Please welcome 4 more folders for the Cause.
dragonV8
not here much New
It's actually 4 more folders.
Welcome jtm 297
Welcome Haha
Welcome Liquid
Welcome art_vandalay
Great to see you all join in the fun of FLDING.
"The Cause" is the serious part assisting Stanford search for a cure.
"The Fun" is out-FLDING other members, among other things.
Please say Hi and introduce yourselves.
Any questions, fire away. Collectively there is a lot of knowledge in this forum, whether it's folding, computer problems, anything at all.
FLD on. :smokin:
Welcome jtm 297
Welcome Haha
Welcome Liquid
Welcome art_vandalay
Great to see you all join in the fun of FLDING.
"The Cause" is the serious part assisting Stanford search for a cure.
"The Fun" is out-FLDING other members, among other things.
Please say Hi and introduce yourselves.
Any questions, fire away. Collectively there is a lot of knowledge in this forum, whether it's folding, computer problems, anything at all.
FLD on. :smokin:
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Hey Art, that name sounds familiar...Seinfeld maybe.;);D
:smokin:
I am of course talking about Xboxs running linux and folding their asses off. This is an awesome alternative to a bunch of PCs emptying your wallet when the electric bill comes. Each Xbox has a 120 watt PSU. Take them apart, put them in a custom made case with the DVD-roms removed and you have yourself a lean mean folding machine.
You may say, 'well that only totals 3.6 ghz of computing power'. If you said that then you would be wrong. Linux is a very efficient operating system when it comes to code. Windows is heavily weighted with all its services and processes that run needlessly and consume CPU cycles. This makes it so you are not getting the most from your Folder. Linux running Xboxs with their good FSB should do great when they run ONLY F@h. In theory 5 Xboxes should be equivalent to 4.3 ghz of Windows computing power. How would like to be responsible for 6.5 percent of Short-medias power in Ghz. I know I would.
I am happy i joined your awesome team. I am sure I will rely on you guys for questions in the near future.
If youre not spoiled like me then yes, there are good PCs for less.
Kingfish,
What kind of setup do you have? How are you crunching so many WUs? Are you an IT guy? BF DC rulez! Havn't played in 2 weeks, finally got over my withdrawls. Used to play Desert Combat ALL the time for 2 years it was my only game. Can't beleive Kingfish from DC is also Kingfish from Short-media, thats awesome.
Does anyone have a broken Xbox I could buy off them?
I play BF DC all the time. I'm usually on the DCBB (Desert Combat Band of Brothers) server that plays El Alamein all the time (and on teamspeak). I'm a tanker kind of guy and have gotten quite skilled with the T72 but can play most any role. I used to be with the O-Company clan until it disbanded. I kept the sig because I like it and I still play DC quite frequently. If there's a particular server that you know is good, let me know (teamspeak preferred) and I'll drop by or drop by the DCBB server yourself. My nick is "KingFish" on DC. If you know of a good clan I think it's about time to find myself back into clan action and possibly even squadgames.
I kinda figured it was an IT job thing. I used to work for a local college and was in charge of every PC and Mac there. Lets see now- average about 35 computers in 5 computer labs. I could of had 175 machines folding. Maybe I will get another IT job.
Been unemployed for like 5 years now, guess I should rejoin the work force. Wallet is getting light anyways.
How many machines do you guess you have working for you?
I have about 100 computers, give or take. It's soon to increase but, shhh, don't tell csimon.
Thats a lot of computers! Quick question though, how come I have it on 3 different machines and it stills says I only have 1 active CPU?
My main computer alone has done 3 units in that time.
How fast are the machines in question? Some WU's are quite large. I've got an Athlon 850 crunching a 241-pointer right now with an estimated total time of 70+ hours. When it ties into one of the 600-point WU's it takes over a week.
Heh, I always entered "win a free Xbox" contests so I could turn one into a folding rig. Never won though . If only I could get my PS2 to fold (with all 128 bits).
Welcome to the team, and best of luck in recruiting Xboxes for the cause!