SR server has been unavailable since around 6:30PM (EDT) 1 Aug--about 2 hours. I'm feeling withdrawal pangs...

Hogwarts here (since my offspring has deigned to lend me the latest book). I've decided to change planet names, but post under my "own" login in the forums. I'll be away from computers toward the end of this round (yay, vacation), so it doesn't matter as much for stealth.

Well, I came into SR more than halfway through. I actually broke into the top 50 in prestige (#49) and in the 20's for population and credits. I made the top 10 for combats and agents, but my denominators were pretty small. Not bad for a beginner, though. I was playing CarTalk Central (Click-N-Clack...

I'm playing CarTalk Central. "Come on by and waste some of your time in the third half of our show."

Soon, I hope to find out the sabateurs on my little planet as well. I'm just training my first agents. Yep, I got sucked into SR, though rather late in this round, so I'm rather near the bottom of the ladder. Rather quite a lark, though. It *is* a bit maddening sometimes to have the 20-minute turns,...

Silverarg essentially restates my concerns: I do not have the expertise nor time to write a proper MS Windows compatible operating system with proper scheduling algorithms, so I make my choices of software that I can buy and hardware that's available to make a system that I can use today. My initial...

Having used both a Northwood core Pentium 4 2.4C HT 800 and an AMD Athlon XP 2500+ on my current setup, I will tell you that HyperThreading works much better in everyday tasks than it does on the charts and graphs. See also my own real-world comparison between reasonably high-end AMD and Intel HT s...

Ralf Hutter wrote:I usually put the tube of Ceramique in my pants pocket for a while prior to using it. It's easier to work with if it's warmed up a bit.

Ummm, ah, er....

On second thought, I'll omit my comment.

Recently, I noticed that one of my systems seemed to be waiting for a work unit before I expected it. Just for yucks, I looked at the log file: [12:43:03] Completed 174000 out of 200000 steps (87) [12:52:09] Quit 101 - Fatal error: [12:52:09] Step 174820, time 349.64 (ps) LINCS WARNING [12:52:09] re...

Delightful and wonderful. I notice that you have no shots of your number one (albeit four-legged) lab assistant. The acoustic measurement setup looks impressive. I actually followed your pointers for some equipment, but need frequency response beyond 35K, which gets into more specialized gear. Now, ...

Yeah me, once again (since I'm the only one who cares, and then not a toot's whistle more), I've moved into SPCR spot #8 (sorry Zhentar). My output's down quite a bit as my lab is moving buildings and I've had to shut several machines off during the transition. I should be back to middling in a coup...

Yahpo me. I just passed the 200K mark. I just had a beer to celebrate (Smutty Nose Winterweise).

Thanks, Tibors! I'll dig now to see how to use that option.

I would like to install FAH on a laptop, but want it running only when it's plugged into a wall socket. That is, I don't want it folding when running on batteries. Does anyone know of an automatic way of doing this? Yes, starting/stopping by hand would work, but can be a bit inconvenient (especially...

Yay me. #9 spot secured (for a while).

Watch out, Zhentar, only 23 days left.

I check my stats often, but the overtaking fun is definately gone. The upside is that with no threats, I have less desire to but more folding PCs. I feel similarly, though 'twill be a while before my lab gets more boxen (and a *looooong* time for me to get more personal machines). However, I feel a...

So the AthlonXP is out? You didn't mention. Someone said previously that it runs cooler than the Athlon64, so I wanted to consider it. Sorry, I have no direct knowledge and therefore (surprisingly) no opinion. See however, Anandtech's recent comparison of Doom3 on different CPUs . I hope the perfor...

So, I assume you prefer the Athlon64 over the XP? No. For certain situations (e.g., my newish home computer, and some lab computers), I've chosen the advantages of the AMD64. For other lab systems, where I have multiple, simultaneous, heavy-CPU intensive apps, I've chosen the advantages of the Inte...

Dac10012, in my opinion, you'll be fine with the downloading. I do a lot of big file transfers (100-500MB) across an internal network (100 Mb), so can fill up the network pipeline easily. Cable modems/DSL lines rarely run at full capacity due to latencies from the server end, and the top speeds adve...

dac10012, if you're on a T1 line and do a lot of downloading (that uses most/all your NIC's bandwidth), you may experience reduced system responsiveness based on my informal tests. Your other tasks will not significantly load your processor like mine do, so the A64 should be fine. Others will chime ...

So which processor would you choose, Athlon64 or XP? And what do you think about Prescott Hyperthreading or Athlon64 Hypertransport? Do either really improve multitasking or is it all Hype? See a couple of my posts here that directly address your question. Bottom line: it depends (of course). My ow...

[[Yes, I'm tootin' my own horn.]]

Yay me, again--breaking past 500 in overall folding (currently at 496).

Yay me, now (back) in 10th place for SPCR, just surpassing the late great Lockheed. (*pats self on back*)

Since I made the original post last night, I had started to lean toward the ARM foundation kit. One thing I couldn't tell is if the fan input holes have filters. They don't seem to (?)... is this something I should concern myself with at all (should I bother trying to custom fit some in)? Also, it ...

For desktop PC's I doubt you would really see any performance gain besides at boot-up and when loading a big app. Perhaps, but I would love to see a review with some real-world decriptions. If your system ends up swapping, or needs to dynamically load files during operation, etc., there could be a ...

As usual, I'll put in my word for the Matrox line *I*F you primarily do 2-D or pedestrian 3-D (no heavy Half-life or other fancy gaming that clock frames-per-second rendering). Excellent resolution, native DVI (for 550 and above; dual DVI for 650), passive cooling, and quite cool in any case. For ou...

It's my opinion that 51C idle is too hot. As you know, Intel P4 will throttle when on heat overload, to avoid completely melting. However, generally high temperature->shorter life and future stability issues. However, as you also know now, you must acheive the balance between heat and noise. Adjust ...

There's been quite a bit of chatter on solid-state drives in one form or another. A quick search of these forums reveals this thread that may answer your questions. Additional searches using "solid state" and/or "flash memory" will yield even more to read...

Random observation: I note with mixed distress and wonder that I am scheduled to be overtaken by the MorpheusCluster (of team AMD Development Center) in about a day, in the overall users list.