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by saladshooter!
Sun Mar 07, 2004 8:55 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Would You Get A Mac?
Replies: 167
Views: 135182

what can a Mac do that a PC can't. a few that come to mind are: 1. e-mail without worry about viruses. 2. connect a new mac to the internet without getting a worm. 3. no spyware My sis is fed up with her VAIO laptop partly because of the 3 issues listed above. I spent last weekend restoring her lap...
by saladshooter!
Sat Feb 28, 2004 4:47 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: Graphical Production Comparison - SPCR vs MacOSX
Replies: 141
Views: 72661

OOh what a tight race...

24 - Team AnandTech - 2824204.5 - 131554
25 - Team MacOS X - 2821649.5 - 165562
26 - SilentPCReview Folding@Home - 2820597.7 - 83136

I say first team to overtake Anandtech is the winner! Loser team must buy winning team a round of virtual beers. :)
by saladshooter!
Wed Feb 18, 2004 5:09 pm
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: My Gromacs Performance
Replies: 41
Views: 18273

As long as we're throwing Macs into the mix, my dual 1.25 G4 perf. on this protein... 10:12 per frame per proc.
by saladshooter!
Sun Feb 01, 2004 4:24 pm
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: Graphical Production Comparison - SPCR vs MacOSX
Replies: 141
Views: 72661

It was a fun race... you guys are a classy bunch and I certainly learned a lot of good info from your site. I now know how to build a pc and not have it sound like my vacuum cleaner (like the last pc I built.) In fact I might be putting that knowledge to good use here real soon. VirtualPC is a littl...
by saladshooter!
Sat Jan 31, 2004 5:13 pm
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: Interesting Races and Folders-on-the-Move
Replies: 975
Views: 642276

Since these are public computers perhaps it would be a good idea to put some kind of badge on each PC saying something like "This PC is running Folding@home to help cure deadly diseases. It will not affect the use of this computer. Please visit http://folding.stanford.edu for more information." (Of ...
by saladshooter!
Sat Jan 31, 2004 6:05 am
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: Graphical Production Comparison - SPCR vs MacOSX
Replies: 141
Views: 72661

The six-color scourge put up 20,063 points in the last DAY, making them ORANGE on EOC. Is that "sustainable production" or just some freak alignment-of-the-planets? The recruiting efforts of Sailfish, Macaholic, NoahJ and the others was a huge success as you can see by our increase in production. I...
by saladshooter!
Fri Jan 30, 2004 2:18 pm
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: My folding got folded, I am no more.
Replies: 43
Views: 19271

haysdb wrote:The video is cool.
I like how the guy says "At a cost of $5.2 million, practically anyone can build a supercomputer..."
by saladshooter!
Thu Jan 29, 2004 9:07 pm
Forum: SPCR's Folding@Home
Topic: My folding got folded, I am no more.
Replies: 43
Views: 19271

sbabb wrote: Ahhh, they're just miffed that no companies/colleges actually use Macs, so they don't really have much of an opportunity to borg. :wink:
Ever hear of Virginia Tech? :wink: