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zodac · 29-12-2010 01:28AM #1

I got bored looking through threads which fit what I want to say, so I'm gonna post things here from now on.

First order of business... we've lost 2 places! :eek: And we're set to lose another 2 before we gain another, so time for some ideas.

What do you think we can do to increase awareness?

challengemaster · 29-12-2010 03:04AM

Bribe people into lowering the cost of electricity? :pac:

zodac · 29-12-2010 03:39AM

Essentially paying for everyone else's electricity?

Surely blackmailing or threatening them would be a better idea?

Solitaire · 29-12-2010 03:42AM

Hold Flaccus and rockal hostage? :pac:

zodac · 29-12-2010 03:51AM

Or just take their rigs?

If we're gonna go illegal, I figure that's the most efficient way.

Solitaire · 29-12-2010 04:55AM

You're no fun

zodac · 29-12-2010 05:02AM

Efficiency > fun.

Also, less jail > lots of jail.

C.D. · 29-12-2010 12:31PM

We would need nearly 80 "casual" uniprocessor folders to make up a rockal or Flaccus. Best we try get somebody with a powerful machine on board for 24/7 folding. Perhaps loiter and harass people in B&U or Games?

zodac · 29-12-2010 04:00PM

That's true, but getting a lot of Unicore Folders also gives us flexibility. They're less likely to have a rise in electric fees, and there's also quite a bit of room for improvement; just imagine 80 Unicore Folders all getting a cheap GPU to Fold with.

But I guess I can go and bug people in the Games section... I'll steer clear of Sol's section. For now.

Solitaire · 29-12-2010 06:32PM

Bug away

:P

zodac · 29-12-2010 07:53PM

Just planning my attack... I tried just going up to people and asking them to Fold before; turned them off instead.

So I'm gonna be sneaky this time.

zodac · 30-12-2010 01:03AM

Actually... how about a challenge of sorts? I'm getting ~10k PPD at the moment; why don't we post a challenge to see if anyone can beat that?

Solitaire · 30-12-2010 01:19AM

I won't even try - even when the scratchbuild is done I'm still stuck with stock cooling

zodac · 30-12-2010 01:23AM

All my stuff's at stock.

To be fair, a GTX 470 or better would be enough to beat me... just gotta find someone with one, and give them an incentive...

hoth17 · 30-12-2010 01:31AM

I'm up for the challenge!

zodac · 30-12-2010 01:57AM

You've got your own place to Fold.

challengemaster · 30-12-2010 03:26AM

Actually, I was kinda thinking should I post this or not, but sure the worst that can happen is it gets shot down!

What about a Mini-LAN of sorts - I mean most folding rigs are absolute beasts for gaming anyways, why not get together, have a bit of craic, some gaming and incorporate the folding comp as well?

Between all of us there's gotta be enough gear (switches, cables, consoles, etc)

zodac · 30-12-2010 03:30AM

You mean... spend some time gaming instead of Folding? :eek:

challengemaster · 30-12-2010 04:21AM

zodac wrote: »

You mean... spend some time gaming instead of Folding? :eek:

well obviously we should have the rest of the farm still folding

zodac · 30-12-2010 04:38AM

Shame I've not played a PC game in almost 8 months then, isn't it? My PS3 fills my gaming needs now.

challengemaster · 30-12-2010 04:43AM

zodac wrote: »

Shame I've not played a PC game in almost 8 months then, isn't it? My PS3 fills my gaming needs now.

fairly sure I mentioned consoles there too

zodac · 30-12-2010 04:52AM

Ha, so you did.

I should stop staying on forums past 2am.

cian1500ww · 31-12-2010 01:05PM

Crap, just got given the P6702 project

zodac · 31-12-2010 04:05PM

I'm on my 3rd consecutive P6701.

cian1500ww · 31-12-2010 04:41PM

zodac wrote: »

I'm on my 3rd consecutive P6701.

Must be designed to wreck people's PPD

zodac · 31-12-2010 05:10PM

I dunno... we've talked with PG about their benchmarking system, and how they decide the bonus factor for each WU, and they've said this is the fairest value for the WU. All we can hope is future WUs will be a bit kinder.

In other news, we had a pretty good day yesterday; just shy of 40k. If we keep this up, and get rockal back soon, we'll start making progress through the ranks, and maybe get rid of some of these threats.

zodac · 01-01-2011 08:32PM

Did we just drop a -bigadv? :eek:

Solitaire · 01-01-2011 09:10PM

hoth just out-rocked rockal! :eek:

cian1500ww · 02-01-2011 02:30PM

I see we've moved up a spot too

Stuck on a P6701 now

zodac · 02-01-2011 05:59PM

Back to 300th... now we just gotta stay there.

And I know what you mean... P6702. Had to turn it off for a bit yesterday too, so only 2.8k PPD.

cian1500ww · 04-01-2011 06:07PM

Yay, we've moved up two spots now!!

And I've been given another p6701...

Can't wait until I get upgrading to the new sandybridge chips, seen somewhere that the i7-2600k should do about 50k ppd!! It's confirmed to have a TPF of 2:04 running at 4.9Ghz

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