Folding Pie and Milestones!!

[dustyshiv]

Originally Posted by animal007uk

Thank you and merry xmas I use my GPU and only have this one pc, im going to keep folding anytime im not playing games.

I never turn the pc of lol, i use it for everything so hopefully them points will build up a lot more.

Is there anyway i can make the pc do more work?
I get roughly 380 to maybe 400 points per work unit at the moment hehe.

Animal,

Why dont u consider joining our WCG team?? Just feel free to ask any question in the forums or PM anybody. We have a good WCG family out here.

For details click on the hyperlink tht says Join team TPU in my signature.

[[Ion]]

Or, you can check the WCG Essentials thread in my signature

[NastyHabits]

Originally Posted by hat

Not really a milestone in terms of points, but I finally got in the top 50!

Congrats Hat. Well done.

I'm struggling to reach the top 40, and keep knocking on the door of the daily top 20. It would be no problem if I could just remember where I stashed my secret weapon.

[[Ion]]

Damn
I rebooted the system with the 8800GT due to Windows Updates, and I lost an 1888 pt WU that was 95% done

[NastyHabits]

Originally Posted by [Ion]

Damn
I rebooted the system with the 8800GT due to Windows Updates, and I lost an 1888 pt WU that was 95% done

You violated TPU vs HWC rule number 42, subsection 12, paragraph 1.

Always wait for the 1888.

[BUCK NASTY]

Don't worry. With the new PSU [Ion] has, he will quickly replace that lost work unit.

[El Fiendo]

Today looks even more hopeful than the days prior, as HWC's folding front fell further today in points. Having said that, we too were down in points today but by a smaller margin. They have 43,000 PPD on us as of tonight, and this may yet fluctuate up or down. With any luck though this most recent surge is subsiding.


Pie!



Winners of the MPA!

msgclb	23/12/09
bogmali	23/12/09

Feel free to check my findings, I sometimes miss people


Milestones!

2009-12-23	hat	550,000
2009-12-23	BraveSoul	90,000
2009-12-23	adulaamin	3,000
2009-12-23	MStenholm	500,000
2009-12-23	Bucketface	1,000
2009-12-23	Crazyeyesreaper	60,000
2009-12-23	Error_404	40,000
2009-12-23	vanyots	900,000
2009-12-23	animal007	8,000
2009-12-23	TeXBill	950,000

MStenholm surges forward earlier in the morning and snatches his 500k milestone, only hours behind Easy Rhino. Each party has increased their PPD to counter the other in their race to 1 million. Good luck to both in their race to 1 million, but as for tonight Mstenholm gets the spotlight.

[El Fiendo]

Early pie is early! But this means now you'll all get pie, before dinner on Christmas Eve (timezones permitting). Tonight I have no idea where I'll be or if I'll be anywhere close to a computer, therefore, pie is dished up early tonight. I'll also post up tonight's milestones so far, and any that are missed will be added in with tomorrow night's update. As for the MPA's, they'll be based on early pie for both teams, so we may see some extra names.

As we can see, today's midday pie is dominated by the bigadv work units Bogi has handed in today. Having said that, HWC seems to be matching us today stride for stride, as they're still ahead of us as we near the end of the day. I must say I am impressed at how often they can pick up a flood of points to overwhelm us. Our levee has yet to break, but some are beginning to fear its only a matter of time. Others, however, have no doubt in TPU's world domination. At the end, hopefully we'll all be standing triumphant over a mound of diseases and ailments.


Pie!



Winners of the MPA!

msgclb	24/12/09
bogmali	24/12/09
Oily_17	24/12/09

Feel free to check my findings, I sometimes miss people


Milestones!

2009-12-24

nflesher87

900,000

Well, this will likely mean there are 2 or 3 to be picked up on tomorrow's update, but I assure you they will be picked up. As for tonight, it would seem we have to start to make more room in the millionaires club. While I get started on that, everyone else should probably go about safe holiday practices and stuff. So, don't offend any foreign dignitaries or activist groups unless you consider HWC to be of these groups, and everyone drive safe. Have a fun one guys.

[Easy Rhino]

woohoo i'm top 50!!! now the slow climb upward begins...

[El Fiendo]

With hard work and perseverance, we were able to best HWC on Christmas Day, which should provide a nice dose of hope towards our survival. We may have only finished a few hundred points ahead of them, but we're already looking to repeat that again today on boxing day. If their downward trend doesn't level off soon, they'll drop off our threats list in no time.

Pie!



Winners of the MPA!

msgclb	25/12/09
bogmali	25/12/09
Oily_17	25/12/09

Feel free to check my findings, I sometimes miss people


Milestones!

2009-12-24	bogmali	16,000,000
2009-12-25	TeXBill	1,000,000
2009-12-25	imperialreign	40,000
2009-12-25	adulaamin	5,000
2009-12-25	p_o_s_pc	1,600,000
2009-12-25	EnergyFX	1,100,000
2009-12-25	NastyHabits	850,000
2009-12-25	Easy_Rhino1	550,000
2009-12-25	Wile_E	300,000

Well, today's update covers the one final milestone of the 24th, and a sole milestone for the 25th. On the 24th, likely just after I'd posted early pie, Bogmali handed in his 16 millionth point. His margin between him and third place grows at an unfathomable rate, making the task of matching him one day difficult, and with these -bigadv WUs he adds another layer of ferocity to his arsenal. On the following day, TeXBill was unhappy that the day was shaping up to be without milestones, so he revved his engines and tossed down the final work unit on his road to one million. With his achievement, TPU gains one more F@Hmillionaire in our ever continuing march forward. Congrats guys!

[thebluebumblebee]

TeXBill

Bogmali

[NastyHabits]

Originally Posted by thebluebumblebee

TeXBill

Bogmali

I second BBB's post. Especially TexBill, who's raised such a cloud of dust when he passed me, I'm still choking on it.

[BUCK NASTY]

Congrat's TeXBill! Thank you for your contributions...

[p_o_s_pc]

congrats stoners

I got pie again not much pie but still pie points should go up alittle more now that i added my last 8800GT into the mix and in a few days will have the GTX260

[El Fiendo]

Tonight sees us pushing further ahead of HWC as we extend their time to overtake us to over 3 months. Part of our recent surge is due in part to these bigadv work units, and one example of their power is shown tonight as Bogmali grabs nearly 200k in one night. With the aid of these work units, we can shoot ourselves further to the top, and hopefully quicker too.

As for HWC, I'm surprised at how quickly they flared up and subsided, but I won't complain that they seem to be returning to a more tolerable position in PPD. Hopefully we get a bit more of a rest this time, as we barely had any downtime between their last 2 spikes of output.

Pie!



Winners of the MPA!

msgclb	26/12/09
Oily_17	26/12/09

Feel free to check my findings, I sometimes miss people


Milestones!

2009-12-26	MStenholm	550,000
2009-12-26	BraveSoul	100,000
2009-12-26	dank1983man420	6,000,000
2009-12-26	adulaamin	6,000
2009-12-26	Chosen	1,000
2009-12-26	theonedub	1,500,000
2009-12-26	animal007	9,000
2009-12-26	D3mon_of_The3_F4LL	500

Today sees 2 milestones, the first being by Bravesoul as he conquers 100k and earns himself a folding badge to show his prestige. And with dank1983man420's entry, the millionaire wave that started last night continues forth tonight as he tosses on his 6 millionth point. Very nice work guys!

[El Fiendo]

As can be seen, we're still working out a few of the wrinkles. Although our production drops 125k below HWC today, I have no doubt we'll bounce back and conquer them yet. One key to this is getting this bigadv thing down and reliable, which is tough considering how touchy these VMs can be.

Tonight we also see a slew of GPU work units were released that are playing havoc with monitoring programs and the like everywhere. They're worth 548 points and are supposedly similar in PPD to 511s, but a little better. I've yet to witness their output myself as I can't get any of my monitoring programs to properly read them, but they take my GTX260s about 2 hours to do, so that's roughly 6500 PPD for one card on these. I have yet to see if these are a limited run or if they'll be making it into regular circulation. Hopefully we'll learn more about these soon.

Pie!



Winners of the MPA!

msgclb	27/12/09
bogmali	27/12/09

Feel free to check my findings, I sometimes miss people


Milestones!

2009-12-27	adulaamin	7,000
2009-12-27	msgclb	7,500,000
2009-12-27	Buck_Nasty	35,000,000

Buck Nasty continues the trend of millionaires strutting their stuff. The night begins and ends with Buck dropping an earth shattering 35 million onto the table, which probably silenced even our greatest opponents. Buck is going to have to forgive me, because words are absolutely failing to convey how awesome an achievement this actually is. The end result is the same as Buck can only continue to head upward, and he doesn't seem ready to throw in the towel just yet. With that said, I hope you see another 35 million Buck, but I hope that 35 million is problem free.

[thebluebumblebee]

da Buck

[p_o_s_pc]

wow buck thats a great milestone thats going to take most of us years to reach

[NastyHabits]

Originally Posted by p_o_s_pc

wow buck thats a great milestone thats going to take most of us years to reach

I'll probably be gone from this earth before I reach that number.

[p_o_s_pc]

Originally Posted by NastyHabits

I'll probably be gone from this earth before I reach that number.

i will be close to it maybe even dead. It took me almost 2 years to reach 1million so it would take ~70 years at the rate i was going so i would be almost 88 by the time i would reach it.

EDIT:at the rate i am going now it will take ~4years

[msgclb]

Originally Posted by El Fiendo

One key to this is getting this bigadv thing down and reliable, which is tough considering how touchy these VMs can be.

Tonight we also see a slew of GPU work units were released that are playing havoc with monitoring programs and the like everywhere. They're worth 548 points and are supposedly similar in PPD to 511s, but a little better. I've yet to witness their output myself as I can't get any of my monitoring programs to properly read them, but they take my GTX260s about 2 hours to do, so that's roughly 6500 PPD for one card on these. I have yet to see if these are a limited run or if they'll be making it into regular circulation. Hopefully we'll learn more about these soon.

...
Buck Nasty continues the trend of millionaires strutting their stuff.

Buck that is truly amazing !

I have yet to see a 548 point wu but one of my monitoring programs quit overnight. I had to restart it and point it in the right direction before it would play nice.

El Fiendo I take it you are having problems with your bigadv or VMs as I seem to keep gaining on you. Every night I keep praying I'll see a big spike in your stats.

[NastyHabits]

Originally Posted by p_o_s_pc

i will be close to it maybe even dead. It took me almost 2 years to reach 1million so it would take ~70 years at the rate i was going so i would be almost 88 by the time i would reach it.

EDIT:at the rate i am going now it will take ~4years

You'll beat me. I calculated that it will take me 7.7 years at my current rate. I might cut that down a bit. I still have some room in my window box.

[p_o_s_pc]

Originally Posted by NastyHabits

You'll beat me. I calculated that it will take me 7.7 years at my current rate. I might cut that down a bit. I still have some room in my window box.

I will cut mine down alittle more too. as soon i will be able to overclock one of my 8800GTs again and will have a GTX260 soon.

[El Fiendo]

Originally Posted by msgclb

El Fiendo I take it you are having problems with your bigadv or VMs as I seem to keep gaining on you. Every night I keep praying I'll see a big spike in your stats.

I got one off earlier today, as can be seen by tonight's pie, however I then proceeded to lose the next WU at 16%. It crashed on me once a week ago, and after I checked for stability I put it back on and got the most recent one off. The first crash I can't explain, it showed up after a couple of weeks of stability. However now I've had 3 crashes so far today, so I'm not sure if these 548s are creating extra stress or if my i7 is 'losing stability'. I've currently got it cranking away on 2x regular VM clients, each with 4 cores. Hopefully I can nail down this errant issue without too much trial and error. The problem is I could go for another 2 weeks before I crash and lose another bigadv work unit. I'd kind of like an easy button.

We seem to have been credited some of the points for the 548s, as we received a 305k point update on EoC. Having said that these buggers are still around and causing issues. If my i7 keeps crashing, I may have to pull myself off them to see if that resolves any issues and I can then focus on finding as few sources of instability as possible.

HWC seems to be intent on a rally as they push 850k to our 778k. However with these newly released work units and the points issues they've been having, there is nothing to say that we've had a higher count of 548's than they have. Whatever the case, I hope to resolve my issues quickly so I can get back to pummeling the work units to help keep HWC munching our dust.

Pie!




Winners of the MPA!

msgclb	28/12/09
bogmali	28/12/09

Feel free to check my findings, I sometimes miss people


Milestones!

009-12-28	adulaamin	8,000
2009-12-28	El_Fiendo	8,000,000
2009-12-28	PowderedSugar	250,000
2009-12-28	Easy_Rhino1	600,000
2009-12-28	hertz9753	4,500,000
2009-12-28	nflesher87	950,000
2009-12-27	msgclb	7,500,000

PowderedSugar opens things up tonight with his 250k milestone, which is the first on the road to 1 million. His next milestone is double his current total, and then the venerable 1 million past that. And you know everytime I go to congratulate someone I keep wanting to somehow incorporate something folders would say, but it always ends up sounding like some weird zen Star Wars force talk sounding drivel. 'May you see few EUEs, and even less dead hardware', 'May the milestones be many, and the overtakes be grand', etc and so forth. Long story short (and a whole lot less flowery), hopefully your rigs don't cause you trouble because that always aggravates me when mine do that.



But that's not all tonight. Our second milestone is simply a shameless act by a current millionaire to simply say 'me too'. This member continues the trend of millionaire milestones being posted over the past few days, though he probably deserves a beating more than recognition. The rules are the rules however, so his name shall be posted up alongside the true heroes of the TPU F@H team. Maybe one day he'll actually earn it, too.

[crazyeyesreaper]

january 1st ill start folding again 15k points wont do much but maybe i can offset there slight lead a bit

btw congrats on the 8mill El Fiendo