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LandShark · 12-26-06, 01:31 PM

This is the 57th in the series of T32 Spotlights!! I'll try my best to keep this Spotlight as regular post as possible as long as the nominations keep coming in!! So, keep sending me the nomination guys/gals!!!

For how to go about nominating a fellow folder, please go to THIS THREAD, or better yet, you can PM me directly. To see the ever growing list of who has been interviewed and the expected date of the next spotlight, please go to THIS THREAD.

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benbaked

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Again, Thanks for taking the time to allow me to interview you.

When did you join the Team? Approximate date is ok if you don't know the specific date.
November 2005

If there was something recent that you did that you wanted your fellow teammembers to know about, what would it be?
I had a 500+ game winstreak in NBA Hangtime for the N64, and then a friend and rival in my fantasy football league took it down (he also ended my three game winning streak in fantasy football!). Other then that I haven't done too much that was awesome, oh I saw some good bands play over the summer...and earlier this year I saw the Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Rainbow" lasershow at the Pacific Science Center and that was...incredibly cool!!!!!

I dunno if it was just me but I swear I saw a giant clown head made out of lasers scoop up over the ceiling and then devoured the entire crowd! It was a trip.

What is your EOC (extremeoverclockers) stats link?
EOC

You do not have to give specifics (address), but what State do you live in, and if you don't mind telling, what town? (town is not required, but if not a town, a general direction and distance from the nearest 'big town/city' would suffice)
My home is near Seattle in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. The cool temps are nice for overclocking, and the nearby skiing is great. I haven't travelled much but I have to say Washington state is a great place to live, I love it here. The mountains, the ocean, Canada, all about two-to-three hours away.

How did you initially hear about F@H?
I kept seeing things like "173.4 GHz folding for Team 32" in users' sigs on this forum and it peaked my curiosity.

After starting, why do you continue to Fold?
I think it is great being able to help out in a project that has the potential to help millions of people. Plus, the competition is fun too.

What else are all of these computers I build going to do?

What do you do for a living?
I comprise the entire IT department for a small company near Seattle.

What do you do for fun?
I am a sports fan, primarily baseball and football. I got started into fantasy football this year and that so far has been a blast. I think the trash talking aspect of it is probably the best part. I also like the outdoors, as said above I love to ski. Autocrossing is really fun, but I haven't done it in years...I'd love to get another car to take out on the track, but not my Kia lol.

Is there anything special you do in your spare time that you really enjoy?
I like to listen to music, especially the local Seattle scene. I love going to shows. I love just kicking it with friends, hanging out in the city or kicking it at someone's home. I like to play bass guitar, hackysack is alot of fun, I love battling it out with friends over games of drunken Mario Kart: Double Dash or pretty much any sports video game. I like to exercise, in particular jogging is one of my favorite activities. There's more but it escapes me at the moment.

Time to spill your guts. What are the stats of your main folding rig? Why is it your fave? What all do you use the rig for?

The main one currently has an X2-4400 overclocked to 2.8 ghz, on a DFI Ultra-D motherboard. It also has an x800GTO2, overclocked a little bit but enough for the little bit of gaming that I do.
Some other noteworthy specs are the OCZ ram and the Bluestorm power supply, other then that it's pretty much vanilla. It's my favorite simply because it is the fastest and it's usually a really stable machine, unless I do something to screw it up. Ironically I don't use this system that much, most of the time all that it does is fold. Occasionally I'll play a game or two, maybe an old skool game like Starcraft. I use my iBook mostly because of the mobility, it is not my favorite though.

Do you have a Borg-Farm? If so, how many computers, and what are they? (CPU, RAM)
I have a Pentium D 930 modestly overclocked on a free motherboard, and two Dell Optiplexes with Tualatin 512k processors. My old Sony PIII was only making 23 ppd so I retired it from the farm yesterday as it completed the WU it was working on.

What are your future goals? What do you most want to accomplish with your life?
Honestly my ambition when I was younger was to work for Microsoft. I've done that sort-of and I am striving to get back there, that is still one of my top goals. Other then that I'd like to someday settle down, start a family, and do my part to contribute to society in a positive way.

If there is something you want to tell the team, then spill your guts! What have I missed in my questions that could help the team learn more about you and who you are?
I want to thank the folding santa for the extra points a year ago!

Other then that, I can't think of much else. Team32 is great and I enjoy the competition...I'm on my way to page 2...and someday page 1. Fold on all!

This is my main folding computer:

These are my guitars and amp:

Finally, me:

pscout · 12-26-06, 01:45 PM

Glad to meet you some more BenB

I envy your great environment/scenery

And of course it is great folding with you on T32.

I hope santa was good to you again this year

Fold on!

dz_jad · 12-26-06, 01:47 PM

I have that bass guitar also. Havent played it in years.
Good to meet ya!

Nexus Realized · 12-26-06, 01:52 PM

Nice to meet you benbaked, fold on!!!

ihrsetrdr · 12-26-06, 02:00 PM

Nice to meet you benbaked!

Nice lookin' rig too!

hitbyaprkedcar7 · 12-26-06, 02:01 PM

Nice to meet ya! Fold On!

dfonda · 12-26-06, 03:02 PM

Nice hearing fron you ben.

jws2346 · 12-26-06, 03:47 PM

Nice to meet you benbaked and I agree with you exactly about the Nortwest being beautiful. Nice looking machine you have there, nice looking guitars too ( I think). I don't know jack about guiters.

Keep on keepin' on in the folding department and you're a credit to a great team (Team 32)

Hack30 · 12-26-06, 05:40 PM

Good to meet ya Ben!

benbaked · 12-26-06, 09:00 PM

Thanks everyone, it's great folding with all of you as well. Team32 rocks!

Special thanks to the FoldingSanta and his elves for the PPD boost while my main rig was down for a few days...those WUs were terrific gifts!

Spion · 12-26-06, 10:25 PM

Nice to meet ya

cuda340 · 12-27-06, 10:30 AM

Good to meet you.

Fold on !!

Macaholic · 12-27-06, 11:00 AM

Lookin' good Ben. However,

Quote:

Originally Posted by benbaked

I use my iBook mostly because of the mobility, it is not my favorite though.

Time to upgrade to a MacBook. Then all will be in harmony.

TollhouseFrank · 02-02-07, 10:18 AM

nice to meet ya ben! rawk on!

12-26-06, 01:31 PM	#1
LandShark Super Shark Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Deep Blue Sea (Maryland)	F@H Spotlight #57 This is the 57th in the series of T32 Spotlights!! I'll try my best to keep this Spotlight as regular post as possible as long as the nominations keep coming in!! So, keep sending me the nomination guys/gals!!! For how to go about nominating a fellow folder, please go to THIS THREAD, or better yet, you can PM me directly. To see the ever growing list of who has been interviewed and the expected date of the next spotlight, please go to THIS THREAD. Now please give a warm welcome to.......................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . benbaked ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Again, Thanks for taking the time to allow me to interview you. When did you join the Team? Approximate date is ok if you don't know the specific date. November 2005 If there was something recent that you did that you wanted your fellow teammembers to know about, what would it be? I had a 500+ game winstreak in NBA Hangtime for the N64, and then a friend and rival in my fantasy football league took it down (he also ended my three game winning streak in fantasy football!). Other then that I haven't done too much that was awesome, oh I saw some good bands play over the summer...and earlier this year I saw the Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Rainbow" lasershow at the Pacific Science Center and that was...incredibly cool!!!!! I dunno if it was just me but I swear I saw a giant clown head made out of lasers scoop up over the ceiling and then devoured the entire crowd! It was a trip. What is your EOC (extremeoverclockers) stats link? EOC You do not have to give specifics (address), but what State do you live in, and if you don't mind telling, what town? (town is not required, but if not a town, a general direction and distance from the nearest 'big town/city' would suffice) My home is near Seattle in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. The cool temps are nice for overclocking, and the nearby skiing is great. I haven't travelled much but I have to say Washington state is a great place to live, I love it here. The mountains, the ocean, Canada, all about two-to-three hours away. How did you initially hear about F@H? I kept seeing things like "173.4 GHz folding for Team 32" in users' sigs on this forum and it peaked my curiosity. After starting, why do you continue to Fold? I think it is great being able to help out in a project that has the potential to help millions of people. Plus, the competition is fun too. What else are all of these computers I build going to do? What do you do for a living? I comprise the entire IT department for a small company near Seattle. What do you do for fun? I am a sports fan, primarily baseball and football. I got started into fantasy football this year and that so far has been a blast. I think the trash talking aspect of it is probably the best part. I also like the outdoors, as said above I love to ski. Autocrossing is really fun, but I haven't done it in years...I'd love to get another car to take out on the track, but not my Kia lol. Is there anything special you do in your spare time that you really enjoy? I like to listen to music, especially the local Seattle scene. I love going to shows. I love just kicking it with friends, hanging out in the city or kicking it at someone's home. I like to play bass guitar, hackysack is alot of fun, I love battling it out with friends over games of drunken Mario Kart: Double Dash or pretty much any sports video game. I like to exercise, in particular jogging is one of my favorite activities. There's more but it escapes me at the moment. Time to spill your guts. What are the stats of your main folding rig? Why is it your fave? What all do you use the rig for? The main one currently has an X2-4400 overclocked to 2.8 ghz, on a DFI Ultra-D motherboard. It also has an x800GTO2, overclocked a little bit but enough for the little bit of gaming that I do. Some other noteworthy specs are the OCZ ram and the Bluestorm power supply, other then that it's pretty much vanilla. It's my favorite simply because it is the fastest and it's usually a really stable machine, unless I do something to screw it up. Ironically I don't use this system that much, most of the time all that it does is fold. Occasionally I'll play a game or two, maybe an old skool game like Starcraft. I use my iBook mostly because of the mobility, it is not my favorite though. Do you have a Borg-Farm? If so, how many computers, and what are they? (CPU, RAM) I have a Pentium D 930 modestly overclocked on a free motherboard, and two Dell Optiplexes with Tualatin 512k processors. My old Sony PIII was only making 23 ppd so I retired it from the farm yesterday as it completed the WU it was working on. What are your future goals? What do you most want to accomplish with your life? Honestly my ambition when I was younger was to work for Microsoft. I've done that sort-of and I am striving to get back there, that is still one of my top goals. Other then that I'd like to someday settle down, start a family, and do my part to contribute to society in a positive way. If there is something you want to tell the team, then spill your guts! What have I missed in my questions that could help the team learn more about you and who you are? I want to thank the folding santa for the extra points a year ago! Other then that, I can't think of much else. Team32 is great and I enjoy the competition...I'm on my way to page 2...and someday page 1. Fold on all! This is my main folding computer: These are my guitars and amp: Finally, me: __________________ ~~~ Currently In Semi-Active Mode ~~~ Got SOLD? MOVE your own thread! How many GHz of Intel + Nvidia folding power? Dunno! Lost count! \| F@H Vista Sidebar gadget \| F@H Yahoo Widget \| F@H iGoogle gadget \| \| My Heatware \| My New HTPC 3.0: Server/Client setup + Better energy efficiency \|

12-26-06, 01:45 PM	#2
pscout Senior Newbie Cannon-Fodder - R. I. P. good buddy :( Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Toronto	Glad to meet you some more BenB I envy your great environment/scenery And of course it is great folding with you on T32. I hope santa was good to you again this year Fold on! __________________ Main Rig - p5b-d, E6600@3.15 Folding rigs - usually linux-64: 2xQ6600 B3 @3.0, 3.1 p5w64, DS3 4x Q6600 GO @ 3.1-3.3 on p35-DS3R/DS3L, p5k 4x x3210 B3 @3.0-3.1 on DS3 rev 3.3 x3220 B3 @3.0 on g33-ds2r 3x E6600 @2.8-3.5 on p5b, ds3, p5w64 E6320 @ 3.15 on ds3 1x930 c1 @4.0 on p5wd2-E Folding for OCF Team 32 as pete_scout

12-26-06, 01:47 PM	#3
dz_jad Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bealeton, Virginia	I have that bass guitar also. Havent played it in years. Good to meet ya! __________________ AM2 3800+ X2 Asus M2N-SLI DLX BIOS Rev. 0304 1GB Corsair PC8500 x1900xt - (Retired from Folding)

12-26-06, 02:00 PM	#5
ihrsetrdr Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: In the fold for Team 32	Nice to meet you benbaked! Nice lookin' rig too! __________________ Visit the Team 32 members on Facebook! \| Help improve overclockers.com! Get involved! Fold for the cure, support cancer awareness-make your sig pink! Folding Farm: Four i7 920 Linux folding rigs Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish. Albert Einstein Heat

12-26-06, 02:01 PM	#6
hitbyaprkedcar7 Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Barnegat, NJ	Nice to meet ya! Fold On! __________________ [:::::CPU::::\\//:::::: AMD64 4800+X2 @2.9ghz::::::\\//::] [::::MOBO:::\\//::::::ASUS A8N32 SLI DELUXE::::::::\\//::] [:::::GPU::::\\//:::::: Dual BFG 7900GTX's SLI ::::::\\//:::] [:::SOUND:::\\//::Sound Blaster X-Fi ExtremeMusic::\\//:::] [:::::RAM::::\\//:::::2gb OCZ Platinum 2-3-2-5::::::\\//:::] [:::::HDD::::\\//::4x37gb WD Raptors RAID 0+1:::::\\//:::] [:::::PSU::::\\//::::::OCZ 520watt ModStream:::::::\\//:::] [::::COOL:::\\//:::: D5:TDX:2xMAZE4:120.3BIP2::::\\//:::] <QUOTE> [[benbaked]] - I've heard those words before, she was complaining about me not listening to her or something, I dunno exactly what I wasn't really paying attention.</QUOTE> :mad: :mad: Oh the HEAT:mad: :mad:

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12-26-06, 01:52 PM	#4
Nexus Realized Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: FL	Nice to meet you benbaked, fold on!!!

12-26-06, 03:02 PM	#7
dfonda Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Folding for Team 32 in the Keystone State	Nice hearing fron you ben. __________________ #1Win7GPUFolding eVGA 260GTX FoxconnX58 I7 920@3.1GHZ #2WinXP GPU2Foldingx2-8800GT'sRoseE6600 #3Win7RC64GPU2FoldingRoseQ66009800GX2 & 9800GTX+ Evga780i PS3 Folding on pete Folding for Hrstrder's wife Pete_Scout and Oldskool "I could not love a human baby more then I love this iphone"

12-26-06, 03:47 PM	#8
jws2346 Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Sep 2006	Nice to meet you benbaked and I agree with you exactly about the Nortwest being beautiful. Nice looking machine you have there, nice looking guitars too ( I think). I don't know jack about guiters. Keep on keepin' on in the folding department and you're a credit to a great team (Team 32) __________________ One cat (OC'ed depending on amount of catnip) Intel E6600 (OC'ed 3.0 GHz, WC'in') WinSMP Intel E6600 (stock, air coolin') Ubuntu 64 6.10 SMP Intel E6420 (OC'ed 2.8 GHz, air) Ubuntu 64 6.10 SMP Intel E6300 (on the floor, open) doin' nothing but wastin' electricity (only kidding, I surf with it to keep my folders undisturbed. All but the cat and E6300 folding their little transisters out 24/7

12-26-06, 05:40 PM	#9
Hack30 Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Folding@Home on the Blue Ball	Good to meet ya Ben! __________________ "All computers wait at the same speed:How fast is yours running?FOLD!" "The only one you are truly in competition with is yourself!" "I'm just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe"-Jengo Fett" "Fight the Fight worth Fighting-FOLD for Team 32-WarriorII" "I'm just so envious of all that PPD good luck with the builds, bills and better half..-dfonda" "I hate not knowing what it is!-Daffy Duck" "We're sure of one thing, though - if we don't try to find a cure, it won't be found; so we try.-Adak" Foldin' For Team 32 HEAT

12-26-06, 09:00 PM	#10
benbaked Folding/SETI/Rosetta Team Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Washington State	Thanks everyone, it's great folding with all of you as well. Team32 rocks! Special thanks to the FoldingSanta and his elves for the PPD boost while my main rig was down for a few days...those WUs were terrific gifts! __________________ Maximus Formula SE \| QX6700 \| 4 GB ECC DDR2-800 \| Dual HD4850 in CFX \| TX750 GA-EP35-DS3R \| QX6700 \| 4 GB DDR2-800 \| 8800GT \| SST-ST56ZF GA-965GM-S2 \| E6600 \| 1.5 GB DDR2-533 \| 9800GT-U \| AX500-A PowerBook G4 12" 1 GHz \| 1.25 GB DDR \| 160 GB HDD HEATWARE (22-0) \| my quads \| OCF's first Folding/SETI/Rosetta triple millionaire (crunching BOINC as the ben.World.order) "I think a nerd is a person who uses the telephone to talk to other people about telephones. And a computer nerd therefore is somebody who uses a computer in order to use a computer." - Douglas Adams

12-26-06, 10:25 PM	#11
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12-27-06, 10:30 AM	#12
cuda340 Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada	Good to meet you. Fold on !!

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