I assimilated my first computer today.

dennilfloss

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My friend's HP Pavilion 6640C K6-2 500MHz is now cracking for TA Cube. He has a bunch of underlying programs and a surveillance camera working, so he's cracking only at ~500kkeys/s. But that's better than nothing. :D
 

GreatWhiteNorth

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Damn right every bit counts. I think someone showed that DPC is rocking because there are so many people and granted they are low output, but it adds up overall!


Keep on Cracking!

-GWN
 

dvch

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dennilfloss>yes it is better than nothing! :) Congratulations on losing your virginity; now go forth and be promiscuous. ;-)
 

Michael

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Tres Bon!

mais ....

Did you leave one of Russ' disks with him so he can get others converted to our cause?

Michael
 

DanC

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Dennil -
I have a lowly K6-2/300 cracking 513 Kkeys/Sec.... That's all it does, but it does it 24x7 -
So - Great Job! :) Keep up the good work!
 

ViRGE

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First it's one, then 10, then 100! Congrats on catching the bug Dennilfloss!:D
 

Engineer

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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, the addiction starts....:):)...Now take your wisdom and your well know name into Off Topic and assimilate all the *cough* wonderful *cough* people there into Team Anandtech...Their PC power is greatly needed.....:)

Hey Russ, can't you suggest something like that throughout your entire Borg collective just by thinking it?:p
 

dennilfloss

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Michael,

This guy is a poor, basically computer illiterate janitor. There's no way he could enlist someone else. But I did leave him a TA Cube easy setup disk just in case. ;)

Engineer,

What caught up with me is simply my stupid Canadian sense of duty. In that case, duty to Anandtech. Now, I know no one else in town with a computer but if I go to the Geology Department I may try to convince the computer lab technician to let us assimilate his 5 P3 700 and 5 G4 400. I will teach to ~20 students in January and may make RC5 participation worth 5% of the final grade as an incentive (unless that is unethical, then I would just beg). ;)
 

BurntKooshie

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Dennil...hehe, being in a teaching position has its perks ;) Where do you teach? Maybe I'll transfer if I can get an extra 5% on my final for cracking for tA :Q :p

BTW - congrats!
 

Russ

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<< This guy is a poor...janitor. >>



HeHe. Mrs. Two is a &quot;janitor&quot; and she sure as hell ain't poor. Of course, in her case, janitor is defined as being the owner of a large commercial janitorial company.:D

Russ, NCNE
 

dennilfloss

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Well, he ain't the owner. He's a grunt for &quot;a large commercial janitorial company&quot;. He sings Elvis songs (Burning Love?) while cleaning toilets in a famous Ottawa Hotel.

:D

BurntKooshie,

I lecture in 2nd-year Paleontology at the University of Ottawa. I was just offered to also go do the same at Concordia University in Montreal but I am 99% sure that I will decline (my poor health and the bus travel expenses wouldn't make it worth it). Still, it's good ego boosting to find my teaching appreciated enough to be asked.
 

Napalm381

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Paleontology? Get in touch with toolgirl, she's anthropology major and digs that stuff. Plus she cracks :)
 

DanC

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Ahem... ONE - may I remind you that Mrs. Two is NOT a janitor?
She is a business owner and employs almost 30 janitors....

/rant mode - defense of spouse's honor mode off.

:)
 

Ken g6

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Dennilfloss, I'm afraid it seems to me that 5% of the grade for RC5 would be unethical. :( The problem is RC5 has nothing to do with the class. If it were a computer science class, that would be okay, but this is paleontology.

But wait a minute. In paleontolgy they teach evolution, which is what is being simulated in GOLEM! So I think extra credit or something for it would be ethical. :) Too bad they don't have stats yet, but they plan to once enough people join...