30,000WU's passed! w00t!

Discussion in 'Distributed Computing' started by Big B, Oct 24, 2004.

  1. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    Yup, another milestone passed for Zone365's F@H crew. :good: :good: :good: :beer:
     
  2. ninja fetus

    ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta

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  3. Sniper

    Sniper Administrator Staff Member

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    I think you ment 30,000 points? hehe :)
     
  4. Addis

    Addis The King

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    Lol. I should have done my first WU in a few days.
     
  5. Addis

    Addis The King

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    Stupid client can't connect to the work server, even though it says I've finished my WU.
     
  6. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    You'll have that. It'll keep trying to upload the WU every so often until it can upload it. Meanwhile, it'll work on a new WU.
     
  7. ninja fetus

    ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta

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    i've never had a problem uploading, i guess I'm a lucky one!
     
  8. Addis

    Addis The King

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    I'm on the stats page but still havn't sent ht WU yet. It keeps on saying 'coulld not connect to work server'. Getting the console client when it does finish.
     
  9. evanjanis

    evanjanis Geek Trainee

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    This might be a noob qestion but what do you mean 30,000WU
     
  10. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    WU=Work Units.

    Actually, that should be points. My bad...why didn't I realize it earlier? :rolleyes:

    It's a measure of data that's been processed through the Folding @ Home distributed computing project. It's a totally volunteer thing to do. Basically, you download and install the distributed computing software and it runs in the background, using CPU cycles you don't. F@H in particular is an ongoing project to help find cures for cancer and other such diseases. People can go solo, but mostly join a team, like ours. Usually, they're members of other techie forums, like [H]ard|OCP and 2CPU (which, ATM, are out of our league).
     
  11. evanjanis

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    Ow thats cool can i help out with it. I have a person with cancer in the family and want to find something to do
     
  12. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    Check the sticky at the top of this forum. It's got all the links, particularly where to download the software.
     
  13. evanjanis

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  14. Addis

    Addis The King

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    Welcome nic to the team!
     
  15. Nic

    Nic Sleepy Head

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    I finished my first work unit today and got a certificate :)
     
  16. Addis

    Addis The King

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    Yes! First WU completed for me!
     
  17. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    Yup. I saw that, addis. :good: Took awhile, but it's finally up there. We're up to 9 members (ProcalX has 2 different entries) right now.
     
  18. Addis

    Addis The King

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    Halfway through my next WU now, things seem to be speeding up. Should be done by Thursday ebcause i can't leave my PC on while I'm at school.
     
  19. Addis

    Addis The King

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    Thats another WU done for me now. Things are going good. ;)
     
  20. Sniper

    Sniper Administrator Staff Member

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    cool addis :good:

    Team Ranking: 1665 of 34101 is is excellent :) I wana get into the top 1000
     

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