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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 02/07/2005 : 12:06:53 [Permalink]
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| No both is great! Just seems that 90% plus of anybody who does any of this type is doing seti when many groups need help too. |
"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26021 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2005 : 12:47:55 [Permalink]
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Indeed, but one of the problems I saw when compiling my list was that not everyone is dealing with "ease of use" issues nearly as well as the SETI crowd.
I re-downloaded, installed and set up the SETI client in under ten minutes just the other day (new computer), and after years of use I know I am free to ignore it completely. Compare that with at least one project which tells you to download the source code, compile it, and then start it running. Or to a project which makes you check it to see if it's done with its current chunk of work, and if it is, you need to export the results to a text file and email them to someone (this is the reason I didn't include Evolution@Home). Many people aren't going to put up with that sort of 'work', and the SETI group has made things about as easy as they can be.
Also, like with charity groups, there will always be those which need help more than others. It is inappropriate (and in some cases rude) to imply that a person's charitable giving doesn't meet your standards. Better people give to someone - anyone - than to not give at all for fear of giving to the "wrong" group (unless, of course, the reasons for such a judgement call are clearly based on, say, criminal acts). |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2005 : 15:47:31 [Permalink]
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I take if from that, that the Folding program is not a screen saver?
You can set it to activate only when the screensaver activates.
Most days I just leave my machine running when I'm home and not using it. I (enter super-geek mode now) have three PC's set up on my desk, three monitors, keyboards, mice, etc... I run the SETI program on one and the Folding on another, and use the main (newest) one for surfing and stuff.
The idea behind three PC's is playing online games... can run multiple instances of client software for mmorpgs that way, and thus play more than one character at a time.
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
Hope, n.
The handmaiden of desperation; the opiate of despair; the illegible signpost on the road to perdition. ~~ da filth |
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
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Posted - 02/07/2005 : 16:07:06 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dude
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I take if from that, that the Folding program is not a screen saver?
You can set it to activate only when the screensaver activates.
Most days I just leave my machine running when I'm home and not using it. I (enter super-geek mode now) have three PC's set up on my desk, three monitors, keyboards, mice, etc... I run the SETI program on one and the Folding on another, and use the main (newest) one for surfing and stuff.
The idea behind three PC's is playing online games... can run multiple instances of client software for mmorpgs that way, and thus play more than one character at a time.
Wish I had money to have more than one. Oh well.
I wouldn't mind compiling (as long as it isn't something mindboggingly confusing to follow), but I'd most likely forget to actually send results and stuff like that. |
"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa
"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26021 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2005 : 18:03:06 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dude
You can set it to activate only when the screensaver activates.
Cool. I downloaded. I'm running.
Okay, for those helping Folding@Home, the SFN team number is 42544, and here's the TeamPage. Nothing there now, but I haven't even completed one step of one work unit yet. |
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2005 : 21:27:29 [Permalink]
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Cool, I joined the SFN folding team :) Started up a new name (Dude1969)
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
Hope, n.
The handmaiden of desperation; the opiate of despair; the illegible signpost on the road to perdition. ~~ da filth |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26021 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2005 : 18:31:40 [Permalink]
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Siberia, how's your SETI@Home stuff working for you?
Dude, I just finished my first Folding workunit. Obviously, I need to give it a slightly higher priority than it had. |
- Dave W. (Private Msg, EMail)
Evidently, I rock!
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Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
2322 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 03:33:16 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Siberia, how's your SETI@Home stuff working for you?
Just fine. I don't leave the computer on for long periods of time, though, and when it's on I'm most likely using it... but it's running smoothly. |
"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
- The Kovenant, Via Negativa
"People who don't like their beliefs being laughed at shouldn't have such funny beliefs."
-- unknown
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 07:20:22 [Permalink]
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Dude, I just finished my first Folding workunit. Obviously, I need to give it a slightly higher priority than it had.
They take a long time to complete, even if you give it max priority.
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
Hope, n.
The handmaiden of desperation; the opiate of despair; the illegible signpost on the road to perdition. ~~ da filth |
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
1383 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2005 : 18:03:56 [Permalink]
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| There is also another distributed computing project called Darwin@home (www.darwinathome.org). It seems to have a more general approach to evolution than evoultion@home does. |
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2005 : 20:09:19 [Permalink]
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Just wanted to bump this up. The SFN folding@home team could use some more people. Currently just Dave_W and I.
So, if anyone is looking to donate some computing time to a worthwhile project... sign up!
http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=42544
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
Hope, n.
The handmaiden of desperation; the opiate of despair; the illegible signpost on the road to perdition. ~~ da filth |
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
2998 Posts |
Posted - 05/16/2005 : 20:13:10 [Permalink]
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| I need to re-setup that up....I just bought an AMD 64 3200+ computer, so it can really crunch some numbers! |
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the_ignored
SFN Addict
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Posted - 05/17/2005 : 07:32:31 [Permalink]
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| How long after joining does it take for one to show up on the team page? I've got maybe 2% of the "molecule" folded. Maybe you don't show up until you've finished one? |
>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2005 : 09:29:34 [Permalink]
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I dunno. If it doesn't show after you finish one... check the team number you entered.
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
Hope, n.
The handmaiden of desperation; the opiate of despair; the illegible signpost on the road to perdition. ~~ da filth |
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the_ignored
SFN Addict
2562 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2005 : 17:20:47 [Permalink]
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I don't know what's going on; here's what I've got so far:
EDIT: according to their website, it may take a couple of days, I guess for one "work unit" to be done...
It says: Work Unit progress 52/25000, team number is 42544. |
>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
| Edited by - the_ignored on 05/17/2005 17:42:10 |
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