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Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by Wildkow, Oct 13, 2006.

  1. jmccord

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Jeannie @ Feb 1 2007, 10:43 AM) [snapback]383862[/snapback]</div>
    Thank you.
    A big thanks to Wildkow too, for posting the information that led me to this project.
    After doing a bit of research on this computing project, I'll admit I was impressed. And now I'm proud to be a part of this worthy research. I've forwarded the info to a few friends, and can only hope that some of them will join in as well.
    In the meantime my little desktop will be doing its small part to save the world, and to keep team Priuschat moving up in the standings. :D
     
  2. Stev0

    Stev0 Honorary Hong Kong Cavalier

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bigdaddy @ Feb 2 2007, 08:25 AM) [snapback]384352[/snapback]</div>
    OK, I did that and it seems to be working fine...
     
  3. Sufferin' Prius Envy

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Wildkow @ Feb 4 2007, 03:36 AM) [snapback]385087[/snapback]</div>
    My guess:
    1) Bad math on your part.
    2) A WU crashed early on and you got a partial credit of four points.

    Did you set your verbosity to 9?
    If you did, you would be able to tell us what happened.

    Revisit my earlier post and utilize some of the suggestions on how to run your FAH more efficiently and keep better track of what it is doing:
    http://priuschat.com/index.php?s=&show...st&p=356481
     
  4. V8Cobrakid

    V8Cobrakid Green Handyman

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    i've been working on larger WU's. Each has been over 20,000 frames. Some only take 15 seconds per frame but when i'm using my computer they tend to run around 30 to 40 seconds per frame.
     
  5. Sufferin' Prius Envy

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(V8Cobrakid @ Feb 4 2007, 07:21 PM) [snapback]385358[/snapback]</div>
    If you set the FAH program's priority properly, it will get out of the way and not bog down what you are working on. From what you say, it sound like it is working as it should. Otherwise, the FAH program would take as many processor cycles as it can get and you would get mad at how slow your computer runs . . . and cause you to possibly delete the FAH program . . . . something the folks at Stanford would dearly love you not to do.

    Don't complain about how long it takes your machine to crunch a frame . . . consider how many points (credit) the WU is worth as a whole and how long it takes your machine to finish.

    Go here and see how much your WU is worth.
    http://vspx27.stanford.edu/psummaryC.html

    Some WUs have garnered me over 400 points per day, others as low as 81ppd. You just can't tell much by how long it takes to finish an individual frame. ;)
     
  6. Wildkow

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Stev0 @ Feb 4 2007, 10:14 AM) [snapback]385158[/snapback]</div>
    Stev0

    Try Electron Microscope III it has a viewer also and I think you will like it! :D http://www.hardfolding.com/index.php?go=8

    Wildkow
     
  7. Jeannie

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Stev0 @ Feb 4 2007, 01:14 PM) [snapback]385158[/snapback]</div>
    Well, you're now showing up in the statistics as a member of our PriusChat team - welcome!
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Jeannie @ Jan 24 2007, 07:00 AM) [snapback]379966[/snapback]</div>
    Got 4 desktops working in my classroom 24/7, so I'm hoping to do some more climbing over the next few months. I'll take a serious drop over the summer as all my computers are packed up and turned off, though!
     
  9. nerfer

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    Woohoo, just got into the top 25% of folders (rank of 149K out of 604K). Not bad considering I normally turn off my computer when going home, and always off on weekends. Of course, that does include people who dropped out or perhaps signed back in with another name and abandoned the old one, but I'll take my achievements where I can. I grabbed my #10 spot on the Priuschat team back from George, but I have a feeling it won't last long.

    I see Priuschat is at about the 5% mark of all teams - not too shabby! B) (Ahead of Princeton, Pringles and many other pri-teams, including priusonline).
     
  10. Sufferin' Prius Envy

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    I'm #2, I'm #2!!!!!

    Yippie!!!! Finally I'm #2!!!!!! :D

    <div class='htmltop'>HTML</div><div class='htmlmain'>Team members
    Rank (within team) User Score WU
    1 GeologyRox/Karen 27634 139
    2 abode 18930 53
    3 bwiederholt 18835 82
    4 tcooper185 15438 76
    5 Danny 11194 56</div>
    http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.p...p;teamnum=52533

    OK, I do realize that second place is actually first loser, but hey, it was a long way from 11th place. ;)

    I think there is little chance of me taking over the #1 spot from GeologyRox/Karen. Her computer farm is apparently down to only two machines at the present time, but my lone machine still would have quite the fight on its hands.

    It looks like bwiederholt and I will be swapping second place for some time . . . until tcooper185 inevitably closes the gap with his four-computer farm, or someone else with some heavy iron comes along. All it would take is Play Station 3 with the GPU crunching F@H for a couple of days and we all would be left in the dust. :unsure: :eek: :blink:
     
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    I would have another 4 CPUs (two computers) cranking out WUs, but those stations don't have internet access very often. I asked around in their forums if there was any way to reactivate the queue feature, but the resounding opinion was that I should use those computers for some other distributed computing project. I think I ended up with climateprediction.net - not nearly as competitive or quick, but pretty cool to watch a model come together. Maybe when the current batch of models gets done I'll work out a way to allow the machines regular enough access to work for PC again. Regardless, thanks to all who participate =)
     
  12. Jeannie

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    Well, I'm still hanging out at #9 in the team rankings, but I've broken into the top 100,000 contributors with my single computer.

    But our team is doing awesomely well - our rank is 2,161 and we should break the 2,000 mark within a month. Keep up the good work, everyone!
     
  13. bigdaddy

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    Ugh. I'm sinking fast, you all are folding like mad-people!

    As for the PS3, the folding client for the PS3 machine is rumoured to be out next month. Here are the PS3 threads on the stanford discussion list: http://forum.folding-community.org/forum55,ps3-client.html I'm PriusDaddy over on those boards. I hope we get the client soon, but I'm ok playing Resistance and Madden football until it comes.

    Here is a question that I think someone else had earlier. But I've not seen an answer. What's with all the small WU points? I've received 10, 70, and 56 for 3 out of my last 4 WUs. On my other team, I've even gotten a 4. Maybe I've been slow on returning some high priority WUs?

    Go team PriusChat! You all are doing great and love to see all of the new members...
     
  14. Sufferin' Prius Envy

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bigdaddy @ Feb 19 2007, 03:56 PM) [snapback]393018[/snapback]</div>
    I doubt you have been slow returning "high priority"(?) WUs . . . but one thing for sure, you aren't giving us enough information to help solve your problem.

    First, there are no 10, 70, or 56 point WUs I know of.

    Check here for what is currently being dished out by the FAH server:
    http://vspx27.stanford.edu/psummaryC.html

    So, I am guessing you have a computer that is having problems and shutting down the WU early and you are only getting partial credit.

    Go here on you computer and find which WU numbers you recently crunched.
    file:///C:/Program%20Files/Folding@Home/FAHlog-Prev.txt
    and
    file:///C:/Program%20Files/Folding@Home/FAHlog.txt

    If you have invoked the -verbosity9 argument during FAH launch, you will see all information which was available to be recorded in the log.

    Second, go back and read my previous post to see how it's done . . . along with -advmethods and Big WUs . . . if you wish to get the most out of your computer while it is FAH:
    http://priuschat.com/index.php?s=&show...st&p=356481
     
  15. bigdaddy

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Sufferin' Prius Envy @ Feb 19 2007, 11:33 PM) [snapback]393114[/snapback]</div>
    I do genetic programming research and distributed programming, and I'm sucking the ever living life out of every machine around me when I crank up one of my projects. Around the time that I received all of the small work credits, I was implementing the ability to ship java objects across machines, and I was playing around with thread and process priorities. I'm pretty sure that had something to do with it, but I'll check the Folding FAQs to see how partial credits are calculated. I looked in my logs and see that the folding clients were having a tough time calling home and returning work units, I'm now thinking only partial results were returned home...
     
  16. Wildkow

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bigdaddy @ Feb 19 2007, 03:56 PM) [snapback]393018[/snapback]</div>
    Oh crap! You guys now have 20 members and your complaing about 4-70 points for underachieving WU's?!? Your handle should be bigcrybabydaddy! I have gotten 1 point for several WU's that I have done so the worst you have garnered is 4 times the points!

    Hmmmmmm, so your PS3 software comes out in the next month?!? Now I am worried that my challenge is going to fail before the end of 2007! I believe that I will petition for lower points to be allocated for WU's crunched by PS3's.

    Wildkow

    p.s. You may think I'm jealous of your PS3 status but I assure you I am not Not NOT! Sigh, what can I do to make my wife realized the importance and desirability of owning a PS3? The trip to Paris didn’t seem to loosen her up one bit.

    p.p.s. New Members, please consider using team number 304 as an alternative to team number 52533. We are just poor simple folks that can't afford expensive bourgeois equipment like PS3's so have pity and help a poor underdog beat the Bourgeoisie. Won't you?
     
  17. bigdaddy

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Wildkow @ Feb 21 2007, 05:57 PM) [snapback]394209[/snapback]</div>
    Have some cake and relax! By the way, I read someplace that the PS3 goes to 11 (or is that -verbosity11 ?)!
     
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    Okay, I just joined.
     
  19. Sufferin' Prius Envy

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bigdaddy @ Feb 21 2007, 03:58 PM) [snapback]394252[/snapback]</div>
    Thanks for the warning.

    If it is going to be one louder than ten, I'm sure I don't want a PS3 running during the summer months. :lol:
    My current machine is already loud enough trying to keep itself cool when the room is already warm . . . I think I'll upgrade my CPU cooler to a Thermalright HR-1 before the summer. I don't want to spend another six months with a noisy computer. <_<
    http://www.thermalright.com/a_page/main_product_hr01_k8.htm

    But, on the other hand, if 11 on a PS3 equates into heating my office room one degree warmer in the winter, I just may have to get me a PS3 as my winter FAH folder and office heater. Running at 11, I'd be able to keep the central heat off - even on those cold 50 degree California winter days. :p :lol:

    But if 11 refers to louder . . . I'd have to turn it off during the summer months. :(
     
  20. Jeannie

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(AnOldHouse @ Feb 21 2007, 10:35 PM) [snapback]394340[/snapback]</div>
    Welcome!