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11-18-2003, 07:42 PM
sapasion

I get very nervous when I hear people speak of multi-dozens of cpus they have access to. I wanna stress again the importance of user or Administrative permission prior to borging other machines. We all wanna see SF succeed and protein misfolding cured. But there are right ways to go about this. By all means of any SF member is granted permission for usage of multi-dozens of cpus by all means thats fantastic. I would just hate to see any negativity brought to Folding@Home, our Team, SF itself or any individual team members.
11-18-2003, 08:53 PM
ace727861986

The machines are there for students to use i work in the lab watching over stuff etc etc. I have has multipul teachers,intructors come in and say whats that and i say F@H and then again they say whats that i say cancer research and usally they say kewl. The machines are there for students use there are 25 machines in the room i watch and i only have 10 - 15 of them folding (while im there) they are turned off any other time. plus the students dont even know that its doing anything they sit down to whatever they want and never ask a question muchless know that its even there.

About the administrative things. The machines are all running WinXP Pro with only user access :D.
11-18-2003, 09:09 PM
sapasion

Two things ace

One you don't have permission to do the borging you're currently doing; do you? Having various professors who aren't in charge of those machines per se pass by and ask superficial questions and make superficially approving statements is not the same. I must vigorously encourage you to stop this practice immediately or get expressed, and ideally, written permission from a real Administrator. If you have something in writing it truly is your own safeguard.
Two I seem to recall you mentioning this before. Something about the fact that everyday the client is uninstalled and must be reinstalled again daily. Again those cpus aren't fast enough to complete WU's in 6 hours so your efforts would be useless.

You seem to have a genuine desire to cure protein misfolding and help our team. Those are qualities I very much respect. However, your methodology is wrong in this case. I urge you to get that official permission before proceeding further. Also don't take this personal. These same words apply to any and all in a similar circumstance. As an SF Moderator, founder of this team and someone who works in law enforcement believe me when I tell you will regret the consequences of failing to heed these words. I pray you and all do not ignore them.
11-18-2003, 09:57 PM
Mojo

Can I just add to this.. hopefully it's useful.

I have 1400 machines at my disposal. If I want, I can give myself permission to run F@H on all of them most runnign about 8 hours a day. I have spoken to my boss about it, however, and we came to the conclusion together that it should not be done. Don't take lightly the running of an app that gives others access to your network - you can almost think of F@H as a benevolent trojan. I run it on 3 machines only, which are on a separate network from our main server system, and have taken the risks myself.

Listen to Sap's, he's dead right about getting permission. To be honest, if members were borging without permission, I'd simply leave and start another team.
11-18-2003, 09:59 PM
lonewolfroger

You people going home for the hollidays, why not put F@H on your family computers and fold on. Of course be sure to get permission first.:)
11-18-2003, 10:13 PM
V5500-StillGoing

I am the system administrator so that's ok. :)

I've set it running on one dual G4 at work which rarely gets used. I wouldn't set it up on any of the workstations, and would certainly be annoyed if I found someone had set it running on the centre's workstations. Although I'd love to donate them to the cause, in reality they aren't mine and it appears to me F@H certainly stresses components. It's my job as admin. to keep all the hardware (and in particular the network) in the centre running smoothly, I'd see running F&H across the network as putting some of this hardware at risk to a certain extent.

Anywho, enough waffle... conquer on! :)
11-18-2003, 10:35 PM
|_053|2

Quote:

Originally posted by lonewolfroger
why not put F@H on your family computers and fold on. Of course be sure to get permission first.:)

i'm know that i'm going to do that :D
11-18-2003, 10:37 PM
mystifmagic

Quote:

Originally posted by lonewolfroger
You people going home for the hollidays, why not put F@H on your family computers and fold on. Of course be sure to get permission first.:)

Folding on a 750Mhz Duron = not super (family PC back home).
11-18-2003, 10:42 PM
lonewolfroger

Quote:

Originally posted by mystifmagic
Folding on a 750Mhz Duron = not super (family PC back home).

It was just a thought, I forgot that not everyone has computers, like the ones we have. :(
11-18-2003, 10:47 PM
mystifmagic

Quote:

Originally posted by lonewolfroger
It was just a thought, I forgot that not everyone has computers, like the ones we have. :(

hehe, it's a sad reality we all must come to grips with ;)
11-18-2003, 10:48 PM
Mojo

Quote:

Originally posted by mystifmagic
Folding on a 750Mhz Duron = not super (family PC back home).

If it's 24/7, it'll do 150points or more a week (can't remember - did the duron's have SSE or just 3DNow?). Nothing to sneeze at.
11-18-2003, 11:41 PM
|_053|2

if my pentium III 600mhz can give a steady supply of points then a 750mhz duron should be good as well!
11-19-2003, 12:28 AM
schultz

depending on how it goes...i might just keep my computer running over the entire break with folding going all out. hopefully it will work out (unfortunately i don't think i can take my comp back home with me over the break). luckily, though, i should be able to set it up on my sister's and my parent's comps, but they don't run them 24/7 so i will have to see what they say.

edit -

oh...serotone9, what are you saying about me?
11-19-2003, 12:54 AM
Foo_909

It looks like we will be in the top 300 by morning..

Conrats everyone, and keep going! :cool:
11-19-2003, 01:20 AM
fatcow

just joined up earlier today and im at 23/400! go team!
11-19-2003, 01:21 AM
schultz

Quote:

Originally posted by fatcow
just joined up earlier today and im at 23/400! go team!

welcome to the team!!

as always...CONGQUER ON GUYS!!
11-19-2003, 01:29 AM
|_053|2

i have two 2500 WU's that are almost done! i can't wait to see how many points they give me!
11-19-2003, 01:30 AM
Zyzzyx

Hey there folks...

I'm not a Sharky Forums regular, but thought I'd pop in to see what you're Folding team was like.

Noticed ya on the ExtremeOverclocking stats site. Lowest ranked team that was 'green' (doing more than 3k pts/week). And DAMN have you been moving up the ladder.

Your production has been steadily climbing too. Very cool to see a new team get going. Especially with an explosive start like you've got.

Once you break into the top 300 teams, the EOC stats page will start keeping track of your individual user stats as well. Which can make for even more fun and competition within the team.

Myself? I'm folding for Silent PC Review. We just made it to #27 recently. Now the conquests are few and far between. I won't be jumping ship, but I do envy your team's quick progress at the moment.

Got some systems ya want to quiet down while they're Folding all night long? Come on over and visit. :)

I look forward to watching you folks crank right into the top 100 teams. Shouldn't be too long, especially if you keep increasing production like you are.

Zyzzyx
11-19-2003, 01:34 AM
lonewolfroger

Quote:

Originally posted by |_053|2
i have two 2500 WU's that are almost done! i can't wait to see how many points they give me!

Go here http://folding.stanford.edu/psummary.html and it will tell you what points you get for each WU, be sure to bookmark it.
11-19-2003, 01:37 AM
schultz

Quote:

Originally posted by Zyzzyx
Hey there folks...

I'm not a Sharky Forums regular, but thought I'd pop in to see what you're Folding team was like.

Noticed ya on the ExtremeOverclocking stats site. Lowest ranked team that was 'green' (doing more than 3k pts/week). And DAMN have you been moving up the ladder.

Your production has been steadily climbing too. Very cool to see a new team get going. Especially with an explosive start like you've got.

Once you break into the top 300 teams, the EOC stats page will start keeping track of your individual user stats as well. Which can make for even more fun and competition within the team.

Myself? I'm folding for Silent PC Review. We just made it to #27 recently. Now the conquests are few and far between. I won't be jumping ship, but I do envy your team's quick progress at the moment.

Got some systems ya want to quiet down while they're Folding all night long? Come on over and visit. :)

I look forward to watching you folks crank right into the top 100 teams. Shouldn't be too long, especially if you keep increasing production like you are.

Zyzzyx

thanks man!! always nice to have people stop by and say "Hi!" :)
11-19-2003, 01:39 AM
Zyzzyx

Quote:

Originally posted by schultz
thanks man!! always nice to have people stop by and say "Hi!" :)

Heck. I'm having more fun watching your team on the ExtremeOverclocking stats page than ours.

Our next conquest has slipped back to the end of January. <yawn>
11-19-2003, 01:40 AM
schultz

Quote:

Originally posted by Zyzzyx
Heck. I'm having more fun watching your team on the ExtremeOverclocking stats page than ours.

Our next conquest has slipped back to the end of January. <yawn>

hehehe...that's kind of the way it goes after you get higher. we're not quite there yet...but we're definitely moving in that direction! :)
11-19-2003, 01:42 AM
mystifmagic

Quote:

Originally posted by Zyzzyx
Heck. I'm having more fun watching your team on the ExtremeOverclocking stats page than ours.

Our next conquest has slipped back to the end of January. <yawn>

Welcome to our humble little hole in the internet. ;)
11-19-2003, 03:53 AM
sapasion

Quote:

Originally posted by fatcow
just joined up earlier today and im at 23/400! go team!

Welcome to the team but sounds like you're less than optimal. Only the Tinker WU's track via 400 frame counts. If your cpu has SSE then your really must use it. Cruise over to the FAQ and set your F@H to maximal speeds.
11-19-2003, 04:09 AM
sapasion

Quote:

Originally posted by Zyzzyx
Hey there folks...

I'm not a Sharky Forums regular, but thought I'd pop in to see what you're Folding team was like.

Noticed ya on the ExtremeOverclocking stats site. Lowest ranked team that was 'green' (doing more than 3k pts/week). And DAMN have you been moving up the ladder.

Your production has been steadily climbing too. Very cool to see a new team get going. Especially with an explosive start like you've got.

Once you break into the top 300 teams, the EOC stats page will start keeping track of your individual user stats as well. Which can make for even more fun and competition within the team.

Myself? I'm folding for Silent PC Review. We just made it to #27 recently. Now the conquests are few and far between. I won't be jumping ship, but I do envy your team's quick progress at the moment.

Got some systems ya want to quiet down while they're Folding all night long? Come on over and visit. :)

I look forward to watching you folks crank right into the top 100 teams. Shouldn't be too long, especially if you keep increasing production like you are.

Zyzzyx

Indeed you're right its top 300 and not 200 as I mistaken believed. The next time EO updates we'll be at least 299. So for most of you guys by the time you read this cruise over to EO and click our team. At the top will be the individual stats. Very exciting.

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