Read Only: Folding@Home PCMech Team

[andyms18a]

the stats page at the folding web site is only updated 1 or 2 days a week if you are runing the cliant prog right click the systom, tray icon and click display on the window that opens check on the left hand side for compleated work units it shod say 2 if you have done 2 if it dont then you have a problam that neads fixing

[ToyotaSupra]

I would join but I dont really understand it lol

[Alienware_Dude]

I got my brother to join; he'll show up as 'Junior' when he completes a WU.

[andyms18a]

Originally posted by ToyotaSupra I would join but I dont really understand it lol

it a distrubuted computing for medical reserch how it works is the folding program runs in the background on your computer and it analizes work units that it down loads from the internet then sends the results back and gets some moor if thay had to use thair own computers it wood cost milions and take over 100 years by farming the work out to thousands of computers around the world the cost is tiny and the time is just a cupple of years to compleate and the cost to us that run the program is about £1 every year in internet download time if you use a dile up conection it only uses the computer when you arnt doing anyting that neads the cpu so if you looking at the internet or reading emails or wrighting letters it works in the back ground if you play a game or watch a dvd then it stops working till the processer is free

[David14259]

I'm pleased to announce the PcMech.com Folding@Home team has passed 1700th place! In fact, we are now in 1,656th place! We're moving up fast!

We currently have 113 Completed Work Units credited to us and a total of 4,005 points. (Each WU has a different point value depending on how long it takes)

Here is the current ranking:
1. Joe_Lalli
2. Scott_d
3. David14259
4. MSIuser
5. Pluto101
6. Clover
7. andrew_smith
8. CoolCPS
9. Junior
10. seanc1930
11. Alaron
12. Jeradln82
13. homer15
14. Timmaay!

Keep up the good work guys!

- Need a hobby? Looking for something to do Friday Nights? Want a chance to win a million bucks? Join PcMech.com's Folding@Home Team today!!

[Cheryl]

Excellent!!

I'm still working on mine....80% on one (almost there) & 35% on the other

Cheryl

[Kov-Ice]

Will the folding take place the entire time a computer is on? But the info is uploaded to Stanford only when you establish an internet connection? I have two comps that are on 24/7, but I have dial-up, so how will that work?

[David14259]

You can set it so they will connect to the net themselves to upload the data, or wait until you connect to the net.

[Kov-Ice]

but the prog runs in the background all the time whether connected or not, right?

[David14259]

Yes, thats correct.

[andyms18a]

just to let you im the andrew_smith it wood not take my andyms18a user id sniff sniff

[David14259]

Congrats on your first WU Cheryl!!!

PcMech.com is now in 1,614th place!

[Clover]

David,

How do you find out who is #1 out of all the teams?

[homer15]

it's google... but i still consider hardocp to be the top.
http://folding.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/searchteamstats

[David14259]

Yeah, but google cheats because they included the Folding@Home program in their popular google toolbar....

[grasshopperbe]

id like take part in this too, i have a little question though, does this process take up much bandwith? i have a cable connection with 10gb monthly download limit.

is it possible to take part on pc's that do not have an internet connection themselves? My ISP doesnt allow more than one pc on the connection (or you have to pay extra per pc) and it takes an hour each time when i hook up a new pc to allow the NIC's mac-adress.

if it were possible, i have 4 pc's of my own (200mhz to 2000 mhz) that do nothing most of the time. but like i said, only my dad's pc has the internet connection, and i dont know if he would like this on his pc (he's a doctor, so maybe ...)

[David14259]

No, the computer needs to connect to the internet recieve work and send in the results.

[Kov-Ice]

OK, I'm up and running. I'll be downloading this on my other comp as well. It says working, but I'm still on 0/400... Slow moving protein, I guess?

[David14259]

Depending on which protein you get and how fast your computer is, it can take up to a week to complete 1 protein.

[TimPoet]

I got a 400 unit protein, too. That should earn me a few points.

[mikeL]

I just finished a 400 unit protein, and recieved 24 points, finished in six days on a pentium II - 450. Now I have a 600 unit protein to work out

not fast, just slow and steady.

[Kov-Ice]

I'm at 16% after about ten hrs. At that rate mebbe my 400 finishes in 2.5 days... We'll see.

Out of curiosity, do the graphics in the display window have anything at all to do with the actual processing of the protein, or are they just extraneous 'window dressing'? It seems like it just flashes random molecules there...

[teamgta]

Im in. I cant leave teh pc on 24/7 but ill do as much as I can.
My username is Buffer.

[Mr N8]

I'm in. I'll put it on my 2 home computers tonight. Running it on the laptop right now.

[Force Flow]

heh, now I've got 3 comps running folding@home. All of them are 2.0GHz Gateway eSeries machines

271/400, 123/400, 1/250

[PilotinCommand]

Hey guys,

Guess what. I'm in too!!! I had the program still installed on my HDD cause I stopped folding I few months back for another (Dutch) team, named Dutch Power Cows. It wasn't much fun over there (allthough they are 25th on the ranking).
I went back to my favorite Distibuted Computing project, SETI. But I'm wondering if SETI will ever have any succes, chances are small I think. Partly because they only scan a part of the universe. Next to that the signal from an alien we are waiting for could reach earth tommorow or in 20 years. I think I think I can use my CPU for better use in the form of the Folding project.
So my message to every one is, stop crunching (ET's signal) and come on folding.

I stayed with SETI for a long time cause I really like the concept of Distributed Computing. What I liked about the SETI project was the way they handled with users, the client, the ranking system. I think the overall setup of the SETI project is very good. The goal they are trying to reach is a bit to difficult to reach I think.

I think certain people here know about the BOINC project. I really hope the plans for this project will succeed. If marketing of this project is handled in a good way I think the BOINC porject could be a great succes with lots of users.

I hope my name will be on the PCMECH team stats page in a few days.

PiC

[Mr N8]

Originally posted by David14259 Yeah, but google cheats because they included the Folding@Home program in their popular google toolbar....

How do you know they do that? I can't find any disclaimer that says they have it built into the toolbar. I'm not saying your wrong, but it definitely seems wrong for them to do that without stating it in the software agreement.

[enhanced08]

i'm in too! i ran seti and united devices for awhile, but my computer crashed and i have never downloaded them again, so i'll try this out!

[PilotinCommand]

I'm finishing my last SETI WU now. And from that moment on Folding@Home will start up automatically each time my PC starts up.

PiC

[enhanced08]

does anyone know how large an average unit file is? i'm on a dial-up connection and not connected 24/7. i don't want to spend hours downloading a file.