go pick it you lazy good for nuthin' if anything happens to that so help me...
It's been picked.
Two boxes; one big'un and one little'un. The big one is there to take care of the heavy lifting and provide the backbone of what will be a very big step for the SMx Project. The smaller one is just oozing raw potential Folding power.
Gee, as much as I'd like to clue you all in on the details, the Big Number™ will have to remain a secret between Armo and me for the time being.
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LeonardoWake up and smell the glaciersEagle River, AlaskaIcrontian
edited December 2005
The smaller one is just oozing raw potential Folding power.
I promise.... We WILL have an announcement soon.... Counting the fallen "chads" and matching them to the ballots to make sure the numbers match... normal Bureaucracy.
It's like the final ballots for 2 presidents! and we are blind folded on our choices...
Yes, the two people in the running make up a full 40% of the five people who entered their names. Those two are tied for first place with the same amount of ballot points. Their forum names contain letters and/or numbers and they are both- as far as we can tell- of the species Homo Sapiens. Additionally, both live on Earth and both have 4-chambered hearts.
I know I shouldn't have divulged that much information, so I apologize to those of you no longer in the running. It's always difficult to exclude 60% of the population from something as prestigious at this.
u should just announce the two that took it to the wire and release 2 machines at once! U have enough going!
I think that releasing the SMx rigs one at a time insures that there will still be a pool of viable hosts each time a machine is put out. For example, all 5 of the people who wanted this rig are worthy candidates for hosting. What if the committee decided to give each person a machine now? Then, next time a machine is ready for release, what happens if nobody signs up, because everyone who's ready to host a rig at the time just got one from this time. Or, even worse, what if a new rig is ready, and only Johnny N00berman signs up for it, then there's nobody except an untested team member to give it to... that's a recipe for a lost machine, if you ask me.
In other words, it's my personal opinion that prof's got a good release schedule going at this point. Besides, as often as he's releasing them, all 5 of these candidates will probably be hosting by June or even earlier!
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Two boxes; one big'un and one little'un. The big one is there to take care of the heavy lifting and provide the backbone of what will be a very big step for the SMx Project. The smaller one is just oozing raw potential Folding power.
Gee, as much as I'd like to clue you all in on the details, the Big Number™ will have to remain a secret between Armo and me for the time being.
Sounds like experience talking.
bikerboy
bikerboy
Yes, the two people in the running make up a full 40% of the five people who entered their names. Those two are tied for first place with the same amount of ballot points. Their forum names contain letters and/or numbers and they are both- as far as we can tell- of the species Homo Sapiens. Additionally, both live on Earth and both have 4-chambered hearts.
I know I shouldn't have divulged that much information, so I apologize to those of you no longer in the running. It's always difficult to exclude 60% of the population from something as prestigious at this.
I wouldn't want to get too far ahead of myself here, either....
Look for an announcement soon.
Very soon.
I think that releasing the SMx rigs one at a time insures that there will still be a pool of viable hosts each time a machine is put out. For example, all 5 of the people who wanted this rig are worthy candidates for hosting. What if the committee decided to give each person a machine now? Then, next time a machine is ready for release, what happens if nobody signs up, because everyone who's ready to host a rig at the time just got one from this time. Or, even worse, what if a new rig is ready, and only Johnny N00berman signs up for it, then there's nobody except an untested team member to give it to... that's a recipe for a lost machine, if you ask me.
In other words, it's my personal opinion that prof's got a good release schedule going at this point. Besides, as often as he's releasing them, all 5 of these candidates will probably be hosting by June or even earlier!
bikerboy
Did I say that? Uh, "payola" - that means granola with peanuts in the mix. Yes, that's what I meant.