.. to consider running at least one classic client.
As some of you know, I've always been a proponent of running as much variety of clients as you can to best benefit science. I was talking with sirmonkey this evening on our IRC channel and he seemed surprised to know that there is one work server at Stanford with over 2 million classic client work units available. That is just one server and there are several classic client servers!
Now I know the points suck, believe me I do. However, the work still needs to be done at some point and I personally, along with Stanford I'm sure, would appreciate it if more people could devote at least one core to the classic client. If you have an older computer just sitting around, I beg you to have one less Latte a day and, instead, spend the money on electricity to turn it back on 24/7 to crunch a classic WU.
Here at teamtobit.net, I am running four classic clients at the moment and I will be adding a few more in the near future as I am a beta tester for Stanford and want to run a few more as there are always new classic client projects coming out. In the past two weeks, there has been over a hundred new ones released to public.
I am currently running a classic client on the following:
Anyway, if you have an older system available. PLEASE consider plugging it in, loading up a client, set it in the corner of the room and, like I do, forget about it so it can, slowly but surely, bust out some uni-processor work. If I could offer some type of incentive, I would... but I can't. However, lets just stop thinking of point mongering for a bit and get back to the science. Although we are all trying to maximize PPD, we are also here for the science in some capacity or we wouldn't be folding at all. Do not change any of you current systems but let's try and give back a bit to science by turning on some older cores if we have them.
Thanks to the best F@H Team there is, ever was, and ever will be.
As some of you know, I've always been a proponent of running as much variety of clients as you can to best benefit science. I was talking with sirmonkey this evening on our IRC channel and he seemed surprised to know that there is one work server at Stanford with over 2 million classic client work units available. That is just one server and there are several classic client servers!
Now I know the points suck, believe me I do. However, the work still needs to be done at some point and I personally, along with Stanford I'm sure, would appreciate it if more people could devote at least one core to the classic client. If you have an older computer just sitting around, I beg you to have one less Latte a day and, instead, spend the money on electricity to turn it back on 24/7 to crunch a classic WU.
Here at teamtobit.net, I am running four classic clients at the moment and I will be adding a few more in the near future as I am a beta tester for Stanford and want to run a few more as there are always new classic client projects coming out. In the past two weeks, there has been over a hundred new ones released to public.
I am currently running a classic client on the following:
- Xeon 3060 @ 2.4 GHz - Two cores running, averaging about 190 PpD per core.
- 3.0 GHz Pentium - this is my mothers computer that I borged, she leaves it on 24x7 anyway so it might as well fold in the background. Right now it is doing 175 PpD but will sometimes do 250 depending on WU.
- 2.2 GHz T4400 Pentium Dual Core - this is my dads laptop, always plugged in 24x7 sitting next to his recliner. It may as well fold on a single core as well, right? It is currently doing 250 PpD.
Anyway, if you have an older system available. PLEASE consider plugging it in, loading up a client, set it in the corner of the room and, like I do, forget about it so it can, slowly but surely, bust out some uni-processor work. If I could offer some type of incentive, I would... but I can't. However, lets just stop thinking of point mongering for a bit and get back to the science. Although we are all trying to maximize PPD, we are also here for the science in some capacity or we wouldn't be folding at all. Do not change any of you current systems but let's try and give back a bit to science by turning on some older cores if we have them.
Thanks to the best F@H Team there is, ever was, and ever will be.
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