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Does anyone else have a Tinker?

Reading through this thread, I noticed your comments about the -advmethods and realised you are suffering from a common misconception.

This flag means that you are prepared to take late beta units, it is not a -gromacs flag! :D
Late betas are proteins that have been through Stanford's internal testing and have had provisional testing by the external beta testers, but may still have undiscovered problems i.e. this flag says "I am willing to try less stable units" For the last year or so, this flag normally meant that you get Gromacs as that was the latest core, but it is not a guarantee
(There was even talk of getting new Genome cores with this flag before that project was unexpectedly terminated)

The recent recalculation of scoring for Tinkers means they are now actually preferable (in most cases) for WIntel based systems - I'm not sure how the PPD rates work out on Macs. :confused:

Ultimately, Stanford will hand out work they want doing, not necessarily those units that score at the fastest rate. If everyone specifies -advmethods (as they appear to be doing) I suspect that the flag will eventually get ignored altogether :rolleyes:
 
advmethods?

I wouldn't know how to specify one unit over another at all! All I know is I just finished my second Tinker. It took 4 weeks to complete both (each just over 12 days). Scoring isn't important to me. Competition is all well and good but just knowing I am doing something good that may help in finding cures for certain illnesses makes me feel like I'm accomplishing something. Having survived colon cancer and 2 years later having my gallbladder removed (via the emergency room), I am proud to be a part of something that would allow others to avoid what I went through, and sad knowing there are those that won't survive in the meantime.

I just keep on Folding............
:cool: :cool: :p :cool: :D
 
My G3/800 just finished the second p638 that I had after 9+ days (originally on the dual G4/800), yet I've received no points for it. Now that's a pain. :eek:
 
is it just me, or has the tinker storm started up again?

I've gotten 7 of the big nasty 400 framers THIS WEEK.

the poor old G3s aren't handling them very well, either.

My production has fallen off sharply this week as a result...grr.
 
benpatient said:
is it just me, or has the tinker storm started up again?
I've gotten 7 of the big nasty 400 framers THIS WEEK.
the poor old G3s aren't handling them very well, either.
My production has fallen off sharply this week as a result...grr.
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There's another flood of p638 units, but Gromacs units p563 and p909 are also received frequently. If you want to use TINKER and not have to wait as long for work units to finish:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118,00.html :cool:
 
my athlon XP 2500+ (running at 3200+) ;) is currently without any sort of internet connection, and will likely stay that way until broadband connection costs come down some more, or my day of defeat withdrawl kicks in too hard (which will probably require a little boost of HL2 online envy to push it over the edge). Then I'll start using the athlon, too, and not have to worry so much about tinkers.
 
I've got one p638 and one p680 now. My last p638 on the G3 didn't give me any points, but oh well, it was only 10+ days. :D :( :eek:
 
My poor Pentium III (I dont like to leave my iBook on all the time) is due to finish its current tinker Sunday night, for a total of 8 days of chugging.

Last night, I started folding on my parents Dell. It did a quick gromac, and is now chugging along on its own tinker...oh the joy....
 
benpatient said:
my athlon XP 2500+ (running at 3200+) ;) is currently without any sort of internet connection, and will likely stay that way until broadband connection costs come down some more.
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Well, it's time to get internet through the phone! It's all for a greater good :D
 
ha. i took the modem out of that computer after about a week because my friend needed one and i had cable. didn't make sense to buy another one...i could ask for it back, but that would be mean.
 
well, there's another detail i forgot to mention...the guy i gave that modem to is currently in the process of one of those slow, painful moves where you pay weekly rent for 3 months waiting for a house to move into, and his stuff is all in storage, computer included.
 
benpatient said:
well, there's another detail i forgot to mention...the guy i gave that modem to is currently in the process of one of those slow, painful moves where you pay weekly rent for 3 months waiting for a house to move into, and his stuff is all in storage, computer included.
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So, all this time, you could be using the modem.

How do most people do without a computer? :eek:
 
xcuse me lets not get off topic here. We're talkin Tinkers!! and I just got my 3rd after 3 weeks of decent Gromacs, BAM a 638 hit me. I'll get back in 2 weeks when it's done :(
 
Sparky's said:
xcuse me lets not get off topic here. We're talkin Tinkers!! and I just got my 3rd after 3 weeks of decent Gromacs, BAM a 638 hit me. I'll get back in 2 weeks when it's done :(
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Yessir! <salutes>

I've got two p638s and one p680 right now. By Sunday, two will probably be done.
 
I have just finished a tinker i've had since the beginning of may (worth 128 points!). The next one is a gromacs (p568_BBA5_N), which i should have done by the end of tomorrow at the latest.
 
Dreadnought said:
also have two 638's....
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Yeah isn't it nice when they are returned after 2.5 days of hard work and you get all those points. And then get a few gromacs that you can do easily in a couple of hours... POINTS POINTS POINTS!!!
 
Two of the Tinkers are gone now, replaced by Gromacs WUs and I'm 300+ points up. It doesn't seem so bad as it did 10 days ago. :( :D :eek:
 
I've had two tinkers in the last few days. The workload has been evened out as they alternated between each processor :D.
 
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