Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:50:21 +0000 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/ Ars Food Court en-us http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/images/logo.gif http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/ admin@arsfoodcourt.com http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=629 I've started a discussion in the forums about the future of the AFC, please follow the link below for more info. http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/122097561/m/479002321931?r=479002321931#479002321931 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:50:21 +0000 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=628 As seen on Gamasutra.com yesterday, the Folding@home project released the v1.2 update to the powerful PlayStation 3 client.The highlights are: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:31:46 +0100 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=627 The official Team # for the ARS Technica contribution to the Folding@Home distributed computing project is Team #14.  The team name is currently Team Egg Roll or TER.  And when you click on the TER links in this food court, the TER page shows team #14. Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:19:53 +0100 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=626 It's been a long time coming and has taken over a years worth of work. But with some excellent team work, phenomenal fire-power and a helluva lot of crunching... Ars Technica has taken the number one spot in the DC Vault. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:18:21 +0000 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=625 Some of you may have heard of the DC Vault, an intra-project distributed computing ranking system. Ars Technica has been a member since the first day. And now, one year on Ars Technica took the second spot! Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:37:18 +0100 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=624 OverviewSince 2000, Folding@Home (FAH) has allowed a major jump in the capabilities of molecular simulation. By joining together hundreds of thousands of PCs throughout the world, calculations which were previously considered impossible have now become routine. FAH has targeted the study of protein folding and protein folding disease, and numerous scientific advances have come from the project. Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:25:48 +0100 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=623 The Folding@home Support Forum has recently added 4 new forum moderators to fill some big shoes. Sat, 10 Jun 2006 01:27:27 +0100 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=622 Here are some of the notable topics of interest from the last few months in the F@H Project, News, Client Developments (version 6, GPU, ClearSpeed), etc... Mon, 22 May 2006 21:14:13 +0100 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=621 After many polls, discussions and debates, TLC was officially renamed Ars Technica yesterday. Of course, to pretty much everyone who has ever run SETI for Ars, it will still be TLC. But the effect of bringing TLC into the enlarged cross-project Ars Technica team will see Ars Technica move from 26th and 29th to 10th world wide. See this BOINCstats.com page. So where to now? Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:54:58 +0100 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=620 The Ars Food Court was recently moved to a new server so I spent a bit of time tidying thinks up by pulling out some of the old team sites that were sat in directories gathering dust on the old server and collecting them together. Enter the Ars Food Court Archive. Enjoy the nostalgia! Thu, 20 Apr 2006 19:01:43 +0100 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=619 Some of you who frequent the forum may know about a new BOINC project called Leiden Classical... Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:29:50 +0000 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=618 A couple of weeks ago the idea of renaming the BOINC teams first appeared. It was taken to a vote and overwhelmingly, the idea was supported. Now we're voting on what to rename them too... Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:53:56 +0000 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=617 We missed a couple notable Folding@Home news items in the last few months while I was taking a hiatus.9/20/2005 FAH passes the 200,000 active CPU count FAH's power continues to grow, now pushing beyond the 200,000 active CPU count.10/1/2005 Happy Fifth Birthday FAH!FAH just passed its fifth anniversary. Thanks to all who have made the project such a success.1/1/2006 Maximum PC Magazine Passes TER!We held on to 8th place through the end of 2005, but the new year starts with Team EggRoll in 9th.  We're well ahead of the 10th placed SAGOONS (boo, hiss) but they are currently outproducing us.  We also lost our top Folder (Trogs) in 2005, but several smaller pharmers are helping to pick up the slack (Thanks, and you know who you are).  And we would welcome any new additions to help us move back up the ranks in 2006! Mon, 23 Jan 2006 02:43:37 +0000 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=616 Team Hard Cider Takes Top Ten Fri, 06 Jan 2006 21:02:23 +0000 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=615 I have signed the FoodCourt up for Google Analytics.It is a Sophisticated. Easy. Free. Service Google Analytics should tell us everything we could ever want to know about how our visitors found the Food Court and how they interact with it. We should be able to focus improve the site to attract more visitors. Sophisticated, yet easy to use. Google believes that web analytics should be simple and sophisticated at the same time. they have designed Google Analytics to have enterprise level capabilities and yet still be accessible to anyone who wants to improve their site design. Google Analytics delivers all the features one can expect from a high-end web analytics offering, and provides timesaving AdWords integration features. Which we should put back on again Integrated with AdWords. If we get an AdWords account up and running again, we can use Google Analytics directly from the AdWords interface. Google Analytics is the only product that can automatically provide AdWords ROI metrics, without us having to import cost data or add tracking information to keywords. Of course, Google Analytics can track all of our non-AdWords initiatives as well. Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:22:11 +0000 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=614 I've spent a bit of time adding some more content to the Food Court. Team Vino Rose is now listed. Mon, 07 Nov 2005 21:17:54 +0000 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=613 So there was the Stomp For Steve a few months back, which was designed to get us to 20th. We managed it and then some... However, there was also a sad announcement today. Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:35:58 +0000 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=612 I've set up a site on Frapper for the food court and everyone in the DCA and on #distributed to fill out our locations in. http://www.risingconcepts.com/frapper/arsfoodcourt Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:56:26 +0100 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=611 The FoodCourt is now basically back in operation. There are still a few small problems to sort out, but the site is operational, and is ready to be used. In particular the Wiki and Blog are ready for some input!!!!You can find the links in the Main Menu on the lefthand side. Start adding content to them. That is why we have these features.    Mon, 03 Oct 2005 15:05:34 +0100 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=610 The core Ars DC site, the Ars FoodCourt, has had a major software upgrade. Some features that were previously not working or had limited functionality, are now working very well. I will outline a few of the main improvements to have been made to the site in no particular order. The AFC now has a Wiki module installed. It if a fully functional wiki, based upon the  ErfurtWiki softwareThe user blog is also fully functional, with more features and better controls. A web based visual editor for MS IE and Gecko (Firefox, Mozilla), called TinyMCE has been installed. It works for all textarea entry forms, apart from the Wiki ones The Comments function has been restricted to registered users. This is because there were too many spam comments from anonymous users. The Ars Technica News feed is back and working. The core software, including some major security fixes, has been upgraded The site themes are upgraded Plus lots of minor updates and fixes all around. I hope the FoodCourt will be used, as it does contain a lot of useful information for Distributed Computing enthusiasts. Any registered user can play around with the site. If there is anything missing, or if you fell like helping out, then please join in.  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:11:32 +0100 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=609 The site is back up and running thanks to the hard work of heretic and JDAW. Most things are working after the upgrade but there are a few functions not quite right that are still being worked on. If you spot anything that is broken then add a comment, pop into IRC (channel #afcdesign) or post in the Ars forums Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:30:37 +0100 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=608 Client v5.04 Public Beta ReleasedClient v5.04 is in public beta for Linux and Windows (console). It allows configuration of the amount of memory reported and the setting of advmethods through the [client]Configuration so that it persists [outside of the command line]. This is a maintenance release, with more signficant improvements coming in v.6. See http://folding.stanford.edu/beta for more details.Also o­n the Stanford News page today...New Assignment Server (AS) fallback scheme.We've implemented a new AS fallback scheme for how WUs are assigned. We will talk more about about how this works o­nce we see if it works well. It's now being tested o­n both ASes. QMD re-release complete QMD's are now going to machines reporting 504MB or more and with the appropriate flags (BigWU + advmethods). We're now back to the previous value. Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:01:01 +0100 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=607 There's a new client for all 3 operating systems. 4.45 for Windows, and 4.43 for Linux and Mac OS X. Be sure to upgrade before your WUs finish to ensure you are able to get a new one quickly. Also, CPDNs servers are back up and running, credits will be recalculated for the past month. For more information remember to visit the DCA. Mon, 04 Jul 2005 15:18:07 +0100 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=605 27653*(2^9167433+1) is prime. so sayeth the good people at the seventeen or bust project. You can find the official press release at http://www.seventeenorbust.com/documents/press-061505.mhtml congratulations to the project and the finder Wed, 15 Jun 2005 16:52:40 +0100 http://www.arsfoodcourt.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=603 DCMonitor v1.02 has been released. Download View changelog Sun, 05 Jun 2005 14:34:05 +0100