***Feel like giving stanford a hand?****

[NASsoccer]

from the news section on the folding site:

Cosm client/server toture test code released

We've mentioned that our server code (based on Cosm) has been having some issues. Adam has released a stripped down version of the client/server code for those that are interested. You can get it at http://folding.stanford.edu/tt. If you're very familiar with web server code, we'd love to understand what's wrong with the HTTPD code (see the info.txt file for more details), i.e. why is it slowing down after taking a heavy beating. Fixing this will help F@H and all other d.c. projects that currently use Cosm and that may use it in the future.

if you think you can give them a hand then by all means go for it, F@H and Stanford could really use your help with this one....


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[kajj]

watch out for that period at the end o' the link there NAS. though, i think it's a pretty safe bet that anyone who could help with something of that nature would be able to figure out why the link doesn't work!;)

[Loud]

:eek: There's code behind the web?! :eek:

And all this time, I thought it was just magic! :D

[kajj]

whenever something isn't working right for me, i just type "abracadabra( );" and it fixes the problem perfectly.

[garwain]

Originally posted by kajj
whenever something isn't working right for me, i just type "abracadabra( );" and it fixes the problem perfectly.

Cool! could you send me the code for that function? I would appreciate it in both C++ and Pascal ;)

Oh yeah, could you also send it on to M$?

[Loud]

Originally posted by garwain
Oh yeah, could you also send it on to M$?

I'm pretty sure M$ already uses it ... heavily. :D

[garwain]

if that function fixes the problem perfectly, then there is no way that M$ can be using it ;)

[Loud]

Originally posted by garwain
if that function fixes the problem perfectly, then there is no way that M$ can be using it ;)

You're right.

They must be using something more like ILLICIT_SUBSTANCE();

... heavily.

:D :D

[Mr B]

Originally posted by kajj
whenever something isn't working right for me, i just type "abracadabra( );" and it fixes the problem perfectly.

HEY! that's my "key" for M$ Publisher 2000 Pro! Give it back!!!!


:p :p :p

[Superman53142]

What's wrong with these people?!? Don't they know how you're supposed to code if you want to keep your job (http://mindprod.com/unmain.html)? :p

[Loud]

Originally posted by Superman53142
What's wrong with these people?!? Don't they know how you're supposed to code if you want to keep your job (http://mindprod.com/unmain.html)? :p

Supe, this is just TOO funny!! :clap:

I've bookmarked it and shared it with a BUNCH of my Rambo-coding friends. :D

Thanks!

[NASsoccer]

not entirely related but they had this yesterday:

We've been working to set this up for a while and it's finally going on right now: we're backup all the F@H data to PSC (Pittsburg Supercomputer Center). This has been a huge issue for us for quite a while since F@H generates multiple terrabytes in a year.

Short term, PSC will serve as a backup site, making sure the data is secure. Long term, we will work with PSC to make this data available to other researchers and in principle anyone who would like access to the data. Don't look for this part immediately -- it will take a while just to backup the data -- but as we get papers published, we will put the raw data into the public domain for all to see and to use (following the model established by the PDB). We can't do this w/o PSC, since the raw data is HUGE (terrabytes) and we just can't serve that size of data publically (although I'm told that's no biggie for a supercomputer center).

I think this will really set F@H apart from the other d.c. projects -- not only are we publishing the results in scientific journals, we will be also making the raw data available. Again, I stress that the backingup itself will take a while (possible a couple months), since we have a large backlog of files and the PSC archiver takes a while to store the files (and it does take a while for anybody to backup a few terrabytes over the internet...). However, once this has gotten rolling, the public dissemination of the raw data won't be far away


hopefully this means things will go smoother part of the problems they are having now are related to backups. who knows really but it sounds like i much needed arrangement.


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