Not much to report with my Folding. My new case should be here soon (I was charged a couple of days ago for it). With it, I should be able to get Epimetheus back up and running. But a couple of milestones to report (almost spelled it wildstones - I wonder if that's a word...if not...it should be). I now sit at #39,982 overall for Folding at Home in under a month - not bad considering my limited resources. My next work unit will also take me over 15,000 points. Also, that work unit (or the next) should also break me into the top 1,400 at the [H]orde. Thanks to a new page I found at HardFolding.com, I have the following stats at my disposal:

Spots within the [H]orde moved over a timeperiod:
Last Update: -1
Last Day: +40
Last Week: +173
Last Month: +2,112

Of course, my movement up the ladder will be slowed considerably as I was basically hopping over everyone who started but then gave up. Once I hit the top 1,000, it'll be darn near impossible to keep on moving up - in fact, I might move down as others with large farms of servers jump over me in the stats. But there are also dormant people in the top 1,000 - I just need to double my points to get there. So while I moved up over 2,112 spots in the first month (I've been folding for 29 days now), it'll take me another month to move up another 500.

URL: Folding@Home Distributed Computing

Movie number 70 in the game takes us through Michael Ironside as we transition from Starship Troopers to Top Gun. With Top Gun leaving us ample opportunities to visit a vast array of films. Though we're trying to get to Guns of Navarone next.

And so I don't forget, here's a few ways to get from Top Gun to Guns of Navarone (or actually, from Top Gun to Gladiator since Gladiator links to Guns of Navarone) - either: Tombstone, The Saint, Arlington Road, or Playing By Heart.

Top Gun (Michael Ironside and T.B.D.) [70]
Starship Troopers (Neil Patrick Harris and Michael Ironside)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (John Cho and Neil Patrick Harris)
American Pie 2 (Casey Affleck and John Cho)
American Pie (Jason Biggs and Casey Affleck)
Jersey Girl (Jennifer Schwalbach Smith and Jason Biggs)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (Kevin Smith and Jennifer Schwalbach Smith)
Dogma (Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith)
Chasing Amy (Brian O'Halloran and Jason Mewes)
Mallrats (Jason Lee and Brian O'Halloran)
Enemy of the State (Alexandra Balahoutis and Jason Lee) [60]
National Treasure (Don McManus and Alexandra Balahoutis)
Hannibal (Frankie Faison and Don McManus)
Silence of the Lambs (Anthony Heald and Frankie Faison)
Red Dragon (Philip Seymour Hoffman and Anthony Heald)
Almost Famous (Rainn Wilson and Philip Seymour Hoffman)
Galaxy Quest (Jeremy Howard and Rainn Wilson)
Men in Black II (Brad Abrell and Jeremy Howard)
Men in Black (Will Smith and Brad Abrell)
I, Robot (Simon Baker and Will Smith)
Shanghai Noon (Lucy Liu and Simon Baker) [50]
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (Chia Hui Liu and Lucy Liu)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Michael Bowen and Chia Hui Liu)
Jackie Brown (Laura Lovelace and Michael Bowen)
Pulp Fiction (Linda Kaye and Laura Lovelace)
Reservoir Dogs (Steve Buscemi and Linda Kaye)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Keith David and Steve Buscemi)
The Replacements (Faizon Love and Keith David)
Blue Crush (Michelle Rodriguez and Faizon Love)
S.W.A.T. (Benjamin King and Michelle Rodriguez)
Lethal Weapon 4 (John Harms and Benjamin King) [40]
Lethal Weapon 3 (Marian Collier and John Harms)
Lethal Weapon 2 (Patrick Cameron and Marian Collier)
Lethal Weapon (Paul Tuerpe and Patrick Cameron)
Maverick (Stephen Liska and Paul Tuerpe)
Conspiracy Theory (Christo Morse and Stephen Liska)
Hackers (Wendell Pierce and Christo Morse)
Ray (Rick Gomez and Wendell Pierce)
Three to Tango (John C. McGinley and Rick Gomez)
Se7en (Lennie Loftin and John C. McGinley)
The Sum of All Fears (Stefan Kalipha and Lennie Loftin) [30]
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Pat Roach and Stefan Kalipha)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Frank Marshall and Pat Roach)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (Alfred Molina and Frank Marshall)
Ladyhawke (Ken Hutchison and Alfred Molina)
Straw Dogs (Dustin Hoffman and Ken Hutchison)
Rain Man (Ray Baker and Dustin Hoffman)
Without a Paddle (Bruce Phillips and Ray Baker)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Stephen Ure and Bruce Phillips)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Katie Jackson and Stephen Ure)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Viggo Mortensen and Katie Jackson) [20]
Crimson Tide (Gene Hackman and Viggo Mortensen)
Superman IV (Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman)
Superman III (Jackie Cooper and Christopher Reeve)
Superman II (Ned Beatty and Jackie Cooper)
Superman (Robert O'Neill and Ned Beatty)
Twelve Monkeys (Bruce Willis and Robert O'Neill)
Mercury Rising (Chi McBride and Bruce Willis)
The Terminal (John Williams and Chi McBride)
Star Wars: Episode VI (Anthony Daniels and John Williams))
Star Wars: Episode V (Peter Mayhew and Anthony Daniels) [10]
Star Wars: Episode IV (James Earl Jones and Peter Mayhew)
The Hunt For Red October (Stellan Skarsgård and James Earl Jones)
Ronin (Jean Reno and Stellan Skarsgård)
Godzilla (1998) (Ben Bode and Jean Reno)
Empire Records (Liv Tyler and Ben Bode)
Armageddon (Owen Wilson and Liv Tyler)
Permanent Midnight (Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson)
Keeping the Faith (Edward Norton and Ben Stiller)
Rounders (Edward Norton - Starting Film)

URL: Michael Ironside

Even with Epimetheus temporarily offline (I blew up a power supply while trying to run two computers off the same supply), my points per day continues to climb - to an all time high of 522 at the end of today - and I have cracked the top 1,500 of the [H]orde! I've been folding for just 26 days using only computers in my house (no borging (taking over friend's computers) or farming (using company servers or such) and I've reached over 13,500 points and currently rank #43,411 overall (out of 484,429) - though I really only care about my rank within the [H]orde.

Like I said, Epimetheus should be coming online soon - hopefully it was the PSU that burst and not the motherboard - and depending on the size of my next paycheck, Menoetius could be set to go. I'll probably purchase another Sempron processor from ZipZoomFly as I already have two spare motherboards (neither has been confirmed to work yet though). Should neither motherboard work, I'll still have a good processor and will just need to get a new mobo for about $50.

Either way, yes, like Julia said, I am a geek - and proud of it. My coworkers wonder why I would possibly have four computers running in my room (maybe more soon), but it's all for a good cause. Folding at Home has produced results (as opposed to SETI) and the results actually matter (as opposed to SETI).

Through 26 days:
ARION: 6,481 points (250 PPD)
ATLAS: 1,903 points (190 PPD)
HELIOS: 1,990 points (86.5 PPD)
PROMETHEUS: 679 points (37.7 PPD)
EPIMETHEUS: 741 points (37.0 PPD - very rough estimate [OFFLINE] now)

So those are the computers up and running in my room right now - so as you see, I should be up around 600 PPD, but not all of them have been running all the time and they came online at different times, which is mainly the reason that my PPD is creeping upwards - started at 488 after 9 days, down to 433 after 20 days, and at 522 after 26 (probably will be around 530 or 540 at 30 days).

All in all, this whole project has been great fun. I've been tracking every work unit completed in my spreadsheet and I know when the computers are on the way to turning in more points. ATLAS turns in 168 tonight at 10:30pm, ARION turns in 364 tomorrow at 1:00pm, HELIOS is crunching a bit 600 pointer due at 12:23am on the 26th (these always boost PPD numbers) and PROMETHEUS is also crunching a huge 600 pointer which will be done at 5:00pm on SEPTEMBER 1...

I really hope to get EPIMETHEUS back up and running in the next couple days and when that happens, I will get another boost as I believe it was 90-95% done with a 600 pointer. Both Pegasus and Icarus are chugging away whenever my parents decide to turn them on and...who knows what comes next. I'm loving my computer here, but if I could throw in an AMD X2 3800 for $300, I might jump at the chance - I could then replace one of the ugly 37PPD'ers with my current 250PPD'er.

URL: [H]ardfolding.com - [H]ome of the [H]orde