Interesting Races and Folders-on-the-Move

tragus · Post by **tragus** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 4:38 am

haysdb wrote: Ps. By "old guys" a mean "have been folding longer than me"

I resemble that remark.

I'm pleased to be back in the top 15 of folders for our team. I also note, with the new point system, that I may be back in the top 10 for points in a couple of months (sorry, Zhentar), and will theoretically pass Lockheed and mjrusso in three months. My threats are now all 9+ months out. I have a couple of Macs associated with our lab that I may be able to add, though I'd have to do a bit of arm twisting AND learn about these new-fangles Macs (!). Ahh, for the Lisa days....

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 10:04 am

tragus wrote:Ahh, for the Lisa days....

Boy, NOW you're really dating yourself!

I was working as a salesman for an Apple computer store when the Lisa was introduced. That was a l-o-n-g time ago!

David

DonP · Post by **DonP** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 3:29 pm

haysdb wrote:A few people are having MONSTER days today. With still one update remaining:
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DonP - 552 (24hr avg 288)
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What's most interesting to me is, with the exception of wgragg, these are all "old guys", guys that have been around for a long time, folding away quietly, not making a big deal out of their folding,..

Hey, I'm not that old!

Seriously though.. I haven;t changed a thing but I think it may have something to do with either:
1) new points system - I know I haven't bothered much to optimise my F@H clients (maybe a few.. but probably not) with -forceSSE and stuff.. not sure how the new points system would make me look better but maybe there is something I'm not seeing.
EDIT: I figured it out.. since I don't do -forceASM,SSE (or whatever it is) I don;t favour GROMACS.. and since some others deliberately dump tinkers my points used to be low.. now that tinkers are worth more then my hard work on the tinkers is getting more points
2) servers being down - I don;t know how common the servers being down is.. but I've seen it quite often - maybe we were just unlucky enough to have results queued for a server which was down and now suddenly they were delivered? dunno.

not giving me an "excuse" to mention their names here.

I'll give you an excuse.. didn;t want to make a big song and dance about it until I had my new toys delivered.. but soon.. very soon.. watch this space

PS It is kind of nice to get a mention

)

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 8:29 pm

DonP, -forcesse does not effect which work units you get. -advmethods is the only flag that influences assignment of work.

-forcesse should ALWAYS be used on Athlon processors.

There is NO downside to using -forcesse on these cpus. FAH really should default to using SSE on these cpu's, but it doesn't, so -forcesse is required to enable it. It will speed the processing of Gramacs by a factor of 2. It will not effect Tinkers in any way, since the Tinker core does not use SSE.

David

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 10:05 pm

Let's see, what's happened today or is on the verge of happening tomorrow...

wgragg is going to take over #6 from mas92264 within a day or two or three. This is particularly noteworthy because mas is SPCR's 3rd highest producer, i.e. not exactly the easiest target!

New members SThomas, Andy, DragonSlayer, and Sardaan have posted their first points for SPCR.

Lots of newish folders are making a splash (a splash of teal, that is) including AndrewC, mond, idealcrash, RedSnertz, MrRumble, DavidSteiner, quksilver, quietdragon, rmarotti, BubbaSlash, bidred, Fat_Bunny, and Xfinity.
AZBrandon is our lowest ranked

folder, which means he has no threats, only conquests. He is up to #140.

sonofdbn is doing well, with a 24hr average of 269. He is at #125.

shens (aka isp) is making good on his threats/promises to rise quickly through our ranks. He is now averaging 600+ points per day, is "brown" on the EOC stats pages, and is already up to #117, and rising quickly.

1911user and Hortalonas are closing in on the Top 100, at #104 and #105 respectively.

genetomcat is "brown", with a 666 point daily average. tomcat is up to #81.

Equiquay is approaching the Top 50, presently at #53.
D_Bailey is very very close to turning

. If it's gonna happen dude, I hope it happens quick, before Jason changes the cutoffs!

Douglas is up to #27.

CoolGav · Post by **CoolGav** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 11:56 pm

ColdFlame wrote:So you've got a nice chance to overtake me. My production will either come to a complete halt of I will just have 1 PC folding or at most 2.

Overnight I have managed to do just that. Its barely a lead at the moment, but the change in British weather is allowing to keep most of my PCs up and folding. Just as long as they don't drown!

Nice to see so many new people on the team getting to the teal colour. Onwards and upwards. I wonder who's the next wgragg???

isp · Post by **isp** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 4:42 am

Hortalonus is on the same rocket as me it appears...

Wanna race to 20k?

mas92264 · Post by **mas92264** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 5:28 am

wgragg is going to take over #6 from mas92264 within a day or two or three.

wgragg has done a great job, really posting some big points on the board over the last few days. I think the only reason that I was staying close to him in production for a few days prior, is that I must of had a better combination of wu's than him.

Oh well, on to miker and lockheed.

M

mas92264 · Post by **mas92264** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 5:31 am

BTW, where's Nullobject? Hasn't been around in a while.

Null?

M

DonP · Post by **DonP** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 10:37 am

haysdb wrote:DonP, -forcesse does not effect which work units you get. -advmethods is the only flag that influences assignment of work.

Sorry.. yeah, I meant -advmethods

I think what I said makes sense.. since I didn;t favour gromacs, a had more tinkers.. tinkers are now worht more.. ergo I;m getting more points.

Hortalonus · Post by **Hortalonus** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 1:39 pm

isp wrote:Hortalonus is on the same rocket as me it appears...

Wanna race to 20k?

Sure! Looks to be a tight race already.

Hortalonus · Post by **Hortalonus** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 6:38 pm

Woohoo! I'm in the top 100! Now it gets really fun...

sonofdbn · Post by **sonofdbn** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 7:10 pm

Congratulations, Hortalonus! I think I might make it to the team top 100 in about another month. If I'm kept out by newer, faster folders, so much the better! As long we overtake those Slacintosh users.....

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 12:02 am

bkh is very close to breaking 200K in total points.

199,739 at Stanford, so 200K will fall within hours. Congrats bkh!

dasman has received his 50,000 point certificate from Stanford.

Equiquay will be taking over #50 today.

Hortalonus has hurtled into the Top 100.

Pete Amer has been awarded his 10,000 point certificate from Stanford.

D_Bailey is

[Edit: Hope you saw it!

]

bkh · Post by **bkh** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:14 am

I'll have to console myself with the point total, because my standing in the team is going to drop drastically over the next couple months as the four horsemen go storming past.

peteamer · Post by **peteamer** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:23 am

BKH, very very slightly premature but...

CONGRATS on your 200K

Good work Soldier

Pete

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 10:06 pm

Cosine had a big day yesterday - 1283 points!

D_Bailey jumped 3 places yesterday, all the way up to #24

Buddabing has had three good days in a row. Looks like some new hardware to me.

genetomcat jumped 7 spots yesterday to #72. He's up 34 places on the week.

shen is up a whopping 55 places for the week, 6 yesterday, to #105. Looks like he could be #100 late today.

RedSnertz at #182 became "teal" yesterday.

Douglas Bailey · Post by **Douglas Bailey** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 10:57 pm

That was fun to be red for a little while, thanks for noticing.
Now I can strive to be brown some day (yuck, lol).

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Sat May 01, 2004 12:36 am

Congratulations to Frank_Condron for accomplishing a major milestone - 100K points.
[Anyone seeing this before the 0600 CST update, just be quiet, OK?

]

herosforumula reached 50K recently. Sorry I missed it.

Ben reach 10K yesterday.

my3ke (#100) exchanged his gray suit for a black one.

Pete_Amer is T-E-A-L

peteamer · Post by **peteamer** » Sat May 01, 2004 4:04 am

Pete_Amer is T-E-A-L

And back to Black again.

Which I wouldn't mind too much... except Lockheed who 'doesn't fold for us any more' ... is teal.

No complaints about Lockheed's points for the team, it just seems ironic

Well done everyone, keep up the Damn good work.

Pete

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Sat May 01, 2004 3:07 pm

Damn you guys, I have climbed to 8th place in the last 24 hours and nobody has said nuthin'.

.
Now you go and make me toot my own horn.

mas, you were 4 places ahead of me, and now all of a sudden I am "right behind you".

Edit: I spoke too soon. Zhentar is back in front of me, and between mas and myself.

David

mas92264 · Post by **mas92264** » Sat May 01, 2004 4:21 pm

Actually, I did notice. Hmm, sez I, David's in 8th place.

Oops, 9th (I know the feeling.)

Good job, David.

M

herosformula · Post by **herosformula** » Sun May 02, 2004 1:35 pm

Don't feel bad about missing my 50K, since I missed it as well. It is good to be noticed, however.

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Sun May 02, 2004 2:03 pm

herosformula wrote:Don't feel bad about missing my 50K, since I missed it as well. It is good to be noticed, however.

I haven't really been paying attention to the milestones in general. I need to do better in that regard. 50K should not be one that passes without anyone noticing. That represents a HUGE contribution to the F@H project, regardless of how long it took to get there.

David

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Sun May 02, 2004 10:33 pm

Welcome back Mr. C

shad0 has vaulted into the Top 100

olos will be joining the Top 100 later today.

Unbound leaped 26 places yesterday, up to #246. That's what one of those big Tinkers will do for you. Nothing for two weeks, and then BOOM.

AndrewC became TEAL with a 351 point day

chylld became TEAL with a 376 point day

sonofdbn boosted his 24hr average to 300 with a second 350 point day in a row

vortex222 has joined the 10,000 point club. Here is your certificate.

Hortalonus will be at 10K tomorrow, knarf242 in just 2 days, and Mikael_Strand in just 4 days.

Congratulations to all of you.

David

Shad0 · Post by **Shad0** » Sun May 02, 2004 11:47 pm

cool, I'm in top 100

feels good to be on 1st page

now let's see how high I can get

haysdb · Post by **haysdb** » Mon May 03, 2004 10:57 am

Jason has extended the Top 15 Producers list on the EOC Stats Team Summary page to 20.

This allows long time folders tragus and Frank_Condron, and newish members BMWBMW, Hortalonus, and shens to be recognized for their Top 20 status.

David

Ps.
Thanks Pete
Thanks Pete

tomcat · Post by **tomcat** » Mon May 03, 2004 11:47 am

hey, i'm in the top 15 too

Markus

Buddabing · Post by **Buddabing** » Mon May 03, 2004 12:46 pm

Buddabing has had three good days in a row. Looks like some new hardware to me.

I'm having some hardware problems on my home LAN. So my production will be hit-and-miss and will be generally lower until they're resolved.

Does a computer that is not turned on count as silent?

trodas · Post by **trodas** » Mon May 03, 2004 12:53 pm

Hmmm, I will be happy when I make it to the first 200, not 100, 20 or even 10

I need faster computer. A lot of faster computers