[Moogs]

It's strangely addictive.

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Moving up the rankings. Look out Team OSX

[NosferaDrew]

I am so tempted to load up F@H on the bank of G5's that we have here at work and let them crunch over the long weekend, but a couple of years ago when I was on the MacNN RC5 team I did something similar and my boss was not amused.

[alcimedes]

actually, unlike RC5 (cash reward) folding@home is for charity/research basically. you could run it by him, see what he thinks. it's always better to ask first before intsalling this kind of stuff.

[Moogs]

Damnit, Murbot is already ahead of me. He must be leaving his machine running idle with nothing but Folding active! Foul I say! All self-respecting folders just let the app run in the background while other useful things are being done.

This protein I'm working on now must be a big-ass mama as it's taking a lot longer than the last one did.

[Moogs]

On to Protein #3 (almost 30% done)... still haven't left my machine on all through the night though.

I looked at teh rankings and there are *several* Mac-centric teams on that list. MacAddict, MacNN, OS X, MacRumors and Apple themselves. We got some catching up to do people.

[Wrao]

how long does it take a DP 2.0 g5 to fold a protein(average)?

[Moogs]

Hard to say because I think some are more complex than others (?) and I never leave my machine idle for more than a half-hour or so. I have the version of the app that just runs in the background and sops up whatever processor cycles are available (low priority).

But when I shut all the other apps off and let it run in the foreground it seems to speed along pretty quick. I dunno... maybe a full protein could be done in 4-6 hours if I left it alone that long?

Guilt notice: some of you guys who signed up (?) must not have run the app for the first time because there are still only five people listed. We need more CPUs in action!

[alcimedes]

or they signed on with Team MacOSX. (#1 mac folding team. woo hoo).

no matter who you fold for, everyone wins though. it's best to always keep that in mind, for those (like me) who can get competitive.

[xionja]

I still can't figure out how to change my team from 'team mac os x' to 'team applenova'?

[NosferaDrew]

Originally Posted by xionja I still can't figure out how to change my team from 'team mac os x' to 'team applenova'?

Assuming you're on OS X:
- In the F@H app, go to preferences.
- Click the Identy tab and where it says Team Number, type in 39160

Our team number is 39160 and if you start folding for us, we will rule!

[NosferaDrew]

Originally Posted by alcimedes no matter who you fold for, everyone wins though. it's best to always keep that in mind, for those (like me) who can get competitive.

I know what you mean!
I saw Omega within 10 WU's of me and threw another processor into the fray.

[NosferaDrew]

Originally Posted by Moogs Hard to say because I think some are more complex than others (?) and I never leave my machine idle for more than a half-hour or so. I have the version of the app that just runs in the background and sops up whatever processor cycles are available (low priority). But when I shut all the other apps off and let it run in the foreground it seems to speed along pretty quick. I dunno... maybe a full protein could be done in 4-6 hours if I left it alone that long? Guilt notice: some of you guys who signed up (?) must not have run the app for the first time because there are still only five people listed. We need more CPUs in action!

I've had some WU's take up to 18 hours - and that's with nothing else running.
Some are bigger (and take longer) than others, but it looks like that the size of your WU is taken into account from what I've been observing from my score.
I'm guessing that you get more points once you process a larger protein.

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What's the deal if a WU does not get registered?

[19:21:44] Folding@home Core Shutdown: FINISHED_UNIT[19:21:47] CoreStatus = 64 (100)[19:21:47] Sending work to server[19:21:47] + Attempting to send results[19:22:08] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server[19:22:08] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)[19:22:08]     (171.67.89.149:8080)[19:22:08] - Error: Could not transmit unit 05 (completed September 4) to work server.[19:22:08]   Keeping unit 05 in queue.[19:22:08] + Attempting to send results[19:22:29] - Couldn't send HTTP request to server[19:22:29] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)[19:22:29]     (171.67.89.149:8080)[19:22:29] - Error: Could not transmit unit 05 (completed September 4) to work server.[19:22:29] + Attempting to send results[19:22:33] + Results successfully sent[19:22:33] Thank you for your contribution to Folding@Home.[19:22:33] + Number of Units Completed: 5

This was about 10 hours ago.......

In the top 6000 now!!!!

[cyrusmekon]

Downlaoded the app, but i cant get it to work, anyone here have ideas??

Heres the log file

[07:49:23] - User name: cyrusmekon@yahoo.co.uk (Team 39160)
[07:49:23] - User ID = D8177CC1B60D726
[07:49:23] - Machine ID: 1
[07:49:23]
[07:49:23] Loaded queue successfully.
[07:49:23] + Benchmarking ...
[07:49:31] The benchmark result is 1153
[07:49:31]
[07:49:31] + Processing work unit
[07:49:31] Core required: FahCore_78.exe
[07:49:31] Core not found.
[07:49:31] - Core is not present or corrupted.
[07:49:31] - Attempting to download new core...
[07:49:31] + Downloading new core: FahCore_78.exe
[07:49:32] - Error: HTTP GET returned error code 407
[07:49:32] + Error: Could not download core
[07:49:32] + Core download error (#2), waiting before retry...


Tried several times, instal, reinstal etc etc. This happens with and without proxies. Anyone able to help?

[Moogs]

Hahaaa! Moogs passes Omega and Murbot for the #2 spot overnight. I sense much folding in my machine's future.

BTW, I left my machine running idle from shortly after my last post, till now (about 10 hours) and it folded two full proteins basically. So my 4-6 estimate seems about right, though who knows if I have downloaded one of those monsters Drew is talking about.

[Edit - holy shit, I think the one I'm working on now is a monster. I did the protein preview thing and it looks like a gigantic mass of bathtub bubbles. This one could take a while. Started what I think was an hour ago. Where is the server clock based? It can't be Stanford because I'm two hours ahead of them and it says it was downloaded on Sept 5 at 11:57 am... that would be Nova Scotia time or something.

[staph]

Originally Posted by xionja I still can't figure out how to change my team from 'team mac os x' to 'team applenova'?

See above for the GUI instruction; on the CLI all you need to do is add the argument -config, and reset any/all of the settings you feel like.

Btw: I'm in, although I probably won't show up for a few days.

-S

[staph]

Originally Posted by cyrusmekon Downlaoded the app, but i cant get it to work, anyone here have ideas?? This happens with and without proxies. Anyone able to help?

Are you actually behind a proxy server? If not, leave the setting off.

It might just be that the F@h servers are fubar atm — they occasionally crash and burn under the load. Just leave the app running and see if it eventually connects.

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staph, are you EmC???

Big Credits, who ever it belongs too....

Currently churning out a monster - predicted finish in just under 2 days (already been going for 1)!!!

Closing in on the top 5000......

[LoCash]

If you're using a dual processor machine run InCrease instead of the fah client. It'll easily setup to run two processes to use both cpus.

[staph]

Originally Posted by Omega staph, are you EmC??? Big Credits, who ever it belongs too.... Currently churning out a monster - predicted finish in just under 2 days (already been going for 1)!!! Closing in on the top 5000......

Nope, EmC is EmC. I'm staph (honest!). I probably won't show up until around lunchtime tomorrow at the rate the current WU is going.

[_Ω_]

Originally Posted by staph Nope, EmC is EmC. I'm staph (honest!). I probably won't show up until around lunchtime tomorrow at the rate the current WU is going.

My apologies EmC!!

Are you crunching on your TiBook or do you have other means

[EmC]

Originally Posted by Omega Are you crunching on your TiBook or do you have other means

Yes and yes. Although, it is hard to let my TiBook do it for so long it gets hot and it scares me and my nuts. I have a two desktops that I use for gaming and file serving running, and another P4 at the office crunching away over the weekend.

[Moogs]

Damn. My second place stature was short lived... Maybe I should get a second G5 dedicated to folding.

[NosferaDrew]

Nice to see we have new teammates.
The more the merrier.

[Zodiac]

My name will not show on the team page for some reason. I have the zodiac name and the number 39160 in the preferences but its not showing.

[Moogs]

May take a day or two to show up, as noted earlier.

[alcimedes]

i'm half tempted just to switch over to the AN team to bitch slap you all into place.

someone got a link for your stats? i'd like to see how you're coming along. i enjoyed watching our team (Team MacOSX) race to the top, might be fun to do it again.

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http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/m...&teamnum=39160

[windowsblowsass]

stats are too slow ive finished 3 wu's not 1 bs i say bs