News July 2005

Sunday 03/07/2005

Top 500:

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

Red Alert Top 500 (27th June to 3rd July)

Moving through the field:

MaddKidz: up 98 places

Stuck in the pits.

snaggs:  down 16 places

Keep her revving when she fires:

Trinedy: up 31,607 PPW

Missed a gear:

makon0: down 21,061  PPW

Starting Line: 52,260:  up 1,128  points
Number of entrants racing: 426:  down 7 members
No of points completed: 2,285,895:  up 82,695  points
Average points per entrant: 5,365 up 278  points

 

BEATtheBOX 38: starts tomorrow..

The next contender for the BEATtheBOX challenge which starts tomorrow morning is FBOX38. If you have what it takes to beat this box, join in.

 

James Cook-
Case  250 W ATX Miditower FBOX Collection
Motherboard ABit NF7-S FFF
CPU + HSF AMD XP2500 FFF
RAM 256MB PC3200 FFF (Ellroy80)
HDD Samsung 3.2 GB Ellroy80
Extra CDROM FBOX Collection

 

Sunday 10/07/2005

Top 500:

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

Red Alert Top 500 (4th July to 10th July)

Moving through the field:

MaddKidz: up 74 places

Stuck in the pits.

arjag:  down 12 places

Keep her revving when she fires:

bbeikoff: up 22,074 PPW

Missed a gear:

makon0: down 44,702  PPW

Starting Line: 53,813:  up 1,552  points
Number of entrants racing: 418:  down 8 members
No of points completed: 2,306,817:  up 20,922  points
Average points per entrant: 5,518 up 153  points

 

Sunday 17/07/2005

Top 500:

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

Red Alert Top 500 (11th July to 17th July)

Moving through the field:

funkusmunkus: up 57 places

Stuck in the pits.

JaS:  down 13 places

Keep her revving when she fires:

wet_sponge: up 50,604 PPW

Missed a gear:

Sceggs.nsw.edu.au: down 6,586PPW

Starting Line: 55,034:  up 1,222  points
Number of entrants racing: 418:  down 0 members
No of points completed: 2,498,479:  up 191,662  points
Average points per entrant: 5,977 up 458  points

 

Monday 18/07/2005

BEATtheBOX 38: and the winner is...

The winner of FBOX038 is Pyro (2219). You have won this magnificent prize.

Case: 250W ATX Miditower- FBOX Collection
Motherboard: ABit NF7-S- FFF
CPU + HSF: AMD XP2500- FFF
RAM: 256MB PC3200- FFF (Ellroy80)
HDD: Samsung 3.2 GB - Ellroy80
Extras: CDROM - FBOX Collection



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.

Thread

 

Sunday 24/07/2005

Top 500:

This weeks xylus 500 is here.

Red Alert Top 500 (18th July to 24th July)

Moving through the field:

AdamR6: up 46 places

Stuck in the pits.

TheQuackMysterdown 12 places

Keep her revving when she fires:

Shalimar: up 20,142 PPW

Missed a gear:

makon0: down 55,118

Starting Line: 56,217:  up 1,183  points
Number of entrants racing: 431:  up 13 members
No of points completed: 2,286,452:  down 212,027  points
Average points per entrant: 5,304 down 672  points

 

Shalimar's weekly rap: slammin the house down ...


A big Congrats to the big Teddy BEAR on the 2 mil....awesome.
"Now who said bears caint fold"

Bollocks! "The Master weaver the Juggernaut, The Endurance King." What are we supposed to do with you. You won't stop overtaking everyone "He got's more overtake's than WU's" Another 5K and da Silicon kid falls to you.

That boy ellroy with his Team XFOWNZU!!!!! ya Rocken, Slamiin, Slicen n Dicen......and Slammin into 50th position.....ETA Yeeessssterrrdayyyyyy with Komplete Kontrol Karsa at the wheel.

Trinedy & REDFIRE who be on fire! you boys happy now. ya melted 25% of the southern ice cap and raised temps in that part of the country to like the "BAHAMA'S"! La specialistaaayy Slammerss.

MAGNAMAN is in the zone! moving in to tha 100,000 parking lot, go hard, go well, Slammm on you good thing you.

eltoro,
For the tenth time! I AM NOT GOING TO HOLD OUT A RED TABLE CLOTH FOR YOU! he is still charging like a bull on steroids. "Me runs away".

makon0, look wat's ya done....ya started the 150,000 ppw club revolution , boy it must be getting cramped in there sheeesh.

TaXy_DriVar ups the fair and is back in the RED! "Taxi Please" & follow that folder fast!. Top job and way to go.

Datsun1600, way to go, another PPW Club falls before you. "Me still thinks you is a V8.

chainbolt & terrabyte, terrabyte & chainbolt, chainbolt & terrabyte "i'm getting cross eyed watching you's switching the lead... will you guy's make up your mind as to who is going to lead. well done guy's.

surfichris banks 50,000 and is now saving hard for the 100,000 mark before hittin the water again. Well done"

I want's to thank everyone but i caint i juss caint...agg said him going to charge me HD server storage fee's.

No seriously congratulations to everyone...and i do mean everyone , i wish i could find a way of thanking each and every one of you.

Later

 

Monday 25/07/2005

Giveaway7: State of Origin Shoot Out ...


The aim of Giveaway7 is to have some fun and promote the Folding@Home project among the Overclockers Australia forum members.  This Giveaway will last for four weeks with a prizes being won at the end of this period. There will be a main prize with the winner drawn from of the winning team with second and third prizes awarded to members of the second and third place teams. Consolation prizes will be awarded at random among all participants. This Giveaway will be a Time Trial, using the combined output of all the entrants of a team during the week before the Giveaway starts as the base and the team with the greatest percentage increase being the winner and will be known as the "State of Origin: Shoot Out Champions". So attracting new members to a team is of great benefit along with increasing ones own output, if that is possible. Also the team that produces the most amount of points overall will earn the bragging rights to be known as the "State of Origin: Big Guns"

The Giveaway will run for four weeks starting on Monday the 4th of August 2005 at 07:00 WST. To be eligible for the prize draw all you have to do is produce a minimum of 1000 points over the four week period or 250 points for each week that you are nominated (that is for the late comers). Those members currently folding and active as of Monday the 25th of July they will receive a bonus number if they qualify for the prize draw.

If you are new to Folding and want to get started here is all the information you need to get started.

 

The Giveaway will start on Monday the 1st of August 2005 at 07:00 WST

Giveaway Rules

  • Each entrant is to nominate which state (all Australian states plus an international team) they will be Folding for. For member of a subteam they must state their subteam name and the state the will be folding for.

  • To be eligible for the prize draw you must produce at least 1000 points in total for the Overclockers Australia Folding team and for subteams the qualification is 1000 points multiplied by number of nominations for the subteam.

  • You will receive one number in the draw if you reach the qualifying amount of points.

  • All currently active members (for the week ending the 25th of July 2005) will receive a bonus number in the prize draw.

  •  

  • To participate in the Giveaway you must nominate yourself in this thread in the OCAU DC Forum.

  • Each nominee that qualifies for the draw will receive the appropriate amount of numbers generated by a sequence number generator and the winning numbers will be selected by the random number generator at the same site.

  • The prize draw will take place on Monday the 29th of August 2005 and the winner's name will appear in the OCAU main news page, the DC forum and the Folding page.

  • No prizes can be substituted for cash.

 

 

Main Prize:

 Donated by Datsun 1600

AMD XP2600 Mobile CPU, ABit NF7 motherboard and a Swiftech MCX 462-V cooler and 2 x 256MB RAM.

2nd Prize:

Donated by FFF

Antec Aria Case.

3rd Prize:

Winfast TV 2000 XP TV Card with remote: Donated by fnkychnk
Pioneer DVD 8X Burner: Donated by |bLuEqUt|

 Consolation prizes:

 Donated by Lownoise PC and Plus Corp

1
Thermal Control Unit
2 x 120 mm Fans
2 x Cold Cathode Tube
Keyboard and Monitor Cleaning Kit
2 x Spire fan grills
2
2 x Cold Cathode Tubes
Keyboard and Monitor Cleaning Kit
Multimedia Lens Cleaner
2 x Spire fan grills
3
2 x Cold Cathode Tubes
Keyboard and Monitor Cleaning Kit
Multimedia Lens Cleaner
2 x Spire fan grills
4
Selection of Fans 60 to 120 mm
Spire Sound absorbent mat
Choice of cooler

 462 or 478 or 754/939/940

5
Choice of cooler left over from  consolation prize 4
Back Pack with AMD and Plus Corp logos
6
Cooler left over from consolation prize 4

 

BEATtheBOX 39: starts this morning...

The next contender for the BEATtheBOX challenge which starts this morning is FBOX39. If you have what it takes to beat this box, join in.

 

-
Case  250 W ATX Miditower FBOX Collection
Motherboard ABit NF7 FFF
CPU + HSF AMD XP2400 FFF
RAM 256MB PC3200 bundy33op
HDD Maxtor 6 GB FBOX Collection
Extra CDROM/FDD FBOX Collection

 

Wednesday 27/07/2005

State of Origin Shoot Out: Nominations so far

Here is a chart with the nominations received so far. Its going to be a close race between NSW and QLD for the "State of Origin: Big Guns" title. That's fine but the winner of the "Shoot Out" will be the team that increases its output the most in percentage terms over the four weeks so any team can win.

 

Wednesday 27/07/2005

State of Origin Shoot Out: Where are the BIG GUNS.

There are a lot of big producers that have not entered the Shoot Out yet, so even if you don't want to win a prize at least show some support for your state and lets really see where the fire power is coming from.

1 Trinedy 120771
2 Teddy2(OCAU) 69300
3 makon0 65520
4 TeamXFAU 64659
5 Bollocks 59045
6 Kameleon 57456
7 Bhurak AU 54810
8 Razorback 53277
9 eltoro2005 51737
10 Shalimar 49840
11 wet sponge 42420
12 bbeikoff 41727
13 Tragic 36897
14 mtech 34692
15 drift boy 30338
16 datsun1600 29218
17 Simonf 28252
18 djr 26936
19 MaddKidz 25459
20 Geoff3DMN 23562
21 GroopA 23541
22 Sceggs.nsw.edu.au 20580
23 xylus[atomic] 19411
24 BSS 17122
25 DutchWink*OzForces 15470

 

If your name is in red then you know what to do. You can nominate for the Shoot Out in this thread.

 

 

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