Folding@Home Weekly Team News - 15th February 2009

[rich99million]

Team OcUK Folding@Home News 8th - 15th February 2009

Current Team Position: 30th
Current Team Score: 173,704,952
Crunched This Week: 2,607,995 (24hr avg. 372,571)
Change from Last Week: +574,747 (+28.3%)


Next on the stomping horizon

13. SAGoons - 4,958 days (new)
23. DSL Reports Team Helix - 1,295 days (new)
16. 2CPU.com Folding@Home - 1,239 days (-2,237 days)
22. Team Engadget - 784 days (new)
28. ABXZone.com - 55 days (-159 days)


Ones to keep an eye on

31. Hardware.no - 37 days (-1 days)
44. Taiwan Team - 109 days (-23 days)
50. Team FTL - 162 days (+36 days)
41. PC Games Hardware - 195 days (new)
40. Team XPS - Folding@Home - 264 days (+71 days)

We are currently at 32nd for team production - up a massive 8 places from last week!


This Week's Active Crunchers

1 . KE1HA - 328,413
2 . AtaRo - 153,362
3 . sculptor(OcUK) - 138,318
4 . magman - 131,509
5 . Whitestar (LigerZero) - 98,790
6 . JonJ - 91,357
7 . Senture - 87,191
8 . [OcUK]_Delboy - 84,964
9 . vertica - 79,522
10 . Milky^ - 76,728
11 . Biffa - 74,591
12 . Louis_Y - 69,173
13 . snapsh0t_too - 66,089
14 . TomO - 59,154
15 . oceaness - 47,564
16 . rich99million - 45,427
17 . Sir-Les-MP - 43,531
18 . Bigstan - 39,231
19 . diogenese - 39,097
20 . polandro - 38,805
21 . Emilystoodinsomedogdootoday - 37,400
22 . Peter439921 - 36,297
23 . KillBoY_UK - 33,730
24 . snapsh0t - 33,280
25 . AnthonyD1967 - 32,016
26 . lightning512 - 30,718
27 . lemonman - 30,376
28 . verbal - 29,140
29 . Leon_Webster - 26,600
30 . _Viking_ - 26,222
31 . Borged_by_MGP - 25,281
32 . Nebzor - 25,121
33 . GIxerBoy75 - 23,699
34 . Team_Muck_Spreader - 23,065
35 . Gazzza - 23,040
36 . ChrissyT88 - 23,006
37 . A_N_Other - 17,887
38 . Pilgrim57 - 17,477

39 . Rincin - 14,303
40 . wilderbeast - 14,137
41 . toka - 13,568
42 . EternalMovement - 12,932
43 . DjSoulshot - 12,785
44 . rockstar_wild - 12,384
45 . Rapc - 11,012
46 . Kalsius - 10,970
47 . Silent_Bob - 10,944
48 . Pumpkinstew - 10,114
49 . Huddy - 9,870
50 . WobblerJW - 9,202
51 . Psymonkee - 7,014
52 . Andy_113 - 6,945
53 . hikaru452 - 6,831
54 . Mattus - 6,816
55 . Poolybit - 6,775
56 . Dougiebabe2003 - 6,320
57 . xZIBIT - 5,986
58 . BlueAngel - 5,787
59 . sideburns - 4,960
60 . ed79 - 4,535
61 . KALIBR(OcUK) - 3,908
62 . Ev3nt_Horizon - 3,690
63 . ShaneOsborne - 3,620
64 . vent - 3,620
65 . hayat - 3,459
66 . Freefaller - 3,439
67 . ms9cw - 3,311
68 . adamsalem2k - 3,264
69 . akubito - 3,212
70 . Amorphia2008 - 3,085

71 . jeremysmith123 - 2,993
72 . _Berserker_ - 2,940
73 . Alex511436 - 2,916
74 . JamesM - 2,760
75 . casale - 2,674
76 . cdc1979 - 2,663
77 . Praxyis - 2,653
78 . Pyr0maniac - 2,558
79 . FatRakoon - 2,495
80 . davejuk - 2,436
81 . *Energize* - 2,369
82 . WoZZeR - 2,165
83 . SpiroTris - 2,154
84 . Unforgiven - 2,112
85 . Nationwide_Access - 1,943
86 . Psycho_Sonny - 1,810
87 . Saetia - 1,810
88 . stutheterrorist - 1,810
89 . Jaywood0416 - 1,770
90 . Hai - 1,601
91 . A.K. - 1,443
92 . iBot - 1,355
93 . mako - 1,259
94 . 310P - 1,250
95 . mark001282 - 1,248
96 . Babyface_UK - 1,130
97 . MartinBen - 1,059

98 . 2bullish - 905
99 . Benhb - 905
100 . Moid_UK - 905
101 . nokinidea - 905
102 . xyphic - 905
103 . Naudiz - 900
104 . Chris_Davison - 895
105 . Jagman2k - 895
106 . solarisfireball - 895
107 . FTW - 890
108 . monkeygremlin - 864
109 . zErO - 773
110 . N19h7m4r3 - 764
111 . hu-sai - 746
112 . viruskilla - 682
113 . Bonjour - 675
114 . Dean_Vile - 675
115 . Kerto - 675
116 . Balor - 667
117 . lukevivian - 636
118 . JoeH - 574
119 . Beansprout - 548
120 . zenkohdo - 529
121 . Hamza - 511
122 . Cameron - 450
123 . Ranger07 - 450
124 . freestyler - 438
125 . benjo1989 - 401
126 . br - 401
127 . sorin - 401
128 . Steevo38_(OcUK) - 384
129 . BladeRunn3r - 359
130 . 23Stones - 353
131 . Brian_8800_GTX_SLI - 353
132 . Framk_Grimes - 353
133 . feriso - 340
134 . Rossrlg - 292
135 . SiriusB_[OcUK] - 292
136 . Diaresi - 257
137 . CRisTIaNHiKArU - 255
138 . Jobey292 - 251
139 . NOIR - 251
140 . Billy - 247
141 . Sweetcure - 244
142 . BigDannyO - 225
143 . cristi - 225
144 . deej - 225
145 . waxapple - 225
146 . thefear - 215
147 . thereexistsolutionsanddesigns - 200
148 . Guy - 110
149 . Mikelio - 110
150 . blitz2163 - 24


Single Machine Folding League

Colour Key: Single Core, Dual Core/*=GPU assisted, Quad Core/*=GPU assisted, PS3/*=GPU only, Unclarified

1 . vertica* - 79,522
2 . Milky^* - 76,728
3 . Louis_Y* - 69,173
4 . TomO* - 59,154
5 . oceaness* - 47,564
6 . rich99million* - 45,427
7 . Sir-Les-MP* - 43,531
8 . Bigstan* - 39,231
9 . diogenese* - 39,097
10 . Emilystoodinsomedogdootoday - 37,400
11 . lemonman* - 30,376
12 . verbal* - 29,140
13 . _Viking_* - 26,222
14 . Borged_by_MGP* - 25,281
15 . ChrissyT88* - 23,006
16 . Pilgrim57* - 17,477
17 . Rincin* - 14,303
18 . wilderbeast* - 14,137
19 . EternalMovement* - 12,932
20 . Rapc* - 11,012
21 . Pumpkinstew* - 10,114
22 . Mattus* - 6,816
23 . Dougiebabe2003* - 6,320
24 . SpiroTris - 2,154
25 . stutheterrorist - 1,810
26 . MartinBen* - 1,059
27 . Moid_UK - 905
28 . Naudiz - 900
29 . Chris_Davison* - 895
30 . monkeygremlin* - 864
31 . Steevo38_(OcUK)* - 384
32 . 23Stones* - 353
33 . BigDannyO - 225
34 . waxapple - 225


This Week's Top Climbers

mako - 747
Framk_Grimes - 464
CRisTIaNHiKArU - 367
cristi - 311
Ev3nt_Horizon - 283
akubito - 192
Praxyis - 122
Guy - 95
Hamza - 92
Nebzor - 88
viruskilla - 72
hayat - 70
Alex511436 - 56
zErO - 52
Louis_Y - 48
310P - 44
JonJ - 41
KillBoY_UK - 38
freestyler - 37
Pyr0maniac - 27
sorin - 27
Milky^ - 26
BladeRunn3r - 23
Bonjour - 21
wilderbeast - 18
hu-sai - 16
sideburns - 16
TomO - 16
Jaywood0416 - 12
SpiroTris - 12
waxapple - 12
A.K. - 11
Jobey292 - 11
JoeH - 11
vertica - 11
Mikelio - 9
cdc1979 - 8
Moid_UK - 8
AtaRo - 7
Naudiz - 7
Ranger07 - 7
thefear - 7
WobblerJW - 7
Psymonkee - 5
xyphic - 5
Balor - 4
Billy - 4
lukevivian - 4
monkeygremlin - 4
Rossrlg - 4
Sweetcure - 4
AnthonyD1967 - 3
Cameron - 3
DjSoulshot - 3
MartinBen - 3
Benhb - 2
Diaresi - 2
Dougiebabe2003 - 2
EternalMovement - 2
Psycho_Sonny - 2
rockstar_wild - 2
Senture - 2
Silent_Bob - 2
*Energize* - 1
benjo1989 - 1
Biffa - 1
BigDannyO - 1
BlueAngel - 1
Hai - 1
hikaru452 - 1
Kalsius - 1
Kerto - 1
Peter439921 - 1
Poolybit - 1
rich99million - 1
Saetia - 1
ShaneOsborne - 1
Sir-Les-MP - 1
Team_Muck_Spreader - 1


This Week's Milestones

sculptor(OcUK) - 9,000,000
magman - 8,750,000
Whitestar (LigerZero) - 8,750,000
KE1HA - 5,250,000
[OcUK]_Delboy - 1,900,000
Emilystoodinsomedogdootoday - 1,800,000
lightning512 - 1,600,000
_Viking_ - 1,100,000
AtaRo - 1,100,000
Senture - 1,100,000
ChrissyT88 - 800,000
Sir-Les-MP - 700,000
AnthonyD1967 - 600,000
Peter439921 - 550,000
vertica - 500,000
Silent_Bob - 450,000
DjSoulshot - 425,000
Team_Muck_Spreader - 350,000
Dougiebabe2003 - 300,000
ShaneOsborne - 275,000
adamsalem2k - 250,000
TomO - 250,000
Rapc - 225,000
Milky^ - 200,000
xZIBIT - 200,000
stutheterrorist - 175,000
JonJ - 150,000
EternalMovement - 125,000
rockstar_wild - 125,000
ed79 - 120,000
KillBoY_UK - 100,000
Louis_Y - 100,000
BlueAngel - 90,000
wilderbeast - 90,000
*Energize* - 70,000
WobblerJW - 70,000
Hai - 50,000
Nebzor - 50,000
Jaywood0416 - 25,000
monkeygremlin - 25,000
SpiroTris - 20,000
Pyr0maniac - 12,500
Alex511436 - 10,000
JoeH - 10,000
hayat - 7,500
Ranger07 - 7,500
310P - 5,000
akubito - 5,000
Ev3nt_Horizon - 5,000
hu-sai - 5,000
Praxyis - 5,000
viruskilla - 2,500
Hamza - 1,000
mako - 1,000

Congrats to all the Tiffy-Kat winners


This Week's New Members

cristi
CRisTIaNHiKArU
Framk_Grimes
mako

A great big warm welcome to the team!

If you haven't done so already then why not check out the Folding@Home Setup Guide and the Quickie Guide for more foldy-tastic tips especially for when you're in a rush.
Got a Dual/Quad and not scared of getting stuck in to some SMP goodness? Check out SiriusB's excellent SMP Client Setup Guide and see if you have what it takes.


Simply Awesome!!! Makes such a difference having a full set of teams on the horizon, made possible by certifiable nut-jobs crunching monster amounts of WUs!
Welcome to the new crunchers and congrats to the Tiffy winners

Fold on Team 10!!!

If you've not been mentioned either I've made a mistake or your stats haven't changed since last week - give a shout and let us know you're still alive
***Only got one machine crunching? - Have a looky here***

Stats compiled from Stanford official stats page and EOC stats page
Stomping and Dumping Stats calculated between 18:50 February 8th 2009 and 20:30 February 15th 2009

Previous Weeks' News:
February 8th, February 1st, January 25th, January 18th, January 8th, January 1st

2008 News Archives:
December 18th, December 11th, December 4th, November 27th, November 20th, November 13th, November 6th, October 30th, October 23rd, October 16th, October 9th, October 2nd, September 25th, September 18th, September 11th, September 4th, August 28th, August 21st, August 14th, August 7th, July 31st, July 24th, July 17th, July 10th, July 4th, June 27th, June 19th, June 12th, June 5th, May 29th, May 22nd, May 15th, May 8th, May 1st, April 24th, April 17th, April 10th, April 3rd, March 27th, March 20th, March 13th, March 6th, February 28th, February 21st, February 7th, January 31st, January 24th, January 17th, January 10th, January 3rd

Single Machine Crunchers:
23Stones, BigDannyO, Bigstan, Borged_by_MGP, Chris_Davison, ChrissyC87, ChrissyT88, craig_kennedy83, diogenese, Dougiebabe2003, Emily, EternalMovement, Frogskin, lemonman, Louis_Y, MartinBen, Mattus, Milky^, Moid_UK, monkeygremlin, naudiz, oceaness, Pilgrim57, Pumpkinstew, Rapc, rich99million, Rincin, Sir-Les-MP, SpiroTris, Steevo38_(OcUK), TomO, ultim8, verbal, vertica, Viking, waxapple, wilderbeast ...

 

[Senture]

WOW! my machine managed 87,000 points since Thursday?! man these pair of GX2's are fantastic

Thanks for the news rich

 

[TomO]

Awesome increase in points this week! good to see some new targets for the team!

 

[JonJ678]

Thrilled to bits with coming 6th, but doubt I can hold off that effort by Senture next week.
Nice work man

 

[ShaggyRS6]

Can I ask a question about folding and SETI and all those types of things. Given that they make use of your processor, do they not shorten the life of your processor and other PC components for that matter.

I tend to turn my PC off when I am at work, would happily join the cause, but not sure if i would want to do it on my sparkly new system

 

[JonJ678]

^Rather hard to be sure as noones run an i7 for a decade. Consensus seems to be approximately if the processor lasts 20 years without an overclock, itll do 15 with a sane overclock or while folding 24/7, or perhaps 10 years while overclocked and folding.
So yeah, lifespan goes down. But if youve got an i7 now, what're the odds youll want the same computer in a decade?

Cant see it hurting the other components. PSU if its operating close to its maximum perhaps. Lifespan only goes down severely if you do ridiculous things to the processor, like try to run it at 110 degrees

 

[ShaggyRS6]

Ok, thanks Jon. I may well give it a go Thanks for taking the time out to answer.

 

[WobblerJW]

thanks for the news rich and yeah good to see us at numb 32 for production

 

[shadowscotland]

Thanks for the news Rich - and what a pleasure it was reading it - I knew with KE1HA rejoining the ranks for a full week we'd see a boost - but with the rest of the Team pumping in another 300k extra over that - RESULT!

*warm fuzzy feeling at being part of the best team in the world*

Some top 'major milestone' Tiffy too, nice work!

sculptor(OcUK) - 9,000,000
vertica - 500,000
adamsalem2k - 250,000
TomO - 250,000
KillBoY_UK - 100,000
Louis_Y - 100,000

 

[Viking]

Thanks as always, Rich...

Excellent folding week for all, pats on back all round I think!!

 

[vertica]

vertica - 500,000

Woo! first half mil.


well done to all. fold on...

 

[didgemaster]

Thanks for the news Rich. Hopefully my output might increase a little this week as I have another 8800GT joining the crunching

 

[ChrissyT88]

Thanks Rich, tis much appreciated.

After a few days away, I still cannot shake these blasted windows SMP units... Hopefully that will change this week and i'll achieve some actual points. The Team stats look much nicer now, well done all.

 

[AtaRo]

Thanks for the News Rich.

Thanks Rich, tis much appreciated.

After a few days away, I still cannot shake these blasted windows SMP units... Hopefully that will change this week and i'll achieve some actual points. The Team stats look much nicer now, well done all.

Chris does the windows SMP still requires you to make a log in to windows in order for it to work? cause the last time i installed it, it want me to make a log in so that it will work and was a bit annoyed by this and just removed it but im willing to run an SMP if this is not the case anymore to squezze a little bit more from my rig.

 

[Pumpkinstew]

Hmm, a slightly feeble 10K from me this week. Been out and about a few too many nights.

Thanks to everyone else for taking up the slack.

 

[ChrissyT88]

Chris does the windows SMP still requires you to make a log in to windows in order for it to work? cause the last time i installed it, it want me to make a log in so that it will work and was a bit annoyed by this and just removed it but im willing to run an SMP if this is not the case anymore to squezze a little bit more from my rig.

As far as i know it does. This annoyed me too at the time, particularly as i had not set a password. There must be some way to auto-login though - i think i'll investigate tonight actually. I dont run the windows SMP client anymore, but linux VMs... Unfortunately they have had the annoying habit of picking up core A1 (aka Windows) units recently, and they run slowly (at least compared to the core A2 units). I'll post back if i find an auto-login thing.. there must be one somewhere!

EDIT: Not sure if this actually works, but i guess i'll find out tomorrow when i reboot the pc. Following a 'guide' on an MSDN forum for auto login in vista:

1. Type 'run' into the search bar to launch the run box.
2. Type 'control userpasswords2' (without apostrophes) into the run box and hit return
3. Unckeck the 'Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer', then click apply.
4. Enter your username and password when it prompts, and hope (like me) that it auto logs you in when you turn the pc on!

Disclaimer D): I have no idea if this works for multiple users (or even 1 user yet!), and have no idea of the consequences of changing this. I dont really have any valuable data, but i'm not sure i would recommend doing this if your pc is full of things of value!

 

[Biffa]

Woo we rock, nice to see the rest of the team starting to pick up the slack

 

[Stan_Lite]

A decent return for me, could've been better, could've been worse - top twenty on my first week back will do nicely. Not had any unexplained EUEs or BSODs so far, so something must be going right. Nice work by the team on such a big improvement on last weeks output.

You can take me off the single crunchers league for next week Rich, I've fired up another couple of rigs - if you're going to do something, you may as well make a job of it
My internet was virtually unusable for most of the weekend so I had difficulty downloading new work on Sunday and yesterday morning so yesterday's score is way down. All fixed now so everything is chugging away nicely

Thanks as always to Rich for the news and a warm Foldy type welcome to the new people

FOLD ON TEAM 10!

 

[KillBoY_UK]

well it helped by the fact that my main work pc is not being taxed much and is left folding overnight (Q9550 8gb ram and a 4870 both cpu and gpu folding ,) and my cpu and gpu folding when i get hope after work as well , had a couple of fail's due to my GPU overclock being a tad to high on the home pc. but my fold will drop down soon as when i get sent some code to test again

 

[A.N.Other]

Thanks for the news Rich! Wowza, what a boost! Well done, everyone

Not a good week for me here. I've been having stability issues with my 8800GT - the new units that have come in have been causing some BSODs (tracked down the the nvidia drivers). I figured it was just that the drivers were probably outdated, but an update hasn't helped and at the moment I'm only folding with SMP. It isn't overclocked at all and managed entirely by the generic software.

Anyone got any thoughts on this?