AmB

Iron Folder Interview

What is your OCAU username & Folding name?

AmB, fold for Boky & Team 24

What is the meaning or significance of your OCAU username, if any?

Initials, including the middle one because Agg wont let me have just AB :)

Which month and year did you win Iron Folder?

April 2011

How many F@H points do you have?

lots apparently !

How many boxen do you have? Break this number down between borgs and your personal machines.

Personal 1, used to have 2 at work and 1 GPU in Trev's work farm

When did you start folding for Team 24?

About 5 years ago when Boky died in a motorcycle accident, to keep him on the leaderboard.

What is your average F@H points per month?

Dunno

Any other DC projects?

No

How many boxen do you have running the following clients?

Regular client — 0

SMP client — 0

GPU client — 1

PS3 client — 0

What operating system do you primarily use?

Windoze7

Name:

AmB

Location:

Earth

Occupation:

IT professional

Hobbies:

Beer, bikes, footy

Are you married, single, etc?

Married with 1 child

Does your significant other, assuming you have one, support your F@H activities?

Yep

Congratulations on being chosen the Iron Folder for the month. How does it feel to be chosen by your peers for such a prestigious award?

Good, it means good recognition for Boky and continuing the distributed research

Why do you think you were chosen?

Because of my dashing good looks and rapier like wit?

Why do you participate in Folding?

As I said, to keep Boky up there, help team 24, and continue the research

If Folding could find a cure for just one disease tomorrow, which one would it be and why?

Alzheimers, seen it happen to relatives and it is not nice

What would you like Team 24, to know about you, that might surprise them?

That I can play the electric guitar. It would also surprise me :)

Where do you see your folding activities in the next year or two?

New gpu at the end of the year, and once I get some solar power going at home, more boxen...

Have you been successful borging? If so, what kind of borging worked for you? (For example, friends, family, and/or work?)

Yeah, a few at work for a couple of years.

Any ideas on improving the DC subforum, or suggestions or improvements for our Team?

Nah, it seems to muddle along quite well

What challenges have you faced in your F@H efforts?

Mainly with SMP, I find GPU much simpler to get going.

How much do you spend on F@H? If you consider equipment, electricity, and other activities that support F@H... how much of your life has DC’ing consumed?

Not a lot really, just fold using nVidia GPU's while they are not gaming.

Do you have friends, family, or neighbors that know about your F@H activities? What do they think?

Yep, I dont think they really get it.

Do you game? If so, how long and what types do you prefer? Consoles or PC?

Yep, FPS but waiting for the next big thing...

Is there anything else you would like to add?

Carry on Folding.

On behalf of Team 24, I thank you as well for your contributions to this team and I thank you for your time to talk about it. Keep on folding!