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Title: Not Showing Up
Post by: Fleexy on June 13, 2010, 01:31:02 PM
Hey,

I'm not showing up on the F@H team page.  I'm sure I've configured it right; my username is Fleexy.  Halp?
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: Calum on June 13, 2010, 02:26:06 PM
You'll show up once you have completed a work unit - have you finished one yet?
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: Fleexy on June 13, 2010, 04:02:54 PM
Um, it says 3/100.  I assume that's 3% of a unit.
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: overthehill on June 13, 2010, 04:19:01 PM
Yes, your name will not show until you reach your first WU . In this case 100/100.  Welcome to the team.
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: Fleexy on June 13, 2010, 04:56:22 PM
Oh.  Anyways, at 5% now, this protein is really complex.  Why me?
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: overthehill on June 13, 2010, 05:06:39 PM
Well many hands make light work. And, it's for a great cause.  If you don't receive your F@H icon once you make the team. Give Admin. a little time and if you don't receive it , send nathan a PM.
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: BC_Programmer on June 13, 2010, 05:16:53 PM
Oh.  Anyways, at 5% now, this protein is really complex.  Why me?

my quad core usually takes about 5 hours or so to complete the average work unit. the GPU client takes three. of course this is a 2.33ghz quad. I don't know what your system specs are but it's important to bear in mind that a work unit doesn't normally take, say, a few minutes or anything.
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: overthehill on June 13, 2010, 05:35:40 PM
With my much smaller Pentium D CPU 2.80GHz, it's probably more like 15 hrs. or so for me..
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: BC_Programmer on June 13, 2010, 05:51:38 PM
oh yeah and my 5 hours was with the SMP client... but I don't fold anymore on my desktop... last time I tried it didn't work so I have up. I just fold with my laptop now.
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: Helpmeh on June 13, 2010, 07:55:42 PM
I'm folding with the SMP client on my hex-core computer (don't ask)...I get about 500000 steps per WU, and I haven't really timed how long it takes to complete one, but it takes a while.
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: harry 48 on June 17, 2010, 01:28:48 PM
welcome fleexy and thank you for joining
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: Fleexy on June 17, 2010, 03:16:53 PM
welcome fleexy and thank you for joining

Thanks! :D

Currently at 66%...
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: harry 48 on June 17, 2010, 04:08:40 PM
i'm 56/100 but my pc is slow  ;D
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: overthehill on June 17, 2010, 04:15:51 PM
Just wait until you get my age and see how slow things are, :rofl:  overthehill
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: harry 48 on June 17, 2010, 04:39:45 PM
Just wait until you get my age and see how slow things are, :rofl:  overthehill


i'm 65 and it's slow enough   ;) and some thing's are not working as well  :o ::)
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: Helpmeh on June 17, 2010, 07:16:20 PM
All of my WUs are 500k steps. It goes through suprisingly fast, but not fast enough for my impatient self ;-)
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: harry 48 on June 18, 2010, 01:06:21 PM
All of my WUs are 500k steps. It goes through suprisingly fast, but not fast enough for my impatient self ;-)

i might complete a 500 but never a 1,000 it runs out of time
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: BC_Programmer on June 18, 2010, 01:09:50 PM
i might complete a 500 but never a 1,000 it runs out of time

what about 500k? (500,000)
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: harry 48 on June 18, 2010, 01:14:44 PM
yes  0/100 and  0/500 are fine when it sends me 0/1000 it takes for ages and the pc runs out of time to complete because i'm only on for about 4 hours

but i'm upgrading my pc with a duel core etc so it will be better , i hope  ;D
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: Fleexy on June 18, 2010, 02:59:05 PM
I could possible complete a /1000 if I left my computer on all the time.  I'm at 82/100 and the deadline is exactly one month away.  Only on for about 6 hours a day.  24/6 = 4 and 1000 / 100 = and 10 > 4.  I might not complete a /1000.  If I buy a dual core I might.  How much does a dual core cost?  A quad core?
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: Salmon Trout on June 18, 2010, 05:01:44 PM
If I buy a dual core I might.  How much does a dual core cost?  A quad core?

Folding At Home is something which is (allegedly) a useful thing to do with your spare CPU cycles. The ones available in the system you have now that you already paid for. It might or might not produce anything useful but it's supposed to be a good thing to do because it doesn't cost anything to use existing computing capacity. If you get obsessed with league tables and scores and you are considering spending mucho $$$ just in order to complete some "target", then, if you don't mind me saying so, you are missing the point.
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: Fleexy on June 19, 2010, 10:27:49 AM
I was planning on getting a dual core anyway.  My computer is sometimes really s-l--o---w....
Title: Re: Not Showing Up
Post by: Computer Hope Admin on June 21, 2010, 02:49:09 AM
Welcome to the team Fleexy. You now have an icon showing up in your profile.