily Tunes is an excellent resource for people.

Sorry, I just don't see any negatives to this. If someone feels different, I have no problems with that at all, it just kind of surprises me. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion though!

tazo · Nov 15, 2003, 09:12 PM

I am working on the folding at home deal

Just finished my 11th

BaghdadBob · Nov 15, 2003, 09:17 PM

Some people just get a kick out of posting a negative.

If you left a thread on the main page long enough that said "Apple profits $1Bil and cures cancer" it would pick up seven or eight negatives. And when I say "long enough" I mean about three hours.

jouster · Nov 15, 2003, 09:21 PM

I've always wondered why there are a few people in the team who folded a bunch of units but have next to no points. Anyone know? Like, for example, Laslo_Panaflex, who has 2000+ units and hardly any points!

~Shard~ · Nov 15, 2003, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BaghdadBob
Some people just get a kick out of posting a negative.

If you left a thread on the main page long enough that said "Apple profits $1Bil and cures cancer" it would pick up seven or eight negatives. And when I say "long enough" I mean about three hours.

Heh heh - that's totally true...

Doctor Q · Nov 15, 2003, 09:25 PM

That just proves that MacRumors is the #1 site in the world for everything, from soup to nuts!

MrMacMan · 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BaghdadBob
Some people just get a kick out of posting a negative.

If you left a thread on the main page long enough that said "Apple profits $1Bil and cures cancer" it would pick up seven or eight negatives. And when I say "long enough" I mean about three hours.

Really.

What bad news is this?

'Oh, but MacRumors isn't the #1 team, so therefore it is bad news'

What the hell, arn can you track the people who post negetive for no reason and ban them, please...

Quote:

Originally posted by jouster
I've always wondered why there are a few people in the team who folded a bunch of units but have next to no points. Anyone know? Like, for example, Laslo_Panaflex, who has 2000+ units and hardly any points!

They folded 'back in the day' AKA before it was cool

.

No they folded a while ago when WU were smaller and counted alot less.

edit: Please Join Folding, it helps people.

Everyone from people with cancer to mad cows disease.

Dippo · Nov 15, 2003, 10:20 PM

So, MacBytes says that the BigMac is officially #3 supercomputer. So is that true, I haven't read that on Macrumors.

bousozoku · Nov 15, 2003, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dippo
So, MacBytes says that the BigMac is officially #3 supercomputer. So is that true, I haven't read that on Macrumors.

You should have noticed it in these forums since they're the same forums for MacBytes, MacRumors, and DailyTunes.

Awimoway · Nov 15, 2003, 11:47 PM

Interesting. Of about 100 pics, only 7 are female. Probably a pretty good sample of the MR community as a whole.

arn · Nov 16, 2003, 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dippo
So, MacBytes says that the BigMac is officially #3 supercomputer. So is that true, I haven't read that on Macrumors.

That's what Wired says... but the really official numbers come out tomorrow (Sun). I'll post it when it comes from the source.

arn

CompUSAMacNerd · Nov 16, 2003, 02:31 AM

I'm still a bit of a newbie to the forum and all..but what is folding, and how does one get to be on the team, and what does it all do?
Explain?

simX · Nov 16, 2003, 03:40 AM

How come the MacRumors SETI@home team is never advertised? It's always neglected. :\

sososowhat · Nov 16, 2003, 03:54 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jouster
I've always wondered why there are a few people in the team who folded a bunch of units but have next to no points. Anyone know? Like, for example, Laslo_Panaflex, who has 2000+ units and hardly any points!

I think it's a bug in the scoring. I went through a few units one @ a time, then suddenly I complete what should be two units & they show up as 43 (projects 912 & 913). The points are right; the work units are off.

rdowns · Nov 16, 2003, 07:29 AM

Since we have a thread related to site news, how about a list of MacRumors statuses and the criteria for each?

Newbie
Member
??????
??????

joesporleder · Nov 16, 2003, 10:16 AM

G5 Virginia Tech Cluster #3

~Shard~ · Nov 16, 2003, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by rdowns
Since we have a thread related to site news, how about a list of MacRumors statuses and the criteria for each?

Newbie
Member
??????
??????

I assume you're referring to how many posts it takes to advance to the next "classification", etc.? If so, the info you're looking for can be found in the FAQs if you look there. I can paraphrase here if you like:

~~~~~~

Newbie = 0 - 29 posts
Member => 30 posts
Regular => 100 posts
6502 => 500 posts
65816 => 1000 posts
65832 => 1500 posts
68000 => 1505 posts
68010 => 2000 posts
68020 => 2005 posts
68030 => 2500 posts
etc....

DemiGod or Contributer => Users who have contributed to the site

Macrumors God => adminstrators

~~~~~~~~

Hope this helps!

eyelikeart · Nov 16, 2003, 11:27 AM

don't forget the Mods...

Nov 15, 2003, 06:36 PM	#2
AmigoMac macrumors 68020 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: l'Allemagne	Go ahead! There is a long way ahead, great & congratulations! __________________ No Mac no fun...

Nov 15, 2003, 07:02 PM	#4
arn macrumors god Join Date: Apr 2001	Re: look at the apple geeks!! Heh... be kind. We want to encouraging of people to post photos.... arn

Nov 15, 2003, 07:07 PM	#5
gwuMACaddict macrumors 68040 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: washington dc	go folding! __________________ *"if everyone is thinking alike, then someone isn't thinking"*

Nov 15, 2003, 07:50 PM	#6
punter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Australia	you should get that 1100 node super computer to fold for a couple of minutes for your team! Take you to first place perhaps. __________________ "look at how much faster we can go" - Steve Jobs

Nov 15, 2003, 08:41 PM	#8
~Shard~ macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 1123.6536.5321	Who Ranked this Negative?!? Okay, who ranked this thread negative? Just curious - I mean, I think the folding ranking is great, the photo directory is an excellent idea for the MacRumors community, and Daily Tunes is an excellent resource for people. Sorry, I just don't see any negatives to this. If someone feels different, I have no problems with that at all, it just kind of surprises me. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion though! __________________ My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants. - J. Brotherton

Nov 15, 2003, 06:24 PM	#1
MacRumors macrumors bot Join Date: Apr 2001	Site Update: Folding, Photos, Tunes, and News - MacRumors Folding @ Home Team is currently the 25th overall ranked team and remains the #1 Mac Folding team. If you want to help, see our FAQ or visit our Distributed Computing forum. - Doctor Q has put together a MacRumors Photo Directory which matches faces with usernames of many MacRumors users. - DailyTunes now offers 1190 individual iTunes song recommendations. New song recommendation submissions have been streamlined thanks to weefle. Only a single iTunes song link is required to make a song recommendation and all the necessarily information is pulled automatically from the iTunes Music Store. - A reminder that MacBytes tracks other interesting Mac news stories, opinion pieces, and happenings in the Mac Community that may not make it to the MacRumors front page.

Nov 15, 2003, 06:56 PM	#3
humangod macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: sac, california	look at the apple geeks!! in regards to the pictures thread: HAHAHA!! LOOK AT ALL THE APPLE GEEKS!!!! looks in the mirror oh wait... nevermind. -Mike

Nov 15, 2003, 09:12 PM	#9
tazo Guest Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Pacific Northwest, Seattle, WA actually	I am working on the folding at home deal Just finished my 11th

Nov 15, 2003, 09:17 PM	#10
BaghdadBob macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Gorgeous, WA	Some people just get a kick out of posting a negative. If you left a thread on the main page long enough that said "Apple profits $1Bil and cures cancer" it would pick up seven or eight negatives. And when I say "long enough" I mean about three hours.

Nov 15, 2003, 09:21 PM	#11
jouster macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Connecticut	I've always wondered why there are a few people in the team who folded a bunch of units but have next to no points. Anyone know? Like, for example, Laslo_Panaflex, who has 2000+ units and hardly any points!

Nov 15, 2003, 09:25 PM	#13
Doctor Q macrumors god Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: at the table with countless relatives	That just proves that MacRumors is the #1 site in the world for everything, from soup to nuts! __________________ "You've just been abducted, of course you need crepes!" -- Walter Bishop

Nov 15, 2003, 10:20 PM	#15
Dippo macrumors 65816 Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Charlotte, NC	So, MacBytes says that the BigMac is officially #3 supercomputer. So is that true, I haven't read that on Macrumors. __________________ FAVS - Super Monkey Ball Labyrinth

Nov 15, 2003, 11:47 PM	#17
Awimoway macrumors 65816 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: at the edge	Interesting. Of about 100 pics, only 7 are female. Probably a pretty good sample of the MR community as a whole.

Nov 16, 2003, 02:31 AM	#19
CompUSAMacNerd macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2003	Curious I'm still a bit of a newbie to the forum and all..but what is folding, and how does one get to be on the team, and what does it all do? Explain?

Nov 16, 2003, 03:40 AM	#20
simX macrumors 6502a Join Date: May 2002 Location: Bay Area, CA	How come the MacRumors SETI@home team is never advertised? It's always neglected. :\ __________________ Get Memory Usage Getter, the only Mac OS X utility that graphically displays the memory and CPU usage of every open process! 800 MHz 17" G4 iMac \| 1 GB RAM \| SuperDrive \| OS X 10.3.2 \| iPod Join the MacRumors SETI team, and help kick Symantec off the Top 200 list!

Nov 16, 2003, 07:29 AM	#22
rdowns macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jul 2003	Newbie, member, ??????? Since we have a thread related to site news, how about a list of MacRumors statuses and the criteria for each? Newbie Member ?????? ??????

Nov 16, 2003, 10:16 AM	#23
joesporleder macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Kansas	It's official, #3 G5 Virginia Tech Cluster #3

Nov 16, 2003, 11:27 AM	#25
eyelikeart Demi-God (Moderator emeritus) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Metairie, LA	don't forget the Mods...

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