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Folding Cracks the top 100
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You were the one who started things off, buffsldr, so props to you as well.
Our next big target is MacCentral.com...we should pass them later this month!
Our next big target is MacCentral.com...we should pass them later this month!
well i tried seti first because well its the home town boys but it doesnt seem to be very stable. so maybe i will try folding...
Re: Folding Cracks the top 100
Please join us, every WU helps! Thanks for the pledges, AL and spuncan, do appreciate it! We could use your help to pass MacCentral.
So humble! You carried the team for a long time and are still a MAJOR contributor. Thanks for all your help.
Please join us, every WU helps! Thanks for the pledges, AL and spuncan, do appreciate it! We could use your help to pass MacCentral.
Ooh, 867...thanks kishba.Originally posted by kishba
ok i just joined up! i'll have my g4 867 processing as much as possible... i'd have my g3 powerbook do some... but it probably wouldn't help much
Their (Stanford) spec for their WU benchmark is a PIII 400. If your PB could run folding, then it will help us, too. FYI, make sure to hide (not minimize) your graphic window if your running the graphical client.
neat idea
im not sure that i 100% understand the purpose behind this, however i joined the team also...i assume processing power helps?!...what about a DP800???...anything to help the macrumors team....
im not sure that i 100% understand the purpose behind this, however i joined the team also...i assume processing power helps?!...what about a DP800???...anything to help the macrumors team....
can someone email me the terminal version, i cant uncompress what i download (this is not a good first impression). grrr
type this in the terminal:
chmod +x FAH2Console-v219-OSX.bin
then type:
./FAH2Console-v219-OSX.bin
that's exactly what i did and it then asked a few questions (username, the number of the group--macrumors is 3446) and then it took off (i assume... although i still haven't appeared as member of the team according to their site)
hope that helps!
OK here are the instructions in Taft-speak. Maybe they'll help.
1. Download the terminal version from their website.
2. Move the file to your Applications folder via the Finder.
3. Open your terminal program.
4. At the command line, type 'cd /Applications'. (If you put the file somewhere else, use that path instead.)
5. Type the command, 'chmod 755 FAH2Console-v219-OSX.bin'.
6. To run the program, type './FAH2Console-v219-OSX.bin'
For added convenience, I've done the follwing to make starting Folding easier...
1. Type 'sudo ln -s /Applications/FAH2Console-v219-OSX.bin /usr/bin/folding'
2. Now when you run folding, simply type 'folding' no matter where you are! (You will have to run the 'rehash' command in any open terminal windows to make the change take effect.)
Taft
1. Download the terminal version from their website.
2. Move the file to your Applications folder via the Finder.
3. Open your terminal program.
4. At the command line, type 'cd /Applications'. (If you put the file somewhere else, use that path instead.)
5. Type the command, 'chmod 755 FAH2Console-v219-OSX.bin'.
6. To run the program, type './FAH2Console-v219-OSX.bin'
For added convenience, I've done the follwing to make starting Folding easier...
1. Type 'sudo ln -s /Applications/FAH2Console-v219-OSX.bin /usr/bin/folding'
2. Now when you run folding, simply type 'folding' no matter where you are! (You will have to run the 'rehash' command in any open terminal windows to make the change take effect.)
Taft
Try this:
o Open Terminal
o type in chmod +x
o Physically drag the FAH2...bin onto the terminal window (this should type in the pathname for you)
o make a new folder and drop it in there (the console version creates a lot of extraneous files)
o then drag the now executable FAH2...bin file onto the terminal window
You can also use this beta app from MacAddict4Life that someone wrote to do terminal work for you.
[edit] Seems that Taft had replied, thanks. Maybe my instructions will fill in any gaps, though Taft is quite the Unix nerd. [/edit]
o Open Terminal
o type in chmod +x
o Physically drag the FAH2...bin onto the terminal window (this should type in the pathname for you)
o make a new folder and drop it in there (the console version creates a lot of extraneous files)
o then drag the now executable FAH2...bin file onto the terminal window
You can also use this beta app from MacAddict4Life that someone wrote to do terminal work for you.
[edit] Seems that Taft had replied, thanks. Maybe my instructions will fill in any gaps, though Taft is quite the Unix nerd.
[/edit]
Originally posted by kishba
hehehe... i'm not sure if mine is working yet either... i assume that once i finish a unit it will tell me or i will show up as a member of the macrumors team... hopefully
yes it just stops after saying parameters...
when seti was running i could tell because i could feel the machine working. but folding isnt giving me any feedback.
well assuming this is working i must say that i feel like quite a traitor. of course despite going to berkeley ive always had a softspot in my heart for stanfurd. had a frog named stanfurd when i was little (of course another frog named berkeley ate him...)
AL, it is working right?
The graphical and console versions run the same IF you have the graphical client window HIDDEN, not MINIMIZED. This will tell you percentage, if you prefer. The cconsole client has a -vebosity switch, but I cranked it to the max, 9, and it did nothing. The console version is very weak on letting you know anything.
You can also try that beta app that runs on top of the console version a few posts above.
[23:10:05] parameters work/wudata_01.prm
[23:10:05] - Writing "work/wudata_01.key": (overwrite)successful.
that's what mine outputs before saying... nothin
my cpu monitor shows the whole cpu being used though... i just quit the terminal and ran the app again and it started all over (or so i assume because it still says its completed 0 frames and has 500 remaining...)
can someone who's been using the terminal version spread some light on this? i'd like to know my machine is actually doing something useful....
well i downloaded and launched the graphical client (this is worse than the terminal, who are the idiots at stanfurd programming these things?) and went to display protein since this seems to be the only option. it shows a protein "no news is good news" and 0.0% progress.
so is the terminal app not doing anything?
so is the terminal app not doing anything?
ok just checked top and core65.ex is using 88% of my cpu. thats with mozilla, itunes, photoshop, dreamweaver, mail, and adium running. kinda weird i cant feel it running, but thats fine by me. just wish it would make some progress.