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    Ati gpu f@h

    Now that its starting to get cooler outside, I'm going to be turning back on my folders. :thumbsup: To replace my old GTX460, I bought a 2GB 6950 for playing BF3. Have the past issues been worked out with folding on ATI cards and is it worth folding on it? Thanks!
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    Jon Stewart - Scott Walker tells teachers the gravy train is over

    Full Episode Jon Stewart, I love you.
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    What a Great Day!

    Filled up last night on my way home from work. I watched my MPG climb to 30... No more winter gas! :awe:
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    Good Pens Which Do Not Smear

    There was a fancy pen thread not too long ago which got me looking into new pens. For work I need to have black, blue and red inks (preferably green too). The pens I settled on were Uniball Signo 207 Micro for try. They write very nicely and was very impressed with them at first. After a...
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    Patriot Box Office - Best Firmware?

    I've got a spare PBO at home and would like to install an alternative firmware on it. What is the best firmware to flash? Due to being very busy at work ATM, I don't have a lot of time to play around with different iterations and appreciate any advice. Thanks!
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    Need Backup Software

    I would like to start doing backups of my home server to spare hard drives since 2TB hard drives are so cheap. My plan would be to temp install the 2TB backup drive in my PC, back-up files on the home server, then remove the hard drive. I've even been tossing around taking the hard drives to a...
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    Cleaning Trasnmission Filter???

    I've been calling around to get prices for changing the transmission fluid in my wifes 05 Malibu Maxx (~106k). A local transission shop had great prices on parts and labor (also need an axel seal replaced). One odd thing the person told me though is that they typically don't change the...
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    Stainless Steel Sink on Laminate - Plumbers Putty, Silicone or ???

    I just had new laminate counter tops installed yesterday. The installer said to use plumbers putty under the lip of the stainless steel sink when installing it onto the laminate. I've been doing a little reading online and many say to use silicone caulk because the plumbers putty may not keep...
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    What Is The Name of This OLD Space Game

    Back around '94 or '95 I had a "space game" on 3.5" floppy. I can't remember the name of it for the life of me but would like to find it again to play! The screen had a dark blue/black background with an array of planets. I believe the point of the game was to expand across the planets &...
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    OCed i5 750 vs OCed i7 950 in F@H

    I'm debating on my next upgrade path. What is the difference in the two cpus listed above assuming they were both overclocked to around 3. 6? Personally I'd rather save some cash if its going to be minimal. I ll likely run at least one GPU client with the CPU. Thanks, Drew
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    Milan Pulsates ~65MPH or Above

    I have a Mercury Milan with the 2.3L I4 and the FNR5 auto transmission. I had a very odd problem driving into work this morning. All was well the first half of my commute with a little city and mostly rural 60MPH driving. Once I then got onto the highway, the car started to "pulsate"...
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    Questions about buying 2009 Fusion/Milan

    I'm currently looking at buying an 09 Milan Premium. It's been in an accident but I've had it checked by a mechanic I trust and everything looks great except the drivers side front caliper is leaking fluid and there maybe an issue with the wipe fluid pumps. Easy enough for the seller to fix...
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    GM LX9 Engine

    Are there any common issues to be aware of for GM's LX9 engine? In doing a lot of search, there is not a lot of information that I could find. Overall it seemed to be a good engine but one possible issue is that the plastic seals it used could leak. Even though I couldn't find much about it...
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    Thoughts on Late 90s to early 00s Buicks?

    In looking for a new car to replace my aging Sunfire with ~140k, cheap older Buicks have been catching my eye. I’ve been looking at late 90s/early 00 Buicks most of which have been supercharged Rivieras or Regal GSs. I’ve had a hard time finding ones which are well kept, yet less...
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    Ideas Why Battery is Going Dead

    I have a, ?01 Sunfire with ~130k miles on it. Recently, if my car has been sitting a couple days, I need to jump my car to get it started. The batter is only ~2 years old. Could something in my car be slowly draining my battery? I installed a new head unit several months ago with no...
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    Any New Low Power AMD Chips Coming out Soon?

    I'm going to do a rebuild on my HTPC. My plan is to wait for the upcoming 785 chipset. Newegg has a great deal on a 65W Phenom for today only. newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103293 Are there any new lower power chips coming out which support HT3.0? If so in the near...
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    HD 4670 512mb vs 1gb

    Are there any performance reasons to spend the extra money on the 1GB version of the 4670 over the 512mb version? I have not yet been able to find anything conclusive on this. Thanks!
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    Help Troubleshooting Uneven Brake Pad Wear

    I have a 2001 Pontiac Sunfire with ~120k miles on it. I replaced my front disks and pads for the 2nd time this last weekend and found some very strange pad wear. The inner pads were worn down noticeably more than the outer pads. The right side pads were worn much more than the left to the...
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    Folding@Home SMP Linux-64 Client

    My x2 box is currently down but will update on the status early next week when I have time to install the new mobo :) Installation of Client 1. Log in as "user"- create a folder in your user Home directory that you're going to use as your FAH directory. 2. Download the Linux-64 client...
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    The Folding@Home GPU Thread

    A new version of the GPU folding@home clients have been released YOU MUST INSTALL THE NEW VERSION. THE BETA CLIENT IS SET TO EXPIRE ON DEC 1 x1600 and x1800 cards now supported!!! The dual core client for those w/ dual (or more) pci-e 8x or 16x setups :) Download Configuration...
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    F@H Performance on PS3 Not That Impressive?

    Some screencaps and vids are now available on the PS3 FAQ on the F@H homepage. http://www.stanford.edu/group/pandegroup/folding/FAQ-PS3.html It looks like one core of my x2 @ 2.72 has very similary performance... but I'm really hoping that these "benchmarks" are a bit off..
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    I just got robbed of 600 points...

    [15:11:00] Completed 247500 out of 250000 steps (99) [15:18:44] Gromacs cannot continue further. [15:18:44] Going to send back what have done. [15:18:44] logfile size: 145452 [15:18:44] - Writing 145988 bytes of core data to disk... [15:18:44] ... Done. [15:18:44] [15:18:44]...
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    Very Interesting Article on System/CPU Power Usage and Performance

    This article seems pretty interesting from what I've seen so far though I haven't had the time to read it thoroughly. Could come in handy if you're taking into account energy costs like me when building new DC machines. Low Power and Energy-Efficient CPUs from Intel and AMD Thoughts?
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    Dual vs Single Channel Memory on AM2 and DD2 533 vs 667 vs 800

    I origionally posted part of this in GH but recieved less than expected help... except for MDE who brought up some good points :) Does anyone here have any experiance with this? If if possibly, coule someone do me a HUGE favor, fire up two cores of F@H on your box and post the times for the...
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    Dual vs Single Channel Memory on AM2

    I'm planning on building a couple of new folding machine with the new processor price drops. To save on money I would like to buy two dual channel kits and then split the kits between the systems. How drastically will this change the perfomance? Thanks!
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    F@H and Rossetta Performance with x2 or am2 3800+ vs 6400 Conroe

    I?m looking to buy a new system. I was pretty set on getting an x2 with the new price drops but do to power savings; I?ve been looking at an am2 or Conroe. I wanted to save some $$$ and not have to buy new RAM but I figure I?ll either buy it now or on my next upgrade. If anyone could point...
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    BOINC Weather Projects... BBC Climate Change vs Climate Prediction

    What are the differences between these two projects? I'm traditionally a F@H guy but I would like to branch out to some other science facets. I'll be putting together an x2 machine soon and want to run BOINC on at least one of the cores. :)
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    Best Non-HDD based portable MP3 player

    I'm looking for new MP3 player which I can use to workout which has a screen readout, good battery life and is readily available. Also the ability to play a wide variety of formats would also be usefull but not necessary. I'm pretty much looking for anything but an ipod :) Thanks! Drew
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    I need a South Park Episode

    I need to know which episode Butters sings his "Lu Lu Lu" song Thanks!
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    Folding@Home Triggers...

    My PPD have been shooting around like crazy lately so I've started to try putting new triggers on my F@H startup. On two boxes I put -forceasm -advmethodes but this has given me some even worse PPD WUs so far :( Any suggestions for some others? I've read somewhere that there's a...
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    Need help w/ Internet-Less Folding@Home!!!!

    Here's the dealio... At work I just got a nice new P4 w/ a bunch of RAM :D buuuut, I cannot install any software nor can the software I have on the box use the internet. Thiswas all fine and dandy so I backuped a copy of my folding@home directory from one of my Barton boxes, then started...
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    Lower than normal PPD w/ F@H?

    Has anyone else noticed this? It seems in about the past week or two my PPD have dropped a bit. Everything seems to be folding like normal Maybe its just me and I'm crazy...
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    I made top 200 on F@H TeAm today!!! :D :D :D

    /me does the happy dance only a bit over 30 days until top 100!!! :D :D :D
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    Extending Length of F@H Log

    These logs seem really short lived since they get overwritten. I'd like to be able to look at data from a while back to see if there were folding problems that didn't notice if I haven't looked at the box a couple of days. Knowing my luck there's probably some easy option to set :x...
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    Power usage?

    Anyone have any clue about how much adding another box will increase my electric bill per month? Is there really that much difference b/t adding an XP, Barton, a64 or Sempron? Thanks!
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    How do OCed sempron's usually perform w/ Folding?

    Sempies seem to be about the best bang for your buck proc right now w/ ocing... Anyone have any clue how'd they perform w/ folding? Here's the box setup I"m thinking about useing: Sempron 2600+ Palermo $67 BIOSTAR K8NHA Grand $49 Cheap GF2 Vid card $10 512 RAM...
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    Did not get credit for completed work unit?!?!?

    Can anyone shed some light on this? Here's a snipit from my log: It was a big WU too... 3500 frames :( Thanks for any possible help! //edit btw i'm using windows version 5.03 on this box
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    Folding@Home Graphical client vs No-Nonsense client

    Is there a performance difference b/t the two clients? I could really care less to see the folding happening in real time since I don't use a screen saverl... I just want to maximize my performance. Thanks!