Sniper

Iron Folder Interview

(note that sniper has filled part of this out with the current team of 'OLDsniper' which includes Aerosmythe.)

What is your OCAU username & Folding name?

Sniper and OLDsniper/ with Aerosmythe

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

Sniper comes from my nick in Quake2 and how accurate I was with it :)

Which month and year did you win Iron Folder?

Nov 10 and Jan With Aerosmythe (OLDsniper)

How many F@H points do you have?

Not enough ;) ...64 Million +

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

1 now :(

When did you start folding for Team 24?

05 when I did 17k, I restarted June 08 as my brother was getting much worse and I needed a way to do something to help find a cure for Parkinson's

What is your average F@H points per month?

OLDsnipers current avg is 3.3 mil plus

Any other DC projects?

No

How many boxen do you have running the following clients?

regular client — 0

SMP client — 12

GPU client — 12

PS3 client — 0

What operating system do you primarily use?

Vista/Win7 64bit

Name:

Michael

Location:

SA and USA

Occupation:

Retired/Pharmacist

Hobbies:

Computers

Are you married, single, etc?

Single

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

N/A

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?

Recognition for one is important as it gives an incentive to do more.

Why do you think you were chosen?

Others are and where impressed by our efforts

Why do you participate in Folding?

My older brother has Parkinsons

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

As above

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

I dont think much surprises OCAU'rs these days :)

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

Much the same as now

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

N/A

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

N/A

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

Power costs, hardware issues, just the usual things

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?

A LOT

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

N/A

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

PC games

Is there anything else you would like to add?

I would like to do more then I do, being on the a pension makes it hard tho.

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!