Utility Geeks folding for team 32???

Cluster · 03-24-02, 12:16 PM

I came across a forum called Utility Geeks. They only have 403 members, counting myself

. I did a search for Folding on their forums and nadda, so i guess they've never heard of them, i posted a kind of recruiting post and gave them the links to stanford and statsman and of course i mentioned for them to fold for team 32.

Here's the thread

Let me know what you think of these guys, they are a small forum but may be growing, they could turn out to be a great ally.

Cluster · 03-24-02, 01:17 PM

I've also thought of another idea. Search google for clubs, or forums or any kind of groups, and see if we can't get some recruites. try to look for places that aren't already folding, convince them to fold for us. This is what i'm planning on doing anyway. It's an idea if anyone wants to help out.

Cluster · 03-24-02, 02:10 PM

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Originally posted by Cluster
I've also thought of another idea. Search google for clubs, or forums or any kind of groups, and see if we can't get some recruites. try to look for places that aren't already folding, convince them to fold for us. This is what i'm planning on doing anyway. It's an idea if anyone wants to help out.

here's my list now:

Whirlpool Forums 9525 Members
Overclockers Forum (Not Us) 963 Members
Utility Geek 403 Members
Overclockers Online 913 Members
TweakTown Forums 914 Members
2CPU.com 6927 Members

Total reached : 19645

Kendan · 03-24-02, 02:13 PM

Just be carefull and respectfull. It might even be a good idea to pm their moderators first and ask if it would be OK. We do not want to be known as SPAMMERS. I like your enthusiasm. Fold on!!!!

Ploaf · 03-24-02, 02:37 PM

Kendan's right. You need to be a little careful with this.
A couple of things. Some of those sites already have one sort of DC team or another. Some of them have DC forums. Luckily, the ones that have responded so far were very nice about it. Hopefully the trend continues. This doesn't always go over too well. Both Whirlpool and Utility Geeks, from the responses I've seen so far and from the atmosphere of the forum, look like some good places to check out though.

Tweaked! · 03-24-02, 02:44 PM

Looks good, Like the others said, Play it safe. Better to bide your time and ease into an invitation than it is to jump in and **** anybody off or make them think we're a bunch of yahoo's. Good job none the less.
It's amazing how much that place resembles this one, damn near the same layout. Kinda strange

chrismacan · 03-25-02, 02:36 AM

It looks almost identical...Maybe they are from a parallel universe...Imitation is the sincerest form of flatery...

Maybe their founders viewed Overclockers.com first and then went and started their own site...Maybe it is just random chance...You know the infinite monkeys typing on infinite computers will eventually reproduce the complete works of William Shakespeare.

Ottoman · 03-25-02, 03:15 AM

dude all of their computers are crap...

look at the 3dmark thread.. they are laughable

wont be crunchin many wu's there

Mr B · 03-25-02, 05:40 AM

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Originally posted by Ottoman
dude all of their computers are crap...

look at the 3dmark thread.. they are laughable

wont be crunchin many wu's there

Some WU's are always better than no WU's....

I agree...careful and cautious. But definitely worth looking into...

chestRcopRpot · 03-25-02, 07:01 AM

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Originally posted by Cluster

here's my list now:

Whirlpool Forums 9525 Members
Overclockers Forum (Not Us) 963 Members
Utility Geek 403 Members
Overclockers Online 913 Members
TweakTown Forums 914 Members
2CPU.com 6927 Members

Total reached : 19645

Good luck with the whirlpool and tweaktown forums........

Reason being is that most of the potential dc'ers from those are folding for team 24. Both are aussie based forums and both have had various "fold for ocau" threads for months

But try if you want to.

Actually when the ocau fourms went down for for a few months last year due to legal troubles, tweaktown forums was one of 2 or 3 temporary homes for the ocau'ers. So about half of the 914 members are ocau'ers.

so good luck! you will need it

Cluster · 03-25-02, 08:44 AM

All i'm trying to do is open up the world of Folding@Home to those he may not know. Most of these places and didn't see any reference to Folding through a search of their sites. Mind you they do have other DC projects running, but I have started to spur some interest at Whirlpool (although it's a little tough).

And if these sites don't work out, there's always more, but you guys are right, from now i'll get ahold of a mod before posting a thread, that way if they do have 2-3 DC teams, I won't be wasting my time on a couple of potential folders when i could be fishing in a sea of thousands more fish.

Just keep saying to yourself people.

WE WILL BE NO.1 ONE MORE TIME!!!

Tweaked! · 03-25-02, 09:08 AM

Thats the spirit

Keep up the inovative thinking, you're on the right track!

David · 03-25-02, 10:31 AM

I'll just lend a bit of support to the threads

.

Looks like a really good idea, but we'd better be careful that we dont tread on anyones toes

A friendly hello is all thats needed, and well done Cluster - it seems to be exactly what is required.

Newbie_Doo · 03-25-02, 12:53 PM

Nice idea. One thing to consider though: AOAForums has site affiliations with a lot of different sites. They may already be folding for AOA. It never hurts to ask first, but I would check their forums affiliations first.

Cheers!

Cluster · 03-25-02, 01:26 PM

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Originally posted by Newbie_Doo
Nice idea. One thing to consider though: AOAForums has site affiliations with a lot of different sites. They may already be folding for AOA. It never hurts to ask first, but I would check their forums affiliations first.

Cheers!

I just noticed that ater stopping by AOA. Do any other places do that? And i'm gonna keep it to askin a mod their situation first. Avoid any misunderstandings, but so far so good, i think they may be startin to gain a little interest.

I got my milestone too. I finished a protienA and took 2999th place, now i'm workin on another but have slid down to 3071.

03-24-02, 12:16 PM	Thread Starter #1
Cluster Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canuckistan	Utility Geeks folding for team 32??? I came across a forum called Utility Geeks. They only have 403 members, counting myself . I did a search for Folding on their forums and nadda, so i guess they've never heard of them, i posted a kind of recruiting post and gave them the links to stanford and statsman and of course i mentioned for them to fold for team 32. Here's the thread Let me know what you think of these guys, they are a small forum but may be growing, they could turn out to be a great ally. __________________ Multi VM/SMP Folding Guide \| Ram Timing Guide \| Folding working on Alzheimer's cure GPU Countdown to new years - Fold for a cure! Asus M3A79-T ~ Phenom 9850 ~ Cell Shock DDR-1066 ~ HIS HD4850 Phenom 9850 Rank : PiFast (1st) \| wPrime32 (1st) \| wPrime1024 (1st) \| SPi1M (1st) \| SPi32M (2nd)
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03-24-02, 01:17 PM	Thread Starter #2
Cluster Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canuckistan	I've also thought of another idea. Search google for clubs, or forums or any kind of groups, and see if we can't get some recruites. try to look for places that aren't already folding, convince them to fold for us. This is what i'm planning on doing anyway. It's an idea if anyone wants to help out. __________________ Multi VM/SMP Folding Guide \| Ram Timing Guide \| Folding working on Alzheimer's cure GPU Countdown to new years - Fold for a cure! Asus M3A79-T ~ Phenom 9850 ~ Cell Shock DDR-1066 ~ HIS HD4850 Phenom 9850 Rank : PiFast (1st) \| wPrime32 (1st) \| wPrime1024 (1st) \| SPi1M (1st) \| SPi32M (2nd)
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03-24-02, 02:13 PM	#4
Kendan Senior Punk Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dark side of hell	Just be carefull and respectfull. It might even be a good idea to pm their moderators first and ask if it would be OK. We do not want to be known as SPAMMERS. I like your enthusiasm. Fold on!!!! __________________ Hello:sn:
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03-24-02, 02:37 PM	#5
Ploaf Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Struthers, OH	Kendan's right. You need to be a little careful with this. A couple of things. Some of those sites already have one sort of DC team or another. Some of them have DC forums. Luckily, the ones that have responded so far were very nice about it. Hopefully the trend continues. This doesn't always go over too well. Both Whirlpool and Utility Geeks, from the responses I've seen so far and from the atmosphere of the forum, look like some good places to check out though. __________________ I hope this signature isn't offensive to anyone.
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03-24-02, 02:44 PM	#6
Tweaked! Xtreme refugee Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Oh.	Looks good, Like the others said, Play it safe. Better to bide your time and ease into an invitation than it is to jump in and **** anybody off or make them think we're a bunch of yahoo's. Good job none the less. It's amazing how much that place resembles this one, damn near the same layout. Kinda strange __________________ E8400@3.4 w/ Apogee w/c Asus P5B Deluxe 8gb pc2-6400 @ 475mhz 1:1 5,5,5,15 Asus GTX570 DCII PC P&C 610w Silencer 2 WD sata 3.0 raid array 0 My Heat
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03-25-02, 02:36 AM	#7
chrismacan Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Montreal, Quebec	It looks almost identical...Maybe they are from a parallel universe...Imitation is the sincerest form of flatery... Maybe their founders viewed Overclockers.com first and then went and started their own site...Maybe it is just random chance...You know the infinite monkeys typing on infinite computers will eventually reproduce the complete works of William Shakespeare. __________________ "Those who do good for the sake of doing good will enjoy fruits beyond the mortal" System 1: XP 1600+ @1669 Stable running GROMACS CORE System 2: XP 1600+ @1543 Stable running GROMACS CORE System 3: XP 1600+ @1400 Please FOLD The life you save might be one you know Over 5 GHz of cure finding AMD power ALL for team # 32 My FOLDING stats I am an ETHICAL OVERCLOCKER. Are you ?
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03-25-02, 03:15 AM	#8
Ottoman Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bahrain	dude all of their computers are crap... look at the 3dmark thread.. they are laughable wont be crunchin many wu's there __________________ 00 Titanium silver BMW M5 (daily beater) Series 4 88 mazda rx7 Turbo 2 (drag car) Series 5 91 Mazda RX7 Turbo 2 (track/drift car) series 6 93 Mazda Rx7 Twin Turbo (show/weekend car) New PC in the works
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03-25-02, 08:44 AM	Thread Starter #11
Cluster Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canuckistan	All i'm trying to do is open up the world of Folding@Home to those he may not know. Most of these places and didn't see any reference to Folding through a search of their sites. Mind you they do have other DC projects running, but I have started to spur some interest at Whirlpool (although it's a little tough). And if these sites don't work out, there's always more, but you guys are right, from now i'll get ahold of a mod before posting a thread, that way if they do have 2-3 DC teams, I won't be wasting my time on a couple of potential folders when i could be fishing in a sea of thousands more fish. Just keep saying to yourself people. WE WILL BE NO.1 ONE MORE TIME!!! __________________ Multi VM/SMP Folding Guide \| Ram Timing Guide \| Folding working on Alzheimer's cure GPU Countdown to new years - Fold for a cure! Asus M3A79-T ~ Phenom 9850 ~ Cell Shock DDR-1066 ~ HIS HD4850 Phenom 9850 Rank : PiFast (1st) \| wPrime32 (1st) \| wPrime1024 (1st) \| SPi1M (1st) \| SPi32M (2nd)
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03-25-02, 09:08 AM	#12
Tweaked! Xtreme refugee Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Oh.	Thats the spirit Keep up the inovative thinking, you're on the right track! __________________ E8400@3.4 w/ Apogee w/c Asus P5B Deluxe 8gb pc2-6400 @ 475mhz 1:1 5,5,5,15 Asus GTX570 DCII PC P&C 610w Silencer 2 WD sata 3.0 raid array 0 My Heat
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03-25-02, 10:31 AM	#13
David Forums Super Moderator Overclockers.com Lead Editor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Hiding from Americans and making pretty colours in a drybox in St Andrews	I'll just lend a bit of support to the threads . Looks like a really good idea, but we'd better be careful that we dont tread on anyones toes A friendly hello is all thats needed, and well done Cluster - it seems to be exactly what is required. __________________ David J. Nelson MChem(Edin) PhD(Strath) AMRSC [Academia Profile] OC Forums Super Moderator // Overclockers.com Editor The Workhorse: [Lenovo W510] Intel Core i7-720QM / 8 GB DDR3 / nVidia Quadro FX880M / Crucial M4 256 GB SSD / Windows 7 The HTPC/Server: AMD Phenom X4 9650 / 6 GB DDR2 / nVidia 8300 / 5 TB of HDDs / Antec Solo II Case / Windows 7 The Gaming Rig: AMD Llano A6-3650 / 4 GB DDR3 / nVidia GTX260 / 2x 500 GB HDD in RAID0 / Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Case / Windows 7 The Benchmarking Setup: Various LGA775 chips / Asus Rampage Formula / 2 GB OCZ 1066 MHz DDR2 / nVidia Quadro NVS 285 / 320 GB HDD / Windows 7 My research fellowship is eating all my time, so I may be slow to reply to emails and private messages.
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03-25-02, 12:53 PM	#14
Newbie_Doo Admin Parent Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Stafford, Virginia USA	Nice idea. One thing to consider though: AOAForums has site affiliations with a lot of different sites. They may already be folding for AOA. It never hurts to ask first, but I would check their forums affiliations first. Cheers! __________________ "Remember, the Aperture Science 'Bring your daughter to work' day is the perfect time to have her tested." Welcome to my sandbox. Sandbox Rules: 1) Play nicely. 2) Don't throw sand. 3) Share your toys. 4) Go inside to use the potty. newbius.blogspot.com
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