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TollhouseFrank · 03-24-06, 02:31 AM

This is the 19th in the series of T32 Spotlights! I'll continue to interview members when given a chance. The interviews will appear in a spotlight every now and then as long as the nominations keep coming in! For how to go about nominating a fellow folder, please go to THIS THREAD. To see the ever growing list of who has been interviewed and the expected date of the next spotlight, please go to THIS THREAD.

**ps... this is another 'old' interview, so some info could be off/wrong**

He's a strange one, wot? Lives on the other side of the pond and in all of our haziest dreams about british biscuits...... A good man to know, if a bit busy with his education, and an awesome mod.....

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David

When did you join the Team?
Ohh.... I have no idea. Sometime in '01 I think.... it was still FaH v1 then, when every work unit was only worth 1 (yes 1!) point.

If there was something recent that you did that you wanted your fellow teammembers to know about, what would it be?
Don't leave work till the last minute. I have to work my ass off now to keep up :-\

What is your EOC (extremeoverclockers) stats link?
http://folding.extremeoverclocking.c...hp?s=&u=148259

You do not have to give specifics but what State do you live in, and if you don't mind telling, what town?
I stay in southern Scotland, thats the odd shaped blob above the bigger blob called 'England'. It's part of the UK.

How did you initially hear about F@H?
The FaH team were, and still are, a fantastic bunch of folks and everyone seemed to be getting into it at that time. So I jumped on the bandwagon, being a bit of a forum newb at the time too.

After starting, why do you continue to Fold?
It doesn't cost me anything to fold and it goes to a good cause. The FaH team are also very helpful, friendly, and the team is currently 3rd in the world.

What do you do for a living?
When I'm not eating, sleeping or on the internet, I go and blow stuff up at the Chemistry department at Edinburgh University or sell electrical goods for a large company in the UK.

What do you do for fun?
Music, forums, IRC, pottering about with Linux, a bit of gaming, etc

Is there anything special you do in your spare time that you really enjoy?
Sleep is good, I love my bed

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?
My main rig is a dual XP rig with a gig of ram, a Ti4200 AGP card and a few large hard disks. It's the most powerful rig I own (the others being a dual P3/850 SFF server and an XP-M Lappy) and the only one I can game on. It does everything I need it to and the dual XPs and plenty of RAM means its nice and smooth for multitasking.

Do you have a Borg-Farm? If so, how many computers, and what are they?
Just the three rigs mentioned above, although planning to borg the machines at work (which it is my job to maintain anyways :P).

What are your future goals? What do you most want to accomplish with your life?
I want to get my degree in Chemistry, maybe do further research and get a PhD and then either continue in an academic role or work in industry. I'd like to visit Europe and the US sometime though. A nobel prize would be the ultimate aim, I guess, or enough money for a folding farm to put team 32 back on top!

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 guess I can be summed up as a typical nerdy person who is fascinated with science and how things work, who loves a bit of friendly competition and enjoys the company of like-minded individuals :P.

walaka7 · 03-24-06, 09:27 AM

Nice to meet ya David

A Scot that likes to blow things up hmmmm. Sounds like fun, but sleeping is not a good alabi

WarriorII · 03-24-06, 09:34 AM

Glad to know more about ya David!!

Dream about british biscuits....

belorsch · 03-24-06, 03:35 PM

David? First time I done hear'd about him.

khiloa · 03-24-06, 05:07 PM

Nice to learn more about you David.

pscout · 03-24-06, 05:19 PM

Nice to meet you some more!

Scotland is a beatiful place ... my sister lives in Edinburgh with her Scottish hub and kids ... i was there 25 years ago ... time to go back. In fact my middle name is spawned from Gretna Green, and my family tree on my mothers side goes back through Killdrummy. Who knows, maybe we are related!

Since I confused all my attempts at picking a scottish beer last time, you need to tell us your favourite

It also seems to me that you are due to wear a community selected avatar ... did we not achieve at least one of your contest goals back in January?

Fold on and mod on!

nahmus · 03-24-06, 07:13 PM

Hi david! I might be seeing relatives in Scotland this year... Maybe we can meet for a pint! I think glasgow would be 1/2 between us

ihrsetrdr · 03-24-06, 08:36 PM

Nice to meet you David....Slàinte mhòr agad!

ghettocomp · 03-24-06, 10:43 PM

Great to meet you!

pscout · 03-25-06, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ihrsetrdr

Nice to meet you David....Slàinte mhòr agad!

not sure what that means but i sure would like to hear a .wav of you or David speaking it

ihrsetrdr · 03-25-06, 12:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pscout

not sure what that means but i sure would like to hear a .wav of you or David speaking it

Slàinte mhòr agad means "great health to you"! I don't have any ancestral ties nor any expertise in the culture / traditions or languages of the region, but do find all quite fascinating.

Yes, I'd like to hear Davids rendition in an attached .wav file too!

Nexus Realized · 03-25-06, 01:33 AM

Thanks for the interview guys!!

TIS · 03-25-06, 11:07 AM

great to meet ya!

Audioaficionado · 04-06-06, 01:32 AM

David is one of our nicest green meanies

It's time he upgraded to dual Xeons

BTW my family line 'Hanna' is originally from SW Scotland near Sorbie IIRC. We're lowland Scots who had a tower located in the middle of swampland for protection. (Our's not their's, from the POed towns people whom we regularly annoyed)

TollhouseFrank · 04-06-06, 01:35 AM

The closest I can trace my family to is a group from County Cork in Ireland.... apparently the Count and Countess or something..... got ran out for a murder i think....

LandShark · 04-06-06, 11:07 AM

great to meet you David!!!

03-24-06, 02:31 AM	#1
TollhouseFrank Hairy Foot Fetish Senior Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Michel Delving	F@H Spotlight #19 This is the 19th in the series of T32 Spotlights! I'll continue to interview members when given a chance. The interviews will appear in a spotlight every now and then as long as the nominations keep coming in! For how to go about nominating a fellow folder, please go to THIS THREAD. To see the ever growing list of who has been interviewed and the expected date of the next spotlight, please go to THIS THREAD. ps... this is another 'old' interview, so some info could be off/wrong He's a strange one, wot? Lives on the other side of the pond and in all of our haziest dreams about british biscuits...... A good man to know, if a bit busy with his education, and an awesome mod..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David When did you join the Team? Ohh.... I have no idea. Sometime in '01 I think.... it was still FaH v1 then, when every work unit was only worth 1 (yes 1!) point. If there was something recent that you did that you wanted your fellow teammembers to know about, what would it be? Don't leave work till the last minute. I have to work my ass off now to keep up :-\ What is your EOC (extremeoverclockers) stats link? http://folding.extremeoverclocking.c...hp?s=&u=148259 You do not have to give specifics but what State do you live in, and if you don't mind telling, what town? I stay in southern Scotland, thats the odd shaped blob above the bigger blob called 'England'. It's part of the UK. How did you initially hear about F@H? The FaH team were, and still are, a fantastic bunch of folks and everyone seemed to be getting into it at that time. So I jumped on the bandwagon, being a bit of a forum newb at the time too. After starting, why do you continue to Fold? It doesn't cost me anything to fold and it goes to a good cause. The FaH team are also very helpful, friendly, and the team is currently 3rd in the world. What do you do for a living? When I'm not eating, sleeping or on the internet, I go and blow stuff up at the Chemistry department at Edinburgh University or sell electrical goods for a large company in the UK. What do you do for fun? Music, forums, IRC, pottering about with Linux, a bit of gaming, etc Is there anything special you do in your spare time that you really enjoy? Sleep is good, I love my bed 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? My main rig is a dual XP rig with a gig of ram, a Ti4200 AGP card and a few large hard disks. It's the most powerful rig I own (the others being a dual P3/850 SFF server and an XP-M Lappy) and the only one I can game on. It does everything I need it to and the dual XPs and plenty of RAM means its nice and smooth for multitasking. Do you have a Borg-Farm? If so, how many computers, and what are they? Just the three rigs mentioned above, although planning to borg the machines at work (which it is my job to maintain anyways :P). What are your future goals? What do you most want to accomplish with your life? I want to get my degree in Chemistry, maybe do further research and get a PhD and then either continue in an academic role or work in industry. I'd like to visit Europe and the US sometime though. A nobel prize would be the ultimate aim, I guess, or enough money for a folding farm to put team 32 back on top! 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 guess I can be summed up as a typical nerdy person who is fascinated with science and how things work, who loves a bit of friendly competition and enjoys the company of like-minded individuals :P. __________________ Lead Senior - General Hardware Lead Senior - Applications and Software Become a fan on Facebook! \| Help improve overclockers.com! Get involved! \| Follow us on Twitter!

03-24-06, 09:34 AM	#3
WarriorII Moderator #666 Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Moderating	Glad to know more about ya David!! Dream about british biscuits.... __________________ To Honor Those who went before their time. God Bless them all Fight the Fight worth Fighting *FOLD for Team 32* IS THERE A CURE AMONG US? Black Belt Overclocker MyHeatware under WarriorII Become a fan on Facebook! \| Help improve overclockers.com! Get involved! \| Follow us on Twitter!

03-24-06, 03:35 PM	#4
belorsch Folding Monk Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maryland	David? First time I done hear'd about him. __________________ Folding@Home! For Dad....and his sister My Heatware F@H Team 32 "The Little Team That Can!" For_Those_We_Lost subteam

03-24-06, 05:07 PM	#5
khiloa Open Source Senior Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: /usa/sc/florence	Nice to learn more about you David. __________________ Say NO to ads! Did someone just help you? Thank them. Along with F@H, please help support some of our other teams.

03-24-06, 05:19 PM	#6
pscout Senior Newbie Cannon-Fodder - R. I. P. good buddy :( Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Toronto	Nice to meet you some more! Scotland is a beatiful place ... my sister lives in Edinburgh with her Scottish hub and kids ... i was there 25 years ago ... time to go back. In fact my middle name is spawned from Gretna Green, and my family tree on my mothers side goes back through Killdrummy. Who knows, maybe we are related! Since I confused all my attempts at picking a scottish beer last time, you need to tell us your favourite It also seems to me that you are due to wear a community selected avatar ... did we not achieve at least one of your contest goals back in January? Fold on and mod 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

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03-24-06, 09:27 AM	#2
walaka7 Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: el segundo, ca or caprock, nm	Nice to meet ya David A Scot that likes to blow things up hmmmm. Sounds like fun, but sleeping is not a good alabi

03-24-06, 07:13 PM	#7
nahmus Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Sailing the Azure seas	Hi david! I might be seeing relatives in Scotland this year... Maybe we can meet for a pint! I think glasgow would be 1/2 between us __________________ Shame on the night..... for places i've been and what i've seen... For giving me the strangest dreams - Dio

03-24-06, 08:36 PM	#8
ihrsetrdr Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: In the fold for Team 32	Nice to meet you David....Slàinte mhòr agad! __________________ 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

03-24-06, 10:43 PM	#9
ghettocomp Master of teh Ghetto Mods Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Choosing between two evils, I might pick the one I've never tried before.	Great to meet you!

03-25-06, 01:33 AM	#12
Nexus Realized Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: FL	Thanks for the interview guys!!

03-25-06, 11:07 AM	#13
TIS Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Mandeville, LA	great to meet ya! __________________ Intel Q6600, 4GB Dual Chan DDR2 800, Radeon x3450, 500GB HDD

04-06-06, 01:32 AM	#14
Audioaficionado RRT Med Neb Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Medford Orygun USA	David is one of our nicest green meanies It's time he upgraded to dual Xeons BTW my family line 'Hanna' is originally from SW Scotland near Sorbie IIRC. We're lowland Scots who had a tower located in the middle of swampland for protection. (Our's not their's, from the POed towns people whom we regularly annoyed) __________________ .....................................My Heatware MyFAH Stats .......................Folding is a marathon, not a sprint © audioaficionado Asus Commando, 8GB GSkill 5-5-5-15-2t PC6400, Q6600 @3.0GHz >2xSMP+GPU2 FAH 24/7 Gigabyte DS3, 3GB GSkill 5-5-5-15-2t PC6400, E6400 @3.0GHz >GPU2 FAH 24/7 Iwill DH800, 2GB OCZ4002048PFDC-K 2.5-3-3-8-1t, Dual 2.4 M0 Xeons 1.5v/880/3300 Help improve overclockers.com! Get involved! ►You have over 101 signatures and Can't see the classifieds???Click This Link Want to make God chuckle? Tell Him your plans. Anyone we catch cookie stuffing at this site will be banned on the spot!! Last edited by Audioaficionado; 04-06-06 at 09:59 PM.

04-06-06, 01:35 AM	#15
TollhouseFrank Hairy Foot Fetish Senior Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Michel Delving	The closest I can trace my family to is a group from County Cork in Ireland.... apparently the Count and Countess or something..... got ran out for a murder i think.... __________________ Lead Senior - General Hardware Lead Senior - Applications and Software Become a fan on Facebook! \| Help improve overclockers.com! Get involved! \| Follow us on Twitter!

04-06-06, 11:07 AM	#16
LandShark Super Shark Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Deep Blue Sea (Maryland)	great to meet you David!!! __________________ ~~~ 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 \|