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handyandy said:
The initial estimate of WU completion is always WAAAAAY too long, it'll probably be within the next 1-7 days or so.
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The first few predictions are useless. I find that after folding a few, the prediction-engine will improve.
Thanks for joining! Now you can brag to your friends about how you're converting waste into progress.
Thanks for joining! Now you can brag to your friends about how you're converting waste into progress.
handyandy said:
Yep.
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I've slowed my laptop to 70%, because I found it was just a bit too warm for my tastes the way my life is set up now. When I upgrade my workspace, I'll bring proper ventilation in.
Do you think people might consider doing other distributed computing projects if they don't like the idea of folding?
Do you think people might consider doing other distributed computing projects if they don't like the idea of folding?
schmiddi
Prussian
Igloo, how many CPUs do you keep running to get your 1200 points per day average? Just curious.
It's a secret.
Or else it's common internet knowledge. I'm not sure.
He runs them on company servers. (Igloo, is there a way you can get other IT managers at other companies to load up DC projects?)
Or else it's common internet knowledge. I'm not sure.
He runs them on company servers. (Igloo, is there a way you can get other IT managers at other companies to load up DC projects?)
El_Machinae said:
Somewhere between 25-40 CPUs, depending on what machines are up, roughly 2/3 are ~500MHz P3/celerons and 1/3 are P4 2MHz or better.
And yeah, they're company servers/workstations.
The problem with getting other IT managers to use DC projects is #1 running heavier computing or machines that otherwise wouldn't be powered up can cost electricity and tech time, and #2 there's a natural suspicion towards running apps like that when production servers/workstations must have uptime as close to 100% as possible. And occasionally #3, the IT managers don't have the authority to run unapproved applications on their machines and no chance that the apps will get approved.
Furiey
No Longer Just Lurking
#3 would be the reason at my place, security is tied down very tightly, particularly access to the outside world and all applications have to be approved, so an application that accesses the outside world that is not actually required for work has no chance of gaining approval.
I've recently had a strange experience, my PC was folding P2096 at a speed of approx 1%/half hour. It got to 86% complete then just slowed to a halt almost. It eventually took 2 days to do the next 2%
. I tried restarting the application, rebooted the PC (several times), checked for viruses/spyware/adware, defragged, checked other running apps (nothing unusual) and even tried changing the priority for folding@home. Nothing worked. It finally reached 88% and I was wondering what to do with it as it would take a long time to finish at that rate when it returned to normal speed. I have no idea what happened between 86% and 88% but 88% onwards was at approx 1%/half hour again.
I've recently had a strange experience, my PC was folding P2096 at a speed of approx 1%/half hour. It got to 86% complete then just slowed to a halt almost. It eventually took 2 days to do the next 2%
. I tried restarting the application, rebooted the PC (several times), checked for viruses/spyware/adware, defragged, checked other running apps (nothing unusual) and even tried changing the priority for folding@home. Nothing worked. It finally reached 88% and I was wondering what to do with it as it would take a long time to finish at that rate when it returned to normal speed. I have no idea what happened between 86% and 88% but 88% onwards was at approx 1%/half hour again.
When I run into issues like that, I check task manager to see what's eating resources. Though I have no good idea what slowed things down - I wouldn't suspect that that 2% had tougher calculations than normal, but it could have.
Abaddon
Deity
Indeed - Thankyou Godwynn.
Yeah, you shouldn't be running it if you need to run air conditioning to keep your computer cool. That would be a bit too wasteful.
You should consider coming back in the winter, though, 'cause then your computer will be cooler by default. Plus, every fold helps, whether it's now or later. And the project will still have opportunities to contribute in a few months.
You should consider coming back in the winter, though, 'cause then your computer will be cooler by default. Plus, every fold helps, whether it's now or later. And the project will still have opportunities to contribute in a few months.
Shylock
Hey smiling strange
I'd join Folding, but I'm tied up in SETI. SETI is on a shoestring budget usually, plus I'm an amateur astronomer.
And Folding@Home is done through Stanford. We hates Stanford, future college of the 714. We hates her, sneaksey filthy 714.
And Folding@Home is done through Stanford. We hates Stanford, future college of the 714. We hates her, sneaksey filthy 714.
Yeah, that's what I figured. You'd have to be crazy to fold in heat like that. Come back in the winter, though! And if you get any friends to join up, you can make up the missed folds (actually, due to the heat, I've turned down the intensity that I fold at)
Is this the BOINC application? How come you're doing SETI instead of the gravity waves one? Not that I discourage running SETI; I mean, it works best if SOMEONE is actually looking!
Shylock said:
Is this the BOINC application? How come you're doing SETI instead of the gravity waves one? Not that I discourage running SETI; I mean, it works best if SOMEONE is actually looking!
Gingerbread Man
Dark Magus
Hopefully I'll be able to get myself back on the first page soon - I fixed up the startup script, so now Folding should actually work every time I boot up.
Lets see if it makes a difference...
Lets see if it makes a difference...
Abaddon
Deity
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has anyone else had trouble getting new work packets of late?
has anyone else had trouble getting new work packets of late?
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