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TeaLeaf

September 22, 2003, 06:26:20 PM
OK, so here's the challenge:
  • On 31st August we set up a team for this forum to participate in the distributed computing project known as Folding@Home.
  • Folding@Home is a research project that hopes to solve medical conditions such as Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Parkinson's disease and many others.
  • Our team is called 'Deadmen Folding' and was originally ranked 33,597th in the world folding team rankings.
  • Since 31st August we have folded for 19,248 points and are climbing the world rankings rapidly.
  • We have over 45 computers running the folding client for our team.
  • Deadmen Folding is now ranked 647th in the world and aim to be a top 100 team.
  • We are currently folding at a rate of 10,420 points per week.
  • By 00:00hrs on 1st October I want Deadmen Folding to have achieved 32,000 points.
Now we get to the bit where you come in.  We need your help.
We don't care if you are in dMw or not, we just want your spare CPU cycles.  
While you are reading this post your CPU could be undertaking medical research and crunching some numbers for the F@H project.  
It doesn't lag your computer (I still run the folding client whilst playing CS for example) and it only steals CPU cycles that you are not using.

So that's the challenge.  Join our folding team!  
  • You can read about Folding here
  • You can download the small software package needed here.
  • You can find out how to fold even faster by implementing these flags.
  • Join Deadmen Folding now  :D
PRIZE:  If we reach the target by 00:00hrs on 1st October I'll donate a decent prize for the person judged by Oldbloke and myself as making the most worthy contribution to the team between now and then (Oldie & I will not enter the competition ourselves).

So why not join our team?  And get other people's computers running the software for us too (known as borging - think Star Trek and assimilation).  Even if you only have one computer yourself, how many people do you know who you could ask to fold for us?  Remember, to get the points for the work done by their computer then just make sure that you enter your own name and our team number (33597) when you install the software.  You'll then appear on our team page and our statistics page

Help medical research and help Deadmen Folding reach 33,000 points by joining Team 33597 today!

TL.

Starting statistics attached as a pdf file.
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

DuVeL

#1
September 22, 2003, 06:50:19 PM
Joined the team. Got a question though: does it automatically start up with your computer or do you have to start it up yourself?
Survivor of LAN V, VI, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV, XVI, XVIII, XX, XXIV, XXX, XXXII, XXXIV and XXXVI so far...
[QUOTE]Lionheart; Grolsch to DuVeL is like spinache to Popeye [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Cheesepuff...A cyborg is sent from the future on a deadly mission. He has to kill Ninja_Freak, a young Man whose life will have a great significance in years to come.Ninja has only one protector - DuVeL - also sent from the future. The Terminator uses his exceptional intelligence and strength to find Ninja_Freak & attempt to terminate him.
[/QUOTE]

Grimnar

#2
September 22, 2003, 06:56:44 PM
k i hope i did it right.

If so i'm also on :narnar:

Dr Sadako

#3
September 22, 2003, 07:06:22 PM
Borged my Shuttle now ... WUs up! (no pun intended)  :P
-=[dMw]=-Dr "Doc" Sadako

"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love." Albert Einstein

TeaLeaf

#4
September 22, 2003, 07:18:26 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by DuVeL@Sep 22 2003, 06:50 PM
Joined the team. Got a question though: does it automatically start up with your computer or do you have to start it up yourself?
If you have installed the graphical client then it will put itself into the startup menu and will therefore start automatically when the machine boots.

Thanks for joining - can we get more [CIGS] on the team?  :D

TL.
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

DuVeL

#5
September 22, 2003, 07:29:35 PM
I'll ask them 4 ya.

Did it allready. Hope you'll win it.
Survivor of LAN V, VI, VIII, IX, X, XII, XIV, XVI, XVIII, XX, XXIV, XXX, XXXII, XXXIV and XXXVI so far...
[QUOTE]Lionheart; Grolsch to DuVeL is like spinache to Popeye [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Cheesepuff...A cyborg is sent from the future on a deadly mission. He has to kill Ninja_Freak, a young Man whose life will have a great significance in years to come.Ninja has only one protector - DuVeL - also sent from the future. The Terminator uses his exceptional intelligence and strength to find Ninja_Freak & attempt to terminate him.
[/QUOTE]

Danimo

#6
September 22, 2003, 09:09:00 PM
aye im in, my nans got Alzheimer's and anything that can make her remember who i actually am will do for me  :D
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TeaLeaf

#7
September 22, 2003, 09:10:19 PM
Welcome aboard Danimo - fold away  :D

TL.
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

Danimo

#8
September 22, 2003, 09:14:22 PM
And welcomed i am  :) ty mate
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TeaLeaf

#9
September 23, 2003, 06:05:41 PM
Come on folks, we are looking like we are going to miss the target by about 4 days at the moment (you can check the graph here).

We need more peeps folding - post here to confirm you're giving it a go and download the client now!  :D

TL.
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#10
September 23, 2003, 06:07:40 PM
BTW, we have moved up to 622nd in the world rankings :thumbsup:

Way to go peeps! :worship:

TL.
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

OldBloke

#11
September 23, 2003, 06:08:48 PM
My work boxes have been 'neutered'.  :(  :angry:
"War without end. Well, what was history if not that? And how would having the stars change anything?" - James S. A. Corey

TeaLeaf

#12
September 23, 2003, 06:16:17 PM
...and I've not found a solution to get round the problem for you yet Oldie  :(

Unless.........unless of course you can borg all of your mates' home machines and get them folding for us too  :D

Come on peeps, if Oldie's army of borged machines has been reduced in size due to a block being put on F@H servers then we need to replace those WUs that we thought we would be getting over the next week or so.  Any volunteers?

TL.
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

#13
September 23, 2003, 07:44:23 PM
Woot!  Chimpboy has said he'll start folding for us......but a certain other person is ignoring me so far........no names......not yet.......  :D

TL.
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

JB

#14
September 23, 2003, 07:53:17 PM
Well i downloaded this crap thing and it says 'Working' at the bottom of the screen so i presume i'm actually doing something.  Yes the screen keeps flicking this red and blue coloured ball thing around. W/U progress 0/500, is that a big one?

This might keep me amused when the WON servers go down and my Steam still refuses to work.  I think NOT.  :angry:

 
 
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