Nirvikalpa
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SWEET we're movin' on up. 
Charity and Potential Ron Paul Publicity via ::Folding@home::
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Can someone shed a light on the power consumption of this?
Also, can this cause any "wear and tear" on the computer? I have a macbook air, and even converting some videos from one format to another gets the machine working hard and hot, which makes me nervous (not a cheap machine, even the basic model).
Also, can this cause any "wear and tear" on the computer? I have a macbook air, and even converting some videos from one format to another gets the machine working hard and hot, which makes me nervous (not a cheap machine, even the basic model).
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Yes, you will use more power and your laptop will run hotter. Video reformatting is intensive and I expect it would run as hard and hot. It is designed to not slow down your computer by using idle CPU cycles only. My original post gives a particular caution about watching laptops for overheating. Maybe give it a try and see if you like it!
I should add that by reading the wikipedia article on the subject, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding@home, you get a sense of the importance of this work.
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I'm a big fan of F@H, and I want to see our team rocketed to the top, but much to the chagrin of our fellow team members I wouldn't run it on a MBA. You could actually build a shyt-hot Linux box (or run open source Darwin and X-Windows for compatibility with the MBA) for like $350 and outperform the MBA on F@H specifically anyway.
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You certainly have more experience with the macs than I do! Just like the internet they are a fad! =)
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I've been reading more about this project. Apparently if you have a really good computer you can get Bonus Points. You need like 16 cores to get the really good points. If anyone has a hardcore good setup let me know and I'll work with you to get these massive points!
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bump! this is potential people
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Are you folding under a different name? It only shows 1 WU returned for you. Yes, not to jinx things, but soon we'll break into the top 2000 of over 200 thousand teams!bump! this is potential people
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We are now top 2000! http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=182919
We have our own URL: http://fah-web.stanford.edu/teamstats/team182919.html
Congrats!
We have our own URL: http://fah-web.stanford.edu/teamstats/team182919.html
Congrats!
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Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) 1899 of 210194
We`ve made a huge jump in just a few days from 2400 to 1899.
Active CPUs are now at 142. Too bad we`re only around 30 users. Imagine what we could achieve with 100 or more.
We`ve made a huge jump in just a few days from 2400 to 1899.
Active CPUs are now at 142. Too bad we`re only around 30 users. Imagine what we could achieve with 100 or more.
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Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) 1782 of 210268
Yay!
About to pass or already passed where I went to school, Florida State University!
Yay!
About to pass or already passed where I went to school, Florida State University!
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Huge move up the chart Team Ranking (incl. aggregate) 1698 of 210315
C`mon people, install this and start folding. There`s only around 30 of us doing it. We`d do wonders with a team of hundred dedicated folders.
C`mon people, install this and start folding. There`s only around 30 of us doing it. We`d do wonders with a team of hundred dedicated folders.
I figured out why I was submitting work units with no points awarded (something like 4200 WU after a week). I've got it fixed now, unfortunately I think my desktops GPU has been dropped from F@H support.
Also, don't get too worked up over how high the team ranks - some of these teams have been folding for a decade, and have thousands of individual donors, some with multiple processors/GPU's. It would be nice to be in the top 100, but don't get your hopes up. Top 1,000 would be a milestone I'd flip out at!
Also, don't get too worked up over how high the team ranks - some of these teams have been folding for a decade, and have thousands of individual donors, some with multiple processors/GPU's. It would be nice to be in the top 100, but don't get your hopes up. Top 1,000 would be a milestone I'd flip out at!
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Excellent work! Keep a close eye on things for a bit and make sure everything runs smooth! You should start racking up major points! I can see you submitted what appears to be your first GPU WU, 1835 points!
Yes I noticed that and was super happy to see you actually get some points! What do you mean your GPU was dropped from F@H support? If you are having problems I think we can work through them here. Honestly, if our team gets a lot of GPUs and multi-core CPUs working with the Beta Client we can do quite well!
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