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LandShark · 07-04-06, 12:54 PM

This is the 32th 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.

Also, for any of the suggestions/questions/answers/etc. that you would like to see from other member, please PM me too!!

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

Im sorry I took so long to reply to this. RL has been extremely hectic lately.

When did you join the Team? Approximate date is ok if you don't know the specific date.
I joined the forums as an active poster in may of 2005, and turned in my first WU on June 05, 2005.

If there was something recent that you did that you wanted your fellow teammembers to know about, what would it be?
My fiance's grandmother had a heart attack about 2.5 months ago, with subsequent surgery and many complications thereafter. We have spent the entire time at the hospital, and unfortunately had to have a funeral for her a couple weeks ago. I have had to let other activities lapse during this period, but I now hope to start building and borging rigs again.

What is your EOC (extremeoverclockers) stats link? Link

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)
I live in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

How did you initially hear about F@H?
I heard about SETI years ago and thought the concept of Distributed Computing was cool, but never tried it. I had just started actively participating in the forums when I saw the SETI and FAH subforums. I read the stickies and thought FAH was a worthwhile cause, so i installed it.

After starting, why do you continue to Fold?
I would be lying if I didnt say that I fold for the points and the competition, but I also feel like I am helping with something greater than myself. I have been very fortunate in my life not to have to deal with much illness or death in my family, but I know that I eventually will. Maybe the research I help with will develop new cures.

What do you do for a living?
I work for an Oil and Gas law office as the resident peon/errand boy. Recently, I have also become the IT department and the firm is sending me to school to become certified as an MCSA. I also have a job with a local chocolate shop, where I setup chocolate fountains at weddings. I am also the IT department there.

What do you do for fun?
I am an eagle scout, so I really love the outdoors. I love to fish, hike, camp, backpack, and hunt. I also enjoy fast cars, building computers, and my xbox.

Is there anything special you do in your spare time that you really enjoy?
I really dont have much spare time.

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 computer is one that I built for work. It is an Abit AS8 powered by a P4 506 @ 4260mhz with a gig of corsair ram. Video is a lowly Geforce3 Ti200 @ 230/510. I dont do much computer gaming, so I built this rig to fold cheaply.

Do you have a Borg-Farm? If so, how many computers, and what are they? (CPU, RAM)
My home computer is a dual PIII @ 900, and my fience has a celeron tualatin 1200 that also folds for me. At work I have something like 6 P2/P3 based borgs running off and Overclockix server for team YATTA. I have 1 p4 at the chocolate shope, and the law firm has about 20 p4 based dells. We were having network slowdowns a couple months ago, so I took the office p4's offline for a while to prove that FAH wasnt the culprit. Ill try to get them back online soon, if the firm will approve it. If not, Ill just start building my own headless borgs.

What are your future goals? What do you most want to accomplish with your life?
I want to get my MCSA and eventually my MCSE. My goal is to branch out and provide IT support for local law offices, and other small businesses.

I also have a pic.

cuda340 · 07-04-06, 03:09 PM

Great to meet ya !!

Good luck on your future building/borging.

Fold on !!

WarriorII · 07-04-06, 03:09 PM

Cool dw !!

Glad to know more about ya.

Mmmmm..... chocolate.

harlam357 · 07-04-06, 03:28 PM

Nice to meet ya dw!

LandShark · 07-04-06, 03:47 PM

oh just a sudden thought...... can you make a protein shape chocolate for us??

Happy 4th guys!!! me off to setup bbq for tonight now.....

nahmus · 07-04-06, 03:54 PM

Nice to meet ya man!!!

good luck on the MCSA!!

ghettocomp · 07-04-06, 04:03 PM

Hey! great to meet you!
Fold On!!

ihrsetrdr · 07-04-06, 04:18 PM

Good to know about you; good luck with your IT goals!

as always...

walaka7 · 07-04-06, 04:40 PM

Good to meet ya!! keep up the good fold

TollhouseFrank · 07-04-06, 05:36 PM

Woot!

Chocolate!

Dude, my wife would love you forever if she knew about you working for a chocolate place...

AlabamaCajun · 07-04-06, 10:38 PM

Great to finally meet you DWS, hope to see you in our thunderdomes (folding) soon! Good luck on the Certification.

pscout · 07-05-06, 12:00 AM

Glad to meet you DW

Good luck with all those IT dept's ... and regaining your borgs

And I hope that is your cute fiance on your knee

Fold on man !!

sno.lcn · 07-05-06, 01:57 AM

As always, a great interview and it's great to meet you dw! Don't slow down teh borgin' once ya get married!

psyshack · 07-05-06, 05:31 PM

Nice to see a fellow Okie in the Fold.

Thanks for the hard work!

psy

Oric · 07-05-06, 06:14 PM

Great to meet ya DW!

dwschoon · 07-05-06, 06:18 PM

Thanks for all the positive input guys. I am currently working on getting a PD 805 rig at work to play with the server 2k3 eval on. The idea is that if i break something on it, our real server doesnt crash, lol. Of course it will be folding. I need to get my ppd up.

TIS · 07-05-06, 07:19 PM

nice to meet ya!

07-04-06, 12:54 PM	#1
LandShark Super Shark Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Deep Blue Sea (Maryland)	F@H Spotlight #32 This is the 32th 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. Also, for any of the suggestions/questions/answers/etc. that you would like to see from other member, please PM me too!! Now please give a warm welcome to.......................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dwschoon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Again, Thanks for taking the time to allow me to interview you. Im sorry I took so long to reply to this. RL has been extremely hectic lately. When did you join the Team? Approximate date is ok if you don't know the specific date. I joined the forums as an active poster in may of 2005, and turned in my first WU on June 05, 2005. If there was something recent that you did that you wanted your fellow teammembers to know about, what would it be? My fiance's grandmother had a heart attack about 2.5 months ago, with subsequent surgery and many complications thereafter. We have spent the entire time at the hospital, and unfortunately had to have a funeral for her a couple weeks ago. I have had to let other activities lapse during this period, but I now hope to start building and borging rigs again. What is your EOC (extremeoverclockers) stats link? Link 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) I live in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma How did you initially hear about F@H? I heard about SETI years ago and thought the concept of Distributed Computing was cool, but never tried it. I had just started actively participating in the forums when I saw the SETI and FAH subforums. I read the stickies and thought FAH was a worthwhile cause, so i installed it. After starting, why do you continue to Fold? I would be lying if I didnt say that I fold for the points and the competition, but I also feel like I am helping with something greater than myself. I have been very fortunate in my life not to have to deal with much illness or death in my family, but I know that I eventually will. Maybe the research I help with will develop new cures. What do you do for a living? I work for an Oil and Gas law office as the resident peon/errand boy. Recently, I have also become the IT department and the firm is sending me to school to become certified as an MCSA. I also have a job with a local chocolate shop, where I setup chocolate fountains at weddings. I am also the IT department there. What do you do for fun? I am an eagle scout, so I really love the outdoors. I love to fish, hike, camp, backpack, and hunt. I also enjoy fast cars, building computers, and my xbox. Is there anything special you do in your spare time that you really enjoy? I really dont have much spare time. 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 computer is one that I built for work. It is an Abit AS8 powered by a P4 506 @ 4260mhz with a gig of corsair ram. Video is a lowly Geforce3 Ti200 @ 230/510. I dont do much computer gaming, so I built this rig to fold cheaply. Do you have a Borg-Farm? If so, how many computers, and what are they? (CPU, RAM) My home computer is a dual PIII @ 900, and my fience has a celeron tualatin 1200 that also folds for me. At work I have something like 6 P2/P3 based borgs running off and Overclockix server for team YATTA. I have 1 p4 at the chocolate shope, and the law firm has about 20 p4 based dells. We were having network slowdowns a couple months ago, so I took the office p4's offline for a while to prove that FAH wasnt the culprit. Ill try to get them back online soon, if the firm will approve it. If not, Ill just start building my own headless borgs. What are your future goals? What do you most want to accomplish with your life? I want to get my MCSA and eventually my MCSE. My goal is to branch out and provide IT support for local law offices, and other small businesses. I also have a pic. __________________ ~~~ 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 \|

07-04-06, 03:09 PM	#3
WarriorII Moderator #666 Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Moderating	Cool dw !! Glad to know more about ya. Mmmmm..... chocolate. __________________ 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!

07-04-06, 03:28 PM	#4
harlam357 Senior Fold-a-holic Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: @Home... Folding@Home	Nice to meet ya dw! __________________ Q9550(C1)@(450x8) 3.6GHz 1.28v \| Gigabyte EP45-UD3P v1.0 F8 bios \| 2x2gb G.Skill@DDR900 5-5-5-15 2T 2.05v \| EVGA GTX275 \| Antec P180 - Corsair 650TX \| WD740GD - WD3200AAKS \| Samsung 2433BW FOLD32: 2xGTX285@1548MHz, GTX275@1566MHz, 2xGTX260-216@1458MHz, Bloomfield 920@3.8GHz, Yorkfield Q9550@3.6GHz, 3xKentsfield Q6600@3.4~3.0GHz, Wolfdale E8400@3.0GHz HFM.NET - Client Monitoring Application for Folding@Home \| I'm a Team 32 Folding Mentor - Ask me about Folding \| Team 32 Folding@Home Intro \| Team 32 F@H FAQ \| Folding/Gaming Room Project \| H's HTPC Build \| Heat (41-0-0)

07-04-06, 03:47 PM	#5
LandShark Super Shark Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Deep Blue Sea (Maryland)	oh just a sudden thought...... can you make a protein shape chocolate for us?? Happy 4th guys!!! me off to setup bbq for tonight now..... __________________ ~~~ 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 \|

07-04-06, 03:54 PM	#6
nahmus Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Sailing the Azure seas	Nice to meet ya man!!! good luck on the MCSA!! __________________ Shame on the night..... for places i've been and what i've seen... For giving me the strangest dreams - Dio

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07-04-06, 03:09 PM	#2
cuda340 Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada	Great to meet ya !! Good luck on your future building/borging. Fold on !!

07-04-06, 04:03 PM	#7
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.	Hey! great to meet you! Fold On!!

07-04-06, 04:18 PM	#8
ihrsetrdr Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: In the fold for Team 32	Good to know about you; good luck with your IT goals! as always... __________________ 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

07-04-06, 04:40 PM	#9
walaka7 Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: el segundo, ca or caprock, nm	Good to meet ya!! keep up the good fold

07-04-06, 05:36 PM	#10
TollhouseFrank Hairy Foot Fetish Senior Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Michel Delving	Woot! Chocolate! Dude, my wife would love you forever if she knew about you working for a chocolate place... __________________ Lead Senior - General Hardware Lead Senior - Applications and Software Become a fan on Facebook! \| Help improve overclockers.com! Get involved! \| Follow us on Twitter!

07-04-06, 10:38 PM	#11
AlabamaCajun Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: A Labyrinth	Great to finally meet you DWS, hope to see you in our thunderdomes (folding) soon! Good luck on the Certification. __________________ Main Rigs Developement -Phen2-940 AM2, DFI790FX-M2R,Corsair-PC6400 CL4 HD3870,3750XF CDs, Labels, Printing etc- 5000BBE, GA790FX, Wintec 800 4G.HD2600XT Rendering Server- 4x Barcelona 8347s. Tyan S4980 Quad, 16G (2G Kingston per socket). Folding, Testing- Ubuntu and WIN7 - 5600X2 Windsor, Agena 9600, Brisy 5000BBE Theme Park Builder 3D The Game- Build-em and Ride-em.

07-05-06, 12:00 AM	#12
pscout Senior Newbie Cannon-Fodder - R. I. P. good buddy :( Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Toronto	Glad to meet you DW Good luck with all those IT dept's ... and regaining your borgs And I hope that is your cute fiance on your knee Fold on man !! __________________ 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

07-05-06, 01:57 AM	#13
sno.lcn Extreme Cooling & Benchmark Team Content EditorFolding/SETI/Benching Team Senior Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Atlanta. School in Florida.	As always, a great interview and it's great to meet you dw! Don't slow down teh borgin' once ya get married! __________________ Join the benching team today! Folding Team! \|\| SETI Team! \|\| Rosetta Team! Want to see your writing featured on the overclockers.com front page? PM me for info! HWBot Profile \|\| Heatware

07-05-06, 05:31 PM	#14
psyshack Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Okmulgee, Ok.	Nice to see a fellow Okie in the Fold. Thanks for the hard work! psy __________________ Boone & Boone Sales Inc. 1ea. p4 2.66 @ 2.66 Dell (SP) Humanity Folding for the cure,,, no the points,,, Hum FOLDING!!![/SIZE][/SIZE]

07-05-06, 06:14 PM	#15
Oric Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The high cold desert of Nevada	Great to meet ya DW! __________________ "There is only two reasons to ever get into this field either as a hobby or a career, frustration or fascination. Unfortunately no matter which one has led you here today, I guarantee it will eventully lead to the other." "Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati" "If the women don't find you handsome, and I'm quessing they don't, they should at least find you handy."

07-05-06, 07:19 PM	#17
TIS Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Mandeville, LA	nice to meet ya! __________________ Intel Q6600, 4GB Dual Chan DDR2 800, Radeon x3450, 500GB HDD

07-05-06, 06:18 PM	#16
dwschoon Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Oklahoma City, OK	Thanks for all the positive input guys. I am currently working on getting a PD 805 rig at work to play with the server 2k3 eval on. The idea is that if i break something on it, our real server doesnt crash, lol. Of course it will be folding. I need to get my ppd up.