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Sorry guys/gals, I'm running a bit late this month. Work has been a bit hectic, and earthquakes, and tornadoes, and hurricanes and flooding.
But enough about me.
Give a big round of applause for a member who is a big help around here......
Untitledone!
First off, tell us about you.
Where do you call home?
I live in a small town near the middle of california called coarsegold. Its about 20 miles south of yosemite national park. I am at approximately 2500 feet elevation. Its a nice little town and pretty much everything here is great. The only real issue I have with the area is that I only have one ISP to choose from at my location and the internet is average at 6mbps/512kbps. It can get fairly hot here in the summer (got to 107*F this year that I have seen), and gets fairly cold in the winter ( 15*F-40*F is common).
What is your family situation?
I am single and live at home with my mother and brother. Things are pretty good and I do not really have any problems
What do you do for a living?
I am mostly a full time college student. I do odd jobs here and there to get cash for stuff. I used to paint houses and do general handyman stuff with my dad a few years ago. Recently I have been sporadically employed with a solar installation and maintenance company.
Does your forum name hold any significant meaning?
When I started playing world of warcraft in 2006 I needed a new name since johnnyboyone was boring lol. So I was doing something that I cant remember with paint and noticed it liked to save the files as untitled1. There you go, I changed the 1 to one, and it took on a little RPG'esque feel to it and I was quite satisfied with myself.
Did you ever post in the "Let's see your mug... " thread? Why or why not?
No I have not, when I actually get a digital camera I may do that.
What other hobbies or interests keep you busy?
I have way too many interests to list, but some of them include: cars, computers, engineering, and science to name a few.
Tell us about your involvement in DC.
Currently I am running a single dedicated linux folder. It is an old phenom x4 9600 Black Edition with 4GB of DDR2 1066 on a Gigabyte 790GX motherboard. It's good for around 5K PPD average. I have a new dedicated folder in the works and will be selling the phenom machine to my sister. The new folder will be on a ASUS Z8NA-D6C with dual 2.8Ghz quad cores. I also am building a new gaming computer that will be a part time folder. It will have a xeon x5560 2.8Ghz quad core, and a GTX 470 video card. Overall I should see a big boost in my PPD in the comming fall in the order of 10x-15x.
Who or what got you stated in DC projects? About when was it?
I have known about folding since I first started reading
[H]ardocp in 2005, but never got involved. I tried in 2006 when F@H was included in the ATI drivers for my X1900GT. However it was hard to convince a 16 year old with one computer to sacrifice gaming for folding. I really did not get into folding until this year. On April 21, 2011 I started my Phenom desktop folding on linux SMP, and it has been pretty much running 24/7 since then minus occasional tweaks/upgrades/sheduled power outages.
Why do you participate?
I think that we are doing a great service to humanity by giving our time, effort and resouces to find cures for the diseases that plague humanity. There are so many people that I know or have met that have something that F@H is actively pursuing cures for. Friends and family members have also been effected by things that we are fighting for the cure to.
If DC'ing could find a cure for just one disease tomorrow, which one would it be and why?
There are far too many diseases that need to be erradicated, and I cannot pick a single one that needs to be cured more than cancer.
What projects have you contributed to? Any others you find interesting?
I have only participated in folding at home. However the other DC projects to intrigue me and in the future when I have more resources and equipment I would also like to contribute to them as well.
What teams have you contributed to?
Only the [H]orde baby! Team 33 for life!
Why did you choose the Horde?
I have been a reader of [H]ardocp since 2005, but did not make a forum account until February of 2011. I think the 2600K system give away was a real motivator in me starting folding. I became an active part of the distributed computing sub forum before I sarted and asked questions and mingled with the folders here. They gave good information and also shared tips to help me get more performance out of my folding machine so I could meet the requirements for the giveaway with some room to spare.
If your current project ends, which one will you move on to?
Not sure about that but I am sure that I will follow the rest of the team. Especially my [H]orde IRC buddies.
Current level of production and how's it spread around?
A single SMP phenom 9600 Black Edition running linux at 2467Mhz. Currently around 5K PPD but with a lot more on the way.
Where do you see the [H]ard DC sub-forum in the near future?
I am pretty sure it will be relatively the same for years to come.
Long term?
See above
Any ideas on improving the [H]ard DC sub-forum, or suggestions or improvements for our Team?
We are doing pretty good. I say we keep ramping and keep helping each other out. We can attract more members with our great team spirit and helpfulness.
Tell us about your involvement.
Where did you begin?
No offense but this question seems a bit redundant with previous questions asking similar questions.
What are you running today?
See response above.
Where do you see your DC'ing activities in the next year or two?
Ramping up! I have many plans to increase my power envelope and cooling envelope. They are in the planning and design stages but funds permitting I will have some interesting designs impemented in the next year or so. I plan to have some solar rankine cycle combined heat electric and thermal generation, and a fairly adequate geothermal cooling loop. These two developments will allow me to have an immense thermal and electical envelope which will allow me to throw much more hardware into production and allow me to get the best output per dollar since efficiency will not be stressed. Think up to 30KW of cooling and 30-60KW of peak generating capacity Which would allow me to put up to 15KW 24/7 or more of folding power into production. My main hurdles will be energy storage but I already have ideas to solve that for the night when the sun is not shining.
Do these boxen have day jobs or are they dedicated folders?
The Phenom is dedicated. The new dedicated folder will most likely be running bigadv or bigbeta, and the new gaming computer will be part time SMP and possibly GPU when it gets cold here.
How are these boxen configured? OS, client, etc?
Ubuntu 11.04 SMP
Have you been successful borging? If so, what kind of borging worked for you? (For example, friends, family, and/or work?)
Not yet, but my grandfather offered to house a folding box in his workshop that is a seperate structure from my grandma's house. I may take his offer when I get more hardware. Since the internet is slow up here (especially upload but I can upgrade to 1mbps upload for $5 more a month so I may do that when the big WU start rolling out) it would be beneficial for me to borg my grandpa's internet upload since they dont use it all that much.
But enough about me.
Give a big round of applause for a member who is a big help around here......
Untitledone!
First off, tell us about you.
Where do you call home?
I live in a small town near the middle of california called coarsegold. Its about 20 miles south of yosemite national park. I am at approximately 2500 feet elevation. Its a nice little town and pretty much everything here is great. The only real issue I have with the area is that I only have one ISP to choose from at my location and the internet is average at 6mbps/512kbps. It can get fairly hot here in the summer (got to 107*F this year that I have seen), and gets fairly cold in the winter ( 15*F-40*F is common).
What is your family situation?
I am single and live at home with my mother and brother. Things are pretty good and I do not really have any problems
What do you do for a living?
I am mostly a full time college student. I do odd jobs here and there to get cash for stuff. I used to paint houses and do general handyman stuff with my dad a few years ago. Recently I have been sporadically employed with a solar installation and maintenance company.
Does your forum name hold any significant meaning?
When I started playing world of warcraft in 2006 I needed a new name since johnnyboyone was boring lol. So I was doing something that I cant remember with paint and noticed it liked to save the files as untitled1. There you go, I changed the 1 to one, and it took on a little RPG'esque feel to it and I was quite satisfied with myself.
Did you ever post in the "Let's see your mug... " thread? Why or why not?
No I have not, when I actually get a digital camera I may do that.
What other hobbies or interests keep you busy?
I have way too many interests to list, but some of them include: cars, computers, engineering, and science to name a few.
Tell us about your involvement in DC.
Currently I am running a single dedicated linux folder. It is an old phenom x4 9600 Black Edition with 4GB of DDR2 1066 on a Gigabyte 790GX motherboard. It's good for around 5K PPD average. I have a new dedicated folder in the works and will be selling the phenom machine to my sister. The new folder will be on a ASUS Z8NA-D6C with dual 2.8Ghz quad cores. I also am building a new gaming computer that will be a part time folder. It will have a xeon x5560 2.8Ghz quad core, and a GTX 470 video card. Overall I should see a big boost in my PPD in the comming fall in the order of 10x-15x.
Who or what got you stated in DC projects? About when was it?
I have known about folding since I first started reading
[H]ardocp in 2005, but never got involved. I tried in 2006 when F@H was included in the ATI drivers for my X1900GT. However it was hard to convince a 16 year old with one computer to sacrifice gaming for folding. I really did not get into folding until this year. On April 21, 2011 I started my Phenom desktop folding on linux SMP, and it has been pretty much running 24/7 since then minus occasional tweaks/upgrades/sheduled power outages.
Why do you participate?
I think that we are doing a great service to humanity by giving our time, effort and resouces to find cures for the diseases that plague humanity. There are so many people that I know or have met that have something that F@H is actively pursuing cures for. Friends and family members have also been effected by things that we are fighting for the cure to.
If DC'ing could find a cure for just one disease tomorrow, which one would it be and why?
There are far too many diseases that need to be erradicated, and I cannot pick a single one that needs to be cured more than cancer.
What projects have you contributed to? Any others you find interesting?
I have only participated in folding at home. However the other DC projects to intrigue me and in the future when I have more resources and equipment I would also like to contribute to them as well.
What teams have you contributed to?
Only the [H]orde baby! Team 33 for life!
Why did you choose the Horde?
I have been a reader of [H]ardocp since 2005, but did not make a forum account until February of 2011. I think the 2600K system give away was a real motivator in me starting folding. I became an active part of the distributed computing sub forum before I sarted and asked questions and mingled with the folders here. They gave good information and also shared tips to help me get more performance out of my folding machine so I could meet the requirements for the giveaway with some room to spare.
If your current project ends, which one will you move on to?
Not sure about that but I am sure that I will follow the rest of the team. Especially my [H]orde IRC buddies.
Current level of production and how's it spread around?
A single SMP phenom 9600 Black Edition running linux at 2467Mhz. Currently around 5K PPD but with a lot more on the way.
Where do you see the [H]ard DC sub-forum in the near future?
I am pretty sure it will be relatively the same for years to come.
Long term?
See above
Any ideas on improving the [H]ard DC sub-forum, or suggestions or improvements for our Team?
We are doing pretty good. I say we keep ramping and keep helping each other out. We can attract more members with our great team spirit and helpfulness.
Tell us about your involvement.
Where did you begin?
No offense but this question seems a bit redundant with previous questions asking similar questions.
What are you running today?
See response above.
Where do you see your DC'ing activities in the next year or two?
Ramping up! I have many plans to increase my power envelope and cooling envelope. They are in the planning and design stages but funds permitting I will have some interesting designs impemented in the next year or so. I plan to have some solar rankine cycle combined heat electric and thermal generation, and a fairly adequate geothermal cooling loop. These two developments will allow me to have an immense thermal and electical envelope which will allow me to throw much more hardware into production and allow me to get the best output per dollar since efficiency will not be stressed. Think up to 30KW of cooling and 30-60KW of peak generating capacity
Which would allow me to put up to 15KW 24/7 or more of folding power into production. My main hurdles will be energy storage but I already have ideas to solve that for the night when the sun is not shining. Do these boxen have day jobs or are they dedicated folders?
The Phenom is dedicated. The new dedicated folder will most likely be running bigadv or bigbeta, and the new gaming computer will be part time SMP and possibly GPU when it gets cold here.
How are these boxen configured? OS, client, etc?
Ubuntu 11.04 SMP
Have you been successful borging? If so, what kind of borging worked for you? (For example, friends, family, and/or work?)
Not yet, but my grandfather offered to house a folding box in his workshop that is a seperate structure from my grandma's house. I may take his offer when I get more hardware. Since the internet is slow up here (especially upload but I can upgrade to 1mbps upload for $5 more a month so I may do that when the big WU start rolling out) it would be beneficial for me to borg my grandpa's internet upload since they dont use it all that much.
