Agggh!

DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
edited August 2004 in Folding@Home
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_overtake.php?s=&t=93

In 77 days, we will be passed by Team 2630 "The Tech Report."

Check out their new users in the past week:

http://folding.extremeoverclocking.com/team_summary.php?s=&t=2630

20 of them! They are out-producing us by 142377 points a week right now!

I have been trying to plug the Team as much as I can to new users in the SVT forum, but maybe some PM's from other Team Members will help? We are seeing way more than 20 new users a week in there right now, we should be able to sign up some of them if we work it hard enough! Does anyone think that a PM campaign from team a member(s) to SVT users would help?

Dexter...

Comments

  • KingFishKingFish
    edited August 2004
    I think it's a good idea :) I don't think it would be over the top or pushy.

    KF
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited August 2004
    The goons are kicking some protein as well. We will need a major push to stay ahead of both of them.
  • stacy3stacy3 NY
    edited August 2004
    Dexter, having been in that position myself very recently, I can say that I would not have seen it as pushy at all. In fact, it may just be that personal touch that pushes someone to investigate it further. Maybe a note in there adding that if they have any questions they can respond to the sender directly???

    stacy
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited August 2004
    I still think we need a single page that makes it super easy for people to understand...
  • ClutchClutch North Carolina New
    edited August 2004
    primesuspect wrote:
    I still think we need a single page that makes it super easy for people to understand...


    Yea I just noticed that the " Everything about F@H - Check here first!" sticky is pretty packed with a lot of information. And even though it is all good information, for a new person I could see where it would confuse them.
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited August 2004
    primesuspect wrote:
    I still think we need a single page that makes it super easy for people to understand...


    Agreed...we need the FAQ's in a short, concise and compelling single post. I have been directing people to the Team page on the main site page, but they have to scroll down so far, then find the FAQ's on the right, then click them to open the FAQ's. It would be noce to have just a single post for FAQ's, so that it is very very easy for people to find the info...one click, and ther have it all.

    Dexter...
  • stacy3stacy3 NY
    edited August 2004
    well after reading Agggh! and knowing that I have only so far contributed 2 work units (is there a spot that explains the WU's and points and all?) i went over to my aunt's house to set her up to join and found that she has "mysearch" among other junk on her computer!!! thank goodness i know where to turn!!!

    but i want to get her cleaned up before i set her up so i will probably be posting logs for her soon. i downloaded the recommended things and both adaware and spybot froze up on me (?!) i ran out of time and will go over and download and run again...

    anyway, my point was - i'm trying! i don't have any high powered machine, but am spreading the word with anyone i know about the cause and your helpfulness and knowledge and that if they decide to help, that team 93 is where to turn! mondi was most amazing in helping me last week and you all have been very generous with your opinions when asked...

    where is all this stuff coming from all of a sudden?

    stacy
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited August 2004
    Short-Media.com: We're a little bit of good in a cyberspace filled with bad ;)

    Dexter...
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited August 2004
    ...And here I was still thinking the SAGoons were still our biggest threat. Not to say that they aren't a huge threat to us right now, but I really gotta keep up with our team stats.

    Dexter, I take it you've seen this thread? My friend managed to get quite a few computers in on it, but either they haven't turned anything in yet, or maybe something wen't wrong with the installing. Maybe they're not configured with the right username/team number. *shrugs*

    I hope something great does give us some big push forward. It'd be great to stay in the top ten worldwide! In just a few months we could be out.

    -Rick
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited August 2004
    primesuspect wrote:
    I still think we need a single page that makes it super easy for people to understand...
    Exactly ...and as we mention some of the terminology and downloads we can have them hyperlinked or something.

    Keep it simple yet informative and alluring! :eek3:
  • dragonV8dragonV8 not here much New
    edited August 2004
    stacy3 wrote:
    well after reading Agggh! and knowing that I have only so far contributed 2 work units (is there a spot that explains the WU's and points and all?) i went over to my aunt's house to set her up to join and found that she has "mysearch" among other junk on her computer!!! thank goodness i know where to turn!!!

    but i want to get her cleaned up before i set her up so i will probably be posting logs for her soon. i downloaded the recommended things and both adaware and spybot froze up on me (?!) i ran out of time and will go over and download and run again...

    anyway, my point was - i'm trying! i don't have any high powered machine, but am spreading the word with anyone i know about the cause and your helpfulness and knowledge and that if they decide to help, that team 93 is where to turn! mondi was most amazing in helping me last week and you all have been very generous with your opinions when asked...

    where is all this stuff coming from all of a sudden?

    stacy


    Stacy, it doesn't matter if you can only fold 1x wu a week. You are folding for a GOOD cause, that is what matters.

    Anyhow, there are links available if you know where to look. mmonnin has 4 in his sig, there are lots in other places @ Short-Media. Perhaps a page explaining which link does what and why might be good too.

    This will take you to the points page. "Project Summary".
    http://vspx27.stanford.edu/psummary.html

    This actally came from here, a very good page with lots of different info.
    http://folding.stanford.edu/stats.html

    Jon
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited August 2004
    I added a 1.1ghz p3 today plus upgraded one of my farms to V5 client with large WUs enabled.. It should help an eenie bit :thumbsup:
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited August 2004
    I added a 1.0 GHz myself as well. 11 of 12 farm nodes converted from v 4 to v 5. I haven't gotten around to adding the laptops to the arsenal yet. It's coming though.

    KF
  • PressXPressX Working! New
    edited August 2004
    I have 5 new part time (9-5) AMD 3000 this week.

    I think a noob page would go down well. When I first came here there was not a place that put it in plain English. I am "geek like" so I picked it up easily. Most visitors perhaps are not. If they were they would not need the SVT help etc. I think a small installer at the end of a page that people could download. It could just be a simple batch file that copies the the console to a FAH folder on the users c: and starts the the console with "-configonly". If they have read the page with instructions then they will be running straight away and installed as a service... just a thought?
  • PressXPressX Working! New
    edited August 2004
    This is a very simple version of what I was talking about.. I am sure you could improve it? Perhaps even make a full install exe but it's a start...

    Note: THIS IS BETA PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS TO SETUP IF YOU ARE NEW TO FOLDING
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited August 2004
    I think that one way to raise the alert on folding would be for more people to add info about it in their sigs. I'm thinking about adding a few links in mine that way whenever someone reads my sig, which some will, they'll see links and be curious about it.

    One dominant feature is the folding sigs. Add i few links next to those pics and more would found out about folding. This way we wouldn't have to pm people, they would find out for themselfs. I've seen the links in mmonins sig and if more people had such links then newcomers would eventually figure out that this "folding thing" must be nice.

    Just my 2 cents. :)

    Edit
    And a faq that is easy to understand would be nice. :thumbsup:
  • DonutDonut Maine New
    edited August 2004
    I added 2 new rigs to the fray about a week ago, 2000xp's (clocked to 2 gig each).
  • dragonV8dragonV8 not here much New
    edited August 2004
    EyesOnly wrote:
    I think that one way to raise the alert on folding would be for more people to add info about it in their sigs. I'm thinking about adding a few links in mine that way whenever someone reads my sig, which some will, they'll see links and be curious about it.

    One dominant feature is the folding sigs. Add i few links next to those pics and more would found out about folding. This way we wouldn't have to pm people, they would find out for themselfs. I've seen the links in mmonins sig and if more people had such links then newcomers would eventually figure out that this "folding thing" must be nice.


    When i found out about the "Spoiler" from Mondi, i managed to make one up with a bit of a suggestion for people to Fold.

    Sally got a news letter from another forum where at the bottom it explained about folding, where they were and where they wanted to be and asking people to join.

    Perhaps a headline that grabs ya, like: SEX. Now we got your attention, lol. ;D
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited August 2004
    Well, for what it's worth, I'm hoping to start folding on two of my personal systems again shortly... I've already got it running on Habitat for Humanity's machines (SVHFH) but I haven't done it on my personal machines due to the heat and noise issues. After I set up the water cooling systems, and if I can get my dorm air conditioned (supposely all of the dorms have AC, but I guess not... :rolleyes: ) that'll be four more CPUs added- two Athlon XPs (MPs) and two P4 Xeons, so...
  • dragonV8dragonV8 not here much New
    edited August 2004
    Geeky1 wrote:
    Well, for what it's worth, I'm hoping to start folding on two of my personal systems again shortly... I've already got it running on Habitat for Humanity's machines (SVHFH) but I haven't done it on my personal machines due to the heat and noise issues. After I set up the water cooling systems, and if I can get my dorm air conditioned (supposely all of the dorms have AC, but I guess not... :rolleyes: ) that'll be four more CPUs added- two Athlon XPs (MPs) and two P4 Xeons, so...

    w00t........bring on the AC'ed dorm.....Thinking positive for ya, lol. :thumbsup:
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited August 2004
    When it gets a little cooler (or I decide to splurge on a cheap air conditioner), you'll have a few extra points as well :)

    Well... whatever an A64 3700+, 2 P4C HT's, Dual XP-M 2400's & a Barton 3200+ can put out in a week... :)
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited August 2004
    A VERY nice chunk!!!
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited August 2004
    I just helped CB upgrade his PC from a Duron 1.3 to an XP2100+ this week - I've gotta remind him to install folding on the new OS install! Plus, he's going to re-build his secondary PC with his old Duron 1.3.

    There's not a whole lot more I can do, I've got 2 XP3200+ PCs, 1 P4 2.8HT, and 1 XP2400+ machine folding under my name - unless I get more family members needing PCs (unlikely!) I won't be able to up production for myself anytime soon.
  • chipatkinsonchipatkinson San Antonio Texas
    edited August 2004
    Hi all! I've been away on business for a few weeks. I think continuing to plug folding in the SVT is a great idea. That is where I heard about it and after receiving such fantastic help on my computers, I clicked on the links a few provided me in their replies and read more about folding. I had never heard of it prior to that.

    After reading info on the home page, I requested and obtained great help from many of you in setting up my main computer and my kids computer as services.

    I don't think it is too pushy at all to inform folks of this great cause and suggest they check it out.

    My second computer seems to be having problems folding....keeps deleting the work and starting over. Has only done a couple units in the weeks I was away....I deleted the folders and started from scratch twice, but didn't seem to fix it.

    Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Probably should have started this as its own thread, but didn't plan on going into this in this reply. Sorry....

    Anyways, I'm back in town for a few weeks and glad to be able to read more about y'all in the forum

    I'm closing in on 300 in rank...wooooooohooooo!!!!
  • gibbonslgibbonsl Grand Forks AFB
    edited August 2004
    how can i set it up on a system that does not have a hard drive

    have a desktop sitting here that is idle

    cel 1.1 no hard drive

    edit i have a version of linux( DSL ) that can work from cd rom

    any ideas of using that would be helpful

    or when i get a HD i am putting suse linux pro. on it

    that won't be untill monday at the latest
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited August 2004
    There is a link to a version of linux on the FAH front page called Knoppix that will run from the CD ROM and it has FAH on it.

    And I added an 1800+ full time for one week until I have to give it back to the owner.
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