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The PS3 Fanboy team is kicking our asses at the moment...

I am sure we are just getting going.. wait for the surge :-)

Everyone still has their one year warranty for the ps3. Run the program.

Originally Posted by icruise The PS3 Fanboy team is kicking our asses at the moment...

Did you actually think a small community like CAG would kick anyone's ass?

In the end the biggest ps3 contributing community will always be

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/...&teamnum=55265

I joined, I think.

All I have to do is enter the team number, right?

Originally Posted by Apossum which do you guys think eats up more power-- a folding PS3 left on overnight or a laptop sitting idle but on with a black screensaver on overnight? I usually leave my laptop on, but if I could be folding for the same price, I'd go with that.

PS3 draws about 380 Watts (according to the 10 seconds I spent with Google, at least.) So if you left your PS3 on and folding for 24 hours, you'd use about 9,120 Watt-hours, or 9.12 KWH. My local utility charges about 8 cents per KWH, so this makes the cost of folding for a day about $0.73.

Our utility rates are maybe a little on the low side (thanks, hydro power!) but figure about $1/day? Could be the cheap-ass cure for cancer =)

I put in the number and everything but i dont see my name on the list. Guess ill just wait it out and see if it shows up tommorow

Originally Posted by Soujiro_Seta I put in the number and everything but i dont see my name on the list. Guess ill just wait it out and see if it shows up tommorow

I think it takes about half a day or so. I signed up last night and my name just appeared within the last few hours.

Edit: see below

Originally Posted by Ugamer_X I think it takes about half a day or so. I signed up last night and my name just appeared within the last few hours.

It only appears after you upload a work unit.

Originally Posted by PhrostByte It only appears after you upload a work unit.

Oh, gotcha.

Im still confused about this. Do I have to be inside the Folding@Home program for it to run, or does it do it automatically with spare cycles as long as Im using my ps3?

You can set the program to start when your PS3 is idle, but the program does need to be running for it to do any work.

I posted this is in the Folding@home thread, but this interview is a very good source for info about the program.

Originally Posted by PhrostByte It only appears after you upload a work unit.

oh ok Thanks ^_^

Originally Posted by Soujiro_Seta oh ok Thanks ^_^

You're welcome ^_^>_<\m/>_<^_^

I have my 2 ps3 folding.

how long does it usually take for you guys to do a work unit? Mine is like 8 hours or so.

Originally Posted by mr ryles how long does it usually take for you guys to do a work unit? Mine is like 8 hours or so.

I'm assuming roughly the same here. I've completed 5 so far, and am working on #6 as I'm typing this.

mines going now, I think I will leave it on overnight to get one done and get my name up on the board.

I just got mines going