Hey Kondik...
you think that last pic was bad... that was actually an old one.
this is what the geek lair looks like this morning.
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Hey Kondik...
you think that last pic was bad... that was actually an old one.
this is what the geek lair looks like this morning.
Holy poop ! It's the raid boss ADD !
And those shoes ? That's the Poison disease ...
I knew it ...
And the big FUN is the cold aura of folders death
I think I need a break from the work ..
Thanks for the fishing trip Dak..
though I'm having a bit of difficulty with the trolling motor ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrA_kGB007U (MUST WATCH CLIP)
I have to say this Holloween race is Xtreme in every sense of the word!!!:up: : We have a regular global nuclear arms race going on. Dak has secret weapons coming as do I, skycrane, RR and I'm sure a few others. :rofl:
I just put in for 3 days off Wed. through Friday to do some building and rig tending. It's gettin' hot in here. :ROTF: 1,100,000K ppd?
You're guys room temps only go up by just those few degrees? In winter when the thermostat is set to 65F or so my room is into the 80's with my comps.
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...s/IMG_0395.jpg
more pics...kinda outdated
http://s71.photobucket.com/albums/i1...s/room%20pics/
Showoff... :rofl:
Most rigs I had runing, that was in my FM days even while they were lower end systems ( sempron 2800, venice3200, banias lappy, p4 2.4c ) they were in one room and in summer that got blazing hot already.
Pale's in comparison with this for example : http://www.overclock.net/overclock-n...gpu2-farm.html..
I'm kinda missing the farms thread on XS, surely one off our heavy hitters could show off a even more impressive farm then Niteo ;)
surely any farm they have is impressive, IMO. but in terms of PPD, nitteo is in a league of his own when that thing is up and running. he pushes 220kPPD before the GPU boost! i don't think he's had it running since he got hit by hurricane Ike and lost half his office building.
Mine struggles to maintain a 5f difference because a fan is constantly circulating/venting that room air into a hallway.. but it's still not enough to keep up... btw, what's your address, Cat... I need to make a midnight run to the "5 finger dollar depot" and pick up a monitor. lol
wfo and his supervisor (DAK)...
DAK: (ring-ring) hello..
WFO: hello, DAK, I'm gonna have to call in sick today.
DAK: sorry to hear that WFO, hope you fell better..
WFO: oh I'm sure I will, but this not a 24hr thing. I'll be out for a couple days...
DAK: well, ok if you say so, I wasn't aware you could tell those type things.. have you seen a doctor?
-----------(in the back ground a door bell rings and WFO gets up to answer it while still on the phone)
WFO: hold on I need to get the door...
-----------ups man at the door: (yells thru the intercom) "delivery for WFO from Newegg-3 packages I need a signature"
WFO: hold on. be right there.
ups man: man, you sure do get a lot of deliveries from Newegg.. here's 3 more..
WFO: yeah, thanks...
ups man: ok seeya, have fun with those...
DAK: WFO, you still there... WFO?!?
WFO: yeah, I'm still here. sorry bout that, I had to sign for some packages for my wife.
DAK: your wife??, isn't newegg a pc parts distributor???
WFO: (thinks fast) no, they're a fertility clinic. New-Egg, get it.. it's personal, just leave it alone. you don't wanna go there.
DAK: oh, sorry.. so I'll see you on Monday, right..
WFO: that's the plan if I'm better by then.
DAK: well ok, just get some rest... good luck to you and your wife.
WFO: dont' worry, I will. and thanks.;)
I beg you pardon??
Wayne, Totes6 and ROC all push about that ;)
I did hear about the hurricane issue, even if my memory is comparable to a 90y old with alzheimer. I feel for him, and I remember also experiencing it as a great los for the folding community to loose him.
But.. WFO is 18th today on the top producers list, that's impressive enough for me. Guess I just wanted to encourage him, RR, Dak1640, Angra ( most of them are in his lab I think so he can't show us :( ) ect to show us their farms, as encouragement for the rest :up:
Every team I been in had their 'show off your farm' thread, so do we, but it's been abit quiet there :(
Nitteo isn't a member either, but like I said.. our show of your farm thread is abit lacking in activity so I can't link anyone to it :rofl:
Come on people, show us your folding POWA :up:
Uh oh. I'll actually take some pics of my machines when I get them all back together. Guess I'll have to go searching for that thread myself then. I mean I only have 2 folding rigs, and 1 of them has a motherboard on RMA and I'm still waiting for a couple of 8800gs' and a molex-pcie power adapter from sniperbob helping out a fellow folder. +1 props for him. I can't wait for all this stuff to come together. I'll be up to about 30-40kppd from just those 2 machines. I couldn't even imagine having the kind of setup nitteo had, thats just amazing. Stoopid hurricanes. Does he need any help getting those machines back up? Is there anything we can do on here to help him?
catawalks maybe threat us on a build thread then when you get the hw in :up:
So whos winning?
Mango for now. It is close though. All teams are within 7K of eachother.
Cool. I'm on the winning team. lol
I havge another card at home that I haven't been using. I can push an extra 6KPD. I guess I am going to have to get on it when I get home. :yepp: :up:
Yeah MaK no holding back :up:
Fire Fire Fire
hell, im working on getting mine all up and running. i just dont have the right psu to run everything, that should be here wed :)
WFO, if you got my pm earler, disregard it. i looked at my setup when i got home and with my deliver on wed, i will have every pci-e slot filled...
unless you want to. i could easily get another board and cpu for it. im just not sure if i would trust this rosewill psu to run those. its up to you though....
dak rings WFO's home wednesday eve. 5th ring WFO picks up...
WFO: Hello, who's there?
dak: It's da Bozz WFO. An emergency just came up and the bobs need every employee in working on a major project that must get completed by Sunday evening...
WFO: Well dak, like I already told you, I am working on fertilizing my wifey's eggs and need to be off till Monday...
dak: So sorry WFO, this is a company emergency and da bobs said whoever doesn't pitch in is outta a job.
WFO: Geesh dak, c'mon now, I need this time off.
dak being an outta da boxer thinker says, "Perhaps our Ref Mike can fertilize your wifey's eggs while your helping us with this urgent company project"?
WFO: well dak, i dunno...(thing what a tard, he must be on something)
dak: Well WFO, you know the score, so what will it be?
WFO pauses for quite some time, thinking how important this halloween race is...Finally in great dismay says " dak...
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::r ofl::rofl:
Damn Dak, yall are killing me :)
remember...
Back to the ref's
ok... if we must...
http://www.racingunion.org/Data/binary/referee.gif
sometimes it seems like the refs around here look like this... :ROTF:
Uh oh sniperbob, you are creeping up on me. I better get those cards soon. Anyways, I just added an athlon xp 2600+ for the few extra ppd that'll give. Gotta do what I can to stay ahead. lol. G'night guys.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I've been quietly trying to sneak up on you man..... darn you noticed.. You've got an entire second rig ahead of me. Im just lucky your second mobo is down atm if i remember correctly. Well, there goes my chances of EVER passing you.... :rofl: I have no funding to afford a second f@h rig... so maybe we should just battle this out single comp a single comp... JKJK I do enjoy a good chasedown tho
Mike, WFO and Malcontent are just hanging out at Mike’s house drinking some brewskies…
Mike: “Wfo, didn’t you write a program that would skim points from Whiskey and Tango and deposit them in Foxtrot’s account?
Wfo: Laughing maniacally. “Of course I did!"
Mike: “How does it work?”
Wfo: “Everyday they upload hundreds of thousands of points. My program rounds down the remainder’s and deposits them in our account. They are just very small fractions so they will never be noticed. Over time… say the course of the Halloween race those points would add up to the winning margin."
Mike: “Why haven’t you used it?”
Wfo: “Are you kidding? I have a good job at XS. I’d get fired if I got caught. It’s not worth jeopardizing my job over.”
Mike: “What if you didn’t have the good job? I had a meeting with the Bob’s today and they are planning on firing you and Malcontent on Friday.”
Wfo: “ Son of a :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:! I even told the Bob’s I like Michael Bolton.”
Malcontent: “%$#^&* mother :banana::banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:’s ! Wfo and I are the best programmers they have!”
Mike: “That’s not the worst of it. They are giving me a promotion.”
Malcontent: That’s just not right. Wfo and I are there everyday. All you do is go fishing.”
Mike: “I say we upload the virus tomorrow.” We’ll check the account Monday morning to find out how many points we have.”
Malcontent and Wfo in unison: “Yeah. Let’s get those guys!” :rofl::rofl:
I think team Whiskey is gonna get another penalty for to many folders on the field...SocketMan was recruited to team Whiskey... On another note...
dak: Mike, I have been hearing rumors that some peeps are planning to sabatoge our company book keeping tallies...
Mike: Well dak, where did you hear this silly rumor?
dak: sniperbob tells me that WFO & Malcontent are planning a big scheme, others maybe involved also...
Mike: I don't know how that could be, WFO & Malcontent are among your best model employees. They have been most instrumental with the emergency company project.
dak: Mike, were you able to help WFO in fertilizing his wife's eggs?
Mike: No, WFO said he would find the time to do it himself...
dak: Well Mike, My wifey & I hve been having fertility challenges ourselves, I am going to have to call this New Egg company myself and see if they can help. Do you know how I can get a hold of them?
Mike: I would ask WFO, he's been working with them for some time now.
dak: Thanks Mike, and keep an open eye out for any hanky panky stuff going on around here. I have made arrangements for Kondik to buddy up with WFO & Malcontent and keep me informed. I told Kondik if he would bring me good info that there's a promo in it for him.
Mike walks away smiling..."Good move Bozz, that was pretty clever of ya"...Goes back to his cube and picks up the phone and dials WFO right away...
Dak I think the rulling already was made, most of Whiskey are midgets they count as half players :rofl:
Mike: WFO we have a situation...
WFO: yeah..
Mike: Dak wants to use Newegg to order fertitlity supplies..
WFO: crap, what are we gonna do..
Mike: I need you to setup a spoof site, neww-egg.com
WFO:ok
Mike: just spoof an existing fertility clinic page and put a checkout cart in it...
WFO: easy enough
Mike: then filter the cart so only dak1640 is allowed to complete the order.
WFO: yeah
Mike: when Dak's order comes in, complete his order, and grab his credit card...
WFO: I like where this is going...
Mike: then order whatever you want from a internet cafe pc and ship it to the old abandoned company warehouse out on hwy 17...
WFO: oh yeah! just in time for xmas...
Team Whiskey has no small peeps, just big folders, you too Kondik !!!:up:
Lol now I get what you said on msn... I'm running already, very very very fast :sonic:
BWAHAHAHA. Whiskey is back in it boys. You better start recruiting if you wanna catch up to us.
EDIT: Well, apparently my computer rebooted after I left for work this morning, so my machine hasn't been folding at all today. Crap. /me sticks foot in mouth
catawalks put a shortcut in the run menu, or when you have the login screen enabeld try atleast running your smp as a service that way it will always run after a reboot. Gpu console's can run as service under XP as well, just not on vista :2cents:
That is why I have my client in the Start up folder in the Start menu. Easy workaround. I have too much :banana::banana::banana::banana: on start up... :rofl: :shakes:
I have to login first. I should try to set them up as services but it seems like everyone has problems with setting them as services in vista.
bah, I'll just back down my OC and order a new PSU tomorrow. I can't run my fans on full speed right now because it kills my harddrives.
Whatta a thread... one of the best :rofl:
You know when you need a new PSU when...
1. You turn up one fan on the fan controller and the PC reboots.
2. You insert a CD and just as it starts spinning up the PC reboots.
3. You hit eject on the CD-ROM and the PC reboots.
4. You crank up all your fans and the PC shuts off and the magic smoke comes out the back of the unit :shrug:
:up:I just recruited a folder with a 9800X2 to Team Whiskey...ACE Jato rockets in transit...
I'm feeling insignificant... quick someone boost my epeen with saying we're all big folders :rofl:
:wtf: Dak1640, I hope your breakout box can keep everything fed btw :up:
LOL. Thank god none of those things happened to me this time, although I have had the magic smoke before. :rolleyes:
Well, I figured it out though, it wasn't that my computer rebooted, its that when I reloaded the GPU2 client this morning on my restart, it got stuck on "Loading" for some reason. A quick restart of the client and its back up and running.
Every folder is a Big Folder !!!
Everyone counts in a big way. Consider this...Say you only output 1 work unit a day, but your work unit is the one that helps to find the cure for cancer...Now how does that compare to a folder that crunches mega work units / day? Kind of put things into perspective huh ?
Now, let's have some fun & let the team trash talkin begin...
Where is Team Mango & Foxtwat? Did they withdraw from the Halloween race already? :rofl::ROTF::slapass::slapass::kissbutt::kissbutt:
Mikey, how did the ref's treat you?:rofl:
Yea right....Why has ThunderDuck been so quiet?
I'd say the race pretty much ended when you got the first 3 people requesting a team and got Angra too. Other than RR and myself, there appear to be no other motivated XS members. :( Your recent recruiting efforts are the nail in the coffin. It's not racing anymore. :shakes: I realize your efforts are within the rules but I don't see paying an $800 power bill in December for a predetermined outcome. :shakes: I see myself folding early. :shrug: It's already a done deal despite tomorrows UPS deliveries. :down:
Saving his breath I hope :yepp:
No, No, No, That's not the spirit...Don't think like that, Angra output is 1/2 what it could be, any rig / farm can go down. Remember the Huoston Hurricane during our last race how it affected several folders. Anything can happen and it's early in the race. You can always look at it as how you do vs. xxx
Keep the spirit...:up:
WHAT? How can you give up? Whiskey was pretty much out of race behind by what was it...70k points? Look what we've accomplished. Go out there and recruit some people! I am talking to some people on irc in the channel I hang out in a lot, trying to convince them to either make their own username and join in or just use mine and contribute to me. Either way, a race is a race until the end. And remember, second is still better than last.
well, I for one can understand what WFO is saying... the team numbers are mismatched, and the team with the most members keeps adding more members and now have almost as much as the other 2 teams combined... and I would completely understand if he wants to reduce his powerbill for the month, I couldn't afford it either.. his is more than 3 times what mine is. if you need to reduce your folders and conserve some electricity wfo, then I completely understand.
that being said I think it doesn't matter who wins this thing... I think the winners are the ones who participate and make this thread fun to watch.
Scoop pretty much summarized it:
so I vote this should be the main goal here.... I dont care how unfair it seems, I'm still gonna wake up every morning and spend time putting the graphs together because it keeps the thread alive. and if it's alive then we have the opportunity to make it fun and also increase 36362 points at the same time.
Well, I'm tryin to help contribute to your high power bill by buying your 3870's, doesn't that help? :(
http://www.scootplace.net/smiles/original/176.gif
RR: Hey Mike, I was thinkin' maybe a secret merge in week4..
Mike: I'm listening
RR: lets wait til week 4, then merge tango and foxtrot into one team.. AGENT ORANGE...
Mike: OK, here's what I need you to do.. week4 get dak good and falling down drunk.
then call me and let me know the coast is clear.
and I'll hack his account and add "team merges allowed" to the rules list,
and post as him while he's passed out that tango and foxtwat are merging. then merge the teams..
when he wakes up and freaks out, we'll tell him he did it last night... :up::rofl:
I realize my post above seems like sour grapes. If any of you remember my posts in the first race thread, I pointed out a 4 week contest is too long. :eek: My hardware at the time exceeded my ability to pay to run it a full month.
( bleep PG&E) I liked the 2 week sprint because it helped keep things affordable. ;) Somewhere in the beginning of this thread I predicted 2 million points in 22 days. I said: "After that, I'll be running on fumes." Loose translation... "if my team had a shot, I'd find a way to run till the end." The charts may not show it yet but by my calculations the race is already over. I'll put up the projected 2 million and shut down to keep things affordable. :p:
Kids/Christmas... those that are or have been married know the drill. :rolleyes:
hey WFO, folding is a great thing to do and all but don't over extend yourself just to win a silly— I mean, serious, race. anyone who actually pays their own power bill knows that folding with multiple rigs is no joke and I personally would not lose any respect for anyone who cut down their folding from there maximum capacity because of it. Besides, presents & family come first :)
you've already awed us with your capability. And I know that if someone ever passes gas in your general direction, all you need to do is rev the engine to scare them away :yepp: I'm just glad you're on team XS :)
:wtf: man
I too applaude you WFO, your commitment is second to none.
Anyone wishing to X-fer to Foxtrot ? I do believe our Ref is asleep ATM...Simply send me a PM.
+1 rise...
just do what you can reasonably do wfo.. there's no need to go above your budget for a silly points race.. you've already turned on more points than I will the entire race... so scale it down to what you're comfortable with and forget about the points... just participate and stay in the game... before you and RR showed up, we had never seen +100k ppd.. so that's quite an accomplishment in itself.. people look up to you for it...
that last race (laborday) you got caught in the "FAIR" web and had your points split, which in itself was not fair. I'm just glad we don't have to obey the "FAIR" rule again this race, which will most likely result in teams being out gunned.. but that's just part of the game.... if I were you, I'd scale back my power budget so that it's in an acceptable affordable range.... this race pays no prize money.. but it will reward everyone with fun experince that participates, wether it's 1kppd or 100kppd...
Thanks guys!!! :)
LOL... I still have weapons to deploy and am ready to greet UPS at the door tomorrow. Racers have to exceed their limits to find out where the limit is. :) Only those that that have gone 10/10ths and beyond on the track will understand that. :rofl: We haven't gone past 3 weeks. I still got a little somethin' for ya. :cool:
+1 Rise just because WFO isn't on my team. :rofl: :ROTF:
WELCOME TO FOXTWAT! :rofl:
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/7347/25678633ur2.jpg
Dak, id be more that happy to help out any other team that needs it. just thinking with what ive got running and what ive got comming and what should be working, i should be good for 50k or so :)
I am just getting my heat ready for winter....:up:
we're not gonna shuffle members Sky...
week1 columns are complete.. if I shuffle the scorecard up now,
it's gonna make it too difficult for the old geezer scorekeep ref (me)..
the only ones I could shuffle would be the late adds who have 0 in week1 column.
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I was joking with Mak about reassignment...
Mike pulling the biggest contenders to his side illegally? I told you before... Get off me ref!!!
You missed a couple by the way.
fellas, I can't tell from reading the thread. are there people getting discouraged and quitting on account of too much points influx onto one team? I can't tell if its serious or just steam.
Honestly, I'm happy to drop back out after this week's tally if it'll keep things on an even keel. my output will not be related to the contest at all.
Added a little bit today. :up:
That's a tough one to answer. :shrug: I know I wrote about certain limitations in the first race. I was sure I wrote about them in this thread as well. My first look didn't include a quote I thought I would find.
I know I was thinking about sucking fumes the last week when I wrote it. I suspect an unwillingness to admit weakness I knew was there on my part. :shrug: I'd have to go through 30 pages of posts to find what I think was in this thread.
To answer the question more directly... Mike related numbers that indicated Whiskey, with current recruits are putting up more points than Foxtrot and Tango combined. :shocked: That kind of says it all. Contest over. Whiskey won. Neither Foxtrot or Tango have had any new recruits and only one member on each squad has parts coming. If this assessment is wrong, hopefully someone else will correct it. :)
Foxtrot lost 20k PPD a-la me not being able to upload WU's. Sorry guys! :(
I know that wouldn't have made a huge difference but I still feel bad.
Race is over... spectators are applauding vigorously :cheer: :rocker:
...umph... when is it over, isn't it over yet, do I really have to read whole thread again?... shait...
Well put Rise :up:
WFO, kids and christmas come first, always :yepp:
Give a jar of jam to someone and he will sit down and eat it.
Promise him a jar of jam tommorow , and he will work for it forever.
That was the purpouse of the race. To have a foggy vision of a "goal" that's behind the mist clouds ...
To push as much PPD as possible and yet still have fun.
WFO From one point of view I completly understand, the amout of $ you have to pay for the bill is horrible, never could happend here ...
Yet still to give up in the contest that's not for us but for those that need the folded proteins ...
Yes I know it's a bit fishy that whisky team has nearly the same amount of folders than Foxtwat and Mango together ...
But is it really at the end importaint ?
I contribute to Whisky only by a tiny amount , you are the protein milkshake black hole !
You're the one that should recieve ancient greek/roman olive anadem , everyone knows it
At the end ... we're a team contributing together as 36362 ... not as sole people , we did a competition between us to have "fun" but at the end
it's just up a beefed up production to be rough ...
If you wish to stop folding because of the bill , it's normal , ofc it is ... one day of your folding = my entire career ... there is nothing shamefull on that don't feel bad ...
I'm glad that people with or without reasons fold ... remember , it's not for us , or for whomever has the biggest e-peen
It's for those that will one day beneft from the sweat from our CPU's GPU's
:clap: to WFO
bobs: Mike, you see, what we're actually trying to do here is, we're trying to get a feel for how people spend their day at work... so, if you would, would you walk us through a typical day, for you?
Mike: Yeah.
WFO: Great.
Mike: Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way dak can't see me, heh heh - and, uh, after that I just sorta space out for about an hour. After my 3rd cup of coffee I bear down and do the F@H Halloween charts.
WFO: Da-uh? Space out?
Mike: Yeah, I just stare at my desk; but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch, too. I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.
WFO: I'd like to move us right along to ThunderDuck. Now we had a chance to meet this young man, and boy that's just a straight shooter with upper management written all over him.
ThunderDuck: Good evening Dak, my name is ThunderDuck. I come from a rough area. I used to be addicted to F@H but now I am off it and trying to stay clean. That is why I am selling my GPU's off.
Malcontent: WFO, we get caught uploading a virus, we're not going to white-collar resort prison. No, no, no. We're going to federal POUND ME IN THE BUTT prison.
WFO: I don't want to go to ANY prison!
Mike: I guess I'll talk to dak & see if I can convince him to drop the charges, look away this one time. WFO, now would be a good time for you to get him all enthused about the New Egg clinic
WFO: Great Mike, that is a good idea, I call Malcontent and get him to present this with me... BTW, Can I go in da basement and chat with one of your Referee Tarts.
Mike: Good idea, minimize the stress factor 1st...
:rofl:
Wake Up Mike !!!!!!!
Good point Skycrane...Wake up Slacker...bangs metal trash can lids...:rofl:
Rain, sleet, or snow... the race must go on and with it the never ending duties of the ref... (even if he did drag one of his ref tarts home last night and had 2 hrs sleep).
give me about 30 minutes, I just slid thru the side door about 5 minutes ago.
btw: no quitting allowed. if anyone quits, then I will send dak and skycrane to their house every morning after they leave mine with their trash canlids... you should see those 2 dancing around outside my window every morning clanging trash can lids, blowing whistles and throwing firecrackers at my window.. believe me it's not pretty at 5am half asleep.
lol :rofl::rofl::rofl: But very true...
I'll soon have my crippled 9600GSO on a new system, team whiskey FTW!
PS: What team are you on Dak? Whiskey aint too far from vodka. :p:
Of course one tastes like fermented oak and the other doesn't, But that's not important. :p::D
THIS is just a teaser post for Dak, so when he checks the board from work, he'll get thirsty and want to knock off early.. :rofl:
HOLY :banana::banana::banana::banana:!
Look at all those points we've put up!
YEEEEAAAHHHH! :yepp:
http://photos.igougo.com/images/p107...Jetty_Park.jpg
NO DOUBT!
the team will be in 30th place in 2 days.... and we now have a 900K ppd average.