Just 3 more days until SatGuys passes PC Magazine Greek Edition and we hit the double digits. 
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EOC estimates very early Sunday morning, assuming Scorpy doesn't fall off the grid againJust 3 more days until SatGuys passes PC Magazine Greek Edition and we hit the double digits.
Just one more day to pass PC Magazine Greek Edition and reach double digits. 
Look out! BadBirdies are on our tail!
And we are slipping a little as we're now looking at 4am as when we pass PC Magazine for #99! (I'm not changing my Avatar... Maybe when we get to 90!)
And we are slipping a little as we're now looking at 4am as when we pass PC Magazine for #99! (I'm not changing my Avatar... Maybe when we get to 90!)
If SatGuys keeps up our current 2 million ppd, we should have no problem staying in the top 90.
Welcome to double digits.
Just over two weeks until SatGuys overtakes Brigham Young University for #98.
Just over two weeks until SatGuys overtakes Brigham Young University for #98.
Looking at the Teams List, sorted by 24 hour Points Average, we are headed to the Top 60s:If SatGuys keeps up our current 2 million ppd, we should have no problem staying in the top 90.
I found a refurbished HP z600 Workstation at NewEgg that has dual Xeon 4 core CPUs, a pair of PCI-e x16 slots, and no OS for $260. I've been looking for a replacement to the old HP xw8200 and this seems to be a good compromise between cost, capability, and performance. I'd then be able to slide a GTX 970 or 980 in there as well as the old GTX 750i without taxing the included PS.
Edit: Well, rats, I guess I waited too long. Now the one seller is out-of-stock and the price is over $600 from the other sellers. Foo!
Edit#2: We are less than one week away from the Billion Points! Maybe we should buy PowerBall tickets to commemorate?
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Just about two weeks until SatGuys passes Brigham Young University. PPD has dropped below 2 million a day. 
PPD has dropped below 2 million a day.
3-6 Hours away from the Billion... Almost there...
Edit: On a related topic, I was able to find and order a Dell T7400 dual 3.0 GHz Xeon quad-core processor workstation for $256 on Amazon (used the SatGuys link, too, Scott.) It has no OS, but that's actually better since I'm just loading Ubuntu 14.04 anyway. Hopefully that comes before February (w/free shipping; 2-day was an extra $130!) so I can try and raise the game a bit. This will retire the HP xw8200 which has been acting a little wonky since my last NVIDIA update. I'll take the GTX 750 ti card and move it to the new box, plus I'm looking at adding another GTX 960 or 970 to the new box. That looks to be another $250-350.
Boy, for we better help find a cure for all these diseases before too long. I'd hate to think that we've actually been designing a new sugar substitute or something!
Edit: On a related topic, I was able to find and order a Dell T7400 dual 3.0 GHz Xeon quad-core processor workstation for $256 on Amazon (used the SatGuys link, too, Scott.) It has no OS, but that's actually better since I'm just loading Ubuntu 14.04 anyway. Hopefully that comes before February (w/free shipping; 2-day was an extra $130!) so I can try and raise the game a bit. This will retire the HP xw8200 which has been acting a little wonky since my last NVIDIA update. I'll take the GTX 750 ti card and move it to the new box, plus I'm looking at adding another GTX 960 or 970 to the new box. That looks to be another $250-350.
Boy, for we better help find a cure for all these diseases before too long. I'd hate to think that we've actually been designing a new sugar substitute or something!
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WOO-HOO!!!! 1,000,000,000 Points, baby... Yeah!!!
The machine that I was folding on is doing some pretty intense productive work at this time (yeah, I know, pretty rare for a Windows machine). Not many spare cycles to donate.
That sounds familiar. Back when I started Folding I was also using my Mac Pro for Lightwave, a 3D rendering platform. When it was crunching away on a movie, Folding all but stopped.
We appreciate the contribution and hope you can spare some more cycles when you can. It's a great way to heat a room up, which (as I type this) helps take the edge off the 8? F outside temps.
Any 3D rendering I do is done on the original Lightwave platform, an Amiga A2500.
I started with Imagine on my A3000, then got Lightwave on the A4000-040 at work. Video Toasters were the best! Some amazing SF came out of the Amiga/NewTek combination, "Babylon 5" being the most recognized. "SeaQuest DSV" was on NBC.
Sadly, the only connection to the Video Toaster at work now is my mousepad. The A4000 with VT is in a stack of retired hardware.
Sadly, the only connection to the Video Toaster at work now is my mousepad. The A4000 with VT is in a stack of retired hardware.
