Well, you'd better work on your taunts, then. You float like a Mustang and sting like a butterfly, from what I've seen!
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Well, you'd better work on your taunts, then. You float like a Mustang and sting like a butterfly, from what I've seen!
Wow! Now that is what I call a taunt. Can't compete with...... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. Huh, what?! Sorry, fell asleep at the keyboard. What with all the exciting taunting that....... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. Maybe you need to bring more beans with you Frank in order to turn on the laughing gas!
A: Knock Knock
B: Who's there?
A: Frank
B: Frank who?
A: Frankly I don't know!
A: Knock Knock
B: Who's there?
A: Frank
B: Frank who?
A: Frankly I don't know!
Plutronics said:Did you Know that KWSN_Frank is pulling our legs , really !
all his fellow Knights have had their leg pulled so much , they can't But walk around in Circles ( Like they counld ever walk a straight Line )
It make them Walk Kinda .... Silly
Yes , Silly Walking is what it Tis ...
Pluts
No, I'm not pulling your legs, just raising concern on a subject that I heard second-hand. Obviously, anything that gets more people folding is a good thing, and the publicity this project (and Team MacOSX) have had on Apple.com is exactly that. So fold on everybody, and I'll see Macaholic back on the boards where this taunting belongs.
Now that IS looney! Being a member of the notorious 'Sons of Silly People' one would think YOU would realize a snipe when you see one! That is great! ROTFLMFAO! Truly amazing! An idea so outlandish, yet you bought it hook, line, and sinker from your own members! Make it stop! My sides are splitting! For those that want to see 'The rest of the story', be sure to stop by the enema forum for a good cleansing!
Your colon will thank you for it! Fold on!
Oeeee, looks like we have some company from a tin can! Haven't laughed this much with taunting in a while, not since we past those tin cans! But seriously, Frank, thanks for the info. That's probably the case why Team osX gets so much more folding done, it couldn't just be the free publicity on Apple's page. Their app probably installs folding automatically when you install Panther. It's time we get such an app!
Nny said:
hehe.
Some of the other mac teams are really falling apart I hear.
Welcome to MacRumors #3446!
I think this Thread should be combined with the "Time to roust the Troops" Thread, I'm getting a headache bouncing back and forth.
I'm working on a Tinker at the moment, and I think it will be another 11 days to the end, but I'm patient.
109 frames finished out of 400 in 4 days..... but 70+ points
I'm working on a Tinker at the moment, and I think it will be another 11 days to the end, but I'm patient.
109 frames finished out of 400 in 4 days..... but 70+ points
I just installed InCrease, after changing the prefs to fold for 3446...
Although it's good more people are folding, I think it's unethical for macosX to not prompt users at first which team they'd wish to fold for, or whether or not they'd like to go independent, instead of automatically having them fold for their team.
I just added my PowerBook back to the mix. I took folding off, because it would wreak havoc on my battery life, and run this little machine to death, but with the InCrease program, I can pause WU's, and they'll automatically pause when the machine is on battery power... I can also set it up to pause when I open photoshop, which is a good idea.
Either way, I'm back...
Although it's good more people are folding, I think it's unethical for macosX to not prompt users at first which team they'd wish to fold for, or whether or not they'd like to go independent, instead of automatically having them fold for their team.
I just added my PowerBook back to the mix. I took folding off, because it would wreak havoc on my battery life, and run this little machine to death, but with the InCrease program, I can pause WU's, and they'll automatically pause when the machine is on battery power... I can also set it up to pause when I open photoshop, which is a good idea.
Either way, I'm back...
G4Scott wrote:
First, I'm delighted that you're using InCrease and that you're happy with it. As for your comment on ethics, I think you're stretching a point.
When you first attempt to install Increase, first you get the help page (an obligatory read) and after that an initial screen which says, right at the bottom, Increase is not installed. Please verify your preferences before installing.
If you set up Increase correctly, following the directions provided by the developer right there within the app, you will then go to the preferences screen where you can easily put in whatever nickname and team number you like. The default team was set for the convenience of Team Mac OS X members who have been the core user base for InCrease since it first issued last year.
There are certain installer scripts available for PC's which set the nick and team to the developer's own settings in ways that are near impossible for new folders to detect and change. That is not the case here. New InCrease users are directed to the prefs screens and specifically advised to verify their settings, and the settings are trivially easy to change.
If you like InCrease, please continue to recommend it to your friends, counseling them to follow ALL the setup instructions to get it folding the way they want.
with best wishes,
susato from team Mac OS X
First, I'm delighted that you're using InCrease and that you're happy with it. As for your comment on ethics, I think you're stretching a point.
When you first attempt to install Increase, first you get the help page (an obligatory read) and after that an initial screen which says, right at the bottom, Increase is not installed. Please verify your preferences before installing.
If you set up Increase correctly, following the directions provided by the developer right there within the app, you will then go to the preferences screen where you can easily put in whatever nickname and team number you like. The default team was set for the convenience of Team Mac OS X members who have been the core user base for InCrease since it first issued last year.
There are certain installer scripts available for PC's which set the nick and team to the developer's own settings in ways that are near impossible for new folders to detect and change.
That is not the case here. New InCrease users are directed to the prefs screens and specifically advised to verify their settings, and the settings are trivially easy to change. If you like InCrease, please continue to recommend it to your friends, counseling them to follow ALL the setup instructions to get it folding the way they want.
with best wishes,
susato from team Mac OS X
I realize that the app tells users to set their preferences before installing, which should lead them to change their name and possibly team, but if they don't know what they're doing, or they don't want to fold for any team in particular, and they just leave those fields alone, then team macosX gets points.
While it is true that you developed the program, I think more should be done to make the user aware that they can switch teams, or fold for no team at all.
While it is true that you developed the program, I think more should be done to make the user aware that they can switch teams, or fold for no team at all.
Whatever....
While you may not like it that is how it is done by all teams including your own. The number is there for 2 reasons, first for the convenincve of our team members, and second as an example of what should be entered in case one is unsure of what is being requested. There is nothing "unethical" about it. If you don't like it, use another program. We are not forcing any other teams to use it, nor do we specifically advertise it to other teams. So far all users of InCrease have specifically downloaded it from our site or have been referred to it by another user of InCrease. Quality shows for what it is and this program is fast becoming the premiere application for installing and monitoring the CLI client on OS X. Please save any vitriolic comments for other apps that do in fact hide that they make you fold for another team, and another person. Thanks!
And also, if you are trying to act as if this is why TeamMacOSX has gained so many new members lately, try again. We do it the same as any team, through hard work and dedication. Keep up the fold!
G4Scott,G4scott said:
While you may not like it that is how it is done by all teams including your own. The number is there for 2 reasons, first for the convenincve of our team members, and second as an example of what should be entered in case one is unsure of what is being requested. There is nothing "unethical" about it. If you don't like it, use another program. We are not forcing any other teams to use it, nor do we specifically advertise it to other teams. So far all users of InCrease have specifically downloaded it from our site or have been referred to it by another user of InCrease. Quality shows for what it is and this program is fast becoming the premiere application for installing and monitoring the CLI client on OS X. Please save any vitriolic comments for other apps that do in fact hide that they make you fold for another team, and another person. Thanks!
And also, if you are trying to act as if this is why TeamMacOSX has gained so many new members lately, try again. We do it the same as any team, through hard work and dedication. Keep up the fold!
Feel free to use mc68k's wonderful install scripts. He's a member of your folding team and I'm sure his scripts would do the same job as InCrease. Sorry for the inconvenience. Now everyone can simply be referred to mc68k's script links instead of InCrease. Thanks. Fold on!
Scripts can be found at http://calnet.sdsu.edu/mc68k/
Scripts can be found at http://calnet.sdsu.edu/mc68k/
teams in InCrease
On first run, InCrease searchs fairly hard for pre-existing client folders and accumulates users and teams found. The intended behavior is for the first non-zero user and team to be used. Only if no teams were found is the default team 1971 entered for you. I do not believe this is the least bit unethical.
If you had a case where InCrease switched teams on you it is a bug and should be reported with as much detail as possible in my help thread.
On first run, InCrease searchs fairly hard for pre-existing client folders and accumulates users and teams found. The intended behavior is for the first non-zero user and team to be used. Only if no teams were found is the default team 1971 entered for you. I do not believe this is the least bit unethical.
If you had a case where InCrease switched teams on you it is a bug and should be reported with as much detail as possible in my help thread.
NoahJ said:
Not true at all. mc68k's script inserts no team # or username with the inital setup.
We've had 2 reports now that 10.3 installs InCrease on people's desktops. You sure Apple didn't add it to their image?
NoahJ said:
Here's the second: jbeetz - MR folder
Just strikes me as odd that we've got multiple sources speaking up, assuming that jbeetz isn't messing around.
NoahJ said:And on the mcScript, great! Glad to hear it. Still does not make it wrong to have a default value.
Never said it was wrong to, just that not "all teams" do it.
I try Folding, and pretty much without fail, every time it sends a WU, I get no points for it (yes I've checked my prefs). It's probably because 800MHz of G3 just ain't that great, but soon (as in enough $$ for a graphics card, a processor and an optical drive) I'll add a 2.8 OC'ed to 3.something P4 to the mix.
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GeeYouEye said:
Gee, I have a G3-400 that I have upgraded to a G4-500 with a Sonnet CPU chip. The Graphics card does nothing to improve "Folding" its the free CPUs available to the program that gets the job done. I downloaded mc68k's script http://calnet.sdsu.edu/mc68k/ and have been folding flawlessly since, in fact I am now half way through a "Tinker" (after 7 days) and I have as you can see in my signature 72+ points. This Tinker when finished will give me another 70 points. I have noticed though that in the "certificate" section of the team site I still have "0" credits. upon further investigation I see that credits are awarded in groups of 10, so unitl I have 10 WU completed I won't get credit for them. (at least I think that's correct)
Rower, thoughts?
I should be able to get my Dual G5 in a few weeks.
Would that help if I joined the team?
Obviously I'm gonig to join anyway, I'm just curious how much my machine will help. Really, I don't know much about folding. Tell me what I need to do.
Would that help if I joined the team?
Obviously I'm gonig to join anyway, I'm just curious how much my machine will help. Really, I don't know much about folding. Tell me what I need to do.
calxalot said:
i tried InCrease in one of my machines and it worked fine, setting the folding for team 3446, and keeping the WU going. It did (politely) invite me to re-consider and join their team (which i politely refrained from doing). I see no problem with that nor with the default being 1971 for new users, as i got the copy from their site.
If it does put a copy on the desktop on upgrade to panther, than I think it is a bit unfair in the spirit of the competition, because people would soon be folding for the team without even knowing it. If in the next version it had no default or a more "open" set up process, I would consider it a class act, rather than something due.
That said, InCrease is a nice piece of software that will get more people folding. In that it's all good.
BTW, i have mc68k scripts running on my other CPUs, which work great.
InCrease is a bit more GUI-friendly, especially for neophites.
a couple of nice touches of Increase are that you know the rate of points you are producing and the tot points of the WU, without having to search for it.
The one bit I wasn't overly enthusiastic about was that now my screensaver has the sentence "drop team 3446 and join 1971..." scrolling and bouncing irreversibly around my screen, and the homepage on safari was changed to http://teammacosx.homeunix.com/
other than that, i'm ok with it
keep folding (for team 3446)