Monday 01/01/2007

Happy New Year to all the OCAU Folders out there. It was 366 days ago that the Duck packed his bags and headed overseas, twas a sad day for all concerned. It has been a long year and despite all the hard work put in by all our  members it looks like the Duck is going to stay away for a bit longer. The new year looks promising for a few of our bigger producers according to some of the posts in the DC forum, lets hope we can turn things around this year and come 2008 we will be back on top again.

2006 A Folding year in review.....Part 1

January...

 Stats

• Points: 226,969,939
• Members: 7003
• Active: 1077

Forum threads

• Congrats to OCAU! "Congrats to the [H]orde on taking number one spot" Geoff3DMN
• Please get the Ducky ready for transport. "Fair enough, but his heart will always be hear at his home" sean_oz
• One or two instances of QMD's on a P4, your thoughts? "Cool, I'm not just imagining things then!!" Ellroy80
• RIP Boky "OCAU lost a Folding@Home member yesterday" Geoff3DMN
• XFBOX004: and the winners are.... "Datsun 1600, you need a lifetime achievement award for folding" barney
• BEATtheBOX46.....and the winner is GriMo33 "hey hey good luck and happy folding" sean_oz
• Not easy being brown. "wow, that was the worst time ever, being green for a few hours. Oh the embarrassment" ssmack
• Folding longevity survey - submit your folding age! "Give up F@H, never." Datsun1600
• www.sunitafe.edu.au "wow that is some firepower there" zippo87
• POWER SURGE! The Merger of the goons. "It's like giving a Grizzy Bear a chainsaw" Andrew357
• Our Ducky has been busy! "the [H]erd have posted up some of his holiday snapshots" FOTW

February...

Stats

• Points: 239,650,686 (12,680,075)
• Members: 7084 (81)
• Active: 1108 (31)

Forum threads

• So what is the best cpu to fold with? "I've found it's the one that you don't have to pay the power bill for" ssmack
• QMDs to be suspended again "between this and blackouts the ol' output is getting a caning" sean_0z
• So, why is this forum ho hum? "Typing what you think, sure does liven up the Forum." Datsun1600
• BEATtheBOX47.and the winner is tHiNg "I know it will be my turn soon, Hope the project is still going when it happens" flatout
• P4 Owners bitchin' thread. "I seem to be unduly punished for being a P4 folder" Twrecks
• Dual Core Laptop "usually I'm all nice about your toys but this time I have one word!" ssmack
• Folding for a friend "That man was Boky." ssmack
• Finally Got a 1112 Point Unit "Its a whopper...." Teddy

March...

Stats

• Points: 252,448,749 (12,798,063)
• Members: 7118 (34)
• Active: 1083 (-25)

Forum threads

• Silicon??? "It's just constipation. There'll be a big dump soon" ssmack
• protein folding in F@H? "Let's go back to the basics - a protein is made up of amino acids...." Ellroy80
• Final Countdown: 100 PC countdown "I did borg 2xP4 2.6 at work for a few days, all legal of course" ssmack
• New info on QMD's more delays "Just knew this was going to happen" Twrecks
• BEATtheBOX48.....and the winner is crosby "congrats Crosby, thats grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat mate, woof" ssmack
• BEATtheBOX49.....and the winner of the redraw is pooger "Holy crap, I won something?......" pooger
• Get ya hair cut ya poof "not only do I look better now, but the mad bikie scum got the $1000 with ease." ssmack
• Whats the go with QMD lately? "Bummer...So whats a good work unit for a p4 now days?" Falls
• my first time folding adventures "so please help me fold for OCAU" ShaneHm2
• All Your Base @ Home? "AYBABTU? Is someone at folding@home taking the piss?" Agg
• Folding MSI Installer "Thank you." FaTs

April...

Stats

• Points: 264,832,327 (12,383,578)
• Members: 7185 (67)
• Active: 1063 (-20)

Forum threads

• Folding Posters "hehe they aren't half bad FearTec" Pyro
• [H]ow's it going? "the people that kept it alive have now moved to OCAU" cenuijmu
• TeamXFAU is about to hit to 2 mill points, so we're organising a race!!! "'Tis a simple race really," Ellroy80
• Call for nominations for DC Forum Admin "I haven't been here long enough to formulate a response. I vote for your choice." ssmack
• Are we becoming too reliant on our big producers??? "I just reading the situation incorrectly or going crazy?" Ellroy80
• BEATtheBOX51.....and the winner is Tin_Man "Congrats Tin Man, ready yourself for the ramp up." Shalimar
• Enough is enough. "F@H is not about the points....Mmmmm pull the other one." Datsun1600
• Poll for new DC Forum Admin "Damn - I thought you stopped reading these threads with no points value Datto" OverPAQ'd
• BEATtheBOX Giveaway on hold for a while. "Thinking thinking thinking. Something will come to me." ssmack
• Folding@Home News "Interesting findings, and good to see newspapers picking this sort of thing up" Pyro
• TeamXFAU race - we are off and racing!!! "Anyway, enough of the formalities - let the race begin!!!!!" Ellroy80
• F@H Noob "Well, I have always wanted to fold, but never have." shadowman

May...

Stats

• Points: 278,487,725 (13,655,398)
• Members: 7313 (128)
• Active: 1174 (111)

Forum threads

• Subteam AtomicMPC "Just starting a new thread basically just to comment on the great progress of the Atomic guys" Pyro
• Begin the borg "4 new boxen is a huge increase for me!" ssmack
• How old are you. "15 atm, 16 in a month and a bit. Abusing hardware since i was 11" TMM
• I'm back ... "I have a.... Lost me after that." ssmack
• BYO013: Draw- Are you in it? "Most of OCAU would be wanting to game with this beast let alone have those CPUs folding hard" Pyro
• Any good for folding? "$180 for another 500ppw. Hope the missus doesn't notice" ssmack

June...

Stats

• Points: 293,243,502 (14,755,777)
• Members: 7378 (65)
• Active: 1152 (-22)

Forum threads

• SSE vs SSE2 "some of the cores only use SSE ie Gromacs, GbGromacs, some use SSE2 ie DGromacs & some cores use nothing ie Tinkers." Teddy
• BYO013: Redraw- and the winner is....The winner of BYO013 redraw is dureck " Bollocks
• Sorry to let the side down."I no longer fold as Ezee, but am one of the Grumpy Old Men." ezee
• Folding on GPU getting closer "It looks like we're getting very close to being able to use our GPU's for something other than gaming" Wolfenbits
• sssmack "now if I can just work out how to stop the laptop folding for anon and get it in my name.. grrrrrrr 2 months wasted" ssmack
• Another star is born.... " joined 6/6/6 it's the debil" ssmack

Sunday 07/01/2007

Thanks to the ACME Electric Company No5 for sending over their new Flogometer III ®. This new model is powered by the new 10000 series ACME Hex-Core® WEON® processor based on the Flourmill® 650nm microarchitecture. This new Flogometer will provide greater stats performance and responsiveness when compared to the previous generation. I look forward to many years of reliable service from our new toy. Flogometer III

Monday 15/01/2007

July..

 Stats

• Points start: 307,735,028 (14,491,526)
• Members: 7478 (100)
• Active: 1177 (25)

Forum threads

• Tinkers run out! "Seems all tinker servers have runout of WU's." Auslander
• Another EM3 Question "Hey guys, wondering if anyone knew what this option is about? " aerospyke
• Another Nooby answering the call "Well everything seems to be running fine" Guido
• Spank a Roo: A fun little game we at [H] are playing "[H] have organized a little contest to keep you in your place" atomicmoose[H]
• i4memory.com sub-team folding for OCAU "we are after members to give those big boys a run for their money" dinos22
• What is the secret to Silicon Wars production? "these are not the droids you are looking for, move along" ssmack
• Cheap F@H computer - best bang for buck? "Just a tad on the warm side of hot" Datsun1600
• Countdown Over we fell short by 3,028,770 "its not much but every box helps right?" halfling
• Return of the 600 Point Gromacs! "I'm (holds finger and thumb apart) this far off the top 250" ssmack
• Stanford F@H Team Announces a Major new result... "Now that's a bit of overdue goodnews" Shalimar
• Another one bites the dust. "Alas, it is my sad duty to report a casualty in this endless feud with the [H]orde." Twrecks
• Program for registry editing F@H "That's the one, thanks for the help" terrabyte
• Troubles accessing Tinker server recently "Anyone else having problems with their tinkerers???" Gus the Mus
• Similar comps, different PPW. "Something is dying and I'm fornicated if I know what it is." ssmack
• FAH shutdown soon [Temporary] "Northern California is being hit by a huge heat wave" VJ Pande
• Time to Move on -zim01 "Oh look, I just found a dummy on the floor wayyyyyyyy over there" ssmack
• Undies "On the head time" ssmack
• Two Boxen to Giveaway- Sydney Folders Only: ...." Thanks to inspectr and Datsun1600 we have a couple of machines to giveaway"

August...

Stats

• Points start: 323,721,445 (15,986,865)
• Members: 7568 (90)
• Active: 1143 (-34)

Forum threads

• Folding with Conroe "How does Conroe fold?" chainbolt
• When scrounging for points gets desperate."This thread is going to be right up ssmack's alley!" kitwalker
• Unborg "Ignorant sod. Does he deserve to breathe?" kitwalker
• New hard drive "Bloody hell, now I have to work out how. I like a challenge" ssmack
• basic rundown of a good folding setup "Alright, I have a dual core machine" waynejkruse10
• BEATtheBOX50.....and the winner of the redraw #2 is kogi "Thank you one and all." kogi
• When scrounging for points gets serious "Then that would be Conroe, AM2 doesn't even rate" Datsun1600
• Plus Corp and CA need our support....."Done deal, they should have more of these surveys" Shalimar
• Folding question... New system or multiple older systems? " Datsun 1500...You get sleeved back overnight or just running a shorter stroke?" ssmack
• Folding on GPU - one month away!  "I can't WAIT!" estate

September...

Stats

• Points start: 337,902,310 (14,180,063)
• Members: 7636 (78)
• Active: 1143 (0)

Forum threads

• Tinker Server .120 is back online. "Looks like it will be in "accept" mode only. No Tinkers for crunching yet." flatout
• ps3 to fold "sony and stanford working together for the good of humanity...." stroggos2k
• Conroe loves these new RIBOS! "$40 pickup....I'm gonna have to get me one of those!" ssmack
• when is it safe to turn -advmethods back on? "What's the deal with advmethods?" The Sentinel
• I'm going "To Melb in the morning" ssmack
• Folding on a Laptop "So if anyone is thinking about folding on a laptop, perhaps thats something to think about!" Tas_Dean
• FAHLogStats - New .NET Version "I've been working on creating a new version of FAHLogStats" DavidRa
• New P4 now goes 100% CPU "nope, nope and nope" ssmack
• TeamXFAU race thread "My P4 died last week. The smoke got out." ssmack

October...

Stats

• Points start: 352,406,374 (14,504,064)
• Members: 7683 (47)
• Active: 1038 (-5)

Forum threads

• Lots of 600 pointers? "I've been getting a lot of them recently" Vaempyr
• folding on an xbox? "I'd do it just for the cool factor." ManWIthNoPants
• Does folding really cost that much on your powerbill? "Do you think you get this free of charge?" chainbolt
• Where do you fold from? "We need more Tasmanians." guido

November...

Stats

• Points start: 366,970,048 (14,563,674)
• Members: 7783 (100)
• Active: 1081 (43)

Forum threads

• October FBOX Giveaway: FBOX55 and FBOX56: the winners are. "I'd like to say a big personal thank you to those who've donated for the PCs" estate
• Countdown to #1 Date: (Some time in the future?) "I for one say yes we can." ian4u2
• Folding and Gaming "i highly recommend installing the console client if trying to game as well." T-O-D
• FoldingHome (sic) in the news "F@H got a mention in today's newspaper" petercr
• 256MB vs 512MB folding on GPU's? "Lag only seems to occur on 256mb cards" crosby
• Horde Drama's "what??? Zim move on???? Nah, the guy is a stayer." ssmack

December...

Stats

• Points start: 380,269,136 (13,299,088)
• Members: 7828 (45)
• Active: 975 (-106)

Forum threads

• Scheduled Folding "How hard is it to setup a scheduled time for Folding?" therazza
• Sabretooth Style Skin for EMIII "Well bugger me, I got it working. Looks the goods " ssmack
• Ways to get another 300 folders - ADVERTISE! "any advertising help would be awesome" r3s
• November FBOX Giveaway: FBOX58: and the winner is "Congrats kungpau, ur machines brother is working hard as we speak..." General Smirnov
• Addicted to Folding club "I'm hooked! #64 please!" Cdr Zero
• Sceggs Output " Sorry Guys School Holidays" ralphy140
• Ideal budget folding box? "Just wondering what the ideal cpu etc is good for folding." Gierke
• Will we ever catch the [H]orde? "I've upped my output, now up yours!" ssmack
• Bollocks Farm Boxen "very nice bollocks" MAXKNOTT
• New Folder "Just joined F@H" ANZAC_ELITE
• Q6600 Kentsfield FAH "I thought I'd get back into some folding to see how Q6600 performs" eva2000
• Merry Xmas to ALL the Folders out there! "Merry Xmas to all my fellow folders" Teddy2
• December FBOX Giveaway: FBOX59...the winner is "Good luck everyone!" Cdr Zero

2006

Stats

• Points: 226,969,939 to 391,679,911 (164,709,972 points produced)
• Members: 7003 to 7896 (893 new members)
• Active: 1077 to 881 (-196 active members)
• Top 1500: 242 new members
• Folding Clubs: >450 members changed Clubs
• Highest Folding club: Silicon Wars - 700,000 PPW
• Longest time between clubs: Blot0-1482 days (3/12/2002 to 24/12/06)
• Highest Club obtained by a new member: 180,000 PPW - www.sunitafe.edu.au