Folding@home Team Engadget competition! Oh, and call the Podcast!

Ok, so we decided that maybe altruism wasn't enough incentive to get some of you guys to join our Engadget Folding@home team. So howsabout we sweeten the deal by incentivizing said altruism? First Team Engadget folder to get 10,000 F@H points gets a Tokyo Flash watch on us. Yeah, you heard it right—they make some pretty sweet watches (though you may not necessarily get the one pictured).

Want to know more? Go here.
Want to learn how to optimize your system for F@H? Visit hackaday's Folding@home How-To (just don't join their team, join ours).
Want to check out our team page? Go here.

Ready to go? Ok!
Team Engadget's F@H team ID is: 39227

Also, we're adding a voicemail feature so you can call the Podcast and leave us messages. Isn't that nice? So give us a holla with your name, location, and a tiny teeny bit about the Podcast (something with a kick of humor might be nice), and maybe we'll put you in Podcast 50! Otherwise in the future you can call in and leave us a message responding to something we've talked about, and we'll get back to you on the air during our next episode.

Call up: 1-888-ENGADGET

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

what is the team number? the link to join the engadget folding team is not working for me.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Hey, I think Hack-A-Day is cool with Engadget. They're homies. Like brothers seperated by a merger, or something.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

It would help if you gave us the damn team number!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

hey i entered the team number and uhh... im not showing up on the site..

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Just for the record: I co-founded both hackaday and Engadget, so don't anyone be getting pissy about us linking to their guide. hackaday's writers write for both sites, too.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

b-lock has already won, unless you're not counting him.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

If you started F@H and aren't on the team page yet, just wait for your computer to finish a WU (Work Unit) and it'll send results under your specified name and THEN you'll be visible on the team page.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Soo once that person gets the 10k how are you goin to contact them since the software doestn ask for any other info?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Am I the only person who noticed that this will probably take at least a month to get that many points. (just a rough estimate)

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

b-lock has already won, unless you're not counting him.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

--b-lock has already won, unless you're not counting him.

--Posted [..] by Ryan Block

HMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Woohoo!, Im on the team. Ive always wanted to be on a team. I wasn't even picked last!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

woohoo - lets hope i win.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Depending on how many systems you're folding with, it shouldn't take anywhere near a month to reach 10,000 points.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

i'm sboger on the team.... [e-mail]... for when i win...

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Dude i think i am on your team. sweet!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

I actually downloaded Folding@Home on the first day/post. However, I've run into a snag. My ISP installed a Linksys WAG54G router for me and I don't know how to open the required port for the software to work. If someone could advise me on this, that would be great.

Thanks!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Fuzz, I'm not counting me, because I'm b-lock.

Best,
Ryan

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

I am in!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Yeah, just how are you going to identify the winner?
We'll all just claim to be the first name that reaches 10000.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Hope you are happy to ship the watch to Australia!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

I joined...
Whoever "laxkidmhs07" is, you go to my school and you're in my grade.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that notice that identification SNAFU. Still - Folding for fun and science. And purty LED watches...

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

I'm quantum_mechanic on the team. Wanna race sboger?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

My handle is leaded, contact me at ai4891 AT [e-mail], for when I win ;)

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Waleed,

Pretty sure everything goes over port 80 to make things easier. Please check the F@H site for further details.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

I would win if I just added myself to the group. :-P

http://fah-web.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=userpage&pname=BhBaBq77%40xse%2Eevx

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

So will I win if I just add myself to the group and almost double the current score?

I am only 10 WU's under what b-lock has.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Sadly it doesn't work that way. Only new WU's will count towards this team if you change your team number.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Well I will change over and start crunching away. I have 4 systems that crunch all day. Plus I can setup my Dual G5 to run 2 of them at once.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

So they ask for 10,000 points; but on F&H it only shows WU's and Points. I wonder if they meant 10K WU versus 10K for Score???????

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

who know's me? ahh that kinda scares me