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Shaktai · Apr 14, 2002, 01:53 PM

The dFold website server is "down" for a protein change. That last one didn't take very long.

Scotttheking · Apr 14, 2002, 02:09 PM

I'm keeping my processor busy.

Hmm, time for distributed tarring, so that it doesn't take forever to compress files

Hopefully the change will go well, because I'm not babysitting my computers for every change

enola · Apr 14, 2002, 02:45 PM

Hopefully the change will go well, because I'm not babysitting my computers for every change

No kidding. This is quite awkward. Time for the processors to go do something else for a little bit. I was wondering what would happen during the protein change.

Shaktai · Apr 14, 2002, 03:00 PM

Originally posted by enola:


No kidding. This is quite awkward. Time for the processors to go do something else for a little bit. I was wondering what would happen during the protein change.

Be sure to check the readme file on how to setup for unattended auto update. In the meantime maybe consider running ubero or SETI or something. I would say chip in on folding@home, but that is a "several hour" committment at the minimum for your work to do any good and get credit.

jbcool · Apr 14, 2002, 03:03 PM

Originally posted by Shaktai:
The dFold website server is "down" for a protein change. That last one didn't take very long.

New protein online.

Scotttheking · Apr 14, 2002, 03:14 PM

Originally posted by jbcool:


New protein online.

Actually, it's the old one.
They had technical difficulties, so it's being updated tomorrow.

jbcool · Apr 14, 2002, 03:40 PM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:


Actually, it's the old one.
They had technical difficulties, so it's being updated tomorrow.

Thanks for the info. I think I will move everything over to the folding@home project then.

Scotttheking · Apr 14, 2002, 04:31 PM

Originally posted by jbcool:


Thanks for the info. I think I will move everything over to the folding@home project then.

The current protein still works.
You might want to crunch hard now, cuz when the new one hits, it's going to be much slower.

jbcool · Apr 14, 2002, 04:40 PM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:


The current protein still works.
You might want to crunch hard now, cuz when the new one hits, it's going to be much slower.

Aw, that's ok you guys need a litte help on the folding@home project and I need to give slipjack a chance to grap the #1 spot so they can enjoy it
for a while.

Shaktai · Apr 14, 2002, 05:08 PM

Originally posted by jbcool:


Aw, that's ok you guys need a litte help on the folding@home project and I need to give slipjack a chance to grap the #1 spot so they can enjoy it
for a while.

Aw, come on and be honest about it. You just couldn't stand to see me ahead of you in F@H. Well bring it on. Lets see what those 'puters of yours can do in 24 hours.

SkiBikeSki · Apr 14, 2002, 05:54 PM

Originally posted by Scotttheking:


The current protein still works.
You might want to crunch hard now, cuz when the new one hits, it's going to be much slower.

Is is really going to be slower? Or is it just going to run longer, until they get 10 billion folds instead of 1 billion?

Scotttheking · Apr 14, 2002, 05:57 PM

Originally posted by SkiBikeSki:


Is is really going to be slower? Or is it just going to run longer, until they get 10 billion folds instead of 1 billion?

It's going to get slower, and longer.

jbcool · Apr 14, 2002, 09:09 PM

Originally posted by Shaktai:


Aw, come on and be honest about it. You just couldn't stand to see me ahead of you in F@H. Well bring it on. Lets see what those 'puters of yours can do in 24 hours.

Ok I be honest, I could throw every cruncher I have on folding@home for a week and still not catch up with you or Scoottheking. By the end of the week next week I hope to be crunching near 7 million structures a week on the dfold project. Sound likes the numbers will be smaller than that.
I'm actually going after the person that was giving you a hard time last week on the Dfold project.

SkiBikeSki · Apr 15, 2002, 05:08 PM

Just by looking a the client, I think I can tell why it's slower. There are 76 parts to a residue, and there were only 36 before. That means that each structure will be about twice as detailed, but also take about twice as long. Oh well, it still is very fast to complete a unit compared to SETI or F@H!

slipjack · Apr 15, 2002, 05:29 PM

Hey, I've got a 6.124900 Best RMS!? When's the leaderboard going to update

SkiBikeSki · Apr 15, 2002, 07:04 PM

Originally posted by slipjack:
Hey, I've got a 6.124900 Best RMS!? When's the leaderboard going to update

Holy Cow! That'll take a long time to get pushed off the leaderboard. Both you and our team will be up there for a while.

slipjack · Apr 15, 2002, 07:43 PM

It seems I'm already at #9 right now with a 7 pointer... fun to give MacNN free advertising