Archive: 105 posts

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http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/LBPCfoldingteamlogo-1.jpg Folding @ home is a great way to help out your fellow humans with out a lot of effort! What happens is, your PS3 down-loads protein data from Stanford university, then it runs a simulation to find the proper configuration of a given protein chain. It's not an easy thing, since these chains are 3-d and only one correct solution. (as I understand it) Then, once it has finished, it up-loads the results back to Stanford This is a big deal, because when proteins do not fold correctly, there can be serious consequences, including many well known diseases, such as Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers and cancer-related syndromes. This is a screen shot of my ps3 doing it's thing for humanity http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/little%20big%20shots/foldinghome.jpg As you can see I've, broken 100 jobs, so far. when that happens, you get a pretty little certificate that makes you feel...like you've gotten a certificate, but it feels good to know that while I sleep, My little game console is actually doing the world some good! And I sleep well! I've just started an LBPC folding team! http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/Hfadeline-2-1.jpg http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/Hfadeline-2.jpg the LBPC folding team!http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/LBPCfoldingteamlogo-1-1.jpg team number: 170070 to join: (from the folding@home channel on life with playstation) press triangle choose "current channel" choose "Identity" choose "join an Existing Team" enter the number 170070 and you're in! http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/Hfadeline-2-1.jpg http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/Hfadeline-2.jpg

2009-08-20 19:56:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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Here's the thing is that I don't want people to be able to just pop into my PS3 and use the processor to do whatever they please with it. It just doesn't feel right to me...

2009-08-20 20:21:00 Author: dandygandy2704 Posts: 1002

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Here's the thing is that I don't want people to be able to just pop into my PS3 and use the processor to do whatever they please with it. It just doesn't feel right to me... They aren't "popping" into your PS3, you are loading data on proteins from them and then sending it back after you have done some computing. Unless these proteins turn malevolent and take control of your PS3, you are completely fine. Loads of people use this without issue.

2009-08-20 20:47:00 Author: BSprague Posts: 2325

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I never downloaded this, mostly cause I don't know what it does. Explain?

2009-08-20 20:54:00 Author: Unknown User

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I'll make this simple for you: People get sick magic box with PS3 on side help find cure people get better. people stop getting sick

2009-08-20 20:59:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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lolwut. A PS3 helps stop people getting sick?

2009-08-20 21:16:00 Author: Unknown User

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It basically helps find cures for sicknesses by going through stuff. God that doesn't help at all. Haha.

2009-08-20 21:23:00 Author: Whalio Cappuccino Posts: 5250

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I first thought people who downloaded this will get tracked by the PS3 on what they're playing, and what they do goes to research and see if there's sickness going on. lolololol.

2009-08-20 21:32:00 Author: Unknown User

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lolwut. A PS3 helps stop people getting sick? Reson why the PS3 is the holy one, and the xbox is the devil

2009-08-20 21:43:00 Author: Adam9001 Posts: 744

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Reson why the PS3 is the holy one, and the xbox is the devil you can fold with your PC too =D

2009-08-20 22:53:00 Author: oldage Posts: 2824

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you can fold with your PC too =D I worked in an office for the summer, and one of the guys in the cubicle beside me had Folding@Home running while he was out doing business. Everyone keeps their computers locked after an idle session of about 5 minutes, so basically he did some work, went out, Folding started, and Windows locked him out of his user account. I asked him about that and he said the lockout doesn't stop Folding from doing its thing. Pretty cool! I was worried Microsoft was trying to stop positive progression of humanity.

2009-08-21 17:48:00 Author: Unknown User

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That's cool! it does me good to know that there are others who care about this sort of thing. It Astounds me how so many people can ignore such an easy way to help out. So, it's good to actually interact. you know, If I make enough folding contacts on this thread. we might want to start a LBPC folding team. (If there isn't one allready)

2009-08-21 19:19:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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I doubt there is one, maybe you could start one up. A question..... does Folding keep going in a shutoff PS3?

2009-08-21 20:03:00 Author: Astrosimi Posts: 2046

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Let's do it Swan!

2009-08-21 20:06:00 Author: OmegaSlayer Posts: 5112

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I doubt there is one, maybe you could start one up. A question..... does Folding keep going in a shutoff PS3? Nope. That would be kind of scary.

2009-08-21 20:32:00 Author: BSprague Posts: 2325

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http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/LBPCfoldingteamlogo-1-1.jpg team name LBPC team number: 170070 to join: (from the folding@home channel on life with playstation) press triangle choose "current channel" choose "Identity" choose "join an Existing Team" enter the number 170070 and you're in! Woo hoo!

2009-08-22 02:06:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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I think I have folded... 347 units now, off the top of my head. I'm in the top 100,000 ranking. Considering there are over 1 million ranks, that's quite decent. I do fold a fair bit on the PS3 when it's idle. I won't let it run when I am going out or having a long sleep, but if I have loaded up the PS3 for something and then will still staying home while the PS3 is not in use, I'll tend to start up Folding@Home. I'll have to consider this team thing...

2009-08-22 04:46:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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to be honest, I have no idea what advandage there is to having a team or going at it solo, It's still distributive computing, so I don't really see that it makes any differance one way or the other. (aside from just being fun. I mean, team 170070! what'snot fun about that? lol) @Elbee23 kudos on your ranking! (& is that a bleach reference on your avitar?)

2009-08-22 07:07:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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So, wait, let me get this straight, cos I've never really understood how this stuff works. So, it only does it's distributive computing thing when you're on the program thing? Like, if I've started doing this, and then I start playing LBP, they won't jump onto my turned-on PS3 and start using it, will they? Cos if that's how it works, then I've had it wrong this whole time and I'll feel like a jerk.

2009-08-22 16:20:00 Author: dandygandy2704 Posts: 1002

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It works just like any other program you might run on the Playstation.-- The PS3 can only run one app at a time, so you'd have to quit Folding to play LBP. When you quit Folding, it saves your progress, much like a game does, and then exits. End of session. Also the only time it goes online is when it's finished a job. What happens then, is it uploads the results of the finished job, then downloads the data for the next job. After that, it really doesn't need any non-local input to finish it's work.

2009-08-22 16:37:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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Oh, okay. Thanks for explaining that. Now I fell really bad for thinking it was something different from what it is. Maybe I'll start running this when I make lunch and stuff, instead of just have some music going... If I do start using this, I'll join that group you started, too. EDIT: Off topic, but I noticed in your sig you said BLPC members instead of LBPC members. Might want to fix that. xD;;

2009-08-22 16:43:00 Author: dandygandy2704 Posts: 1002

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I think I've joined but it doesn't say anywhere that I joined the group

2009-08-22 18:45:00 Author: OmegaSlayer Posts: 5112

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hmm. I'm not seeing you on the team member list (still just me) strange thing. When I made the team, I had to join it afterward, so I know it's possible. it doesn't show the team name on the work screen, it just shows the team number. in this case 170070

2009-08-22 19:20:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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In regards to the program running without your input, there are settings which allow it to switch the PS3 off after a certain amount of time, a specific time or a certain number of work units, including just the current one, are completed. I've never used those settings, but it is a way to get it doing it's thing automatically after you have set it up. There may be settings to automatically turn the machine on as well. I've never really experimented with them. But as swanbrown says, it's only really a one thing at a time machine. You cannot play games at the same time or do free form web browsing, although there are channels with limited news information that you can access while the program is running. There is also a music player which you can set up to play stuff while it's folding as well. Doing all that stuff though (music and web browsing) slows down the processor however and it takes longer to get work units done. So I just let it do it's thing and leave it to calculate it all out. But the options are there if you wish to explore them.

2009-08-22 23:27:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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hmm. I'm not seeing you on the team member list (still just me) strange thing. When I made the team, I had to join it afterward, so I know it's possible. it doesn't show the team name on the work screen, it just shows the team number. in this case 170070 Maybe I have to complete this folding first.

2009-08-23 12:23:00 Author: OmegaSlayer Posts: 5112

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Hmm at first I thought it tells how many people are online on the ps3.. >_> Anyways, I'll try this out. If I start to get it, I'll join your team =)

2009-08-23 22:33:00 Author: Count Posts: 315

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I've theoretically joined the team, I just need to wait for my current work unit to finish processing first.

2009-08-24 02:57:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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well, there goes my #1 ranking on the team roster! lol so, it looks like we have a trio going! woohoo!

2009-08-24 05:22:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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I joined the team, but I haven't finished a folding yet (I didn't expect it to take so long, I guess...). So, if I'm showing up, I'm prolly on like the bottom of the list. xD;;

2009-08-24 16:23:00 Author: dandygandy2704 Posts: 1002

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I used to do folding quite a lot... then my mom wanted me to stop because its wasting power >.> Perhaps its time to start up again.

2009-08-24 19:53:00 Author: Burnvictim42 Posts: 3322

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hmm tell your mom it's just 20$ a month for ps3 standby electricity . Anyways, you download protein chain even i your on other channels right? And how do I join the team ?_?. It seems interesting (I think I'd rather play my music on "Life with PLaystation" now.)

2009-08-24 20:51:00 Author: Count Posts: 315

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I'd love to join you guys, but my parents are strict about the electricity like Burn's.... Maybe sometime int eh future when my PS3 isn't in a place were it can overheat in 3 seconds <_<

2009-08-25 01:03:00 Author: Astrosimi Posts: 2046

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Well, I looked at the team stats and I am officially showing on it now. Our team has already come in the top half of the team rankings. Seeing as we have only done 6 work units though, I don't think that was too big an accomplishment. I've finished 250 work units now. That a big round number. At the moment they are handing out 300,000 sized work units, which is an average size. That takes about 6 hours to process from the average PS3. Of course you don't have to do that in one sitting, every time you exit the program properly it will save where it is and then come back to the same point.

2009-08-25 09:17:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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I joined just now. Excellent idea, swanbrown!

2009-08-25 10:08:00 Author: slutzinc Posts: 124

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http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/LBPCfoldingteamlogo-1-1.jpg The team's homepage is now this thread, So you can browse LBPC while you fold! (or fold while you browse, what ever works for you.) Press triangle choose current channel/ Information/ My Team Statistics/ scroll down to the bottom and click team homepage.

2009-08-25 16:16:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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One of the team members is listed as "PS3". That's the default donor name so we can't tell who you are. Don't forget to change your name so we can comment on how well you are doing! Swanbrown really is taking the lead though. I don't think I'll ever catch up to him. :blush:

2009-08-28 03:27:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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LOL, That's only Because I'm cheating by running it on my lap-top as well. I'd REALLY cheat by running it on my quad machine, but I don't let it play online.

2009-08-28 03:41:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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PS3 is me, I changed the name.

2009-08-28 07:00:00 Author: OmegaSlayer Posts: 5112

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Just joined the team, hope i can help make a difference

2009-08-29 04:20:00 Author: Burnvictim42 Posts: 3322

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Just joined the team, hope i can help make a difference Don't tell the parents! I pay for my own electricity [and am broke] so I will probably not join the team, but I'll provide moral support. Go Team!

2009-08-29 04:24:00 Author: comphermc Posts: 5338

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Well I already have the TV and Computer on practically 24/7 (everything important is in my room) so 1 more thing can't hurt. I guess I can have this running whenever I'm not actually using the system. Although. . if something goes wrong I'm blaming you guys. Edit: Okay I'm in the team. It should label me as ChristmasJew (that's my PSN! O:!) although I don't think it has picked up on it yet as it's showing me as "PS3" at the moment.

2009-08-29 04:34:00 Author: ChristmasJew Posts: 431

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well, i think they're stupid about the electricity anyway... we get our electric bills paid for by a server we have in our garage.

2009-08-29 04:45:00 Author: Burnvictim42 Posts: 3322

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Goodness! Looks like we are getting quite a team going! Good job swanbrown for starting one up and uniting everybody! Just a few tips for those that are new to folding... the idea is that it uses as much of the processor as possible to work out what it's doing, but if the PS3 is busy doing other stuff, like playing music or browsing the net, that will slow down the time it takes to finish a work unit. If you are really want to get it working as fast as is possible, then I recommend disconnecting all USB connections, turning off any controllers, and removing and discs in the tray. Just leave the program running on some sort of screen which shows the basic folding information, that will make it run as fast as possible. You can change channels to the dedicated Folding@Home channel if you are new to the program. I think the default now is some international news channel, but there is an option to change it somewhere, just keep pressing buttons till you work it out.

2009-08-30 03:12:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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If you are really want to get it working as fast as is possible, then I recommend disconnecting all USB connections, turning off any controllers, and removing and discs in the tray. Just leave the program running on some sort of screen which shows the basic folding information, that will make it run as fast as possible. I have all that stuff off anyway. I just leave it on the folding@home whenever I'm not using the PS3, turn off my controller and change back to the TV. Doesn't go that fast though I don't think. I had it on overnight for probably like 16 hours before I went back on the PS3 and it had only finished 2 units.

2009-08-30 03:30:00 Author: ChristmasJew Posts: 431

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Doesn't go that fast though I don't think. I had it on overnight for probably like 16 hours before I went back on the PS3 and it had only finished 2 units. That's quite normal. The 300,000 sized units they are assigning at the moment take the average PS3 6 hours to complete. So after 16 hours, you should have finished 2 units and been half way through a third one. They change the unit size sometimes though. 100,000 units are quite quick, I think taking maybe 2 hours to do off memory. 1,000,000 units however... that's about 30 hours to finish. :eek:

2009-08-30 05:10:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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That's quite normal. The 300,000 sized units they are assigning at the moment take the average PS3 6 hours to complete. So after 16 hours, you should have finished 2 units and been half way through a third one. 1 unit every 6 hours. That does sound about right.

2009-08-30 05:15:00 Author: ChristmasJew Posts: 431

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http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/LBPCfoldingteamlogo-1-1.jpg That's actually pretty good. Keep in mind that we are talking about MASSIVE amounts of calculations, here. The thing is, protein chains are actually 3 dimensional, and have to be configured correctly in all 3 axis. Anyway, Thanks for joining up! like I said before, I'm not sure there's any real advantage to joining a team aside from just being fun. This team has the advantage of being able to surf LBPC while folding by going Through the home page, under team statistics, and that's pretty cool.

2009-08-30 05:51:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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I always make my comment on PS3 say "Saving The World" when I'm folding@home (aka not on PS3). That's my fun of it. :blush:

2009-08-30 05:54:00 Author: ChristmasJew Posts: 431

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"Saving The world"-- nice! I really wish folding @ home put a little tag under your name like other programs. I also wish there were folding trophies. just seems like there'd be alot more folding done if we got the trophy fiends involved. lol

2009-08-30 06:00:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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Well doesn't it show "Life With Playstation" or something like that under your name? I could swear I've seen something like that.

2009-08-30 06:02:00 Author: ChristmasJew Posts: 431

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I'm not really sure. I know that it never shows under my name like the other games do.

2009-08-30 06:06:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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I'm impressed at some of the momentum we've got going here with this team! Keep up the great work everyone

2009-09-01 01:17:00 Author: Burnvictim42 Posts: 3322

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Why don't they have like a supercomputer that can do like 1,000 'units' a second if it will really help cure disease? ...or do they?

2009-09-02 13:42:00 Author: TripleTremelo Posts: 490

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Yep, that's pretty much the point of this. by using distributive computing, Stanford is able to basically have a big-mother of a super-computer. I wish I was technically savey enough to dig up the actual numbers, but honestly, I don't know how work units transfer into flops. I do know that the "work units" come in different sizes and flavors, but I'll see if I can address you question as best I can. I'll try to break it down as best as I can with my limited understanding: -A FLOP (FLoating point OPeration) is basically worth one addition or multiplication calculation. - A TerraFLOP is a trillion FLOPS --- most current super-computers work in this range. - a petaFLOP is one thousand trillion floating point operations per second. Next generation super computers are being designed to work in this range...Folding at home currently works in this range(7.26 PFLOPS, If I'm reading the charts right.) So, Basically All this computational power is being generated by hardware that is There anyway, and would other-wise just be sitting idle. If Someone Has a better grasp on this, Please check me.

2009-09-02 14:56:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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Joined your team about a week ago, was almost done with my first unit, until i installed v3 and everything was resetted, have to start all over again now Anyway, good idea swanbrown! misty.

2009-09-02 15:02:00 Author: Mother-Misty Posts: 574

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Thats not cool D: Stupid firmware update resetting things D:

2009-09-02 19:52:00 Author: Burnvictim42 Posts: 3322

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i will join this team i had 38 work units completed but getting a new PS3 reseted it to 0 lol. Yep i joined. I made my donor name my name i guess so when i look at certificates i feel good when i see my first and last name in print there XD

2009-09-03 00:09:00 Author: Snrm Posts: 6419

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I'm not sure i ever got the point of the certificates lol. If you've done the computing, you know you've done it

2009-09-03 00:22:00 Author: Burnvictim42 Posts: 3322

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but the certificates are cool lol

2009-09-03 01:12:00 Author: Snrm Posts: 6419

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I'm with peanut. Doing good works is it's own reward, but those certificates are pretty nice!

2009-09-03 01:44:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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Well, they DO look good, but the real problem i have with them is i'd need to keep printing them I wonder if theres a constantly updated version that could be put in a signature...

2009-09-03 02:26:00 Author: Burnvictim42 Posts: 3322

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just print once you hit a pretty big milestone

2009-09-03 02:27:00 Author: Snrm Posts: 6419

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WOW! I just loked at our stats, and we are now A team of 9, our ranking has almost doubled, and I have been disloged from 1'st place by Dylan! Awesome! I'm excited to be part of this!

2009-09-07 23:29:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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doubled, and I have been disloged from 1'st place by Dylan! What?! D: I remember when I first looked at our team statistics and it showed the top 5 the person in first had done like over 3,000 units. I've only done like 25! I'll have to check this out, I think you're mistaken.

2009-09-08 23:26:00 Author: ChristmasJew Posts: 431

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I did this for awhile and recently started up again. Actually as I sit here at work my system is chugging away at home on an alternate account name. I'll have to join up I guess.

2009-09-08 23:39:00 Author: Morgana25 Posts: 5983

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@ Dylan: Yeah! according to my ps3, you have 31 work units, and 7800 points! nice going! and if it's a glitch, congrats, anyway! @ Morgana25: We'd sure be happy to have you with us. The more, the merrier! Also, according to our team stats from my point, we have 89 work units completed! Awesome stuff!

2009-09-09 00:47:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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I know that Australian summers can be warmer than some countries, and that Australia of course is just moving out of winter and into spring again, but please be careful about the temperature your PS3 is running at. The PS3 has 3 fan speeds I believe, one which is hyper quiet, a second which is reasonable in terms of volume which means the system is working hard or it's generally very warm, and a third which is almost as loud as a 360 and means it's getting very hot/working very hard indeed. I know during the summer time I had to watch the PS3 to make sure it did not overheat. If you are in a warm climate and don't cool the house, it might be wise to turn off the PS3 when it's idle, especially if you hear the fan going at the third level. I don't think anyone would want their PS3 to overheat and break down just because they were folding.

2009-09-09 05:33:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/LBPCfoldingteamlogo-1-1.jpg Heat Monitoring Thanks for that word of caution. I would feel terrible if anyone lost the use of their PS3 as a result of my prompting. I live in a fairly temperate climate, and can pretty much keep an ear tuned across the room when I'm here. So, if you have a doubt, I'd say better to err on the side of caution.

2009-09-09 05:53:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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I'm just wondering. Why did my upload go back to 0/100000 again o_O I thought it continuously add up.

2009-09-09 06:03:00 Author: Count Posts: 315

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That's the number associated with your progress bar. It resets after every job. If you look up at completed (3'rd down) that number will add as you complete work units.

2009-09-09 06:39:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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That's the number associated with your progress bar. It resets after every job. If you look up at completed (3'rd down) that number will add as you complete work units. But I've never finished the upload before it though.. But I'll double check. Thanks!!

2009-09-09 06:40:00 Author: Count Posts: 315

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I think work units have a time limit on them, which might be one week, though I could be wrong. If you don't do any processing within 1 week then the unit might time out and they give the same work unit to someone else. This helps them get constant and accurate data. That's my guess at least. As you keep doing work units you will find the occassional one that times out and does not get properly counted.

2009-09-09 06:45:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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@ count BTW.. are you "stray" Also, it looks like I'm not cheating after all...I'm two members of the team..Swan_Brown(PS3) & swanbrown (laptop). Elbee's on the money. each job has a deadline they differ in proportion to the size of the job. also, I'm noticing some fluctuations in score per unit. I'm guessing size and speed are factors.

2009-09-09 06:46:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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Ugh... I'm trying to join this but I can't find "Identity" after I hit "Current Channel." Nevermind, I had to change to Expert mode. How do I change my name? It says PS3 in the "Team Statistics". Nevermind again, Dylan helped me. Ahahaha.

2009-09-10 04:06:00 Author: Whalio Cappuccino Posts: 5250

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Woot, go Dylan Folding as we speak... (to stay on topic ;p)

2009-09-10 04:20:00 Author: Burnvictim42 Posts: 3322

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Dylan is silenced, and he wanted me to ask you guys about a problem he's been having. "Here is my problem. http://i32.tinypic.com/14m8ehz.png Notice how it says it was last generated back in August? What's the deal with that? How am I suppose to make it update this data? It says the same thing for my statistics. It says none, although I have done 36 work units and whatever amount of points that would accumulate to. By the way my numbers should be rising faster now that schools started and I'll be too tired to want to play anything so it'll just sit there folding all day."

2009-09-10 04:41:00 Author: Whalio Cappuccino Posts: 5250

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I signed up for the team. Weird that it doesn't include the units you've done in the past. I had 11 previous to joining but only the most recent 2 are showing up for the team stats. Oh well. Hopefully I can do this more now.

2009-09-10 05:46:00 Author: Morgana25 Posts: 5983

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Hey, check it out, Good Gadders! http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/100works.jpg WAY TO GO!

2009-09-10 09:17:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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Wow, I don't know. I'll definately gave a look at the Cambrige FAQ and see if I can dig up somthing... While I look, here are dylan's stats: ---team--- ChristmasJew...Score-9059....Work Units-36 --personal-- Date of last work unit- 2009-09-08 04:02:19 Total score: 7549 Overall rank(if points are combined) : 303135 of 1283831 active processors 50&70 days: 1 ----EDIT---- Bah! I couldn't find anything quickly, the best I found were instructions for re-installing the client...Let's hope it doesn't come to that.. I've joint the forum and posted the problem inhoes that someone has some ideas. In the mean time, I'll keep digging, and hoping that gnomes come and take care of it.

2009-09-10 09:50:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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Wow, I don't know. I'll definately gave a look at the Cambrige FAQ and see if I can dig up somthing... While I look, here are dylan's stats: ---team--- ChristmasJew...Score-9059....Work Units-36 --personal-- Date of last work unit- 2009-09-08 04:02:19 Total score: 7549 Overall rank(if points are combined) : 303135 of 1283831 active processors 50&70 days: 1 ----EDIT---- Bah! I couldn't find anything quickly, the best I found were instructions for re-installing the client...Let's hope it doesn't come to that.. I've joint the forum and posted the problem inhoes that someone has some ideas. In the mean time, I'll keep digging, and hoping that gnomes come and take care of it. Dylan has REPLIED! Ohh noes! "Yea I noticed shortly after Whale made the first post for me that I can see the updated stats on their website on my computer. I just wanted to see if there was a way to make it so it actually updates on the PS3 as that's where I am when I usually want to see the full stats. Thanks anyway."

2009-09-11 20:16:00 Author: Whalio Cappuccino Posts: 5250

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Mr. Swan has passed me! D:! Oh to the noes! I've been forgetting to leave it on overnight, that'll have to end. Must! Regain! #1!!!! [/sarcasm] Edit: Wow I'm currently downloading something that says it will take 1 Day and 10 hours longer and it's already been at it for like 12 hours. What's up with that?!

2009-09-23 01:03:00 Author: ChristmasJew Posts: 431

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I dont have much time to fold on PS3 as my dad uses it constantly on and off. So i am going to start folding on my PC. it doesnt seem to be as fast as PS3 but its somthing.

2009-10-03 06:21:00 Author: Snrm Posts: 6419

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Check this out. http://i38.tinypic.com/30cvdkl.png Notice the progress. Out of 1,000,000!! The duration was 2 full days, no joke. Anyone have an explanation for me having a random super huge one to download?

2009-10-03 06:45:00 Author: ChristmasJew Posts: 431

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I had one a few days ago. I guess if you are diligent, they give you the million point ones (like this one) to slow you down so others can catch up. Don't worry too much though, they give you an appropriate score boost for your hard work. I believe our team now is in the top 15,000 last time I checked. Go team!

2009-10-03 08:37:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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I had one a few days ago. I guess if you are diligent, they give you the million point ones (like this one) to slow you down so others can catch up. Don't worry too much though, they give you an appropriate score boost for your hard work. I believe our team now is in the top 15,000 last time I checked. Go team! Well it only counted as 1 work unit for me. And now Swan is like 30 ahead of me. D: Although I haven't been leaving it on as long as I use to after the system had to re-install the HDD which scared the crap out of me (mainly because after it did it, it did it again!). So now I'm being all paranoid on how loud it is lol.

2009-10-03 18:52:00 Author: ChristmasJew Posts: 431

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Ah, but you are also 52 ahead of me

2009-10-03 19:07:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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Ah, but you are also 52 ahead of me http://i35.tinypic.com/10ncfow.png So I'm guessing you are saying that the swanbrown that has 95 is the one on your computer?

2009-10-03 19:59:00 Author: ChristmasJew Posts: 431

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I never leave my PS3 on if im not using it. Saving energy and all that. I turn everything off my the switch when noy in use.

2009-10-03 23:13:00 Author: BlackToof Posts: 172

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Computer is sooo slow. its been on for 3 hours and its 45/1500 but for the computer i beleive you you have like 14 days before they give the one your working on to someone else?

2009-10-03 23:31:00 Author: Snrm Posts: 6419

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I joined, but doing it on my pc.

2009-10-04 01:59:00 Author: jwwphotos Posts: 11383

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I do it on meh PS3, but for the Littlebigpodcast. I decided to stop it and will join, as long as you can keep WU between teams. Can you?

2009-10-04 02:56:00 Author: chezhead Posts: 1063

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I do it on meh PS3, but for the Littlebigpodcast. I decided to stop it and will join, as long as you can keep WU between teams. Can you? I believe how the team things work out is that you are all considered as individuals, needing to each complete your own work units within the time required before they time out as normal, but the results you complete contribute to the ranking of a team. I'm guessing it's to spur people you know to go the extra bit more, like we are seeing here on this forum topic. You do need to do your own bit though, and don't share individual work units. There is a time out thing for each work unit, like 7 days or 10 days or something like that, so that if someone goes completely idle, the system can give that work unit to someone else who is more likely to get the job done in time. They organise different specific protien events which they hope to have done in a certain period of time, so that's why things are like that. All this being said, if you only do a little bit each week, I don't think you will time out. It's more for when people stop doing it for a good length of time, like a month, that they reassign that work unit to someone else and give you a new one when you come back. Well it only counted as 1 work unit for me. And now Swan is like 30 ahead of me. D: In reference to the ranking, it's actually the score that it is ranking people by, rather than the number of work units. One work unit is one completed fold, which could be just 100,000 sized, which takes about 2 hours on a PS3 running at optimum speed, the normal 300,000 sized, which takes around 6 hours, or the super sized 1,000,000 sized, which takes about 30 hours to 2 days to complete. Each of those counts as just one work unit, but the score that is given is in proportion to the size of the work units you have done. So don't worry too much about working on bigger (or smaller) than normal work units, as I am sure their algorithm to work out how much work you actually have done is all balanced out. Still though, I'm not quite sure which one is the PC Swan or the PS3 Swan. It was much clearer in the earlier days. :blush: --- In other news, I've finally installed Folding@Home on my PC, and will be using it while the PC is running and I'm not doing graphic intensive games. An example of this would be web browsing and checking emails, like I am doing now. You should eventually see it on the scoreboard as Elbee23_PC. I don't plan to have the program running 24/7 or leaving the PC on just to Fold, as I already have the PS3 doing that. Still though, it should help and uses up my otherwise semi-idle PC processor.

2009-10-04 03:19:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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Computer is sooo slow. its been on for 3 hours and its 45/1500 but for the computer i beleive you you have like 14 days before they give the one your working on to someone else? Maybe just your system? I have 350/2500 and it has been running for a bit over an hour. Not sure how that compares to the ps3.

2009-10-04 03:21:00 Author: jwwphotos Posts: 11383

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I joined, but doing it on my pc. PS3 and PC do the same thing they both help!

2009-10-04 06:55:00 Author: Snrm Posts: 6419

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It's an old thread, but it's still a worthy cause. I thought I might note that I've managed to pass ChristmasJew in the ranks, though I don't think I can ever catch up to Swan_brown. My PC folding has finally managed to do more than a standard PS3 work unit as well! As a team though, we are nearly up to the top 10,000 rank. It's never to late to join, feel free to check out the first post for more details of the team and feel free to ask questions if you have them here in the thread!

2009-11-10 10:49:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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Oh, yea, I haven't turned that on in like a week or two. Completely passed my mind. Gotta start that up again. . =/ Edit: Lol "passed", you're 20 passed me!

2009-11-10 19:43:00 Author: ChristmasJew Posts: 431

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Well, it's not just about units. It's the score that is important, that's where the ranks come from. That's why only just now my PC has managed to overcome the lower ranks, as they give smaller work units to PCs in general. :S I was meaning to post about this for a while, but it kept slipping my mind. And so the lead grew...

2009-11-11 11:54:00 Author: Elbee23 Posts: 1280

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Im REALLY gonna try to make it do one unit then turn off when im at school every day!

2009-11-11 17:04:00 Author: Snrm Posts: 6419

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Sorry to necro this but A update came! version 1.20 i looked it up it is suppose to support Remote play folding or somthing

2009-12-15 15:50:00 Author: Snrm Posts: 6419

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http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt210/swanbrown/utility/LBPCfoldingteamlogo-1-1-1.jpg Sorry for being away for so long and letting this thread sink. Normally, I'd Apologies for bringing it back, but since it is still a worthy cause, and the folding team is still active, I think I won't. These are the LBPC folding team stats as of two days ago: grand score 469336 work unit count 1609 team ranking 4745 of 181813 (that's 177,068 teams eating our dust! Woohoo!) team rank___Donor___Score___WU 1 Mr_thunderFrog ____152406 ___ 360 2 Swan_brown _______124289 ___ 491 3 Elbee23 ___________103386 ___ 400 4 StrayFelsCatus _____33403 ____ 137 5 ChristmasJew ______20812 ____ 79 6 swanbrown ________14501 ____ 54 7 MarkGewargis _____5022 _____ 20 8 Morgana25 ________4764 _____ 19 9 jwwphotos ________4693 _____ 23 10 DraggyZ _________3005 _____ 12 11 BurnVictim42 _____746 ______ 3 12 Powershifter _____512 ______ 2 13 Gui_Rke _________502 ______ 2 14 elbee23_PC ______285 ______ 3 15 Draggy __________257 ______ 1 16 PS3 _____________251 ______ 1 17 EdrBetEvaz ______251 ______ 1 18 HLeeRendal ______251 ______ 1 Congratulations to the team for all the great work!

2010-06-10 02:06:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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So does this thing check onto my stuff or something? I know i'm a bit over-worried and stuff, but i'm quite protective of my privacy so....yeah is my hardrive safe from spying eyes?

2010-06-10 03:00:00 Author: Silverleon Posts: 6707

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Yes. it's safe. it only runs when it's running. Just like a game you might play. It only needs to access the net in between jobs to upload results and download the next job. Otherwise, it just minds it's business. even if you ARE a violent pshycho, Folding@home doesn't care. It does have a built-in web browser. I'm not sure how it works if you aren't a member of a team, but, if you are a member of the LBPC folding team, it will link you directly to the OP of this thread by pulling up team stats.

2010-06-10 03:29:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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I haven't done this since my phat ps3 died.... may have to get back to it

2010-06-10 07:00:00 Author: Morgana25 Posts: 5983

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Yes. it's safe. it only runs when it's running. Just like a game you might play. It only needs to access the net in between jobs to upload results and download the next job. Otherwise, it just minds it's business. even if you ARE a violent pshycho, Folding@home doesn't care. It does have a built-in web browser. I'm not sure how it works if you aren't a member of a team, but, if you are a member of the LBPC folding team, it will link you directly to the OP of this thread by pulling up team stats. Cout me in then, if its fr a good cause i shall help. EDIT: Aaaaaaaand i'm in! And i joines the LBPC group, so, yeah i'm signed up and whatnot. Huh, its actually qite entertaining.

2010-06-10 07:33:00 Author: Silverleon Posts: 6707

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Yeah, it's my kind of game! I almost allways win, and I don't have to be particularly agile with the controler (I'm an especially LAZY gamer). I don't even have to be awake! Welcome to the team! you will show up on the official roster once your next job is finished.

2010-06-10 10:27:00 Author: swanbrown Posts: 898

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