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You see this is an appeal for you to join www.find-a-drug.co.uk You might have heard about SETI@home, you know the thing where a program runs in the background using your unused processing power to scan data from a satellite dish.
Well FAD is similar in operation, except that instead of looking for aliens it looks for molecules and proteins that can be targeted for further research and stuff in finding a cure for cancer.
I have been running distributed computing projects for over a year now.
It doesn't require much effort, you download a small program and a work unit (WU). Then the program runs in the background just processing. When it finishes that WU it moves on to the next in the queue of 2 or 3 that you download every so often from the net. When it is finished it gets sent back to FAD.
The program doesn't cause slowdown, it only uses unused power, as whenever you do anything else like type a letter it lets you do that and then starts processing again. After all other than in video editing or really high powered games you only ever use an average of 10% or so of your computers capacity. So why don't you donate it to a good cause?
FAD has several ongoing projects. Currently these are cancer, HIV, malaria, multiple sclerosis, SARS and bio terrorism antidotes.
If you do decide to join, I have now created a Special Reserve team. The team number for entering on the setup screen is 2072. So come on join up. So far there is 13 of us in the team. Out of 147 teams, Special Reserve is ranked 54. There is even a linux version now.
One day our efforts could make a difference. Imagine the lives that could be saved. In Britain, 1 in 3 people get cancer. Over a million people a year die in developing countries from Malaria, 3 times as many as AIDS kills. Even so, HIV is at epidemic levels and kills 100,000s a year all around the world. 40 million people in Africa have HIV, and in time it will kill them all.
This project doesn't require anything much of you, all you have to do run the program in the background. You can help to make a difference. It all builds up, just from lots of people running this. So far nearly 4,000 years worth of computer time has been spent scanning 27.62 billion moleculules.
There have been successes in finding growth inhibitors on several occasions in several areas. So come on, join us and help save the world.
Well FAD is similar in operation, except that instead of looking for aliens it looks for molecules and proteins that can be targeted for further research and stuff in finding a cure for cancer.
I have been running distributed computing projects for over a year now.
It doesn't require much effort, you download a small program and a work unit (WU). Then the program runs in the background just processing. When it finishes that WU it moves on to the next in the queue of 2 or 3 that you download every so often from the net. When it is finished it gets sent back to FAD.
The program doesn't cause slowdown, it only uses unused power, as whenever you do anything else like type a letter it lets you do that and then starts processing again. After all other than in video editing or really high powered games you only ever use an average of 10% or so of your computers capacity. So why don't you donate it to a good cause?
FAD has several ongoing projects. Currently these are cancer, HIV, malaria, multiple sclerosis, SARS and bio terrorism antidotes.
If you do decide to join, I have now created a Special Reserve team. The team number for entering on the setup screen is 2072. So come on join up. So far there is 13 of us in the team. Out of 147 teams, Special Reserve is ranked 54. There is even a linux version now.
One day our efforts could make a difference. Imagine the lives that could be saved. In Britain, 1 in 3 people get cancer. Over a million people a year die in developing countries from Malaria, 3 times as many as AIDS kills. Even so, HIV is at epidemic levels and kills 100,000s a year all around the world. 40 million people in Africa have HIV, and in time it will kill them all.
This project doesn't require anything much of you, all you have to do run the program in the background. You can help to make a difference. It all builds up, just from lots of people running this. So far nearly 4,000 years worth of computer time has been spent scanning 27.62 billion moleculules.
There have been successes in finding growth inhibitors on several occasions in several areas. So come on, join us and help save the world.
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lcarus wrote:
> Wow, I did quite a lot of jobs in realtively little time. Impressive.
I know, quite a lot of fast jobs back then. You don't suit red :-(
> Wow, I did quite a lot of jobs in realtively little time. Impressive.
I know, quite a lot of fast jobs back then. You don't suit red :-(
Notorious Biggles wrote:
> Huge dump by Aoe earlier on. Over 34 days worth of time and 629,000
> GFLOPS.
:D
I realised that my firewall was blocking FAD from sending stuff automatically and thought I best send everything manually. So I did. Got another certificate :D
> Also overtook the Finns and are back up to 53rd, with AMD Zone in
> sight.
Yay :-D
> Huge dump by Aoe earlier on. Over 34 days worth of time and 629,000
> GFLOPS.
:D
I realised that my firewall was blocking FAD from sending stuff automatically and thought I best send everything manually. So I did. Got another certificate :D
> Also overtook the Finns and are back up to 53rd, with AMD Zone in
> sight.
Yay :-D
Wow, I did quite a lot of jobs in realtively little time. Impressive.
Huge dump by Aoe earlier on. Over 34 days worth of time and 629,000 GFLOPS.
Also overtook the Finns and are back up to 53rd, with AMD Zone in sight.
Also overtook the Finns and are back up to 53rd, with AMD Zone in sight.
Notorious Biggles wrote:
> Another name change?! You've almost had as many names as I have had
> coffees. Well the team should get a bit of a boost at the next stats
> update if Cyclone and Bob joined the team. Part of me is sad to slip
> down the stats, part of me is happy that there is more work getting
> done. There has certainly been a fair few new users lately.
>
> I've also raised my output a tad. Yes, I do infact have FAD running
> on my P2 300 MHz file server. It get's a rating of a whopping 23. I
> only run Proteome on it. I do however have a new (well...) processor
> on the way to use in an old board, so as I can retire the P2, at
> least until the next time I feel an urge to boost my CPU time stats.
> It's a Duron 900.
>
> My goal is to keep SR production above 1 million GFLOPS a week.
Well not really a new name, I was a Vash before (I think) but I added the 'u' because that's how the Japanese tend to pronounce the name, so did my ex. :) Still not as bad as those who change it an awful lot on MSN, I mean come on who the hell am I talking to if your name is "Live in your world... play in ours" or "Every archaeological problem starts as a problem in geoarchaeology - Colin Renfrew" actually the last one I know as she's an archaeology student I talk to but still ;P I'd imagine the forums would get very very very confusing if everyone changed their username every so often :)
I didn't know whether to be competitive with FAD, as it's all for an important cause but still I can't help be competitive and want to do better than others and want to push my team up. Unfortunately my team can't go any higher and I won't match those at the top so there's little drive for me compared to in SR. Still they have an okay website, could have been better though.
If Aoe starts again and VenomByte and Unknown kernal was it? Sort out there connection problems or whatever then the team will start to do really well.
Maybe you can start a new thread or edit this one turn the site address into a link now, maybe lots of FAQ like you did with the Xbox turn it into a real Special Reserve team effort a new title "Help fight cancer - Join Special Reserve FAD team" that would get attention. The maybe provide a weekly stats update so then people can look in this thread rather than go to the website and go through those pages to get to our team stats. Obviously you can do it in a better way than this :) Just a few ideas to try and attract people to be part of the team, something special. You don't really need a website if you keep updating this thread like one.
352 Biggles;1 13531536Gflops 1109Jobs 65119Hits 10915575Mol 495.69days
981 VenomByte 4318528Gflops 220Jobs 14072Hits 2172609Mol 115.04days
1288 Ortega 2845688Gflops 128Jobs 12351Hits 1260339Mol 112.03days
1548 unknown ker.. 2154576Gflops 98Jobs 6884Hits 973337Mol 80.50days
1600 Aoe. 2037648Gflops 171Jobs 21801Hits 1680233Mol 106.23days
1901 YH / Ingsy 1518976Gflops 74Jobs 8113Hits 729176Mol 123.41days
2453 Cid Vilante 873600Gflops 49Jobs 2658Hits 483926Mol 33.51days
2546 UrkiE 807696Gflops 38Jobs 557Hits 367451Mol 23.85days
2814 -DiG- 642528Gflops 26Jobs 1390Hits 258242Mol 22.51days
3027 NImco 528256Gflops 34Jobs 1245Hits 330278Mol 15.76days
3678 UrkiE-UK 303168Gflops 53Jobs 1940Hits 522812Mol 10.08days
4411 Tigamilla 165424Gflops 29Jobs 584Hits 288372Mol 7.75days
4814 Buck1 115912Gflops 5Jobs 593Hits 49972Mol 19.87days
5625 Hedfix 48048Gflops 6Jobs 34Hits 59161Mol 9.85days
5668 CRAIG;1 45816Gflops 4Jobs 244Hits 39626Mol 1.81days[/B]
5698 Chris Leadbetter 44624Gflops 5Jobs 127Hits 48696Mol 2.22days
5972 Pooch 31512Gflops 3Jobs 265Hits 29693Mol 1.82days
6105 Icarus 26456Gflops 14Jobs 92Hits 139738Mol 1.14days
6121 WookieeMonster 25944Gflops 2Jobs 133Hits 19457Mol 1.26days
7498 Idlewild 528Gflops 1Jobs 0Hits 9378Mol 0.31days
(bold means they've either quit, forgot about it or can't run at the moment for whatever reason)
Damn if they only did different colours, well I'm sure there must be a way to show stats, really just looks like a mess at the moment.
Just checked the stats Special Reserve is down to 54 now, 55 tomorrow I'd imagine, damn, there's just too many Italians. The Finnish and Druglords should be over taken though and about 10 others eventually.
> Another name change?! You've almost had as many names as I have had
> coffees. Well the team should get a bit of a boost at the next stats
> update if Cyclone and Bob joined the team. Part of me is sad to slip
> down the stats, part of me is happy that there is more work getting
> done. There has certainly been a fair few new users lately.
>
> I've also raised my output a tad. Yes, I do infact have FAD running
> on my P2 300 MHz file server. It get's a rating of a whopping 23. I
> only run Proteome on it. I do however have a new (well...) processor
> on the way to use in an old board, so as I can retire the P2, at
> least until the next time I feel an urge to boost my CPU time stats.
> It's a Duron 900.
>
> My goal is to keep SR production above 1 million GFLOPS a week.
Well not really a new name, I was a Vash before (I think) but I added the 'u' because that's how the Japanese tend to pronounce the name, so did my ex. :) Still not as bad as those who change it an awful lot on MSN, I mean come on who the hell am I talking to if your name is "Live in your world... play in ours" or "Every archaeological problem starts as a problem in geoarchaeology - Colin Renfrew" actually the last one I know as she's an archaeology student I talk to but still ;P I'd imagine the forums would get very very very confusing if everyone changed their username every so often :)
I didn't know whether to be competitive with FAD, as it's all for an important cause but still I can't help be competitive and want to do better than others and want to push my team up. Unfortunately my team can't go any higher and I won't match those at the top so there's little drive for me compared to in SR. Still they have an okay website, could have been better though.
If Aoe starts again and VenomByte and Unknown kernal was it? Sort out there connection problems or whatever then the team will start to do really well.
Maybe you can start a new thread or edit this one turn the site address into a link now, maybe lots of FAQ like you did with the Xbox turn it into a real Special Reserve team effort a new title "Help fight cancer - Join Special Reserve FAD team" that would get attention. The maybe provide a weekly stats update so then people can look in this thread rather than go to the website and go through those pages to get to our team stats. Obviously you can do it in a better way than this :) Just a few ideas to try and attract people to be part of the team, something special. You don't really need a website if you keep updating this thread like one.
352 Biggles;1 13531536Gflops 1109Jobs 65119Hits 10915575Mol 495.69days
981 VenomByte 4318528Gflops 220Jobs 14072Hits 2172609Mol 115.04days
1288 Ortega 2845688Gflops 128Jobs 12351Hits 1260339Mol 112.03days
1548 unknown ker.. 2154576Gflops 98Jobs 6884Hits 973337Mol 80.50days
1600 Aoe. 2037648Gflops 171Jobs 21801Hits 1680233Mol 106.23days
1901 YH / Ingsy 1518976Gflops 74Jobs 8113Hits 729176Mol 123.41days
2453 Cid Vilante 873600Gflops 49Jobs 2658Hits 483926Mol 33.51days
2546 UrkiE 807696Gflops 38Jobs 557Hits 367451Mol 23.85days
2814 -DiG- 642528Gflops 26Jobs 1390Hits 258242Mol 22.51days
3027 NImco 528256Gflops 34Jobs 1245Hits 330278Mol 15.76days
3678 UrkiE-UK 303168Gflops 53Jobs 1940Hits 522812Mol 10.08days
4411 Tigamilla 165424Gflops 29Jobs 584Hits 288372Mol 7.75days
4814 Buck1 115912Gflops 5Jobs 593Hits 49972Mol 19.87days
5625 Hedfix 48048Gflops 6Jobs 34Hits 59161Mol 9.85days
5668 CRAIG;1 45816Gflops 4Jobs 244Hits 39626Mol 1.81days[/B]
5698 Chris Leadbetter 44624Gflops 5Jobs 127Hits 48696Mol 2.22days
5972 Pooch 31512Gflops 3Jobs 265Hits 29693Mol 1.82days
6105 Icarus 26456Gflops 14Jobs 92Hits 139738Mol 1.14days
6121 WookieeMonster 25944Gflops 2Jobs 133Hits 19457Mol 1.26days
7498 Idlewild 528Gflops 1Jobs 0Hits 9378Mol 0.31days
(bold means they've either quit, forgot about it or can't run at the moment for whatever reason)
Damn if they only did different colours, well I'm sure there must be a way to show stats, really just looks like a mess at the moment.
Just checked the stats Special Reserve is down to 54 now, 55 tomorrow I'd imagine, damn, there's just too many Italians. The Finnish and Druglords should be over taken though and about 10 others eventually.
My FAD just fecked up... *reinstalls*
Another name change?! You've almost had as many names as I have had coffees. Well the team should get a bit of a boost at the next stats update if Cyclone and Bob joined the team. Part of me is sad to slip down the stats, part of me is happy that there is more work getting done. There has certainly been a fair few new users lately.
I've also raised my output a tad. Yes, I do infact have FAD running on my P2 300 MHz file server. It get's a rating of a whopping 23. I only run Proteome on it. I do however have a new (well...) processor on the way to use in an old board, so as I can retire the P2, at least until the next time I feel an urge to boost my CPU time stats. It's a Duron 900.
My goal is to keep SR production above 1 million GFLOPS a week.
I've also raised my output a tad. Yes, I do infact have FAD running on my P2 300 MHz file server. It get's a rating of a whopping 23. I only run Proteome on it. I do however have a new (well...) processor on the way to use in an old board, so as I can retire the P2, at least until the next time I feel an urge to boost my CPU time stats. It's a Duron 900.
My goal is to keep SR production above 1 million GFLOPS a week.
Notorious Biggles wrote:
> Update time.
>
> We've been plugging away through a series of eight cancer targets,
> all called 1Txx-Q1. 1T79-Q1 and 1T7F-Q1 are currently active. 1T79
> however ought to finish within the next 24 hours. 1T7M, 1T7R and 1T7T
> have all been run and finished already. There is also a new-ish HIV
> target, 1WMS-Q1, which is running fairly fast. At least in comparison
> to the 1HYV-Q3 jobs.
>
> Sadly Fooly Cooly decided to quit our team and move to team Phoenix
> :-(
> That moved us down a place in the stats, back to 53rd, with teams 55
> and 56 being two long-established-but-only-recently-big-hitters teams
> from Italy producing over 11 million GFLOPS each in the past week,
> we'll soon slip down to at least 55th.
The new HIV is almost 1/2 done, haven't had any of those yet, just gave each computer a ton of Proteome to do. Might give 1OZP-Q1 a go too.
Well it's a shame to leave but then I'm sure I'll be back, these teammates have far more computers than me, it's a shame they have a lot of quiters too. SR has been losing some too or people not being able to run the program anymore. My computers doing alright though I wished I could keep the other computer going 24/7 then I would be doing a hell of a lot more but my brother is having a week off and he tends to keep it off. Must hurry and get two new computers :)
Sucks about the two teams catching up, they're bringing in far too much to keep them at bay, some members have up to 20 computers so no way to compete with that :) when SR passes all the smaller ones it should get to position late 30s. Hopefully some new members will join and help out (or old) Wont be long till I get my 100 jobs 10,000 hits 1,000,000 Gflops, 1,000,000 molecules but still no certificates yet :)
> Update time.
>
> We've been plugging away through a series of eight cancer targets,
> all called 1Txx-Q1. 1T79-Q1 and 1T7F-Q1 are currently active. 1T79
> however ought to finish within the next 24 hours. 1T7M, 1T7R and 1T7T
> have all been run and finished already. There is also a new-ish HIV
> target, 1WMS-Q1, which is running fairly fast. At least in comparison
> to the 1HYV-Q3 jobs.
>
> Sadly Fooly Cooly decided to quit our team and move to team Phoenix
> :-(
> That moved us down a place in the stats, back to 53rd, with teams 55
> and 56 being two long-established-but-only-recently-big-hitters teams
> from Italy producing over 11 million GFLOPS each in the past week,
> we'll soon slip down to at least 55th.
The new HIV is almost 1/2 done, haven't had any of those yet, just gave each computer a ton of Proteome to do. Might give 1OZP-Q1 a go too.
Well it's a shame to leave but then I'm sure I'll be back, these teammates have far more computers than me, it's a shame they have a lot of quiters too. SR has been losing some too or people not being able to run the program anymore. My computers doing alright though I wished I could keep the other computer going 24/7 then I would be doing a hell of a lot more but my brother is having a week off and he tends to keep it off. Must hurry and get two new computers :)
Sucks about the two teams catching up, they're bringing in far too much to keep them at bay, some members have up to 20 computers so no way to compete with that :) when SR passes all the smaller ones it should get to position late 30s. Hopefully some new members will join and help out (or old) Wont be long till I get my 100 jobs 10,000 hits 1,000,000 Gflops, 1,000,000 molecules but still no certificates yet :)
No worries, I realised that from your thread in the PC forum a while back.
Bit of advice regarding fans - don't get PCI slot type exhaust fans. They are more inefficient and die quicker than a normal 80 mm fan. Which you can normally fit at least one of at the back and front of a normal case.
Bit of advice regarding fans - don't get PCI slot type exhaust fans. They are more inefficient and die quicker than a normal 80 mm fan. Which you can normally fit at least one of at the back and front of a normal case.
I'm sorry but i've recently not been using think.
My CPU had been running at around 70-80 degrees for god knows how long ( I only realised you can measure the temp the other week!) I'm running it (AMD XP 1800) at only 1ghz at the moment to keep it cool.
Mostly down to pretty much every fan in my PC being knackered. (exaust, cpu cooler and graphics card)
I may start using it again after i get a new exaust.
My CPU had been running at around 70-80 degrees for god knows how long ( I only realised you can measure the temp the other week!) I'm running it (AMD XP 1800) at only 1ghz at the moment to keep it cool.
Mostly down to pretty much every fan in my PC being knackered. (exaust, cpu cooler and graphics card)
I may start using it again after i get a new exaust.
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