Lets Get The Fold on!
Sledgehammer70
California Icrontian
I see in the future as of now we have no hope to get furthur than we are in the folding rank. What we need is about 4% more members to Fold to jump 3 postions. We are not to far off, and I declare we do something about it, make it a huge goal to jump to 9th place. I know we have the users lets just get them all excited again about Folding. I knwo I am helping in getting us back on track but I am 1 person we need like another 150 persons. So Lets Go guys fold for the cause, you never know when you might fall victim to one of these sicknesses,
Your computer might find the cure today, for the sickness your going to get in the fututre.
So Do it!
Your computer might find the cure today, for the sickness your going to get in the fututre.
So Do it!
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The 2005 rally isn't over yet, folks
:smokin:
There is an idea in the works to generate more interest among active members of Team 93. Look for an announcement soon.
As Sledge & Gargs pointed out, this is no substitute for adding new members. Many of the S-M faithful are already maxed out as far as personal production goes (and God bless you for it!
A few ideas:
1) If you're a student, talk up the project around your school. If you can get a few people in your dorm on fire for Folding it will surely help.
2) If you routinely help others with their computer problems, suggest that they pay you back by Folding. Point out that their (now) smoothly-running computer can make a real difference in the world.
3) Put together a little demonstration of what Folding does, how it works, and what it has already accomplished. (If you give me a day or two I hope to have something available for download that may help.) Once they understand that this is not just another cutesy-pie thing that they can do with their computer, recruiting them for the cause becomes much easier.
4) Study up on the methods, then volunteer for the S-M SVT Team. You'll be helping a lot of people get rid of that lousy Spyware/Virus/Trojan crap, and also put yourself in a great postion to ask the grateful person you helped return the favor.
I'd like to maybe throw in this slightly different idea -
Gargoyle has brought up an interesting point. As popular as SM is, the folding is mostly among a few "CPUs intensive" individuals. For those of us who are a CPU or "few" individuals, there is no chance of breaking into the top 20 and maybe that puts a clamp on things- especially after seeing some posts that say "I fold for deeper reasons, but if it wasn't for the points, I wouldn't fold at all." And I know for many of you, the sport is definitely important.
Soooo, I have an idea that was really implemented by another team that crashed into the top 20 despite a late start and could well overtake other leaders if no one changes gears: Tech Report.
They have a subteam called "The United Gerbil Nation". It is composed of individuals with not a lot of CPUs who take on the heavyweights. I'm not sure when they formed, but they have like 50 commited folders who are- as a team- millionaires and are pushing the leaders.
http://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=29703
Personally I'd rather not rip-off the idea as is, but maybe we could have like two sub-teams or more with varying flavors like Team SM Intel or Team SM AMD or Team SM OC. Have rules like no more than one or two CPUs per member. Now you have a situation where competion now runs a full course right from individual PC to keeping the CSimons, DanGs, and Sledges honest. Of course they could enter a single rig too (if it's worthy
There is a very important catch here that everyone MUST pay attention to. While SM is a popular site, it is not a "crowded" one that might overwhelm those managing it. Someone like Profdlp, who puts in a prodigious effort here (thanks man) as it is, may not be able to keep up with the details and maybe a thousand productive and active members without help. The call for recruits is very real.
Well, gtg for now (doing my daytime job), but maybe kick it around.
Fold on
I know I am very new to the site, But I think I have found my Nitch here, and to all admins and mods, count me in for help, If you need it just ask. I am always online for my www.bfmetournaments.com, and repair comps everyday. and I have tons of parts for SM towers.. I just want to see team SM get to the top 10, If I was really postion hungry I would have joined the 2nd or 3rd place teams, But I have found Short Media to be a good Folding home. With a much more mature audience. That seems to love to have fun,,,
side note: awesome ideas bud, SM Intel and SM AMD..that would be freaking awesome.....
Also, whats the difference between a graphical client the screensaver and the text-only console? Can you run more than one?
Just tried to invite a friend, didn't go well.
If I got another ethernet cord, and my old pc up and running I'll add that to the mix.
Be sure to check out www.joinfolding.com.. You can download printable fliers to paste up or hand out
HOORAH!
The screensaver version Folds only when the screensaver is active. If all you're doing is surfing the web and checking email you will probably only be using a few % of your CPU cycles - the rest will be wasted until the screensaver kicks in. It is the worst choice of the three for rolling up the points.
The graphical client is slightly easier for most people to set up, and is much easier to monitor. You'll get a little red c
The text-only console is the professional Folding addicts weapon of choice. It runs in the background and if set up as a service will actually seamlessly integrate itself into Windows (or Linux), meaning fewer hassles. For the vast majority of users, it truly is a set-it-and-forget-it program. It uses the fewest resources of the three clients - leaving more power for Folding.
Of course, your average "professional Folding addict" wants to know what's going on (as often as fifteen times a day!), so a monitoring program like Electron Microscope will come in handy. I've monitored as many as eleven different computers on my home network at a glance using it. Our Team 93 heavyweight Folders often keep track of more than twice that many.
Stopping it is as easy as stopping any other non-critical service. If you need advice on doing that, just ask.
You're smart to wait for the end of your current WU - no sense in wasting work already done.
The answers to the other questions, like enabling large WU's, etc, will depend on how robust your computer is. What CPU do you have and how much RAM?
I'm planning on buying more ram when i sell the subwoofers in my car.
Once you've downloaded the Windows NT/2000/XP "No-nonsense" text-only console, make a new folder in "Program Files", name it FAH, then put the console installer (FAH502-Console.exe) in it and run the installation from there. This makes adding EMIII somewhat easier when you are ready to do that.
EMIII (Electron Microscope) is not difficult to set up once you've done it a time or two. If you have trouble getting started just send me a PM and I'll be happy to give you a hand.
Awesome!
Face it, man - you're hooked.
How do i pick which WU's to do?
I'm not folding savvy and actually, not really in it for the point competition, but this statement begs the question - what forms of competition are we talking about? I probably also need to learn more about the shortcomings of sub-teams. I don't ask this in a "in your face way", I'd just like to maybe encourage more of what works. I would like to understand what it is. Maybe I do sense what your saying - maybe it's growing by the sense of a stronger community and not hotter competition?
While I cheer that other teams are also producing more, I've noticed that the p2p-community has changed gears and appears to be gaining once again. There are other teams that are climbing rapidly through the ranks. The competition ahead of us is also daunting ...
... but so are the diseases we seek to fight.
For me, gentlemen, this is a race we can win no matter what. Let us run it well!
The way I look at SubTeams and the way others look at subteams may vary. I view my collection of PC's as "My F
So... I have over 35 PC's running F@H... most are not mine. Is this a SubTeam... NO. If several friends drop their username in favor of a common name in order to climb the ranks... that is a subteam. HOWEVER... A organization may wish to list their PC's under one combined name (JuniataCollege for instance). General Keebs is the "admin" / "Owner" of JuniataCollege but still not a subteam.
-Q
Glad you got it going, buddy.
j/k