Who are you?

[Keebler]

Since we here at Team Icrontic believe that knowing your teammates is central to a strong team (and we are all about having a strong team :D ), it would be awesome if each member took a moment to at least write a few words about themselves: their background, interests, futures and that sort of thing. :)

Many took the time to do so in the past, and I hope they will do so again here.

[Keebler]

My name is Matt Russell, and I'm a student at Juniata College, which is located between Altoona and State College in PA. I'm studying to become a social studies secondary education major and work full time in the summer and part time during the year as an assistant to the campus technology center's training director.

I started folding around September of 2002, when my friends dodo and RADEON_MAN recruited me to the team. Since then I have recruited between 15 and 20 of my friends, created a flash video for Team 93, and have served as one of the team's Folding@Home moderators.

I played quints (5 tenor drums) in the marching band through high school and played Magic: the Gathering for five years (I rarely play now for a lack of opponents and money). I'm an Eagle Scout, and a certified Emergency Medical Technician in PA.

I am incredibly excited about our "new start" here in the forums: our new home provided by MediaMan, Shorty, and primesuspect. As you've probably noticed, we are getting a ton of support from the owners. :) It really makes me feel good so many have stuck with us through the transition. Team Short-Media will live on forever! :D

[Chip]

I'm Chip. I've been folding with you guys for a month or so. I think I've got about 160WU's.. it's a start.

I'm an old guy of 36 and am the webmaster for Clan Beowulf (http://www.clanbeowulf.org). I've been working hard learning PHP (we run PHPNuke). I just made my first PHP scripts to post and archive Pics of the Day (POD). I'll be making it into my first PHPNuke module this week.

I like to hit the gym when I'm not doing geek stuff. That's how I got my nick Chip. I'll spare you the full story.

I learned of you guys through Gargoyle and Buddy Jesus Oklahoma University guys.

We have our own BattleField 1942 Desert Combat mod server on a T3 in Oklahoma. It's called The Witch's Castle. We have the whole OZ theme going on with our server names. 164.58.157.20

Oh ya, and that avatar is my face I put on my Quake3 character. Tut's on how to do that sort of thing are in our Content section of our website.

[Gobd]

I'm Brian, 18 years old, and I've been folding since sometime around the beginning of 2003. I live in Seattle Washington.

When I'm not browsing forums or doing school work (i'm a junior in HS) i'm usually playing Tribes: Vengeance with friends or out practicing my on my unicycle. I'm into photography also so I spend a lot of time doing that. I listen to indie type music but anything except rap is good with me. Right now I'm listening to lots of Dashboard Confessional, Aqau (good 'ol Aqua), and Green Day. Don't mention them to me tomorrow though, my music tastes change pretty fast and for all I know I might hate every one of those bands by tomorrow.

4th post! :P I just couldn't resist.

*updated on October 4th 2004*

[Slick]

Real name is Kevin. I am pretty much the same as gobd except I live elseware and play different games. Currently my game of choice is planetside and raven-shield. I am in a ravenshield clan called {DoG} Dogs Of Glory. I play a major role there, even though supposedly we are all equal, I think I step up :). I currently have two boxes folding for team #93. This XP box which is a 2GHz P4, and my mandrake linux box, which is a 500MHz AMD K2-6 :p.

[Camman]

hey everyone, my name is Cameron, I live in Portsmouth, NH. I'm currently a senior in highschool (graduating in a little over a week now, June 13th, w0000t), I will be attending New Hampshire Technical College next year persuing a degree in Computer Science specializing in Network Administration and Security.

My current full-time hobby is making minifilms which I post online at my site www.purposelessproductions.com it's lots of fun and I enjoy doing work that people can get some enjoyment out of. We're currently starting our summer production which we are going to be spending a lot of time on so that it will be up to the highest quality we would like for submitting to several film festivals.

I like and listen to all different types of music, same with movies as well. That's about all I can think of about myself for now, thanks to everyone involved with this great new site, I finally have a new home! (I know it wasnt THAT long, but it's good to be back!)

[Omega65]

Name: Wali
Location: Philadelphia Pa
Age: 30+
Interests: Computers, Sci-Fi & Fantasy (Movies & Books), Hangin out in the S-M Forums :)


More later...... :)

[Black Hawk]

Name: Raúl Muñoz (Hispanic)
Age: 18
Location: Puerto Rico (Caribbean)
Interests: Pwning n00bs in Raven Shield (just like I did §lick a few times :rolleyes: ), UT and any other FPS. Computers in general. Know jack about programming :(. So that's what I'm gonna study in college :D

[Trinity]

Name Trinity aka Natasha aka soon to be Mrs Shorty
Age :eek:
Location United Kingdom
Occupation Police officer ;)
Interests Stealin shorty's old upgrades to put in my PC, general PC techy stuff, Gaming, Music, hangin out wit da guys at ShortMedia ;)

On the team as Trinity77 :)

[mmonnin]

Name Marc Monnin
Age 18 - 19 in July
Location Sidney Ohio
Occupation Student
Interests Computers, Folding, all kinds of stuff

I am a Senior that had his last day on Friday. I graduate on Saturday (June 7th) and will be attending DeVry University in Columbus next Summer for 3 years. I will major in Computer Engineering Technology

I joined Icrontic in Oct 2001 and set out to read the enourmous FAH thread Leo made. Decided to join the team. Hehe 32nd one to join actually. Became addicted to Folding and Icrontic. Because of it I became the computer geek I am today and I credit it all to Icrontic and folding. I would not be where I am today without them and would not be headed in the same direction either.

Well as many of you know I was a hard core folder and became mod because of it. The addiction has brought me here and I will continue to be as long as there is a good cause to make my computer work on.

Fold on guys.:)

[EMT]

Yo, I'm Phil, a 17yr old junior (I guess a senior now? graduation was yesterday) in high school in Montgomery County, Maryland. I do pretty advanced academics in school as well as singing for the choir... been in 2 musicals, I like to be well-rounded... none of my RL friends are interested like I am in everything about computers though. At least we get LAN parties done every now and then. Anyway I'm thinking of studying electrical or computer engineering in college.

I joined Icrontic in Feb 2001 because of Paul's KT7 FAQ and the hilarious Ghetto Hardware. Never a huge poster but it's where I learned almost everything about hardware and tweaking.

I fold under the name ElanMorinTedronai, which I used at Icrontic, but it's long and weird so I'll just be EMT here.

[primesuspect]

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From the "www.short-media.com About page":

Brian "primesuspect" Ambrozy

Brian Ambrozy has fifteen years of computer experience, ranging from the obscure to the very latest cutting edge professional hardware. In 1999, he founded sarcnet industries, inc. which provides revolutionary computer and network maintenance for small- to mid- sized companies in the Detroit, Michigan area. A devoted practitioner of Theravada Buddhism, he strives to bring happiness and peace to people and loves utilizing technology to do it.

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Okay, so that's the official, media-friendly description. But it helps to have a start...

I am a father and a husband, a spiritual seeker, a business owner, and a techie, in that order...

I have two boys, Perry and Kyle, who are currently 5 and 4 years old, respectively. I have been married for almost five years to my wife Tracey.

I live in a suburb of Detroit, actually 1 block north of Detroit.. In fact, I live directly off the famous "8 Mile Road" and yes, it is as bad as it looks in the movie.

I started sarcnet industries back in 1999 , along with my good friend -tk who is the Unix Mod on this site. We do computer maintenance, mostly of the MCSE-skill-set variety, and networking. We also do hosting (as if you didn't already know that!).

I am an unabashed follower of the buddhist path, and will talk your ear off about it if you let me. It's true when I say that I love using technology and communications to help people. The internet has been the single most revolutionary concept in human communication (I put it up there with the invention of the written word) and so I feel that we are entering an era of spiritual renaissance due to our extraordinary ability to communicate with people today. That's why I love forums so much. What a great place to help people and maybe bring a little peace into their lives.

The fact that MediaMan and Shorty honored me deeply by asking me to come on board is almost more than I can fathom. So, as your humble host, I promise that I will do my best to make this a happy, peaceful, fun, and fulfilling place to hang out.

[csimon]

Name: Christopher Conrad Simon Sr. (Chris)
Birthday: September 30th, 1958
Location: Lafayette, LA
Occupation: Drafting & Design Technology Instructor
Interests: Swimming, fishing & gumbo.

I am a cajun descendant but I don't speak the language.
...have a wife, son, stepdaughter, dog & cat.
...am catholic.
...hoping to build a new house soon so that we can live happily ever after!!!

[fatcat]

Name: Greg
Birthday: 7-8-77
Location: Vermont
Occupation: I/O Manager
Interests: My daughter/Golf/Computers/Nascar
Homepage: http://jones77.netfirms.com

[tycho]

My name is Matt and like General Keebler I am from Pennsylvania. I live in a tiny little place known as Erwinna which is located about half-way between Philadelphia and the Lehigh Valley, right along the Delware river (in fact I drive to jersey to get gas, its cheaper that way).

My family consists of a couple of brothers and sisters all of whom are younger then I am. One of my brothers attends Syracuse currently. We have two cats here and I personally have three fish up at school with me for a little company. My love life has been intresting for the last few years as I am currently on for the third time with my best friend and possibly love of my life Charlotte. We attending high school together although we do not attend the same school now. In fact she goes to Washinton DC each year while I head in the opposite direction.

I just finished my junior year of college this past May at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY. I am 3/4 of the way to earning my bachelor's of science degree in Electrical Engineering & Applied Physics. I spend nearly all of my time while at school doing any of the following: homework, projects, tutoring, studying, doing lab work, playing video games, or sleeping. I fully intend on going into the area of microelectronics research when my time at RPI is done with. Wether or not I go directly onto graduate school remains to be seen.

This summer I will be heading to Santa Barbara, CA to work an internship I was awarded at the Universtity of California Santa Barbara. I will be working on a nanofabrication research project will I am sure will prove to take away all of my free time which I would rather be using to check out the California coast. Needless to say I am incredibly excited to get out there, although I will not be leaving until June 16th.

I started folding about a year ago when I was informed about it by my friend ReelBigFish. At first I just let it run on what at the time was my new rig and I set it up on my laptop. Mostly I didn't really worry about it. For a couple of months last fall I stopped folding to try out SETI because I thought it might be intresting. However I came to miss the feeling of being on a team so I came back to folding. This past winter I was able to add folding to a computer in a lab which I do research in. This brand-new P4 rig runs 24/7. It was right around then that I really started to frequent the team forums and let folding begin to take over my life. I now have only 4 or 5 processors folding for me, but there was a time when I had upwards of 9 or 10 going.

I want to stress the point that what really did it for me with folding was the team atmosphere here. Knowing that there are all these other people out there and we are all rooting for each other and the team is definitly the main reason why I continue to fold and seek out new folding machines. I am very proud to be a member of Team 93 and I certainly hope that we can re-organize ourselves and re-claim our top 5 place!

[WuGgaRoO]

Name: WuGgaRoO
Ive been folding for icrontic for appx a year..now im on team short media..i suppose...Well..im a folding fanatic...i try to get as many comps under my belt as possible...too bad i cant have em all on right now...cuz my mom would kill me for the bill...but when i get back to my college dorm...oh u better believe there will be a lot of folding power....

[CaffeineMe]

Name: Bill Maly
Age: 32
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
Weight: 241.5 and falling, thank you Dr. Atkins

Job: Help Desk tech for a large insurance company. Mind numbingly dull at times, but also interesting. Payz da billz as they say.

Hobbies: I gots 2 childrens, a wife, a dog, and a mortgage. When those obligations are met, I am a hardware hacker. I also enjoy shooting sports, and reload my own ammunition. I hunt in the fall and I enjoy long moonlit walks along the beach, or something sensitive like that.

Controversial stuff: I tend to be conservative, but I am not a Republican, political parties suck, all of them. Even yours. I don't actively practice any religion, as I feel if I am to be judged/evaluated in an after life, I will be judged on the sum of my life, and not where I spent my Sunday mornings.

Goals: Finish MCSE certification by the end of the year. Or so.

What else....I host Icrontic14, which no doubt will need to be renamed at some point in the near future here. I like Desert Combat and UT2K3. Oh, and Guinness :beer: when I can get good Guinness. That's all for now, continue awaiting further orders. :nudge:

[edcentric]

I am Ed Blessman. The bulk of my waking hours are spent as a metallurgical engineer for a company that manufactures stainless steel tubing.

I would love to be in school again. I have a B.S. and M.S. from Purdue and an MBA from University of Tulsa.

My wife and I have been married 24 years. We have two daughters (13 and 15) that remind me how clueless and fun being a kid was. Rule #1, teenage boys are stupid. And our dog is great too.

I started at IC when I needed to replace a very old computer. It was a great way to catch up on technology. I started folding because it sounded like a worth while cause and the forum was fun.

I travel a lot for work, both in the US and in Asia. I am trying to contact fellow folders where ever I go. I have actually met a few of the guys.:beer:

We like it here in Wisconsin. I grew up near Detroit, lived and worked in Indianpolis for 10 years. We also lived in Oklahoma (Bartlesville, no not Phillips) for 12 years. Since my wife and I have family in MI still we wanted to get back north.

Being an old guy I am a novice geek. I am not running any bleeding edge equipment, but I will never fall more than a couple of years behind with my equipment.

I am a rather conservitive guy, in every respect. But I have traveld a lot and like almost everyone and everywhere.

I am glad to see us together in our new home. Now let's recruit a few more to join us!

Thrax, I am sorry to see that you go to Dumbdaro. I of course went to Kimball. About 30 years ago!!

[IPsoldat]

Name: Jason Akers
Age: 28
Location: Dunca, Oklahoma
Occupation: Soon to be Full Time Student

Been folding for about a month now.

[Thrax]

Thrax, I am sorry to see that you go to Dumbdaro. I of course went to Kimball. About 30 years ago!!

Hilarious, but Dondero has been the better school academically for the better part of the last 21 years. The average graduate GPA of Dondero is 3.25, and the average graduate GPA of Kimball is 2.63.

Dumb indeed.

[qparadox]

Name: Derek Sahota
Age: 20
Location: Coquitlam, BC, Canada (near vancouver)
Occupation: Professional debt increaser (aka Student)
Interests: Solid-State Physics, Computers, Rocketry, Middle/Near East and Islamic History and Culture, anything to do with technology

I'm a second year student taking electronics engineeering at Simon Fraser University. My specialization is engineering physics which means I'm some sort of wierd engineering/physicist crossbreed. I'll add more later as I've got a lab to finish :D

[tycho]

qparadox said
I'm a second year student taking electronics engineeering at Simon Fraser University. My specialization is engineering physics which means I'm some sort of wierd engineering/physicist crossbreed.

Nice! Sounds like you are pretty much in the same boat as me... :thumbsup:

[GHoosdum]

Name: Rob Updegrove
Age: 23
Location: Cincinnati, OH, US
Folding Rig: Currently an XP1700+ at stock speed
Misc Info: I'm finishing my Bachelor's degree in IS now and I'm about to embark upon getting my MBA this summer. June '04 I'll be on the job scene and ready to make some serious money. For now I'll have to be satisfied with only 3 PCs. My interests include folding, women (one at a time), and automobiles.

[SimGuy]

Name: SimGuy

Age: 19

Location: Newcastle, Ontario, Canada (75 KM east of Toronto)

Occupation: Hydro One Networks Inc (http://www.hydroonenetworks.com/en/about/our_services/what_we_do/) - Field Business Centre Clerical Summer Student. Most of the time, you can find me working in either the payroll department or the accounts receivable department.

Interests: Computer hardware, software, networking, FTL (faster than light) computing, robotics, thermodynamics, aerodynamics, automobiles & women (not necessarily in this order).

Bit About Me: I attended St. Stephen's Catholic High School in Bowmanville, Ontario, completing grades 9-OAC (Ontario's high school system has 5 levels) with distinct honours. Last year, I was enrolled in a Bachelor of Computer Science: Management & Business Systems undergraduate degree program at Carleton University in our nation's capital, Ottawa. However, after realizing that Computer Science is not all it's cracked up to, I switched to a brand new program: the Bachelor's of Information Technology: Network Technologies program, a 4-year in-depth joint learning venture between Carleton University & Algonquin College(http://bitdegree.ca).

On the side, I enjoy the tech life. Keeping up-to-date with the latest information and having a mildly up-to-date computer system are important items to me, to which I will go to almost any extent to posess. I am currently in the process of assembling a test LAN here @ home for the purpose of self-teaching myself the NT 4, Win2K & Win2K3 MCSE programs (thanks Shorty).

Don't forget all the other things that most 19 year olds do: party, hang out & watch movies :)

[loco]

Hey, my name is Rick. A lot of people will know me as l0C0 from phlux.co.uk (RIP) :(. I'm located in Manchester, UK. I'm studying my A levels at college.

I enjoy playing with/breaking computers (I seem to be good at that), I also like listening to and playing music. I play piano, tuba and a few other instruments. I listen to a lot of music, ranging from Mendelssohn to Dimmu Borgir. I'm really into prog rock and black metal at the moment.

Just in case anyone is interested in my pc specs, here they are. Please note that these will change slightly in the near future:
MSI nForce K7N 420Pro Motherboard
On board sound
On board graphics
Athlon XP 1600+
256mb DDR RAM

:cheers:

[mmonnin]

You must know Spinner then as both of you live in Manchester, UK.

[danball1976]

Name: danball1976 - or for real Charles Daniel Ball

Age: 26 yrs old

Location: Barksdale AFB, LA

Occupation: Military - Comm/Nav/Mission Systems Apprentice working on the B-52H bomber

Interests: Lets see - Computers - Hardware/Software, Women (naturally), as well as some other stuff

Misc Info: Born in Mesa, AZ on Sept. 21, 1976, lived in Chandler, AZ from 1976 - 1981, when we moved to Amarillo, TX and lived there from 1981 - Jan 1986, we then moved back to Mesa, AZ in Jan 1986 - Nov 1992, and then moved back to Amarillo, TX in Nov 1992. Graduated from High School in May 1995 with an 83% average, and being in the bottom half of the class no less!! Have 108 credit hours of college (No Associate degree - didn't know anything about it). The first computer I owned was a IBM XT w/640K RAM and 20MB hard drive in 1998 - bought from college auction. THen in April 1999 I built my first computer, had a Cyrix MII PR300, 233MHz, 32MB PC66 SDRAM, and a 3GB hard drive, 24x CD-ROM and floppy drive on a Soyo 5EMA+ SS7 board. Went into the Air Force in Jan 29, 2002. Graduated basic April 1, 2002 (March 29 to be exact). Was at tech school at Lackland from April 1 - June 30 for Electronic Principles, 6 weeks of that just waiting for class to start. Then went to Shepperd AFB in July 1 to Nov 15 for Bomb Nav/Comm Nav tech school, was on RAP for two weeks, and arrived at Barksdale AFB in Shreveport, LA in December.

[Gargoyle]

edit: I'm gonna replace mine sometime when I'm more awake. :)

[muddocktor]

Name: Jim Gautreaux

Location: Near New Iberia, LA

Age: 47, yes I'm another old fart.;)

Occupation: Drilling Fluids Engineer in the Oil and Gas industry

Interests: computers, folding, camping, shooting and reloading

Misc info: I graduated from New Iberia Senior High School in 1974(damn, almost 30 years ago already!:eek: ), went to college at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA. I started as a drilling fluids engineer(commonly called mud, because the majority of it has a muddy color) in 1979 and have been doing it since, with the exception of part of 1986 and part of 1987, when the drilling industry got real slow. During that time, I went to the Teche Area Technical College and took up Industrial Electricity and finished that 2 year course in 1 year with honors. By then, the drilling industry had picked back up so I went back to it because the money was much better.:D

I first got to messing with computers back in the early 80's, first with a TI 99/4a and then went in half with my older brother on a "cutting edge" Zenith Z80 that had 128k ram and 2 5 1/4 floppy drives and a color monitor.:p After getting away from computers for a few years, I then went with an Amiga 500 in 1989, which was an amazing system and OS for it's day; it's too bad that it was owned and backed by Commodore.:mad: I got my first x86 machine in 1994 and started learning about the workings of them since then.

I first got into folding with another forum team in 2001, but came over here to Icrontic (and now SM) in mid 2002 because I thought that the ICX concept was really cool and that Team Icrontic didn't believe in having sub-teams.

I've been married 16 years, and have a daughter that just turned 11 last month.:D

[oddharmonic]

<b>Name:</b> Melissa Gutierrez Crawford
<b>Age:</b> 24
<b>Location:</b> Dallas, TX
<b>Folding since:</b> February 2003.
<b>Occupation:</b> stay-at-home mother and freelance art geek
<b>Interests:</b> artsy crap (illustration and painting, mostly), backyard artillery, cartography, climbing, document and photograph restoration, needlework, sewing
<b>Other:</b> When I first posted my introduction in June 2003, I was living in North Carolina with the geek-in-training and her dad. We've since split fairly amicably and the little geek and I live in Dallas. I'm not looking, but if you're in the area and want to meet for coffee, I'm usually free.

My first computer was a TRS-80 Model 102. I still have it, though it won't run from battery power until I clean the terminals again. I've had the same Dell box (500MHz P3, 256 MB RAM) since 2001, though I am finally joining the 21st century and building a new box later this year. My old box will go to the little geek so she can play her games without having to use my computer.

If you want to see photos, check out the photos section of my website, <a href="http://www.oddharmonic.org/">oddharmonic.org</a>; if you just want to see my brilliant wit (ha) and occasional random photo or recipe, check out my <a href="http://oddharmonic.livejournal.com/">LiveJournal</a>.

[kroff]

name: David Nemec
location: Portoroz,Slovenia (http://www.portoroz.si/prvastran/main_eng.htm)
interests: collecting high quality anime releases (over 400gb ..for now) ..and watching them.
occupation: in lots of places (will work for bandwidth)
other: I'm 27yo, student of maritime engineering ...what else? hmmm... i got my first computer in 1983 or something ..a sinclair zx spectrum 48k, then in 1986 i got the greatest computer ..the commodore Amiga 1000 ...and i got almost all amigas after that ..exept for a3000t and a4000t. i used amigas until 1999(or 2000) ..when i bought my first x86 board abit kt7-raid and the amd tb700. at that time i installed win98 ..and hate it. tried win2k and hate it, then came the winME...and i reformated the hd after the installation and put 2k back, then came the winxp ..i started to hate them too. now i use windows 2003 server ..and for now is ok. :-)

[Shorty]

Name: Daniel Pass

Location: Cambridge in the UK

Age: 28 but look 19 ;)

Occupation: Sys-Admin/Webmaster/Technical Support for a small R&D company.. oh and Im 1/3 owner of this place :D

Interests: Trinity, Computers, Folding, PHP/MySQL, Flash, Photoshop, Gaming, writing and playing music.... anything creative basically

Misc info: I was born and bred in Torquay in the south of the UK (home of Fawlty Towers for those who watch classic old UK shows). Used to work for an importer, but got bored and started on the shop floor at Nortel. Moved to technician, then engineer. Quit it in the dotcom crash and moved to Cambridge to do IT fulltime (yes, I really did choose to do that :rolleyes: )

Engaged to Trinity :D Who is the quintessential techie geek girl. Nuff said.

What else is there to know? Im 5ft 2in tall (hence the nick 'Shorty'), got a few piercings and get mistaken regularly for being at least 7/8 years younger than I am. A whole Peter Pan thing going on without the tights ;)

I think I've covered the core basics. I co-own this site with primesuspect and MediaMan (two of the coolest, hardest workin guys I know). I lucked out working for Icrontic, I lucked out having two friends who wanted to build something new against the odds and I lucked with the support from everyone who has joined :)

Sometimes, I feel real lucky.

[NoFuture]

Name:Antoine Mercier

Location: St-Bruno, on the south shore of Montreal, Québec, Canada.

Age: 16

Occupation: I'm a student but I also work part-time in a Computer franchise called Microbytes

Interests: Computers, Folding, Modding stuff, Biking, Badminton, Airplanes, girls, and the list goes on...

I started folding about a year ago a couple of months after joining Icrontic. Since then I have tried to recruit a lot of people but almost everybody around me are noobs :aol: :banghead:

In a month, I'll be going full time in the canadian army to study electrical engeneering at Kingston.

[TheSmJ]

Name: David Skimin

Location: Farmington Hills, MI. That’s about 3 (?) miles northwest of Detroit.

Age: 18

Occupation: Currently I'm butchering at a local grocery store company (one store in Farmington Hills, another in Royal Oak). Within the month I hope to get the hell out of there and (at the very least) get a job at CompUSA's computer repair center (part time).
Otherwise I'll be going to OCC (Oakland Community College, and they (OCC) tell me I should go to U. of Michigan Dearborn. As for my exact major, I know it will be in the area of computer science, but where exactly I'm unsure at the moment. I plan on using OCC to help figure this out before I blow wads of cash on classes I may never need...

Interests: Computers, movies, girls, friends, girls, food/cooking, and girls.

I started folding... well I'll have to double check that... I'll edit this later. Currently I have 4 computers folding under my name (for our team) One of them being in my sig below, one is a 1600+ Oced to 1.5 GHz, on a k7S5A (hence the lack of OC) the other is a 600 MHz Celeron (HP) Ford has been giving away to it's employees. The last is a 550 Cyrix box I had used in my bedroom, but now mostly spends its days folding away.

If I think of anything else (which I'm sure I will) I'll edit this.

[IonFizzle]

Name - Cameron Geeting
Age - 14, soon 15
Location - Undisclosed
Occupation - High school freshman
Interests - Computers, Video Games, Star Wars, The Matrix, several webcomics.

[Kwitko]

Seth Kwitko is my name. I'm the resident code borker, rude Noo Yawka, and proud host of Icrontic4 (a/k/a Trish). I just started my first full-time job in over 2 years as a one-man IT department for a manufacturing company in New York City.

I started folding back in the Icrontic days, early enough where I was actually in the top 50 folders. I started folding because I never really had the money to donate to charities. My grandmother had Alzheimer's Disease, and several friends and family members have died from cancers of various types. While they can't benefit from our efforts, our and future generations will.

It's an honor to be a part of Team 93, regardless of its name. This team is a tight group, dedicated to a cause greater than just a position in the standings.

[a2jfreak]

My name is Adam and I'm at the apex of life at 24 years of age.

I don't fold for S/M. I probably have no WUs credited towards team 93. I did fold for team 93 for a month or more, but shortly (hours) after I started my machines folding for team 93 the news of Bart Williams' passing hit Icrontic and I followed many in folding under Bart's username for a while. After that I joined a group of friends that had started a team; so I don't believe "a2jfreak" has any WUs registered for team 93.

I am a Christian and have found salvation through my Lord and Savior, Jesus.

Unfortunately I have not finished my BS yet, but I hope to soon re-establish my role as a student and get my CS degree. I am hoping to attend <a href="http://www.tamu.edu">Texas A&M University</a> but I may have to attend elsewhere. I am a member of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society and have been in the National Dean's list, so I have every confidence that once I am able to return to school I will do just fine.

I am very interested in politics and am both socially and fiscally conservative.

I have been in my adopted home--Texas--for a substantial portion of my life (22 years), but this has left me without a close relationship with my father's side of my family, however I do visit them as often as I can and very much enjoy my time with them.

My interests are primarily electronics (computers mainly) and automobiles (particularly trucks) but I also enjoy music and video.

I have two vehicles: 2000 Dodge Ram 1500 Regular Cab Sport with the 5.9L V8 Magnum and a 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 Quad Cab with the 5.7L Hemi Magnum and LoneStar Package. Both trucks are flame red.

I have two pets: Polly, and Ronald Wilson Reagan (born on President Reagan's birthday, hence the name). Both are toy poodles, with Ronald being a rare Parti poodle. I am a dog person, though I have had a couple of cats: Maxwell (named after Venon Maxwell the basketball player) and Tigger.

I am not involved with anyone at the moment, but having lived around only women for the vast majority of my life, not having a girlfriend is more like a welcomed respite from estrogen than an unwelcomed frustration.

I am a lover of words and enjoy learning new words whenever I can. I've always had a rather broad vocabulary, as was noticed by my teachers at an early age, and in sixth grade I was accused of not doing my own work because of my "big" words. However, I do wish my vocabulary was much larger and well practiced as I still find myself going to the dictionary for words more often than I feel I should, and I find that often I am left with a word on the tip of my tongue but have to find a more common word. This is very frustrating, but part of learning a new word is using it, and the old adage "if you don't use it, you lose it" holds true.

I try to follow logic in all my doings, which is one reason I believe I am conservative--I feel conservatives, in general, use logic moreso than liberals, and in so doing, the conclusions conservatives reach are normally the conclusions I also have.


// Edit: The first full paragraph was correct at the time of my initial writing, but I have since started folding for Team 93. :fold:

[empty]

Name Ryan Bray
Age 16
Location Houston Texas
Occupation Working at a grocery store =/
Interests playing games and hanging out with friends

[pushVTEC]

Name: Ryan

Age: 19 yrs old

Location: Cincinnati, OH

Occupation: student

Interests: The ladies :D, computers, and probably my 2nd biggest interest besides girlies.... CARS!!!

Misc Info: I've been folding for about 10 months or so and have been on icrontic for a few years and now support short-media. I'll be a Sophomore at Miami University in Oxford Ohio this year where I major in Computer Science.

[Leonardo]

Lyndon "Lynn" Harder
Family Man
US Army technical officer (Chief Warrant Officer) --
'security' is all I'll say.
42

I've two children: My eighteen year old girl is a first year cadet at the US Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. My son - some of you may remember him as "Xandermann" at the former Icrontic, is 14 and will be attending Aquinas High School (Catholic) here in Augusta, starting in a couple days.

My wife is a wonderful woman whom I thank God for daily. She is an immigrant from Germany. She understands the US and our constitution better than most Americans. She has been a fantastic mother to my children.

I've lived in California, Arizona, Georgia, Oklahoma, England, and Germany. My favorite place, with no competition, is Alaska; second is the high desert of Arizona.

My politics and morals are conversative; I am a Presbyterian. I am a dedicated investor and live below my means, with only occasional, temporary debt.

Hobbies/interests: computers, fishing, singing (tenor, classical), and firearms. (My son and I load our own ammo and love slaying paper targets.)

I am highly honored to have been the one to have called for a Folding team, to have had the resounding success of so many wonderful individuals like you joining and perservering! Few things make me emotional - this does. You guys are the greatest.

I am also a supermoderator her, and specifically the moderator of the Deal Depot & Trading Post. (Do you know how little I actually spent on the computers in my signature? Private deals is the way to go!)

Your Friend,

Leonardo

[QCH2002]

Name : <b> Quinton Healy </b>
Occupation: <b> Data Support Specialist (IT) </b>
Company: <b> Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory </b>
Age: <b>29 </b>
Location: <b> Yorkville, IL </b>
Education: <b> Bachelors Degree in Comp Sci from Aurora University, Minor in History </b>

Interests: Well.... Computers, Sci-Fi movies, Action Movies, Fantasy Books (Brooks, Goodkind, Tolkien...). I play a few PC games but haven't spent the time to really get into PC Gaming.

I have a wonderful wife of 5 years, talented 11 year old step-daughter, a Bullmastiff, and 2 cats. Own my second home, have 2 cars (Nisan Altima and Mazda MPV)... That's about it...

Oh yeah, I was a member of the Icrontic site from 2001 and starting Folding this past January. I am now in the top 50 for our new team and I love it (the team & Folding).

Q

[alf]

name: John "alf" W.
age: 16
occupation: student
location: indianapolis, indiana

Today is my first day of folding, my friend al_capown told me to do it and since im helping ppl why not?

I am a sophomore in high school and i play cs a lot.

I also like to golf

[Enverex]

Name : Benjamin Edward 'NightShade737' James Hodgetts
Occupation: General Admin Data Entry (and beta testing) at Midlands HQ
Company: Ganet (Newsquest/Berrows/Letterbox Marketing)
Age: 17
Location: Worcester, West Midlands
Education: AVCE ICT + Now beginning a Masters Degree in IT with Interactive Digital Media associated field.

Interests: Computers, Amigas, Sci-Fi and Annoying people (apparently). Don't like books at all to be honest, I prefer to be even mildly active when partaking in recreational activies (I couldn't find a more simple wording for that sentence :buck: ).

Single, for the entire forseeable future :ninja: .

Joined Icrontic at the start of 2001 and started folding for the team when it was first formed. Stopped for an extended period due to the pathetic size of my room and lack of all round cooling for any and all of my systems, but rejoined the squad now as I have some spair machines that could aid in our little conquest.

NS

[Buddy J]

I'm Buddy Jesus, but everyone calls me BuddyJ, or Pete if they know me. I live at home now in a small town called Yukon (home of Garth Brooks) with my parents. Gargoyle and I used to share a dorm and then later, an appartment, back in our college days. We had grand times.

I graduated from University of Oklahoma with a journalism degree. Now I work at the rich people's weekly paper.

I like cars. Most people have no idea what the cars are that I like, so I won't list them, but it's safe to say they're at least 20 years old and we probably never got them in America. I drive an '85 Toyota Supra and a Mercedes 380SL of the same vintage. I'm also restoring a classic Saab Sonnet with one of my buddies and frequently trying to get other people to buy cars I can't have.

Gargoyle made me into a nerd. I used to be a decent person. Gargoyle made me play CS and DoD and Desert Combat. He and I built a computer one day and never stopped. I've stopped overclocking (too expensive) and now host SM_24. It's my baby. I still rock a KT266a on my Shuttle AK31 because rounded corners are awesome.

Some people think my screenname is a joke. Some people think it is blasphemy. I think it is fun. And for those that wonder, yes, I'm a Christian. God must have a sense of humor.

I hope this tells a bit about me. I'm just a guy struggling through life. I'm one person in a world of billions. But if you like what you've read, then I'm glad. Thanks for reading.

-Buddy J

I edited this. I'll probably do it again. Like I just did.

[a2jfreak]

Awesome!
Glad to have another brother in Christ here, BJ. I did think it was blasphemous (before you said something) . . . glad to know it's not.

Buddy Jesus said
[B]I'm a Christian. I believe in Jesus. I go to a Baptist church, but I drink rather frequently. Some people think my screenname is a joke, some people think it is blasphemy. I think it is fun. I never said I was the real Jesus, but I like the image that goes with the name. I think God has a sense of humor. He invinted the platypus, peni (the plural of penis), and sea cows. If you can look at any of those and not wonder why they are so rediculous, then I'm at a loss for words.


< hippy mode >
Right on!
< /hippy mode >


I'm proud of it. I'm conservative. I'm straight. I voted for Bush. I believe abortion is wrong, marijuana should be illegal and that the system is usually abused. I think that hemp should be legalized as a crop, that some forms of social programs are a good thing

[Outther]

Outther

I am Chris Kleefisch Living in Alabama USA- raised in California
I have been in the US ARMY for 11 years serving as a Doctor. Now seeking employment :( due to injuries

I started building computers back in the day of the 8088 so I have seen much change to keep up with. My first comp was a Timex Sinclaire. My first Computer Game was Stallag 13 back in 1984. I have professionally been modding computers since May 2002.

I am a 1971 model modder :mullet:

Married and have one 9 year old son. I opted out of the 3.1 child scenario.

I am a jack of all trades master of none type. I dont know all about comps and dont pretend too either. I know a good bit about alot of subjects but I am only a professional at a few. I hang out on forums to teach and learn alike from a broad spectum of thinkers.

If you have a problem I will usually be the first one there to help.

I gotta Thank Keto for pointing me to S-M :thumbup

[Armo]

Name Jordan Miller
Occupation student and resident h4xz0|2 ;)
Age 19
location the hurricane tattered state of virginia

specialities spelling every thing rong, being strange ( get to know me ) comptors, futurama, The Misfits, NOFX, love networking and everything associated with it.

old skool icrontic convert, every 1 knows teh armo, i just started F@H back up :) fold for the 93 baby

[leishi85]

Name: Lei Shi
Occupation: Student
Age: 18
Location: Kentwood, MI
Interest: Computers, Cars, Women, MOney
Background: China born Chinese, moved to US while i was young.

Others: ahh, too lazy to type it up.

[BDR]

Who am I?

Brenda~ aka BDR aka LP (elsewhere)

Age~ 47
Location~ Illinois
Occupation~ retail receiving manager
Interests~ computers, computers, computers

I've been using computers for about 6 years.
I started building my own this year.
I've now built 7 towers.
I have some of them overclocked.

I also like to dabble in computer graphics, some flash, and watch home decorating shows.

I have a couple horses that are "pasture pets".
I have a couple parrots that I've had for over 12 years.
I also have a male cockatiel that's over 13.
I do some flower gardening when I have time, which anymore is almost never.

I have a grown son, and grandkids.

I'm your resident female folder. :)

[sgstair]

I'm back :)
I started folding sometime last year and kinda dropped out for a while, but am continuing now.

My name is Stephen Stair, I'm 19 and a junior in Computer Engineering. I'm a crazy sort and usually wind up learning things before my classes cover them. I'm now working on some game development projects (commercially) while I'm going to college, it helps when buying things like new computers :)

I'm also a Christian, have been for a long time. Very much like Buddy Jesus in his earlier post ;) just I've always been a nerd.
Many people consider me strange because I have a very different way of thinking about things than pretty much everyone. I'm very good with math and computer algorithms, so that's what I mess with in my spare time. Some people simply can't comprehend how much fun this stuff is to me :P

Well I've got work to get back to, I'll watch the board and post when is least expected...
Happy folding everyone :)

-Stephen

[Leonardo]

I'm back

Back where you belong, my friend! Sgstair, thanks for returning!

[panzerkw]

Name : Albaro Villegas
Occupation: Specialist in the US Army (Finance), ETS 10NOV03
Company: Department of Defense
Age: 22
Location: Smoke Bomb Hill, Fort Bragg, NC
Education: High School and some military schools
Interests: 3D modeling, mostly aircraft for Microsoft's Flight Simulator. You can see my latest project here (http://ifdg.fsmagazine.nl/forum/index.php?showforum=3)

Big aviation nut as well.

[GnomeWizardd]

Name : Johnathan Davenport
Occupation: Vice President
Company: Lee Davenport builders Inc.
Intrest: Girls, Girls, Football, And Computers
Education: In college
Age: 20
Religion: Strong Christian
Folding name: Angel_Heather ( God bless her )

[FormFactor]

Name: Shannon Brostad

Age: 28 (just turned today as a matter of fact) :birthday:

Location:Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

Occupation: Helpdesk tech for a huge company

Family: 1 Girlfriend (sweet girl, takes good care of me and keeps me out of trouble).
1 dog named Chico. He is just the cutest dog ever. Looks like an Ewok, in fact we dressed him up like an ewok last halloween. I dont have a scanner otherwise Id post the pics.

Intrests: computers, hardware hacking of any kind (PC,Lappy,Tivo,Xbox or anything else hackable. Some people build models, I hackthings), Exploratory hacking (nothing illeagle), Gaming.
Currently playing bf1942 (all flavaz), UT2003, and quake 3 every once in a while. I play a lot of console games as well. Looking forward to Half Life 2, Max Payne 2, Call Of Duty, and Doom III.

I am a tech geek in the most hopeless kind of way. If something new comes out I have to have it. Spend all my money on tech stuff therefore im constantly broke. But thats OK cause I have plenty of toys to keep me from getting board.

I also go out partying with friends when I can, And attend the occasional LAN party.

[Preacher]

Although I've been around since the Days of Apu's, Icrontic (old School), and now S-M (Props to Shorty, Prime, Mediaman, and all the rest who've made it a great virtual hangout!), I just started folding after a recent computer upgrade...So I guess I should tell a little bit about myself.

Name: Jeff Plaisance/Preacher

Current Location: Coronado, CA

Occupation: Naval Flight Officer/NFO on the P-3 Orion:

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/p-3.htm

Education: BS in Biological Sciences from Univ of So Cal

Family: Married with two kids and a great Shetland Sheepdog.

Interests: Family, aviation, Navy, military history, snowboarding.

Born in Baton Rouge, LA, but have lived in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Ohio, Virginia, and California, Maine, Texas, and Florida as well.

Keep on Folding,
Preach

[][v][AGIC]

The names Andrew Conrad aka ][V][AGIC
Ive been folding for oh about 2 and a half hours now so i suppose im a noob to it, but we all start sometime.
Why do i do it? Why not?

Im 17 years old and currently a junior at East Kentwood High School in Kentwood MI.

Intrest, well computers for sure. I use a computer that i built and tweeked with some help from Thrax, I like modding, and im taking classes and planning on getting A+ and Cisco network certified next year. I also have been skateboarding for about 4 years and snowboarding about 2.
Gaming is another big intrest (see you all in Detriot),and art, music,and movies to round off the list.

Pretty much my views on religionis well i thing religion is just anouther barrior that separates people. politics... well im bush fan so people need to step off his ass, rather have volenteers fighting over there than them coming over here and killing us.

Well i dunno, i guess thats it in a rather large nut shell
All i can say is thanks lei Shi for bringen me here and thanks everyone else for making it a great place to hang out :)

[Gobbles]

Name: Charles Tapee
Location: Ventura, Ca.
Occupation: Tech Support Rep
Company: MarketScan Information Systems
Education: AA Computer Science AA Computer Engineering
Interests: Computers, Networking, Servers and thing that has a microprocessor.. Gaming, anything where I can shoot someone in the head..
Age: 32 in December
Folding Name: MutantPea

I usually work in networking support and computer and servers support but the IT industry here is sad.. no jobs and when one does come up there are 200+ people applying for it...

I live a rather boring existance, I work 9 hours a day Mon - Fri. I drive 2 hours round trip to work so finding time to much of anything is hard as I am getting and feeling older I require more sleep or I am an ass. :doh:

I live in a beautiful apartment right on the local Harbor here, I share this place with my lovely wife Susan and my sister who sublets our second bedroom. (1300 sqft I dont have enough furniture for the place)


Gobbles

[madmat]

I guess I've been lurking here long enough that I need to get offa my duff and say something about myself...
My name's Matthew Harris, Matt to my friends...Sir to people that irritate me. I'm 38 and married to a woman I love but she has bi-polar disorder and our marriage has been a strain on my sanity.
I'm tech junkie, I have always been interested in things that use electricity or internal combustion...odd combination I guess.
I have spent time building tube guitar amps as a hobby, installing car stereos as a vocation, building and modding computers as both a hobby and a vocation but right now I'm between jobs but that's subject to change at any time.
I actually bought my first computer as a platform to run box designing software for car audio sub boxes but I quickly got bit by the better/faster bug and started upgrading my computer and from there I just fell in love with them.
I was bouncing around the web one day recently and saw a link to the forums about the cat. 3.8 mess and came here to look into it and I've been hanging out here ever since.

[fudgam]

BuddyJesus, Dogma was a good movie ;) . I dont fold so im not gonna put anything in about myself.

[Justin]

My name is Justin. I have been coming to short-media for help for about a month now and recently everyone here helped me build a SWEET computer. I want to join the team. I just hope that I can.

[profdlp]

ourlove2802 had this to say
My name is Justin. I have been coming to short-media for help for about a month now and recently everyone here helped me build a SWEET computer. I want to join the team. I just hope that I can.
We're not proud - we'll take anybody! (Hey, they took me.. :p )

Just remember: Team 93

Looking at what you have picked out, you're going to rack up a mighty point total in no time. It's all for a great humanitarian cause, too!

:wave: :fold: :thumbsup:

[croc_]

Name: Jared Nickerson
Age: 21
Location: Long Beach California
Occupation: Web/Graphics/Media/Office/Lunch Bitch @ Prototype Concepts/Kaminari USA/Racetech North America
School: HS Grad, some college, some tech. Night School.
Interests: computers (no ****?? computers?!?!!), basketball, video games, cars, driving, drawing, art, music blah blah blah.
Folding: croc_ (soon to be 3.2HT, 3.2HT o/c and 2500+ all 24-7)

I am pretty boring. I play games, chat on IRC/Yahoo/AIM, sleep, do random **** with my roommates, visit my GF@ucla .... u kno, normal boring ppl stuff. I drive a 2003 Ford Focus (2.3l 5spd). Has 15k miles on it already, got it July 20th. I like anime, rock music, NBA, long walks on the bea.... errr ....

so thats about it.

Picture of me squinting cause of my camera flash. I'm a wimp.
www.ice-box.net/icebox/squint.jpg

[madmat]

Ya know, croc, after reading that little slip it looks to me in that picture like you're tryin' to look sexy...whatcha say, is that yer sexy look there hoss?

[croc_]

LOL ... no heres my sexy look.

www.ice-box.net/icebox/public/croc.jpg

HAHAHA, I am such an e-pimp it hurts.

(that picture is so gay)

[madmat]

WHHHooooOOOOOoooo I betcha got honeys just throwin' themselves at ya.

[croc_]

hahahahahahahaha, well I have a gf, so even if they were (oh and you know they are :P) I can't do anything about it!

[bothered]

Where'd this thread come from?

Bothered
Bill Hartley, Age 50, On my second wife, Five kids from 10 to 26, Four grand children. Engineer, Non drinker (friend of bill w's) Very happy with my lot, drives a Toyota camry. Aquarian, fairest in the universe. Father's a Blacksmith, Mother died in 90.
Loves Family, Science, Computers, Reggae, lots of Reggae. The Simpsons.

That's me. :thumbsup:

[Doonga]

Name: Todd Punderson
Age: 28
Location: Westfield, Massachusetts
Occupation: Night Manager at a local grocery chain, computer nerd too :)


Found the site during the ati driver fiasco and decided to stay

[a2jfreak]

Welcome, Doonga!

[Creep]

CreepingDeath (No that's not my real name, but it's about all I answer to anymore!) Work a crummy factory job just trying to save and get the heck outta here! Live in Jersey (Don't start) Play Guitar, Build Computers, Try and **** as many women as I can before I die, Play video games (Just bought a Logi MOMO FFB Steering Wheel!) Oh yea, and I'll be 23 at the end of January!

[DogSoldier]

Name: Adrian Nadjiwon
Age: 36
Marital Status: Separated over 2 years but still very amicable with the Wife
Location: Currently Ottawa, Ontario, but my real home is the Chippewas of Nawash
Occupation: They call me a Creative Director but I'm really a Graphic Designer with middling ambition. Check out http://wwwspiritcreative.com
Education: Sheridan College Classical (Not that upstart computer ****e) Animation way back in 1990
Interests: Graphic design, computer hardware, hunting, pool (I'm a shark baybee), bowling and gaming. Gaming is my biggest addiction, It wouldn't be if I wasn't so damn good or if wasn't so much fun. I've been gaming since 97 (Read "Marital Status) Currently part of TSH, a MOHAA/CoD Clan http://www.tsh-clan.com/index.php
Petpeeves: People who know nothing about computers and expect me to teach them. I just don't have the patience. Racists, liars and general dishonesty (The last 3 are masks for ignorance)
What makes my day: Client comments, a call from Diane (Read "Marital Status".) Leafs win! When people actually understand what I'm saying.

[Bud]

hey guys! my name is Bud (i bet that was hard to guess) Im a student at ecpi (tech. school) for it networking and security. Also im 18.

[RADA]

My name is Fred, I'm 35 and grew up on Cape Cod, MA. I'm currently a software test engineer for IBM in Tucson, AZ. I spent 8 years in the US Air Force as a network admin. I'll have my BS degree in MIS in April. (Took way too long!) Plan on going right into Masters in Computer Sciences.

My interests are diverse. I find myself gravitating towards anything that I can learn from. Being the walking dicotomy I am, I spend almost as much time in the gym as I do on my computer! My wife says it's against IT-geek laws for us to be healthy! LOL! I SCUBA dive as often as I can, and love to explore as much of this rock we call home as my Boss and budget will allow!

I'm a member of a MOHAA/CoD clan called the WARMONGERS.

-RADA-

[firstinhell]

My name is Justin and am interested in folding. I do have some reservations about it though.

1. I play a lot of games and do not want to hurt the performance of these games when I play them. I mean I did not buy that 9800XP to fold teh proteens!! LOLZZZ!!!!! ;D ;D

2. How much money is awarded to the competition winners? Do you guys distribute the money you win to the team members based on what they contributed? I am going to get a 1337 machine going so I can get my points up there to get a good cut of the profits!!! :D :D :D

[GHoosdum]

Go to either ASU or U of A - Tucson is absolutely beautiful, and I lived in Tempe for years... it's a good place to live if you ignore the pollution and the gangs. California is just too expensive!

[Al_Capown]

I love Tucson so much man. My aunt lives there right now and we typically visit her on spring break. That place is just great.

[Dragstk]

Name-Jeff Owen
Age-46
Location-Oswego, NY
Occupation-Printing Machine Operator(soon to be unemployed-corporate choice)
Divorced with 1 son.



Owned a computer for a couple of years. But just in the last year, began tweaking. I am in the process of building a dedicated Folding computer, as I feel this is a very worthwhile endevor. Like to play computer games, but I am absolutely terrible.

When not playing with my computer, I'm out riding my mountain bikes (I have 5 of them). When the weathers bad, I'm playing racquetball. Just bought a new Chevy Xtreme pick up

[Al_Capown]

Welcome to the forums Jeff. Glad to know you will be folding for our team.

[ginipig]

Hey, my name's Joey, and I guess I'm the newest member to this group? I'm 21, a senior @ Rice University, Houston Texas, and I've been a Car.Racing-nut ever since I learned how to change a tire. I haven't had that much experience with computer modifications; I'm usually in my garage, preparing my ride for autocross competitions. I stumbled across this site as a direct result of Creep's recommendations. Oh, and btw, I'm a Counter-Strike fiend.

I'm a Philosophy major, with my double major being Chemistry. Until recently, I'd never really heard of F@H. I've spent way too much time working on my car, as my girlfriend can attest to fact that I smell more toxic than her nail-polish remover. Consequently, I decided to pursue other interests.

Seti@Home has been available for a while now, but I never really found any practical use for it. I guess F@H had more of an impact on me, due to it's far-reaching effects. I know numerous people that stand to gain from this techno-marvel, and I guess that it was only right that I took part.

I've never really been part of an online community before, so I haven't the foggiest idea of what's expected of me. If my online ettiquette seems to be way out of line, let me know. I usually don't hold grudges (unless, of course, if it means that I'd lost a trophy due to a piece of gum caught in the intake lines,) and I'd be more than happy to debate any issue.

Now, if only I could figure out how to get F@H to actually work. :D

[a2jfreak]

ginipig: I think Khan (but it might be Khaos) goes to Rice. He does the radio on Wednesday mornings @ 5:30 (I believe).

[profdlp]

ginipig had this to say
Now, if only I could figure out how to get F@H to actually work. :D
Check out this thread (http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4).
Also, feel free to start/join a thread in the Team Short-Media (http://www.short-media.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=14) section.

We have some of the foremost Folding experts in the world here at Team 93 and we'll be glad to help you any way we can.

Nice to have you here! :wave: :fold: :thumbsup:

[csimon]

Now, if only I could figure out how to get F@H to actually work.
servers are acting up this morning so you may run into difficulties there ...just keep trying and keep an eye on this (http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7295) thread also.

[primesuspect]

Welcome to the site, ginipig. You'll find that all the bases of your interests are covered.

Let's see.. you like cars, no problem:

http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7099
http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6941
http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6965

As you can see, we have plenty of car geeks on the site.

You like folding? We are one of the top teams in the world, and have many, many experts.

Oh, and you like girls .... :D

http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30

Welcome to the site :)

[profdlp]

primesuspect had this to say
Oh, and you like girls .... :D

http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&amp;threadid=30
That thread goes on for page after page!

Funny, I never seem to get past the very first picture... :respect:

[ginipig]

lol

Maxims are always a great read.

[witenoiz]

HI, My name is Jack. I live in a suburb of Kansas City, Mo - I started F@H last August and was ranked #1 on the team I was with. I really like the Forum here with Short-Media so I joined on the 18th of Dec. Now I have to learn some of the coding to attach Pix and some of the things I'm working with.. Anyway this has a feel at home comfortable kind of thing about it so here I am!

[ginipig]

pssst, witenoiz, check out that link that PrimeSuspect posted !! :buck:

Welcome to Short-Media's Folding Team:thumbup

[profdlp]

witenoiz had this to say
Anyway this has a feel at home comfortable kind of thing about it so here I am!
We are serious about the important research being done, but not so much that we can't have a ball while doing it. :D

We also try to acknowledge our team member's milestones. Check this out (http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7736) - I have a feeling we'll be posting a lot of these for you! :respect: :fold:

Welcome to the FUN team! :wave:

[miinkie]

Well who am i?

Name: Ade
Location: Uk
Age: 35
Occupation: Shrink

About me:
Originally from Nigeria, lived in the UK for past 8yrs.
Like people specially female variety, beeeerrr, partying and PC's. 1st pc early 80's (sinclair spectrum), moved on to Commodore 64. Took it apart (not too subtly) within 1st few months to find out how it worked. Well it never worked after that.

Started building PC's 2 yrs ago following a PSU of a retail system i had blowing up in a storm. Needed a straight recasing, but got me interested enough to put 1 together myself. Now own 2 i built and have built for friends.

Like my job ... still!!

Getting married in Aug to GF of 5 yrs.

started folding for Team 93 a cpl of weeks ago

Have had gr8 advice from loads of people on here for pc related probs and feels comffy here. :O well i'll stop waffling now!!

[Shorty]

miinkie ...

UK represent :D:cool:

[bothered]

Hi Miinkie, We could use a shrink here!

[Bud]

Miinkie glad to have you aboard and welcome to the team, fold on! :fold:

[miinkie]

Hi Miinkie, We could use a shrink here!

i could use a shrink here too 24/7 :cheers:

[Straight_Man]

How few??? :D

Me, am 50-something as of last December 15, been through school of hard knocks and school of educational knocks, and school of experience, and learned one thing-- you NVER stop learning in IT or in life. Anyone can suddenly tell you something you never thought of, cuz ain't NONE of us perfect-- PERIOD, and the most dangerous of us humans is any who thinks he\she IS perfect or more perfect than all the others.

Been on the street (for a few years in Missouri), helped those that were on the street best way I could, made some real interesting friends, talked a few OUT of suicide and helped them out of bad situations, been in school (as far as attitude, LIFE is a school as much as formal school, but BOTH are needed), tossed funds and parts to those who could put them to good use, been given food, gave food, been given friendship on a platter, gave it that way too sometimes, genrally a life of ups and downs that balanced, for some strange reason, into more ups than downs. NEVER was rich in money, never really wanted to be that.

Thinker, philosoph (Germanic for philospher), been nearsighted 90% of my life, been myopic most of my life, been left-eye dominant as to vison most of my life, eye muscles in right eye look like they might just get fixed this year, giver, fair taker, thinker of sorts. Kind of a loner for a long time, less so now.

Crhistian, system builder and designer\specifier as to computers, primary think Operating Systems and debugging same, not at code level but at knowing how to use the tools in them and other helper software to compaensate and overcome problems with flaws in them. Opinionated, will confess that, but try to get along. Throw idea curve balls in part to illustrate and emphasize points and teach, which I will do at the drop of a hat and usually for free or close to for friends. Also always willing to learn, and try to show how words can be misunderstood when have msiunderstood myself simply so folks other than me will not have problems.

My sense of humor can be WRY, DRY, or very punnysome (word coinage, used in slang of MY teenage times). Like to be made to think, and make others do same. Too dang VERBOSE too, so will shut up for now.... :D

John.

[Shorty]

i could use a shrink here too 24/7 :cheers:

Change your title (the bit under your name) to "Official Short-Media Shrink" :D

[miinkie]

Change your title (the bit under your name) to "Official Short-Media Shrink" :D

Shorty: perhaps this more approp. Hoping 2 shrink time pc's do stuff as much as i can :D

[Shorty]

Jus' Shrinkin' :D

Ahahahahaha thats great mate.. need to find you an avatar of equal quality :D

[RADA]

Hi Guys!

Just started my 1st run today! (03 Jan 04)

About me:

Name: Fred
Location: Tucson, AZ, USA
Age 35
Married, No kids 1 Mane Coon Cat and 1 German Rottweiller
Occupation: Software Test Engineer/Network Admin.

[Gobbles]

Well who am i?

Name: Ade
Location: Uk
Age: 35
Occupation: Shrink

About me:
Originally from Nigeria, lived in the UK for past 8yrs.
Like people specially female variety, beeeerrr, partying and PC's. 1st pc early 80's (sinclair spectrum), moved on to Commodore 64. Took it apart (not too subtly) within 1st few months to find out how it worked. Well it never worked after that.

Started building PC's 2 yrs ago following a PSU of a retail system i had blowing up in a storm. Needed a straight recasing, but got me interested enough to put 1 together myself. Now own 2 i built and have built for friends.

Like my job ... still!!

Getting married in Aug to GF of 5 yrs.

started folding for Team 93 a cpl of weeks ago

Have had gr8 advice from loads of people on here for pc related probs and feels comffy here. :O well i'll stop waffling now!!


Ok so I have this reoccuring dream that I am shorty only im like 8ft tall. I see large moose walking everywhere and a dog that talks to me alot but does it with out moving its mouth. He often tells me my parts are to slow and that I should overclock but when I open my case its full of jello....

Am I mentally ok??

Gobbles

[Bud]

:cheers: rada glad to have you on the team. fold on and lets kick some frogs but.

[miinkie]

Ok so I have this reoccuring dream that I am shorty only im like 8ft tall. I see large moose walking everywhere and a dog that talks to me alot but does it with out moving its mouth. He often tells me my parts are to slow and that I should overclock but when I open my case its full of jello....

Am I mentally ok??

Gobbles

Hell gr8 dream. Moose is BIG pc overclock. Dog is Bill Gates trying 2 get another PC built around windows. Jello hey.... thats yummy stuff especially when u shove ur hands in it and smear it all over some fem body.

Honest opinion as long ur saner than me ur ok :p

[phast_wun]

pretty new here. My name is Kevin and I'm in folsom, CA. going to college right now at sac state to get my general ed stuff taken care of them i'm going to a univ to (hopefully) get my engineering degree. I've been fidling with computers since I was 15, built my first at 16. now I have the barty at 2542 mhz watercooled and i ask myself where all the dang money is :grumble: anyhow, nice to meet you all and i'm just foldin for the cause :vimp:

[MJO]

Name: Martin Johansson
Age: 23
Location: Denmark
Occupation: Unemployed at the moment.

I have been interested in computers since my childhood.
I started out with an Amstrad CPC 464. :thumbsup:
Then I moved on to pc's and I would say that I am quite good at solving computer problems.
I have a couple of friends that call me when their pc breaks down.
My computer never breaks down, unless I have a hardware failure. :bigggrin:

I am also interested in movies and have a lot of dvd's.

I joined Icrontic a couple of months before it got hacked.
I had exchanged many pm's with Shorty, thanks for the advice given.
When Icrontic went down for good, I found my way to the temp forum at amdmb.com and eventually I ended up here.

[Crazy Joe]

Well testing out the new sig as well.

Joe Lloyd
Loveland, OH (near Cincinnati)
Currently Substitute Teacher

BS IT from University of Cincinnati 2003 <- That's worth about as much as my TP... Wait I take that back, at least TP is useful..

[Leonardo]

BS IT from University of Cincinnati 2003 <- That's worth about as much as my TP... Wait I take that back, at least TP is useful..

Have courage. Once the excess of the 90's Internet/Tech bubble is absorbed, your knowledge and skills will again be sought after. :smiles:

[KingFish]

Hey guys and girls

I got directed over here my muddocktor. Before today I hadn't known about short-media.com. He came over to our forums and introduced himself. I had been folding for maximum pc for about four or five months and hadn't ever checked their forums until last week. I originally joined their team because I believed in the project and had always been computer savvy. I have always loved their magazine and have been an avid subscriber and will continue to do so. It doesn't appear that they support the team that much though as the posts in the forum are few and far between. I came over here and looked around and was quite impressed with the comraderie and level of participation, which is what I desire. As a result, I've switched to this team and look forward to working with all of you.

I live in Lake Charles, Louisiana and work in law enforcement :usflag:, which really doesn't explain at all my work in computers. I must be one of about four on the whole department that knows how to turn one on without destroying system files, much less run a file server on IRC or run command lines on win xp.

I'm 31 going on 32 shortly, married four years with two small children; a daughter and son. I like outdoors, fitness, four wheeling (as soon as I can afford a Jeep anyway), chasing criminals, and blowing stuff up on Battlefield 1942. We also run a small apparel company out of our house, KingFish Apparel (http://www.kingfishapparel.com). Maybe we can come up with some polo shirts with the short media logo and names if anyone is interested. All our apparel is embroidered.

I trade my humble computer repair services to friends and colleagues in exchange for their spare cycles. I'm averaging about 1,000 points a week but that should climb soon with two more boxes that should be coming on line soon. I haven't turned in any work units yet for short-media but that should change as I just converted four boxes to team 93. The others will be changed over within the next few days. I think this is a great site overall with some great participation and I look forward to being a part of it. Thanks.

KingFish

[Preacher]

From a fellow Cajun (somewhat transplanted by the U.S. Navy) welcome, KingFish!

[profdlp]

Great to have you here, KingFish. (Maybe we should call you "Huey" - let's see how many historians we have here. :p )

Like you, I've been a fan of the Maximum PC magazine since it started, though I've never Folded for anyone but Team 93. I think you made a good choice. If it's comraderie you're after, you came to the right place. We take the project seriously, but have a boatload of fun doing it.

Make yourself at home! :thumbsup: :fold: :clap:

[Enverex]

Have courage. Once the excess of the 90's Internet/Tech bubble is absorbed, your knowledge and skills will again be sought after. :smiles:

How long do you think that is going to take? :-/

[Leonardo]

Welcome, KingFish. Great to have you part of our team! :cheers:

[KingFish]

I'm not quite as crooked as Huey P Long. I'm not even close enough to get a bridge named after me.

[muddocktor]

Hi KingFish, glad to see you. I didn't go over there for the purpose of recruiting anyone; I was just looking around since we are starting to get close to MaxPC's production rate and I saw that you were from Lake Charles. Like I said over there, I've been folding for over 2 years and was just trying to dispell any of the myths going around about Folding@Home destroying processors, since I had seen that you had had a bad experience with that running UD.

I am real glad that you decided to come and fold with us; we have a good, tight-knit team that is always ready to help fellow folders, no matter whose team they fold for. After all, it's really all about the project; the team aspect just makes it fun. :smiles:

You will also find a few more people here from LA; our leading team member is from Lafayette and has a bunch of P4's in his classroom folding and they really kick some arse. :respect:

[profdlp]

I'm not quite as crooked as Huey P Long. I'm not even close enough to get a bridge named after me.
I have no doubt about that. Regardless, it wouldn't hurt to be careful if you have to visit the Capitol building at Baton Rouge. :hair: :eek2: :eek3:

[csimon]

Welcome aboard KingFish! Good to see more from LA getting involved at team short-media. :fold:

[KingFish]

Thanks csimon. I have seen quite a few here from the bayou state. Looks like we have about the whole state covered here too. How 'bout them bayou bengals eh?

I know you didn't go over there to recruit muddocktor, there wasn't anything in your post that even referred to it. Even though I really like the magazine, it seems that the folding at home project over there isn't really supported and it seems that nobody hardly even visits their forum. I went through quite a few of the posts over here and then decided to switch. Besides, with all the people from Louisiana, how could it be bad? You can disregard the post comment about going over there. <snicker>

KingFish

also, if any of you from Louisiana ever get this way over to the southwest part, come look me up. I'll be glad to have any of you on a ride-along :)

[KingFish]

I have no doubt about that. Regardless, it wouldn't hurt to be careful if you have to visit the Capitol building at Baton Rouge. :hair: :eek2: :eek3:


I try to stay away from politicians from Louisiana, especially those in the Capitol building. They have a bad tendency to go to jail for some odd reason.

KingFish

[Al_Capown]

Awesome. Extremely happy to have a new member added to the team. And for the new member to be an ex-MaximumPC folder helps us out a lot, since we're challenging them right now.

Glad to have you on the team,
Nick

[KingFish]

Awesome. Extremely happy to have a new member added to the team. And for the new member to be an ex-MaximumPC folder helps us out a lot, since we're challenging them right now.

Glad to have you on the team,
Nick

Thanks for the warm welcome. I was folding about a thousand points per week with MaximumPC. If I recall correctly, team short media was about three thousand points per week (or was that per day) less in production than maximum pc. The net effect will be about two thousand more points per week with respect to them because they lose the points and short media gains it. I have only one box left to convert over to team short media (5 out of 6 boxes already converted). Also, I browsed the forums in here and learned quite a bit about the advmethods and forcesse/forceasm flags that I added last night that will even give an additional boost. I also bumped the percentage from mid eighties to ninety percent of cpu totals. I'm hoping the changes will result in a steady 1200-1300 point output per week instead of hovering around the 1000 point output per week. Glad to be onboard. :thumbup

[dragonV8]

Found this thread by accident, after posting all my details in the Pub, so to speak. Anyhow,

Name: Jon Anderson
Age: 57 in Feb.
Location: Perth, Western Australia.
Job: Mining supervisor in a goldmine, 2 Hrs flying time from home.
Puters: First got one in the mid 80's. Just a 8086, no H/D, rgb screen and bought another at that time called an Orange = "Apple" clone. Upgraded the 8086 into a 286 & 40Mg H/D. Next a 486, the a P 120 notebook, then a PII 266 to a HP Athlon 850 to a PIV 2.4G 512M 80G jb WD, 60G Seagate. This is networked to the HP and my PIV 2.4G 512M notebook. I'm not very good with these rotten things, though the Handbrake is getting to be real good fixing all sorts of problems, specially networking.
Been married to Sally for 32 years, got a 25yr old son and a 27yr old daughter. Wife's got a little white dog called Rusty. (Sally is from Dorset U.K.)
My job takes me away for 2 weeks, then home for a week.
New nothing about folding till i came across This site and after lurking for awhile thought i'd like to join in. Seems like a top bunch of people here.
Just put the folding onto the HP, next will be the PIV after explaining it to the handbrake. (she's all for it too). Tomorrow i'll take my notebook to the shop for software repair (Windows XP.....I'm just so stupid) and IT will be set up as well for team #93. Oh and i love Ford V8 cars and follow V8 Supercar racing in Oz.

There, you have my life story, hehehe. I'll take a deep breath now and let someone else have a go. :crazy:

Jon

[Preacher]

Welcome, Jon. LOL...Maybe it's an Australian thing, but I've never heard the term "handbrake" for a wife.

[dragonV8]

Welcome, Jon. LOL...Maybe it's an Australian thing, but I've never heard the term "handbrake" for a wife.

Cheers Preacher. The term "Handbrake" is rather endearing i reckon, as she Slows me down. Just like a car with the handbrake on. LOL.

Oh, she knows i call her that. All in good humour. :D

[KingFish]

Is that related to "ball and chain"? The wife and I refer to each other as that every once in a while. It's the quickest way to the doghouse...

KingFish

[profdlp]

I once referred to my (now ex) wife as my "anchor". She thought that was sweet and asked me what exactly I meant. I couldn't resist giving a flip reply and said "because you keep dragging me to the bottom".

A few days later I decided it might be a good idea to get a more comfortable couch...

(Nothing to to with why she's now my ex)

[Jonshandbrake]

G'day to every one. Well yes and the handle says I am Jon's handbrake. :kneel: All hail the handbrake......LOL Willing to be anyone elses if you like.........LOL Though be warned sometimes even Jon could spit it as I slow him down just a little too much.....hehehehe (laughs goulishly)

I know he has pretty much shared with you all who and what I am......LOL so no need for too much detail. Yes I live in the same place as Jon, married the same length of time. Pretty much a mirror image of his details.......LOL except female......ofcourse..LOL though then again with the world today cant take anything for granted now can we :confused2

Jon has given you guys such a big rep I thought the only thing to do was sign up and meet everyone HE keeps telling me about. Also he says that if ever I need any help while he is away that nothing is too much trouble for anyone to help me with. For that I'll thank you all in advance.

So what's this folding about????? Gotta put it on the puta. No, Jon has explained it to me and I am only to pleased and happy to donate my computer resources for this great cause.

That is about it though I am sure there is so much more.........not enough sleep and I have a pain in the membrane.........lol NO not Jon ......in the head silly :smiles:

Sally aka The Handbrake

[mmonnin]

Welcome to the forums HandBrake...errr...I mean Sally.;);D

If you have a question, one of us will most likely have an answer or may know how to find out, so ask away.:)

[Enverex]

If you have a question, one of us will most likely have an answer or may know how to find out, so ask away.:)

Unless it is stupid and/or obvious in which case I shall mock you continuously ;)

[Jonshandbrake]

I believe I can handle the mocking but just please don't yell at me. I can't handle being yelled at

[shackwrrr]

my Name is Ian Adams
I live in piedmont,ohio
Im 15
And Like to mess around with computers and overclock
Ive been folding since today
I am on the team as shackwrrr

[Kwitko]

Unless it is stupid and/or obvious in which case I shall mock you continuously ;)

And in which case we will <s>mod</s> mock you continuously.

Edited by Shorty to reflect correct meaning ;)

[Leonardo]

my Name is Ian Adams

Welcome, Ian! Welcome to Short-Media and to our great Folding@Home team.

[profdlp]

Great to see both the new members posting! Don't be shy about asking for help if you need it. The research we are doing is serious business, but we have a lot of fun doing it. We honor our team members at certain point levels at the Notable Milestones (http://www.short-media.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=26 ) page. The team looks forward to cheering you on there.

:clap: :fold: :fold: :clap:

[robby]

My name is Robby Stanford. I started folding about 5 minutes ago. I live in Houston and go to school at ITT tech. I'm 26 as I write this. I love music and have been blessed with the opportunity to create my own. I met a girl in Ft. colins Colorado in June of 03 and we have since built an amazing relationship that continues to flourish as we try to find a way to be together. She lives in DC. The right side of my face is reconstructed with titanium. If you came to my house we would probably cook fajitas on the grill and watch the movie "Waking Life".

[[R3D]KJ]

Hello fellow folding peeps. Name's KJ, if you couldn't tell by my username, I'm from Rage3D. Been folding for bout a year and a half, approaching 30k points. Just thought I'd drop in and spy on you guys ;)

Rock on my folding brothers!!!
:rockon: :fold:

[a2jfreak]

Good to see another Houstonian! :) RWB left us a few months back to go to sunny Florida. Traitor! ;D

My name is Robby Stanford. I started folding about 5 minutes ago. I live in Houston and go to school at ITT tech. I'm 26 as I write this. I love music and have been blessed with the opportunity to create my own. I met a girl in Ft. colins Colorado in June of 03 and we have since built an amazing relationship that continues to flourish as we try to find a way to be together. She lives in DC. The right side of my face is reconstructed with titanium. If you came to my house we would probably cook fajitas on the grill and watch the movie "Waking Life".

[profdlp]

My name is Robby Stanford...I met a girl in Ft. colins Colorado...She lives in DC...
With a name like that, you should be a natural at the Folding business!

Do you mean Washington DC? I grew up in Arlington, VA and worked in DC for years. I still get up that way fairly often (about 100 miles from Charlottesville)to visit the old folks. Or is that Denver Colorado?

Welcome to Team 93!
:celebrate

[KingFish]

A2J, Lake Charles isn't too far from Houston. We're closer to Houston than New Orleans here. Just 30 miles from the Texas line.

KingFish

[profdlp]

KJ']...Name's KJ, if you couldn't tell by my username, I'm from Rage3D...
:rockon: :fold:
You guys have an awesome team! :respect:

Nice to meet you - now that we've met, I'll feel a little guilty when we blow by you in a while. :p :hiding:

In the long run, we're all on the same team anyway. :cheers:

:clap: :fold: :clap:

[[R3D]KJ]

You guys have an awesome team! :respect:

Nice to meet you - now that we've met, I'll feel a little guilty when we blow by you in a while. :p :hiding:

In the long run, we're all on the same team anyway. :cheers:

:clap: :fold: :clap:
Thanks for the compliments :thumbsup:

Oh, and you've got some work to do if you wanna catch up with us ;D
Rally your troops :ninja:

:cheers:

[profdlp]

Well, I said "in a while". The dictionary defines "while" as "a period of time". It does not say how long a period of time... :D

But, sooner or later... :smokin:

[a2jfreak]

Been through Lake Charles a few times; never really stopped to see the city though, unless that's where the casino is (can't recall which one we stopped at one time just to see what a casino was like. Losing $5 was about as much fun as I thought it would be. Won't do that again).

A2J, Lake Charles isn't too far from Houston. We're closer to Houston than New Orleans here. Just 30 miles from the Texas line.

KingFish

[KingFish]

You found us. The two riverboat casinos are right here. We're building a third huge facility right now that will resemble more of a resort. Give me a holler next time you come through.

KingFish

[a2jfreak]

You got it! :)

My aunt and uncle go there (or at least used to) with some frequency and on our way back from a family reunion in Oberlin, LA we stopped there. The food was pretty decent.

You found us. The two riverboat casinos are right here. We're building a third huge facility right now that will resemble more of a resort. Give me a holler next time you come through.

KingFish

[robby]

With a name like that, you should be a natural at the Folding business!

Do you mean Washington DC? I grew up in Arlington, VA and worked in DC for years. I still get up that way fairly often (about 100 miles from Charlottesville)to visit the old folks. Or is that Denver Colorado?

Welcome to Team 93!
:celebrate
Yes, Washington, DC. I'll be up there next week to spend some time with her.

[EyesOnly]

Name: Tommy Eriksson
Country: Sweden
City: Karlskoga. That's the same place as Alfred Nobel was born.
Occupation: If you're reading this you're logged on to it. Trying to find a job but in no luck so far. :( Watching tv. I took my name from logan's character in Dark angel.
Interrests: Computers, women (still searching for the one), LEGO (it's really fun and not just for children), and i'll think of something more.

My first experience with computers was with a commodore 64. It was a lot of fun but even more pain when something didn't want to work. I still remember sitting for sometimes up to 15 minutes holding the diskette while a game was loading so it would be in the correct position in the drive but still sometimes it didn't load and i was forced to start all over again. Thank god for emulators. At least it loads fast.

Later i got my first pc and it was so much better. I started folding in december but had no luck with my folding rig. It broke down on me. Knowing that my p2 was used a lot i held up folding hoping that i might soon get an upgrade. Since that seems to take some time i started folding this afternoon.

I too found this forum when investigating the reports about ati cards trashing monitors. After that i hung around and have learned a great deal about computers since. This is really a great place to be. :)

[gcstader]

My name's Greg and I've been folding for Short-Media for a month or so. Currently I'm number 333 on the team stats list (43 WU, 1959 Score). Got Folding@Home running on two computers. Anyways, just wanted to post and let everyone know who I am.



~ Greg
www4.ncsu.edu/~gcstader/

[DogSoldier]

Hey Greg, welcome to the best team with a shar-pei as a mascot!

[drasnor]

Name: Drew Beckett
Country: Texas
City: Austin & College Station

I'm 20 years old and have lived in the same permanent residence in Austin, TX for all of those years, which is nice because the phone numbers don't change. I'm a student at Texas A&M University in College Station, studying to become an Aerospace engineer. I drive a 1997 Geo Prizm.

My first experience with computers was playing Math Blaster on the Apple IIgs lab in Kindergarten. First experience with a PC was being allowed to touch a State-owned IBM PC-AT, fully equipped with an amber MGA monitor and DOS. First computer was a Macintosh LCII, second was a Power Macintosh Performa 6200CD, both of which are known for being lemons (and were). First PC was a Dell Dimension XPS R350, widely known as the best value in OEM computing (upgrades to a 1.4GHz Celeron-Tualatin over the 350MHz Pentium II it came with).

First real boom to computers as a hobby came in my Sophomore year in high school, where I spent $5 at the school district's technology auction to aquire an Pentium 1 IBM, a 486, and a Pentium 2 Compaq Deskpro. I spent some time maxing out the 486 and the IBM, but the 486 has since died and the Deskpro has been sold to TheBaron, but the IBM lives on as the most tweaked Pentium MMX box I've ever seen.

I am an Eagle Scout (class of 1999) and I spend my summers working as camp staph for the local Boy Scout camp in Bastrop. I teach science and technology-related merit badges there. Most of the old machines I restore go back to the scout camp to work in a variety of capacities. I've had to stop working there due to the need to do aerospace-related jobs/internships/etc so I have a job after I graduate.

I started Folding on November 24 of 2002 on a $5 bet with khan that I would outfold him by December 25. He had been folding for several months prior on his Dells (a p3 and a p4 I believe). For future reference, never bet against the dual Athlon machine running 24/7 :D. I joined Icrontic and Team Icrontic at the same time, and never stopped even during the time when Icrontic was gone and Short-Media had yet to exist. Current ambition is to keep my spot at rank 42 since it's just such an awesome number.

I can safely say that I own the fastest computer I've ever seen (see below).

My current computer collection:
IBM PS/2 9577 "Bermuda" w/ AMD486DX4-100, 32MB 60ns parity FPM RAM, XGA-2 graphics, PC-DOS 2000 & OS/2 Warp 3.
IBM PC300GL 6282-66U w/ Pentium 233 MMX, SB AWE64 Gold, 64MB SDRAM, GeForce FX 5200 w/ 128MB DDR-SDRAM, Win98SE.
Apple Macintosh Quadra 605 (LC II post logic board swap) w/ 25MHz Motorola 68040, 36MB 60ns FPM RAM, MacOS 7.6.1 & Debian Linux.
Apple Power Macintosh 6500 (Performa 6200 post logic board swap) w/ 250MHz IBM PowerPC 603ev, 128MB 60ns EDO RAM, MacOS 9.2.2.
:fold: Dell Dimension XPS R350 w/ Celeron III (Tualatin) 1.3GHz, SB Audigy, 384MB PC100 SDRAM, ATI FireGL 8800, Win2k Pro.
:fold: IBM PC-AT w/ Asus P2B-B motherboard, Celeron III (Tualatin) 1.3GHz, SB AWE32, 768MB PC133, nVidia geForce256, Gentoo Linux (NAT/firewall).
:fold: Asus P2B-DS w/ 2x Intel Pentium III Cu 1.1GHz, 512MB PC133, nVidia geForce2 GTS, Win2k Pro.
:fold: MSI K7D Master-L w/ 2x AMD Athlon MP 2100+ 1.7GHz, 1GB PC2100 registered ECC DDR-SDRAM, Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, ATI All in Wonder 9700 Pro, WinXP Pro.
:fold: MSI K8T Master2-FAR w/ 2x AMD Opteron 248 2.2GHz, 2GB PC3200 registered ECC DDR-SDRAM, SB Audigy2 Platinum, ATI All in Wonder 9800 Pro, WinXP Pro & WinXP x64 Edition. :smokin:

Machines in progress:
Umax S900 "Storm Surge" (Power Macintosh 9500 clone) w/ IBM PowerPC 750FX 900MHz, 1GB 60ns FPM RAM, MacOS 9.2.2.
Abit BP6 w/ 2x Intel Celeron 533MHz (Mendocino).

-drasnor :fold:

[Gunny]

Well, looks like so far, I am the oldest fart to speak up, I am 52 years old

Name: Kenneth Burns
Occupation: US Army First Sergeant (getting ready to retire very soon)
Location: The Bluegrass state, to narrow it down even further, I live at the only place in the world where the Kentucky river meets the Ohio river

I've been fooling with computers since the Commodore 64 came out. As a matter of fact, I still have it, the printer and the tape drive.
I am a tech junkie and have six computers in the house, four towers and two laptops. Two networks, one hardwired, one wireless. I am currently working on improving one of the towers for folding, almost done.
I have gotten two degrees since going back to the military (enlisted once, got out for a long time, then went back) My latest educational endeavor was to get MSCE certified, as I plan to work on a contract basis in the IT field when I finally get retired.
I don't contribute much to this forum, but I love hanging out, reading posts and learning. There is a well of good information posted in this forum

[Straight_Man]

You are not the only old fart, I am about less than a year younger than you....

If you want to know more, look at http://www.johndanielsonii.com/ or http://www.danielsonsystems.org/ .

John D.

[Gunny]

You are not the only old fart, I am about less than a year younger than you....

If you want to know more, look at http://www.johndanielsonii.com/ or http://www.danielsonsystems.org/ .

John D.
Well Sir, I only know of one way to keep from having birthdays, and it ain't worth damn!
There is a lot of truth in the saying that old age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthuisiam! Not sure about the spelling there, right now, I am way into the Bud Light.
Preciate the fact that I'm not the only older dude here, and the fact that you admitted to it.
Take care

[witenoiz]

Just a note to welcome Gunny :clap: and give you and Ageek some hope :beer: - I am back on page 5 of this thread and I didn't mention my age. I'll never see 65 again......just about to take a turn off Rt 66 and head North. Jack

[profdlp]

......just about to take a turn off Rt 66 and head North. Jack
Beats heading South! ;D

45 in a few months for me. :cool:

[requin]

Hello everyone,

I live in Geneva, Switzerland. I am originally from Iran, 27 years old and I work as financial hedge funds analyst.

I just started folding for 93! Altough I believe my office laptop has few CPU power to spare cause I am just at 10% of my first WU!!

I came accross Short Media for help removing the omegasearch tool bar and re-installing WinXp.

I don't know jack about computers programation, reparation, optimisation...I will rely on all of you for that :)

I use my home PC only to play microsoft flightsimulator 2004 (thats the only thing I could help people with..) and I love to ride motorbikes :)

Peace to all,

requin

[Necropolis]

Welcome to the team requin
:smokin:

[TheGr81]

Name: Ricky Nelson (call me Rick if you like)
Age: Turned 17 not long ago.
Location: I live in Miramar, Florida.
Occupation: High School junior
Joined: Umm... Late February, early March?
Interests: Girls (looking for one...) games, computers, and as of joining Short-Media, folding!

I joined Short-Media shortly after my B-day, end of Feb., 2004. And I guess I'm not the only one to discover this place reading about ATi's drivers (3.8 I think it was) and monitors. Looking through the threads a bit, I saw some pretty interesting conversations. I wanted to give my opinion as well, so, here I am! You guys got me into folding, I started about a month ago. I really started maybe 5-7 days ago. (I let my comp finish 1 WU and then stopped 'cause it started interfering with some of my programs.) Now I intend to fold for a long time to come. Who knows, maybe I'll get another rig in on it in the future.

Hello everyone! :wave: :usflag:

[Straight_Man]

Well Sir, I only know of one way to keep from having birthdays, and it ain't worth damn!
There is a lot of truth in the saying that old age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthuisiam! Not sure about the spelling there, right now, I am way into the Bud Light.
Preciate the fact that I'm not the only older dude here, and the fact that you admitted to it.
Take care

A BIG Welcome to all of you who have posted here after I posted last. Gunny, Bothered is also of our general age group. As is Leonardo. We have, as the old saying goes, "a mix of old and new" here, and since the focus is tech, it can be true both ways for some of us. (Physical Age versus IIT Experience). Nice thing is, age is not a barrier to IT enthusiasm, and a mix of us can make a very nicely balanced forum work very very well.

Shorty, primesuspect (we keep suspecting him of GOOD here :) ), and MediaMan are somewhere in the middle of the age range. They as a group of three are the PRIME MOVER's here. But they are tolerant of almost all ages.

TheGr81: Happy to see another enthusiast here, thanks for folding with us.

[entropy]

Hey all! lol i'm sure most of you know me from harassing you (not *literally*, of course :) my comp just hates me) throughout the forums. but, i'm actually only 15 years old and can't wait to drive. i'd heard about f@h and used it to check my temps but then said screw it. now, after watching Fold Flash 2, all the sudden i realized how insanely awesome this is. so, if i can get my old machine connected, i shall fold forever! lol, but i'd have to work on getting them networked and that costs more money! so i'll just fold like a mofo on here ;D i figured, the least i could do was help out short-media, AND help thousands, then hoorah! lol so thanks once again s-m!

-entr0py (aka: trystan, but my real name sucks so i use fake ones lol)

[TR0LL]

Hey everyone. Just Joined the team. Names TR0LL im a Friend of KingFish. Ive got the client up on two machines now

A bit of info on myself
Im a 20 year old Self dependent full time college student at Dakota State University. Im working on a BS in Computer Science. I love to game, you name it Ive gamed it.
Im also gettimg married in October of this year

[Leonardo]

Welcome to Short Media and welcome to our great Folding@Home Team. We have a very fierce bite for our size - much fun too.

Computer science? Hmm. Great. You've got the theory and the background with your university; with us you get a solid foundation in the practical! Obviously you are now on a path to great success! :D

[Donut]

Hello all,

My name is Donut (Tom), and I fold under the name Donuts. I'm 38 yrs. old and live in Maine. Started folding couple of months ago for another team, and decided to switch. I've been lurking in your forums for over a year and you folks have already answered many questions for me. (as I am still a complete noob). Thanks for the welcome. :smiles: