I'd post pictures of my ruler,
but I'd have to ask her permission first...
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Edit...err...I misread that lol
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Do a good deed with your computer.
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Edit...err...I misread that lol
Here's the main site: folding.stanford.edu
Here's the download:
folding.stanford.edu/English/Download
Welcome CCReed and Anon! :thumb:
Dave looks like he's set to "smoke" everyone pretty soon!
But all contributions are necessary. There are 4 basic project types: single CPU jobs, Multi-CPU jobs, GPU (graphics card) jobs, and huge 8+ CPU jobs. While the "points" aren't equal, all the jobs help and solve a piece of the puzzle.
It weighs 10,500lb, 12 feet high, 6 feet wide, and 10 feet long, and can measure things down to 0.00002" inches. It cost as much as a house. In fact, about 3 times the cost of of my first home. The base is polished granite that is flat to 0.0001" over it's length, and it measures things by touching them with synthetic ruby that is round to under 10 millionth of an inch. It resides in a temperature controlled room that is 70°F ±2°F 24/7 days a week, because things measure differently based on what temperature they are.
It's mostly used for inspecting aircraft/spacecraft parts.
It's mostly used for inspecting aircraft/spacecraft parts.
Ok last night I guess windows updated and restarted my laptop. Now it looks like whatever problem my computer was working on has reset to 0/6666. It was over 50% last night when I went to bed. Is this normal?
You wanna see a BIG ruler??
OK, you asked for it!
Darn Pat, I was just saying Kat is your ruler but now I don't know.
That thing is awesome.
Darn Pat, I was just saying Kat is your ruler but now I don't know.
You had it right the first time :spit:
Ok last night I guess windows updated and restarted my laptop. Now it looks like whatever problem my computer was working on has reset to 0/6666. It was over 50% last night when I went to bed. Is this normal?
Sometimes the work unit (WU) can't be solved, and it will just drop it and start with a new one.
If you right-click the little FAH icon in the lower right corner of your screen (system tray) a menu pops up.
Go to STATUS, then click on LOGFILE. You can look in there to see what the computer is doing.
Thanks Pat I checked the log but didn't really look real close at it. It just seemed like it started over again with the same task since the numbers are the same. I'll check it tonight when I get home from work.
Lol, I just noticed I am in 2nd place for our team. I'm coming for you John_M!Dave looks like he's set to "smoke" everyone pretty soon!
That's just me running it on the GPU of my server. I'm tempted to load up 3 or 4 CPU cores as well, but I've been pegging all my cores at 100% for a few days now, so I'll wait until I am not using them... :secret:
Those of you with a modern graphics card (nVidia or even some ATI cards) should run the GPU client. GPUs are way faster than CPUs for certain tasks, such as graphics, and apparently protein folding.
The upside of this is I don't have to heat my office right now!
Watch your back! My notebook (McRatdv8) is about to go off "sleep-mode" and do some serious crunching!
Looks like John has turned off his computer for awhile to let us catch up.
Yes, machines with video cards in them run a LOT more math with the GPU version of the FAH than the CPU version.
Even a fairly weak video card will normally outstrip the CPU by a good margin.
Looks like John has turned off his computer for awhile to let us catch up.
Yes, machines with video cards in them run a LOT more math with the GPU version of the FAH than the CPU version.
Even a fairly weak video card will normally outstrip the CPU by a good margin.
In just over 1 week we are now in the top 10% of all the folding teams.
And YES, Dave is smoking everyone!!:rofl:
And YES, Dave is smoking everyone!!:rofl:
Yes. It downloads the executable (if it isn't already there), then the work unit. Then it processes it, which can take from an hour to several days to complete. When it's done, it uploads the finished answers.