Posts by Kyle Kopid

1) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : Water powered pumps (Message 47581) Posted 10 Oct 2007 by Kyle Kopid Post: any updates on this? its a really interesting read
2) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : It was only a matter of time..... (Message 46970) Posted 25 Sep 2007 by Kyle Kopid Post: alright, i think i have those two bases covered
3) Message boards : Number crunching : Best Computer Features for Crunching (Message 46950) Posted 25 Sep 2007 by Kyle Kopid Post: Hey guys, what would be the top features of a computer when it comes to crunching Rosetta? Processor, memory, cache size? What order would you put them in?
4) Message boards : Number crunching : Ready Boost (Message 46949) Posted 25 Sep 2007 by Kyle Kopid Post: Does anyone with Vista have experience with the Ready Boost feature? It is the feature that allows you to use flash memory in the form of a usb drive or other device as memory for your computer. I was just wondering if anyone running Rosetta has done this and how it compares to adding more real memory. And if it makes Rosetta crunch faster.
5) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : It was only a matter of time..... (Message 46930) Posted 24 Sep 2007 by Kyle Kopid Post: I got too curious to see if teams were willing to do this, so I offered myself up on ebay. 20,000 credits. We'll see if anyone bites. My Indentured Servitude
6) Message boards : Number crunching : Any 24/7 RAH cruncher need a Free Pentium D (Message 46706) Posted 20 Sep 2007 by Kyle Kopid Post: I would take one, I am relatively new to Rosetta, but I now have 5 computers running the project, it would be great if I could upgrade one of the old ones I have laying around to make 6.
7) Message boards : Number crunching : Using University Computers (Message 46631) Posted 19 Sep 2007 by Kyle Kopid Post: Heres an update: I talked to the person in charge of the computers at my university, and they said that there is a program called Rdist that runs at random times throughout the day and resets all the programs on the computer and wipes everything clean, so he said that this would interfere with Rosetta and corrupt all the data. He advised that I instead try to convince students to run it on their computers.
8) Message boards : Number crunching : Credit system not fair (Message 46165) Posted 14 Sep 2007 by Kyle Kopid Post: Ha, I'm just playing devil's advocate. I can see where the original poster is coming from. It would be nice to be involved in a project that gives more credits than average.
9) Message boards : Number crunching : Credit system not fair (Message 46159) Posted 13 Sep 2007 by Kyle Kopid Post: What are you gonna do with the credits when you get them? Does it really matter how many you get?
10) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : It was only a matter of time..... (Message 46056) Posted 12 Sep 2007 by Kyle Kopid Post: I don't really see the problem to this idea. If teams are willing to pay some people in order to get credits, they should be able to do that. And the same amount of crunching is still being done, so it has the same effect on the project as a whole. Credits do nothing anyway, so if people are willing to pay for them, I'd take it and hopefully get enough to buy another computer to run Rosetta on.
11) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : It was only a matter of time..... (Message 46039) Posted 12 Sep 2007 by Kyle Kopid Post: so when you earn credits for a team, those credits stay with the team even after you leave?
12) Message boards : Cafe Rosetta : It was only a matter of time..... (Message 45973) Posted 11 Sep 2007 by Kyle Kopid Post: how would you even go about transferring credits over to someone?
13) Message boards : Number crunching : Using University Computers (Message 45969) Posted 11 Sep 2007 by Kyle Kopid Post: I composed to following message for the head of the Chemistry dept. Please note that I wrote this in 10 minutes, so it probably needs work. Let me know if I should add anything or change anything. Thanks a lot. Dear _________, It has come to my attention that the computers in the “Insert Location” sit idly for many hours each day when they are not in use. At the moment, all they do is use electricity in their downtime. However, there is an alternative which could make these machines productive even when a student is not using them. What I propose is that we run Rosetta@Home on the computers. Rosetta@Home is a reputable program which uses the collective computing ability of thousands of users to compute protein structures in an attempt to create vaccines or cures for different diseases. The only necessary program to download is Boinc Manager, which is a program that is used to run Rosetta and many other large scale projects. With the default settings enabled, Rosetta will only run after a computer has been inactive for 3 minutes. This ensures that the program will not slow down computing for students actively using the computer. The program works by moving parts of the protein one bit at a time, to see if the new configuration has a lower, more stable energy level. The goal is to find the lowest energy level possible, so that the protein is stable enough to remain intact inside the human body. Rosetta is currently seeking protein structures to help cure the following diseases and conditions: Malaria, Anthrax, HIV, Alzheimer’s Disease, and multiple Cancers, including Prostate Cancer. There are new projects added on a continual basis whenever another scientist needs a protein structure. A great part about computing for Rosetta is the reward of being recognized in the science journal article if a protein that you computed is chosen. There is a good chance that this could happen if all of the computers in this location are running Rosetta. This would create a great image for our university, showing others that we are interested in working to help others. The following websites provide additional information about the Rosetta program. If you are interested in pursuing this idea, send me a response and I will help in any way possible. Thank you for your time. Boinc Manager Rosetta Home Page Disease Related Research Rosetta Informational Video
14) Message boards : Number crunching : Using University Computers (Message 45882) Posted 9 Sep 2007 by Kyle Kopid Post: Hey guys, I've convinced a couple of my friends to use Rosetta, but my goal is to have the hundreds of idle computers on my campus running it in their downtime. Has anyone asked permission for this to happen at their school? If so, what approach did you use, and what facts do you feel are most persuasive? I think I can convince the head of the Chemistry department to use the 15 computers in the Chem Computer Lab, but I feel I'll have trouble with any other administrators. Thanks a lot for any help.
15) Message boards : Number crunching : Boinc Problem on Vista (Message 45422) Posted 25 Aug 2007 by Kyle Kopid Post: does anyone know how to deal with this? i'm not as tech savvy as most of you seem to be. I think it is just Windows Defender that is disabling it, but I'm not sure.
16) Message boards : Number crunching : Boinc Problem on Vista (Message 45405) Posted 25 Aug 2007 by Kyle Kopid Post: Hey guys, my parents just bought a new computer with Vista on it, and I'd like to set up Boinc to run on it while I'm away at college. I have found that even with Boinc in the startup folder, it will not open when I start the computer. When I go into Startup Programs in the Control Panel, it says that Boinc is "Not yet classified". What can I do? I leave tomorrow, thanks a lot.