[Tfug] [tcslst] Folding Team Anniversary (fwd)

[Anthony Steckman]

I think a lot of the hard core folding fans are hardware people. Cranking 
through Work Units is one way of saying, "Haha! My computer is faster 
than yours!" 

None of that means anything to me. The fastest of my four PC's is a 700 
Mhz refurbished HP. I guess I started doing it just because it seemed 
like a shortcut to accomplishing something meaningful with my time.

Anyway, I do think it reflects well on TCS to be involved -- especially 
when we currently place 60th out of over 12,000 teams.

If TFUG wanted to put together a team, I would probably be willing to 
divide my processors between the two teams -- or maybe I'd create a 
seperate user name and run second copies of the software on each PC.

On the other hand, if there's not enough interest, it's not like it 
would hurt non-TCS TFUG members to help process a few WU for the TCS 
team. Keeping in mind that the processed data helps everyone -- and 
remembering that many open-minded people within the society are 
beginning to experiment with Open Source software -- I think what's 
good for TCS may turn out to be good for TFUG, too.  


+ I'm probably responding to some of what was said below:

. Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:15:30 -0700
. Subject: Re: [Tfug] [tcslst] Folding Team Anniversary (fwd)
. From: erich <erich@dakotacom.net>
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. Anthony,
.      
.       First of all. It's an interesting project, and can contribute to
. all of human society.
. 
.       If more TFUG members want to do it, it may gain us some favorable
. publicity. Is that what Tucson Computing Society is in it for? Is that
. what we want? Positive publicity? (Others chime in please.)
. 
.                                                            Cheers,
.                                                            Erich
. 
. 
. Anthony Steckman wrote:
. 
. >
. >Although TFUG could create it's own Folding Team...
. >
. >Those who could lend a little processing time might just as easily join 
. >the TCS team.
. >
. >You don't have to join the Society to join the Folding Team, and the 
. >software runs low priority so it won't interfere with whatever else 
. >you've got going on.
. >
. >The Linux version runs in console mode and couldn't be easier to 
. >install.
. >
. >The Team Number, again, is 883.
. >
. >Give it some time, or at least some consideration.
. >
. >Before you begin flaming me for posting 
. >SPAM or off-topic material, please review http://www.tfug.org/aup.html.
. >
. >
. >
. >---------- Forwarded message ----------
. >Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 20:03:32 -0000
. >Subject: [tcslst] Folding Team Anniversary
. >From: "Brad Becker <investmgmt@usa.net>" <investmgmt@usa.net>
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. >To: tcslst@yahoogroups.com
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. >
. >This week marks the first anniversary of our Folding @ Home team, 
. >part of a global distributed computing effort underway to find cures 
. >for various diseases.  40,000 points later (and some 14 years of 24/7 
. >computations) has placed the TCS in 60th place among the 12,000 or so 
. >teams.
. >
. >http://folding.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/searchteamstats
. >
. >The scope of the overall effort is quite amazing - 80,000 active 
. >computers producing the equivalent of 50 years of research in one day!
. >
. >Thanks goes out to all the TCS members who've contributed a few 
. >processor cycles in the effort.  You'll find everyone here:
. >
. >http://www.statsman.org/folding2stats/html/883.html
. >
. >To those who would like to know what it's all about please direct 
. >your browser to this location:
. >
. >http://folding.stanford.edu/
. >
. >Joining the TCS Folding Team is easy.  Download and launch the 
. >program, then right-click the icon on the task bar, click configure, 
. >then put in a user name and team number 883. Download the program 
. >here:
. >
. >http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html
. >
. >Points are awarded upon completion of a task, typically taking from 8 
. >to 36 hours depending on your processor's speed.  The TCS could be a 
. >formidable presence with all our members out there so please, give it 
. >a try!
. >
. >Brad Becker
. >
. >
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