Sunday 01/08/04

The next contender for the BEATtheBOX challenge starting tomorrow is FBOX22, it is a XP1700 Palomino. If you have what it takes to whip this little sucker, join in.

 

Monday 02/08/04

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

Sunday 08/08/04

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

As new folders and members of the OCAU # 1 Team, you may not yet have experienced the excitement of pitting your skills and resources against your peers.

I highly recommend this competition to you.

The first newbie race produced (directly and indirectly) a few ot the team's newer rising stars - Buzz_Puppy, Origami_Army and Ozmund, all ex-newbies and joint winners of MVN (most valuable newbie award)

It also produced some steady and reliable producers like rooboy and others.


Do you have what it takes to make a mark?

My suggestion is an informal comp open to any who started folding on or after 1 July 2004 and/or who are reasonably new and have fewer than 2000 points.

Others outside these parameters are free to join, but I may apply a handicap to ensure no walkovers.

I will keep a running score and, if enough interest, I'm sure our fearless leader will add to the gauntlets.

Hands up all competitive newbies

Thread

FBOX thread.

Ladies and Gentlemen we will get underway at 07:00 WST tomorrow for the 30 Day Time Trial.

Average daily output will be drawn from last months test trial numbers.

Falls: 781
FaTs: 1367
l00b3r: 507
ezee: 209
fxr91: 1282
team_clown: 1279
Bollocks: 2127
gazzmo: 754
#thpam: 1405
ZeonX: 496
xylus[atomic]: 720
datsun1600: 733
Schrambo: 88
team_rezidue: 1584
peterc: 229


If anyone else would like to join in let us know, the more the merrier.



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The rules:

30 Day Time Trial based on each folders previous months daily average output .

The start date is a tomorrow morning 07:00 WST .

First to reach target wins sprinter award (in theory it's possible nobody would win this)

Folder who has the best percentage of their daily average target after 30 days wins overall Time Trial winner.


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Example

team_rezidue

Average Points Per Day: 1584
Start Points: 26603 (example)
Target Points: 26603 + (30 days X 1584 PPD) = 47520

Winner is the member or team with the greatest % above their ave PPD.
Sprinters Award to the member or team that reaches Target Points first.

Monday 09/08/04

The winner of FBOX BYO009 is

Bonkers (99)

Congratulations Bonkers you have won...

Case: Antec ARIA- Tebinium
Motherboard: ASUS AN7266-VM- Plus Corp
CPU: XP2400+ - FFF
Ram: 256MB PC2100- FFF
DVD: 8x DVD- Computer Alliance
HDD: Western Digital 20Gb- Razorback

Plus an optical mouse donated by Plus Corp.

To receive this magnificent prize you must pledge to run it 24/7 and pay for postage. If you agree to these terms send me a PM and we can sort out delivery.


Many thanks to all those that have donated to the FFF.

I have listed a heap more stuff on eBay. I have a lot more to list over the coming weeks which should give us a nice boost in the FFF.

Wednesday 11/08/04

Version 5 is out of beta and is available for download from Stanford. Our thread is here and the release announcement is here. Also there is a new version of EM3 to go along with the new client, thanks Larry.

The v.5.00 client is now on the main download page for Windows and Linux. We'll turn to Macintosh now. Thanks go to all those who helped with testing and giving feedback, which is the main reason it's turned out well. The only changes from the Prerelease are that the release will not expire and that the Windows Console fixes an issue where certain methods of launching the program would result in an improper service install.

The full v.5 change log can be viewed by clicking on the appropriate version number link on the download page ( http://folding.stanford.edu/download.html ).

5.00 Changes:
- Collection server support. If a client finishes a work unit from
  a Work server with this feature enabled, then if 2 upload
  attempts to that server fail, the client will return to the
  work unit to a Collection server. Pending credit will be given
  for the unit, becoming final when the Work server comes back up
  and verifies what the Collection server has received. All work
  servers will eventually be associated with a Collection server,
  and many already are.
- Configuration option to allow downloads and uploads greater
  than 5 MB in size, which some new projects will require due
  to the size of what they are simulating.
- G@H configuration option reworded to be "No deadline" option.
- Print executable name and launch directory to log.
- Fix for bug where queue slot could get stuck "Fetching"
- MyFolding links updated.
- Configuration option to pause work when the computer is using
  battery power (for laptops).
- Behavior in response to a shutdown or logoff of the system should be
  improved (exiting nicely).
- Console: Built in service installation support through Configuration, to
  have the program automatically begin at machine startup. If one wishes, the
  service can be further configured and interacted with through the Services
  tool (GUI) that can be accessed through the Windows Settings (under
  Administrative Tools in 2000/NT). The Sc command line tool may also be used.
  There are known issues with the Net tool.
- GUI: Larger window size and more informative display.
- GUI: Screensaver configuration option.
- GUI: Print a message to FAHlog.txt when ask to network.

Day1

ezee and Falls launched off the start line and are sprinting away from the rest of the field, they are followed some distance back by Caillin and Origami Army fighting for third. The rest of the field are tightly bunched fighting for position behind the leaders. Eltoro and team clown got checked early and are stuck in the pack. FaTs and djr missed a gear and are looking for a way through to the front. looktall, Lithium and hj missed the start and have stalled on the line.

Day2

Day 2 sees ezee maintain his lead only just though, Falls falls to third with Caillin slipping in second behind ezee after a good run down the main straight. ZeonX had a good lap and made up some ground on the leaders and moves into 5th right behind peterc who also made up some ground with some great overtaking moves. xylus, tuapui and Michael0Myth put in some good times as well and are catching up to the main bunch at the front. Datsun 1600 found another gear and is putting in some respectable times for an out dated model. RAT had to pull into the pits with a flat and poor old hj still hasnt moved off the start line with his engine refusing to fire.

Here is a Chart to give this trial a graphical representation.

Forums Thread

Monday 16/08/04

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

The winner of FBOX22 is

joannacr (353)

Congratulations joannacr you have won...

Case: 400W ATX Miditower- FFF
Motherboard: Soyo SY-K7V- Computer Alliance
CPU: XP1700- Computer Alliance
Ram: 256MB PC3200- FFF
Video Card: PCI S3 Trio32/64- peterc
HDD: Quantum 2.1 GB- RobW
NIC: 10/100 PCI- mtech


To receive this magnificent prize you must pledge to run it 24/7 and pay for postage (your dad will help you out there). If you agree to these terms send me (or get your dad to send me) a PM and we can sort out delivery.

Tuesday 17/08/04

The five items that were list on eBay have returned $78.00. I have put up a few more AT power supplies for this week, with a few more items to go up in the next day or two.

Sunday 22/08/04

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

The next contender for the BEATtheBOX challenge starting tomorrow is FBOX23, it is a XP1700 TBred A. If you want a chance to win this FBOX, join in.

 

Sunday 29/08/04

This weeks xylus 500 is here.