Strider
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Congrats to Strider for getting on the team list!
Thanks.
#145 already. How exactly do they rank that? Doesn't seem to go by WU's.
Team CFC: Folding@Home project
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Thanks.
#145 already. How exactly do they rank that? Doesn't seem to go by WU's.
Godwynn
March to the Sea
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Thanks.
#145 already. How exactly do they rank that? Doesn't seem to go by WU's.
Points.
Each WU is worth a certain amount of points.
azzaman333
meh
I convinced my dad to let me run F@H on our $***box, so now I have 2 pc's contributing.
scienide09
Regular lurker
I thought that only the PS3 was equipped for folding. Can the Xbox/360 do it as well?
Fixed my post.
Furiey
No Longer Just Lurking
I've just got my Dad's PC folding. It's only on a few hours a day but boy does it fold. Now if I could just persuade him that he needs a PS3...
Tabasco Sauce
King
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Has a scientist ever come out and said "Folding@Home helped my research alot"? Ehh, my grandmother has Alzheimer's, and it is a truely horrible disease for loved ones, and not so much the actual person. I'll join, whatever I can do to help.
Oh, Wii should have this program, you can fold the proteins yourself!!!
Oh, Wii should have this program, you can fold the proteins yourself!!!
azzaman333
meh
I now have 3 computers running this program without any glitches.
Masquerouge
Deity
Looks like Gyathaar is back in business as well, with his PS3. That'll push us along a bitAnyone else got a PS3 that has time on its hands?
Soon, soon
The cable guy is coming this WE
Izipo
Hardcore casual gamer
Well, I finally got around to installing the SMP client... And this baby is a BEAST.
While I averaged 350 points/WU before, it's now 1,8K/WU
. And in approximately the same time.
I have one problem, though. Why can't it work without an open internet connection ?
While I averaged 350 points/WU before, it's now 1,8K/WU
. And in approximately the same time.I have one problem, though. Why can't it work without an open internet connection ?
It's all to do with the way the four simultaneous threads communicate to share the workload. Apparently they use TCP/IP sockets running through the loopback ethernet adapter, which needs the ethernet interface to be active and to have a stable and valid IP address.
It seems the code is a tad fragile, and, if the loopback adapter fails because you pull the network cable or turn off the router and lose your IP address, the FaH code just crashes, with no thought of trying to recover and continue from a checkpoint.
The joys of beta software ... but look at that points per day performance. You'll really help to push the team effort along
It seems the code is a tad fragile, and, if the loopback adapter fails because you pull the network cable or turn off the router and lose your IP address, the FaH code just crashes, with no thought of trying to recover and continue from a checkpoint.
The joys of beta software ... but look at that points per day performance. You'll really help to push the team effort along
scienide09
Regular lurker
It's due to the network instability that my dual-core Mac laptop isn't part of the team. I tried, I really did, but the occasional dropped network connection, even when wired, was frustrating. When it's fixed, I'll switch the Mac over. In the meantime, I'll keep my old PC box happily folding away.
Well I fixed my program but I keep missing deadlines. I can't request deadlineless work because I just can't get any... and ignoring deadlines seems like cheating. I feel like I've got my comp running for plenty of time every day. WTH??
azzaman333
meh
Have no preference for deadlines instead.
scienide09
Regular lurker
You're running the SMP client for a multi-core processor, right? I think that's what you said before. If you are, you should know that the work units for these clients are complex. Unless you allow it to run close to 24h/day, you will be missing deadlines. It's not that your machine isn't up to the task; rather, the work units are pretty demanding.
There are no deadline-less WUs for the SMP client. It gets WUs that are specifically defined to run on SMP. Those experiments are based on fast turn-round, and you only get about 48 hours to run them. My 4-core system manages them in under a day. But a 2-core system would have very little leeway, and must run 24x7 to achieve the targets.
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