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well i had to restart the protein several times since i moved from the terminal app to folding control and had my computer crash once while folding control was running as well.

i assumed since i was running the same protein that it was the same unit. i guess it doesnt work that way. seems kishba is also doing 601 proteinA. stupid protein. grrrr!

well ill crank out another unit of 601 proteinA and if i still dont get any credit im quitting.
 
Originally posted by AmbitiousLemon
well i had to restart the protein several times since i moved from the terminal app to folding control and had my computer crash once while folding control was running as well.

i assumed since i was running the same protein that it was the same unit. i guess it doesnt work that way. seems kishba is also doing 601 proteinA. stupid protein. grrrr!

well ill crank out another unit of 601 proteinA and if i still dont get any credit im quitting.

i completely agree with you... i'm about ready to give up too
 
I'm sorry to hear that you guys are having so much difficulty.:(

You will probably get the same protein several times, it happens. ProteinA's are the worst, but they give you some good points if you complete them fast enough.

I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of improvements we get with v.3...
 
Originally posted by kishba


i completely agree with you... i'm about ready to give up too
Well, you showed up on the server with 2 units. I don't know if this was your first protein, but you're on the site now. As for AL, he hasn't showed up yet. I've had the most problems with Folding Console/Control on the Mac, so I usually go Graphical w/the graphics hidden, so I can see my progress.

I haven't had any problems with the graphical client for mac, so that's what I'd recommend if you do continue to help us. :)
 
wOOt!

:p :p :p
man this thing is a hoss!
#31--->#20 in one night...hehehe
dp800
lookout #9 here I Come!!!
ive got the dp folding control installed and also am running the gui downloaded version
...does that make sense?
anyway im working on 3 protiens at a time....hehe
 
Re: wOOt!

Originally posted by merman637
:p :p :p
man this thing is a hoss!
#31--->#20 in one night...hehehe
dp800
lookout #9 here I Come!!!
ive got the dp folding control installed and also am running the gui downloaded version
...does that make sense?
anyway im working on 3 protiens at a time....hehe

that's what i'm doing too. with dp 800.

good luck catching the big dogs though... actually, you won't.

but it doesn't hurt to try.. haha. i used to be like second or third. then rower and mc68k got their whole freaking lab going.. but it's better this way.


also. great to see that we passed the commies! ie, the russians... yes!
 
Re: Re: wOOt!

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
also. great to see that we passed the commies! ie, the russians... yes!
That subject opened itself up for many jokes today. Funny how Mother Russia is so cold, you think more people there would be into folding.

LOL, the Cold Folding War…

Yeah w/o the lab, I'd only be running ~6 computers 2 of them my own. So I look up to you guys tht are just running your home machine faithfully. I'm testing out the new beta 3.0 for X, before it expires on 6/24 on my s900 beast.

It gave me another proteinA :( Oh well maybe it'll be faster in straight Darwin overnight..

Off to ResEdit my 7.5 suitcase resources for my upcoming 'tar.
 
Re: Re: Re: wOOt!

Originally posted by mc68k
Off to ResEdit my 7.5 suitcase resources for my upcoming 'tar.

it's funny, if you posted more often in the community area, i'm sure you'd be the biggest nerd. instead you let your boss take all the heat.


next time i have a problem i'm coming straight to you. nerdboy.


let me ask you this. any reason not to run folding the way i run? ie, 2 units in folding control and one under the graphical client? all at once... on a dp 800?

stalin and lenin have a secret underground computer network doing mass folding....
 
Re: Re: Re: Re: wOOt!

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
it's funny, if you posted more often in the community area, i'm sure you'd be the biggest nerd. instead you let your boss take all the heat.
Well, I'll have some time coming up, so we'll see. I know the community forum is where I'll find you...
next time i have a problem i'm coming straight to you. nerdboy.
I'm honored, I guess.:)
let me ask you this. any reason not to run folding the way i run? ie, 2 units in folding control and one under the graphical client? all at once... on a dp 800?
Yes. You have 2 processors and you are running 3 cores, so therefore one of your processors is running double duty. There is no reason for this since that just makes the WU take longer.
 
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: wOOt!

Originally posted by mc68k
Well, I'll have some time coming up, so we'll see. I know the community forum is where I'll find you...

I'm honored, I guess.:)

Yes. You have 2 processors and you are running 3 cores, so therefore one of your processors is running double duty. There is no reason for this since that just makes the WU take longer.

is that some sort of cheap shot like i have nothing useful to say about macs??? ha

good.

ok, so essentially it's the same as running just the 2... so from now on i guess i'll just run folding control... thanks dawg
 
Originally posted by Draft
MacRumors is moving up the ranks. We're already to 75! I hope that we continue on at the same pace.
The lab I'm running here with Rower is for education at a univ, so we'll prob just run the screensaver when the semester starts. But as for our current pace, It should continue til the end of the summer.

I'm really happy how quickly our team has moved up the ranks. We should pass Apple pretty soon. :)
 
Folding problems !!!!!! :(

If anybody ends up reading this, i would appreciate the help. Anyway, I downloaded the Folding screen saver and decied i want the Command Line or text version (whatever it is) but i can't trash the screen saver. i tried looking for an answer all over the folding page and groups but it seems no one else has this problem (or wants to uninstall the screen saver) so i've come to the place where i'm sure i can get an answer. the only file giving me trouble the the "Folding@home.saver" file in the screen savers folder of my library directory. when moving it anywhere, it says "the operation cannot be completed because you do not have sufficient privileges for some of the items." however, i am the only user of this computer and therefor should be the admin, correct? When i getinfo for the file and look at privileges, the owner is system and group is admin. i know i'm being kind of pickie, but i want this pesky thing off my computer. also i've trashed everything else so when i select it as my screen saver i get a kernel crash complete with black and white text. While this is pretty cool (i've never gotten X to do it untill now), i'd feel safer with the issue resolved. anyway, thanks a lot for anyone who comes along and reads this.
 
Re: Folding problems !!!!!! :(

OK, you can boot into 9, or you have a couple of other choices.

1. Log in as "root" with your normal password. Trash the screensaver (don't do anything else, you can kill your system!) log out and log back in like normal.

2. Open the Terminal, type "sudo rm [pathname]" where [pathname] is the path to the screensaver - probably ~/Library/Screen\ Savers/Folding@Home.saver. You'll have to enter your password after typing that.

G'luck!
 
And while I'm here...

MR - Team Folding: 72 and climbing rapidly
Mothership: 63 and climbing slowly
 
I will admit now that I have not read 50% of the posts here due to time restrictions. I did not even know Fold@Home existed and I am going to do the switch from SETI

Is there a program like the one for SETI to start the terminal version instead of opening a shell? I like having the % showing in my dock
 
well you should have saved yourself some time and actually read this thread. its mentioned a number of times as well as linked to. but if you ddnt read then you missed all of my bitching so thats cool. The application is called folding control and runs the command line client but provides a cocoa window to see progress and enter your name and team number. It also has support for dual processors. what it does not do is give any information in its dock icon or actually give you a numerical %, it just gives a progress bar. also teh sneaky bastards who created it put their own team number in so if you dont put the MR team number in there you will be working for the enemy.
 
woo hoo!

Sweet, looks like have passed everyone who played around and gave up, or has really slow machines. I am at #13 now, and that is running this while running SETI as well...(I have almost 800 seti units already) and on PC to boot!

quickly ducks and PC flames...or maybe that is just my processor heating up! ;)
 
well i finally finished my first WU in my own name. i shall toil in obscurity no more!

and i discovered something pretty cool. you can actually figure out what some stuff about your protein and your work unit.


Project 111
Projects 111, 112, 113 and 114 analyze folding of the Staphylococcal protein A, a 3-helix bundle protein. Protein A is usually bound to the bacterial membrane, and is an important target for antibodies. Here we study folding of protein A and several of its variants. These proteins are the biggest molecules we have ever simulated- however, experiments tell us they fold extremely quickly. We have set the deadline for returning WUs to be 9 days.
here linky linky linky...

thats pretty cool. Seti doesnt give you information about the aliens you are spying on.
 
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