Distributed computing

Discussion in 'Off Topic Area' started by xubis, Aug 12, 2004.

  1. David

    David Mostly AFK, these days

    I'd been away from work since January so I lapsed when my machines got turned off. Done 2 units since returning yesterday, though. Can't believe I'm still top in points! lol

    Has anyone had experience of "Borging" with this? I nearly got round to this before going off work. With Borging, I could do many, many machines.

    Rgds,
    David
     
  2. JohnnyX

    JohnnyX Map Addict

    Good News! Great to see you back. :)

    Bad News! I'm never going to bleeding catch you now! :cry:

    :D
     
  3. David

    David Mostly AFK, these days

    Uh, don't u have 8 cpus on it, now?

    Hehe
     
  4. JohnnyX

    JohnnyX Map Addict

    Shhhhhhhhh! :D
     
  5. Anth

    Anth Daft. Supporter

    Theres always the new ones you are buying in ;) :D
     
  6. JohnnyX

    JohnnyX Map Addict

    Double shhhhhhhhhhhh! :D :eek: :D
     
  7. David

    David Mostly AFK, these days

    1 MAPdavid 53805 382
    2 MAP_JohnnyX 44448 473
    I intend to catch up your Work Units, JohnnyX! By my calculations I'm going to have to do something quite spectacular or it's going to take a couple of months.

    :D

    Rgds,
    David
     
  8. JohnnyX

    JohnnyX Map Addict

    I thought you might do something like that. :eek:

    I've been playing around with WOL (Wake on LAN) at work.

    I'd better not say any more. :D
     
  9. DangerMouse

    DangerMouse Dazed & Confused

    Powercuts!!

    I've got folding running fine (graphic on win98), but we regularly have powercuts (lazy students not charging up the electricity key), and when it happens (if I'm away) the computer goes off, and when I reboot it starts back from scratch (even if it's done 80% of a 2500 :cry: ). It's set to save progress regularly (15 mins), but it never seems to pick up what it has already done, unless I pause work, shut down and restart. This way I have to guess when the power'll cut out and leave the pc off for a bit until it's recharged, which obviously doesn't work if I'm away for the weekend.

    Anything I can do?
     
  10. David

    David Mostly AFK, these days

    That sucks!

    I may have observed this once or twice. I set all mine to save every 3mins. Change the option to only allow units <5MB so they (I guess) go through quicker. I do the big ones on mine but this is on the assumption that I get proportional points.

    Also, go around the house switchin off lights n stuff (including your monitor).

    Rgds,
    David

    PS It's Johnny on 478 and David on 391. You been slackin', boy! :D Are you using PXE in this WOL plan?
     
  11. JohnnyX

    JohnnyX Map Addict

    Now, Johnny 480 and David 391 - Who's slackin' ? :D
     
  12. David

    David Mostly AFK, these days

    D 382, J 473 - 91 lead
    D 391, J 478 - 87 lead
    D 391, J 480 - 89 lead
    D 400, J 497 - 97 lead

    Psychologically it feels good to get to 400, but I think someone lit a rocket under Johnny! Maybe the weekend will make a difference... My big machines have been otherwise engaged... but their current work units had a week of processeing remaining if I read it right. I might tactically drop to just doing small units...

    Rgds,
    David
     
  13. rigsville

    rigsville Shukokai Karate

    Hey JohnnyX - I noticed the following:

    Donator MAP_JohnnyX
    Active processors (within 50 days) 16
    Active processors(within 7 days) 9

    You been deploying the Folding client out on to your company desktops again? ;)
     
  14. JohnnyX

    JohnnyX Map Addict

    That WOL is wickid. :D
     
  15. JohnnyX

    JohnnyX Map Addict

    Only on the very fastest PCs on the Network P4 2.8GHz and above.

    That's why "Active processors (within 50 days)" is only 16 and not 60. :D
     
  16. JohnnyX

    JohnnyX Map Addict

    It's already looking like it's going to make a difference. :D
     
  17. David

    David Mostly AFK, these days

    haha, I'm just not on the ball. Will just have to play-up the importance of points instead...

    Rgds,
    David
     
  18. JohnnyX

    JohnnyX Map Addict

    May was a 50,000 month. :)

    Given the number of processors that are dropping off the list, it looks like June will struggle to be 40,000. :(

    Come on guys join the 'fold' :cool:
     
  19. Hobbitlauncher

    Hobbitlauncher Chronic Complaint Dept.

    ill join the fold but it wont be active to much (except when imma sleepin) and i'll stop completely at end of august, but 3 months of foldin proteins cant hurt!

    AMD athlon 64 3600+, 1 gig corsair overclocked, Saphire 9550 (256 meg agp), and 600 gig hd boooyah

    --edit-- correction: I WOULD join the fold would any of the apges load, not a single link to stanford from here has worked, I'll dig around myself later
     
    Last edited: Jun 2, 2005
  20. DangerMouse

    DangerMouse Dazed & Confused

    Link

    This works on FF & IE
     

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