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LandShark · 03-04-08, 09:56 AM

This is the 79th in the series of T32 Spotlights!!

NOTE: 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.

This member isn't very active in the forum; however, his folding powah is more than enough to put him well into the Top 10 ppd spot!!

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visionco
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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.
Joined in Jan of 2008 but have been a reader since 2004.

If there was something recent that you did that you wanted your fellow teammembers to know about, what would it be?
Quit smoking on Jan 5th 2008 and still smoke free.

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)
I live in Lisle, IL 25 miles west of Chicago.

How did you initially hear about F@H?
I heard it from a friend that is an OC member.

After starting, why do you continue to Fold?
It is actally a chalenge to keep the rigs going and pushing more WU's for Stanford.

What do you do for a living?
I am a Technology Director and a small business owner.

What do you do for fun?
Spend time with the kids snowboarding, fishing, and racing cars.

Is there anything special you do in your spare time that you really enjoy?
Road rally racing in my 97 Eclipse and also fishing with my 2 sons.

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?
C2D E6600, Abit AW9d Max, 2x1gb crucial Balistxs, 2x76gb Raptors, 8800GTX all water cooled. This is my gaming rig/office pc/accounting rig and well it is running smooth @3.6ghz with a load temp of 41C.

Do you have a Borg-Farm? If so, how many computers, and what are they? (CPU, RAM)
I have a small farm at home that consist of 3 Q6600 with 2gb ram overclicked to 3.6ghz on air, 2 E4500 with 2gb ram overclocked to 2.95ghz on air. Also I have 5 E4500 @2.5ghz and about 30 P4 systems folding the console client.

What are your future goals? What do you most want to accomplish with your life?
I want to quit my full time job and do my business full time basicly be my own boss and spend more time with the family.

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?
It does not matter how many GHZ you have folding but what does matter is that you are folding and adding to the cause. On a side note my wife thinks I am nuts for doing this but she supports me in my quest of folding.

My rig pics are here and a picture of me is here and other car pictures.

Thanks Gary for taking the time to interview me and hopefully I can contribute to the cause for a long time to come.

Cheers

Rich

cuda340 · 03-04-08, 11:14 AM

Good to meet you

Stick with the no smoking & fold onward

visionco · 03-04-08, 04:11 PM

Thank you for the spotlight.

It's true I do not post a lot because I am one of those silent bu deadly users. But I can assure you that I am there and working hard.

Cheers

harlam357 · 03-04-08, 04:22 PM

Nice to meet you visionco...

You remind me of a friend of mine who likes to take apart his Eagle Talon.

I'm sure you two would get along famously.

William Hung · 03-04-08, 04:23 PM

Agreed! And way to put up some good #'s!

traldan · 03-04-08, 04:24 PM

Woot, good to meet you!

And yay for the racing, but boo on the FWD.

(Not that I can talk, I'm driving an FWD pig at the moment)

visionco · 03-04-08, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by traldan

Woot, good to meet you!

And yay for the racing, but boo on the FWD.

(Not that I can talk, I'm driving an FWD pig at the moment)

Not to burst your bubble but my daily driver was a FWD, my racing beast is an AWD and let me tell you 0 to 60 mph in 3.2sec is a whole new world of whiplash

not to mention a 4 car jump on any RWD or FWD car that is next to me on the street.

Now I have changed to a Subaru Outback AWD for my daily driver. The eclipse FWD just did not cut it on lots of storage of PC's in the back.

Hack30 · 03-04-08, 06:16 PM

Good to meet you!

Dude I think you broke your car!

Yer not supposed to be able to stand there!

lol

SuperDave1685 · 03-04-08, 06:16 PM

Welcome to the team! Not to mention a fellow racer! Heres to racing!

visionco · 03-04-08, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hack30

Good to meet you!

Dude I think you broke your car!

Yer not supposed to be able to stand there!

lol

That picture was taken after we pulled the engine from the car. Needless to say I spun all crank, piston, and balance shaft bearing on the car. On a good note It went 12.3 in the 1/4 on only 285hp and I drove her home from the track.

klear · 03-04-08, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by traldan

Woot, good to meet you!

And yay for the racing, but boo on the FWD.

(Not that I can talk, I'm driving an FWD pig at the moment)

He has a GSX too, those are AWD

Sleepy_Steve · 03-05-08, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by visionco

Not to burst your bubble but my daily driver was a FWD, my racing beast is an AWD and let me tell you 0 to 60 mph in 3.2sec is a whole new world of whiplash

not to mention a 4 car jump on any RWD or FWD car that is next to me on the street.

Now I have changed to a Subaru Outback AWD for my daily driver. The eclipse FWD just did not cut it on lots of storage of PC's in the back.

LOL, cars always seem to touch a nerve.

I was under the impression that they didnt make an AWD version of the Eclipse in 97, but what do i know? Personally, I kinda thought you were talking about a DSM of some sort. That would make a lot more sense to me.

And Traldan is right, FWD is boring, RWD is much more interesting, and AWD is cheating.

David_N · 03-05-08, 03:43 PM

Nice to meet you! You seem to be pumping out a lot of great science, keep it up!

I love the picture of you in the engine bay aha, you certainly seem to know what you're doing and have a few very nice cars!

visionco · 03-05-08, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sleepy_Steve

LOL, cars always seem to touch a nerve.

I was under the impression that they didnt make an AWD version of the Eclipse in 97, but what do i know? Personally, I kinda thought you were talking about a DSM of some sort. That would make a lot more sense to me.

And Traldan is right, FWD is boring, RWD is much more interesting, and AWD is cheating.

They did make an AWD version of the Eclipse from 89 to 99. The Eclipse, Talon, and any other car that has a 2.0L 4g63, 4g64 and Colt are considered DSM.

Oh by the way AWD is not cheating, the way I look at it is that every car has 4 tires and engine and a trans along with a diff (FWD or RWD) it's just that the eclipse has a diff up front and back best of both worlds

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jerseytomato · 03-05-08, 03:48 PM

It's nice to meet you! Welcome to the team

nitteo · 03-05-08, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by visionco

They did make an AWD version of the Eclipse from 89 to 99. The Eclipse, Talon, and any other car that has a 2.0L 4g63, 4g64 and Colt are considered DSM.

Oh by the way AWD is not cheating, the way I look at it is that every car has 4 tires and engine and a trans along with a diff (FWD or RWD) it's just that the eclipse has a diff up front and back best of both worlds

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If I remember correctly those AWD Cars (Eagle Talon, Mitsu Eclipse) kicked ass in Pikes Peak during those years.

dfonda · 03-05-08, 04:21 PM

Great to meet you Vision. Nice farm.

Congrats on giving up smoking.

Great pics.

traldan · 03-05-08, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by visionco

They did make an AWD version of the Eclipse from 89 to 99. The Eclipse, Talon, and any other car that has a 2.0L 4g63, 4g64 and Colt are considered DSM.

Oh by the way AWD is not cheating, the way I look at it is that every car has 4 tires and engine and a trans along with a diff (FWD or RWD) it's just that the eclipse has a diff up front and back best of both worlds

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I rescind my previous statement then, yay AWD. I do think RWD is more fun, but thats just my opinion.

ihrsetrdr · 03-08-08, 01:17 AM

Nice to meet you visionco! Good luck with the smoke free change of lifestyle!

Jolly-Swagman · 03-08-08, 01:31 AM

Nice to meet you visionco! Nice Farm there too and Good luck with the No Smoking, that is one thing I would like to do too

FOLD ON!!!

Wicked_Pixie · 03-08-08, 02:59 PM

Nice to meet you, Visionco!

Awesome job on giving up smoking!!

*puts out my cig*

Lost count on how many times I've tried since New Year's Eve

But I'll give it another go. Darn you for inspiring me.

visionco · 03-09-08, 01:12 AM

Thanks all for the compliments on the smoking. So far still smoke free and well I have these cravings that really suck but I can get through this.

Pixie good luck on kicking the habit hope that you can pull through with it.

03-04-08, 09:56 AM	#1
LandShark Super Shark Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Deep Blue Sea (Maryland)	F@H Spotlight #79 This is the 79th in the series of T32 Spotlights!! NOTE: 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. This member isn't very active in the forum; however, his folding powah is more than enough to put him well into the Top 10 ppd spot!! Now please give a warm welcome to.......................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . visionco ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. Joined in Jan of 2008 but have been a reader since 2004. If there was something recent that you did that you wanted your fellow teammembers to know about, what would it be? Quit smoking on Jan 5th 2008 and still smoke free. 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) I live in Lisle, IL 25 miles west of Chicago. How did you initially hear about F@H? I heard it from a friend that is an OC member. After starting, why do you continue to Fold? It is actally a chalenge to keep the rigs going and pushing more WU's for Stanford. What do you do for a living? I am a Technology Director and a small business owner. What do you do for fun? Spend time with the kids snowboarding, fishing, and racing cars. Is there anything special you do in your spare time that you really enjoy? Road rally racing in my 97 Eclipse and also fishing with my 2 sons. 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? C2D E6600, Abit AW9d Max, 2x1gb crucial Balistxs, 2x76gb Raptors, 8800GTX all water cooled. This is my gaming rig/office pc/accounting rig and well it is running smooth @3.6ghz with a load temp of 41C. Do you have a Borg-Farm? If so, how many computers, and what are they? (CPU, RAM) I have a small farm at home that consist of 3 Q6600 with 2gb ram overclicked to 3.6ghz on air, 2 E4500 with 2gb ram overclocked to 2.95ghz on air. Also I have 5 E4500 @2.5ghz and about 30 P4 systems folding the console client. What are your future goals? What do you most want to accomplish with your life? I want to quit my full time job and do my business full time basicly be my own boss and spend more time with the family. 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? It does not matter how many GHZ you have folding but what does matter is that you are folding and adding to the cause. On a side note my wife thinks I am nuts for doing this but she supports me in my quest of folding. My rig pics are here and a picture of me is here and other car pictures. Thanks Gary for taking the time to interview me and hopefully I can contribute to the cause for a long time to come. Cheers Rich __________________ ~~~ 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 \|

03-04-08, 04:11 PM	#3
visionco Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: IL	Thank you for the spotlight. It's true I do not post a lot because I am one of those silent bu deadly users. But I can assure you that I am there and working hard. Cheers __________________ Fold For T32!! Heatware

03-04-08, 04:22 PM	#4
harlam357 Senior Fold-a-holic Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: @Home... Folding@Home	Nice to meet you visionco... You remind me of a friend of mine who likes to take apart his Eagle Talon. I'm sure you two would get along famously. __________________ 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)

03-04-08, 04:23 PM	#5
William Hung Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Nov 2006	Agreed! And way to put up some good #'s! __________________ ----------------------- Main Rig-QX9650 4.33 Ghz 24/7 at 1.375V on air :) Zalman 9700LED Gigabyte X38-DQ6 2x 1GB Micron Z9 DDR3-1600 nVidia 7950 GX2 2x 500Gb Western Digital 7200 RPM SATA 2 ----------------------- Folding for my Dad, diagnosed with Leukemia, 08-23-07

03-04-08, 04:24 PM	#6
traldan Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Folding in Maryland!!	Woot, good to meet you! And yay for the racing, but boo on the FWD. (Not that I can talk, I'm driving an FWD pig at the moment) __________________ .:Bliss:. .:Q6600 G0 3.0Ghz - Ultra 120 Extreme/Ultrakaze 120mm (130CFM!) - possibly dead? .:Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R - RMA'd, refurb now .:4GB (2x2) G.Skill DDR2-1000 .:Sapphire X1900XT .:Sparkle FSP550PLG-SLI .:160GB Hitachi Deskstar, 500GB Maxtor .:Hyundai L90D+ Folding 24/7 for TEAM 32 Q6600 SMP (above), Q6600 SMP (questionable uptime), Pentium 4 531

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03-04-08, 11:14 AM	#2
cuda340 Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada	Good to meet you Stick with the no smoking & fold onward

03-04-08, 06:16 PM	#8
Hack30 Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Folding@Home on the Blue Ball	Good to meet you! Dude I think you broke your car! Yer not supposed to be able to stand there! lol __________________ "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 Last edited by Hack30; 03-04-08 at 06:21 PM.

03-04-08, 06:16 PM	#9
SuperDave1685 Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: USMC.. OoRah!!	Welcome to the team! Not to mention a fellow racer! Heres to racing! __________________ *Main Rig-i7 940, ASUS Rampage II Extreme, 6 GB G.Skill DDR3 2000, ATI HD5970, SB X-Fi Xtreme Gamer, 2 x74GB Raptors in RAID 0, 250GB, 1TB SATA, PCP&C Silencer 750W , D5 pump, Thermochill PA 120.3 w/ 3 Yate Loon Mediums, Swiftech Apogee XT, Lian-Li PC-G75, ASUS VW226H 25.5", Logitech Z-5300e THX 5.1 Speakers Folding Rig-Q9650 @ 4.2GHz, Gigabyte EP45-UD3P, 4 GB G.Skill DDR2, 8800GT and 8800 GTX*, 250GB / 1TB SATA, Corsair HX620W ,TRUE Heatware If the Army and the Navy Ever look on Heaven's scenes, They will find the streets are guarded By United States Marines. OoRah!

03-05-08, 03:43 PM	#13
David_N Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hiding in Canada from comments regarding my avatar :)	Nice to meet you! You seem to be pumping out a lot of great science, keep it up! I love the picture of you in the engine bay aha, you certainly seem to know what you're doing and have a few very nice cars! __________________ -15" Macbook Pro, T9600 Core 2 Duo 2800MHz, 2x2048Mb DDR3-1067, 500gb 5400.6, NVIDIA GeForce 512mb 9600GT M + 9400M -Lots of random rigs on the go at any given time -PS3 FOLDING FOR A CURE! Listen to The OCF PodCast!

03-05-08, 03:48 PM	#15
jerseytomato Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Folding@Palau	It's nice to meet you! Welcome to the team __________________ OCForums Folding (Team32)

03-05-08, 04:21 PM	#17
dfonda Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Folding for Team 32 in the Keystone State	Great to meet you Vision. Nice farm. Congrats on giving up smoking. Great pics. __________________ #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"

03-08-08, 01:17 AM	#19
ihrsetrdr Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: In the fold for Team 32	Nice to meet you visionco! Good luck with the smoke free change of lifestyle! __________________ 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

03-08-08, 01:31 AM	#20
Jolly-Swagman Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Folding@Home in Downunder Australia.Victoria	Nice to meet you visionco! Nice Farm there too and Good luck with the No Smoking, that is one thing I would like to do too FOLD ON!!! __________________ MyHeat I'm a Team 32 Folding Mentor - Ask me about Folding My Ultimate QUAD CORE PC CM690\|Q6600@3.2GHz(8x400)\|GAP35DS3L\|DDR2-4GigXMS2Pro6400/800-4-4-4-12\|EVGA-GTX-295\|EA-750W\|DVDRWLiteonLS\|Sata160+250+320Gig\|OCZVendetta2 +HR05NB\|BenQE2200HDWinXPProSP3(BetaTesting)Windows7-Ultimate-64bit <- Folding@Home-2xVM-SMP+GPUv2 My CORE 2 DUO PC E6550@3.0Ghz\|GAG31MS2L\|4GigXMS2Pro6400C5-800-5-5-5-18\|ION2-550W/\|Inno3D8800GT512MB+HR03GT\|ACFrezzer7Pro + NB-HSF\|Viewsonic-VA703B x2 OS's-Ubuntu9.10/WinXPPro<-Rosetta/Folding@Home-VM-SMP+GPUv2->Folding for my Parents for a Cure! The Milestone Thread 4.0 \| Smooth-n-Fold-Custom Project \|The Sled Acrylic Tech Bench

03-08-08, 02:59 PM	#21
Wicked_Pixie Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA	Nice to meet you, Visionco! Awesome job on giving up smoking!! puts out my cig Lost count on how many times I've tried since New Year's Eve But I'll give it another go. Darn you for inspiring me. __________________ “To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.” ~William Shakespeare

03-09-08, 01:12 AM	#22
visionco Team 32 Folding Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: IL	Thanks all for the compliments on the smoking. So far still smoke free and well I have these cravings that really suck but I can get through this. Pixie good luck on kicking the habit hope that you can pull through with it. __________________ Fold For T32!! Heatware