600 pointers in short supply?
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600 pointers in short supply?
Been getting 384 point work units all of a sudden. They running out of the biguns?
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this is were u go wrong randomly attacking me because i do know... there are 2 600 pointers you can get out of like 150 work unit packets you can get so you do the math and tell me what are the chances of getting the 2 600 pointers out of 150
its not a comment u asked a question so its more of a answer
you are so wrong punisher thinkin i dont know anything when in reality i have more points then you.
ps what xciter said supply and demand. for a chart check out http://vspx27.stanford.edu/psummary.html newb.
its not a comment u asked a question so its more of a answer
you are so wrong punisher thinkin i dont know anything when in reality i have more points then you.
ps what xciter said supply and demand. for a chart check out http://vspx27.stanford.edu/psummary.html newb.
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I dunno where you learned to count, but there are more then 2, 600 point WU groups on that link you posted.twolvesfan wrote:this is were u go wrong randomly attacking me because i do know... there are 2 600 pointers you can get out of like 150 work unit packets you can get so you do the math and tell me what are the chances of getting the 2 600 pointers out of 150
its not a comment u asked a question so its more of a answer
you are so wrong punisher thinkin i dont know anything when in reality i have more points then you.
ps what xciter said supply and demand. for a chart check out http://vspx27.stanford.edu/psummary.html newb.
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you don't just get work units randomly... they're assigned based on your system benchmarks and configuration. If you're configured to handle large work units (ie, you selected the "use large work units" option) you're pretty likely to get 600-point units.
I'm on my third this week. I happened to have a 63-point unit in between.
Also, if you have multiple machines going, your chances of getting them all on 600-point units are better than they first appear, because 600-point units take a few days to work through. Once you get one, you'll have it for a while, so if your other machines happen to also get a 600-point unit within a few days of the first one, they'll all be doing 600-point units. Compare this to, for example, 20-point units -- if one machine gets a 20-point unit, it'll be done in an hour, and there's very little chance another machine will get a 20-point unit in that same time period.
I'm on my third this week. I happened to have a 63-point unit in between.
Also, if you have multiple machines going, your chances of getting them all on 600-point units are better than they first appear, because 600-point units take a few days to work through. Once you get one, you'll have it for a while, so if your other machines happen to also get a 600-point unit within a few days of the first one, they'll all be doing 600-point units. Compare this to, for example, 20-point units -- if one machine gets a 20-point unit, it'll be done in an hour, and there's very little chance another machine will get a 20-point unit in that same time period.
You guys should have been folding back in the days of 2.0 and 2.19. Back when the best work units were worth 5 points (Protein A), and even a 10 machine farm wouldn't produce more than 400 points a week. God help you if you were folding with a Pentium IV. Back before Gromacs units, there were only Tinkers, so a 5 point Protein A would take around 40 hours to fold on a PIV 1.5.
It cracks me up when I see the newer folders bitching about how they get nothing but 63 point Tinkers, or 33 point Gromacs units. Back in the day I would have killed to receive a 63 point unit that folded in only 2 days. Hell I remember when there was a huge deal made out of a 20 point unit (don't remember the name), everyone was jumping up and down in excitement.
Moral of the story: Don't b**** about what units you get. It's not about points, it's about helping Stanford research protein folding. The stats are cool, but like the PXO stats of old, they really mean nothing.
~Dev
It cracks me up when I see the newer folders bitching about how they get nothing but 63 point Tinkers, or 33 point Gromacs units. Back in the day I would have killed to receive a 63 point unit that folded in only 2 days. Hell I remember when there was a huge deal made out of a 20 point unit (don't remember the name), everyone was jumping up and down in excitement.
Moral of the story: Don't b**** about what units you get. It's not about points, it's about helping Stanford research protein folding. The stats are cool, but like the PXO stats of old, they really mean nothing.
~Dev
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We really have no way of knowing just how many work units of what size are available. Consider this. 150 projects listed and over a million computers, world wide, working on them. There's got to be variations. Never thought much about it until today when I noticed I'm working on two 1140's. Same protein, but different "Runs". Maybe they're different "Models" of the same protein or maybe repeated "Runs" of the same Model to insure accuracy. It would seem, then, the chances of getting one of these projects could be limitless.
And I agree wholeheartedly with what Dev said. The points, rankings and smack talk are all kinda fun, but the important thing to me is that I'm doing my little thing to help even as I sit here typing this post. So let's just KEEP ON FOLDING!
BTW, Dev, is Intel comping you to advertise for them?
And I agree wholeheartedly with what Dev said. The points, rankings and smack talk are all kinda fun, but the important thing to me is that I'm doing my little thing to help even as I sit here typing this post. So let's just KEEP ON FOLDING!
BTW, Dev, is Intel comping you to advertise for them?
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Take a chill pill, calm down, and get some counseling if that is what it takes. Nobody was attacking you. If you have issues or a hardon for someone here then take it elsewhere ... Furthermore, This forum will not become a points pissing contest. I will not permit it and I will not warn you again.twolvesfan wrote:this is were u go wrong randomly attacking me because i do know... there are 2 600 pointers you can get out of like 150 work unit packets you can get so you do the math and tell me what are the chances of getting the 2 600 pointers out of 150
its not a comment u asked a question so its more of a answer
you are so wrong punisher thinkin i dont know anything when in reality i have more points then you.
ps what xciter said supply and demand. for a chart check out http://vspx27.stanford.edu/psummary.html newb.
Jim feel free to add any more explainations you see fit here.