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They can't fold without you to watch them?
i know mine will be down over thanksgiving break, and i probably won't have internet access for 5 weeks over xmas break. :(
I went ahead and put it on the 800MHz celeron we have as well. My rig and the that one stay up 24/7 so they'll be churning away. I'll be sure to keep em up over the holiday break ;)
all 3 of mine will be running solid through thanksgiving and christmas, although there may be a short day or 2 break after christmas, i may be getting new hardware and several of the systems here may get re-installs with upgrades :)
I'm not gonna leave my rigs running 24/7 for three weeks while i'm 1000 miles away. especially given the wiring in my apartment: it's so ghetto that in a 2-bedroom apt, theres only ONE 120V CIRCUIT. there are a total of 4 three-prong outlets in the whole place, and only 2 of them are really grounded. i'd be ASKING my computers to spontaneously combust, surge protector or no. there's my little my-building-sucks rant, hope you enjoyed. :)
Just do what I used to do in college, go to all the computer labs install it on each computer and watch your score skyrocket.Quote:
Originally posted by WildWeasel
here's a question for y'all: how many of your folding rigs will be down for a while over the holidays? I imagine we have a number of people taking long vacations or (like me) going home from college. Not that I exactly make-or-break our production ;), but both my computers will be down for 3 weeks.
That's a very dangerous practice that is not endorsed by Folding@Home, or our team. Borging without permission could land the borger in serious troubles. Always ask permission before installing the client on a machine that is not solely yours.Quote:
Originally posted by Hans Moleman
Just do what I used to do in college, go to all the computer labs install it on each computer and watch your score skyrocket.
Don't worry, I only did this with my own team. I just figured that if the entire university was gonna install Kazaa and steal music I might as well leach some CPU power for a good cause. It didn't really work very well anyway since only 1 workunit would get done before the program was deleted or turned off.Quote:
Originally posted by sapasion
That's a very dangerous practice that is not endorsed by Folding@Home, or our team. Borging without permission could land the borger in serious troubles. Always ask permission before installing the client on a machine that is not solely yours.
OK Good. Without question those of you in college or with access to Ghz and Ghz of machines might be tempted. Furthermore, I am certain this is going on, especially in some of the largest teams. However, ethics and integrity mandate us to avoid this practice. Believe me I know how the logic goes... well its for a good cause... it does not negatively affect the computer... who'll know? Now for the record I have no problem with any Team Member if he/she gets permission to use an entire network, group or lab of pcs.
Seriously guys, Ask before installing the client on school/business systems. You have no idea how harsh the penalties have become for tampering with a secure network. Many non profit organizations will let you have the use of some systems so long as you ask first and show your ability to manage it. There are even a few companies that will give you some cycles if you ask.
Absolutely, listen to the Big Man; ask permission first. The end does not justify the means. We're doing so well already we don't need any dishonor brought to our Team or the project itself.Quote:
Originally posted by Thermo
Seriously guys, Ask before installing the client on school/business systems. You have no idea how harsh the penalties have become for tampering with a secure network. Many non profit organizations will let you have the use of some systems so long as you ask first and show your ability to manage it. There are even a few companies that will give you some cycles if you ask.
I had a 2500 that got a summing error at 90% done. I lost almost 2 days worth of calculations. That one has hurt my avarage.Quote:
Originally posted by sapasion
500's count in increments of 5 and 2500's count in increments of 25 sound every frame is still 1%. These are generally 33-38 or 51-53 pointers which at least for me give me the best time/performance ratio.
You know I've dropped two WU's before they were complete and in both cases I did at least get partial credit. That is I was 84% done with a 53 pointer and I got an early end unit and I still was credited 45 points.
I don't remember the exact points that I had prior to the dropped WU. But if I got any points it didn't account for about 2 days of work.
that happened to me, too -- some sort of client core error, it said, and it dumped the whole thing in the 90% range. :mad:Quote:
Originally posted by AlbuquTurkey
I don't remember the exact points that I had prior to the dropped WU. But if I got any points it didn't account for about 2 days of work.
i'm thinking about trying to write a script or linux cron job that will save all the work every hour. then if there's any program lock up or crash again, at least the most that would be lost would be an hour's worth of work. in windows, setting up an auto backup of the needed files to run every hour would probably do the trick.
the problem is, if a new work unit was downloaded and started (as it was for me), the new saves would overwrite the old WU. so i'd like to figure out how to get around that somehow -- will have to study cron or something -- because it really sucked to lose close to 10hrs. of work!
I wonder if I was to set a system restore if it would work that way too. So if I installed something and it interfered with the WU or if my computer froze up again, it would at lease save some of the work.Quote:
Originally posted by serotone9
that happened to me, too -- some sort of client core error, it said, and it dumped the whole thing in the 90% range. :mad:
i'm thinking about trying to write a script or linux cron job that will save all the work every hour. then if there's any program lock up or crash again, at least the most that would be lost would be an hour's worth of work. in windows, setting up an auto backup of the needed files to run every hour would probably do the trick.
the problem is, if a new work unit was downloaded and started (as it was for me), the new saves would overwrite the old WU. so i'd like to figure out how to get around that somehow -- will have to study cron or something -- because it really sucked to lose close to 10hrs. of work!
I did a little tweaking and tuning. Added the tags to the exe as needed. Seems to be showing results already. Last 12 hours has turned in what I was doing in 24.
So basically you've been under-performing the first three weeks https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2003/11/8.gif
Guilty as charged! What can I say, I was setting a pace for a long run.
https://www.sharkyforums.com/images/.../2003/11/7.gif Man I'm so glad we got ya onboard. I do hope when vertices gets back he can up his production so you don't get too bored lapping the field over and over again.
:eek: thermo's going to *double* his production??? does this mean the rest of us can all go home now? :p
Not sure if anyone else noticed, but we've hit the '100 active processors'. Nice milestone :)
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Originally posted by Mojo
Not sure if anyone else noticed, but we've hit the '100 active processors'. Nice milestone :)
ten members now over 1000, too. congrats!
Make that 11, when my WU that I just submitted shows up.:DQuote:
Originally posted by serotone9
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ten members now over 1000, too. congrats!
just missed it - good going. :)Quote:
Originally posted by lonewolfroger
Make that 11, when my WU that I just submitted shows up.:D