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Date....................Runtime...................Daily Points.......Daily Results.........Place
03/30/2005..... 0:271:06:28:46.......... 157,534............... 766.................. #4
03/29/2005..... 0:262:16:22:53.......... 162,048............... 814.................. #3
03/28/2005..... 0:277:05:05:42.......... 172,538............... 973.................. #3
03/27/2005..... 0:264:14:51:51.......... 166,185............... 884.................. #2
03/26/2005..... 0:289:10:25:33.......... 170,966............... 917.................. #2
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Team IBM Rochester's daily chrunching...

This team is pretty much a 1 person show. The point leader is Mike Meyers, he as 8 million of the teams 14 million points. This person runs the e-Server competetive benchmark lab at IBM Rochester, MN. As you can see from his profile, he has access to over 350 current technology Server class machines that can run the grid. This is all IBM owned equipment. This is all very good for the Grid as a whole. The only way to compete with that amount of hardware is to recruit 500 more people with PC class machines.

We are finding success through acquiring many low cost Laptops and a couple of number crunchers. There is definelty a price / grid perfromance breakpoint. (Not exaclty sure what that is) We can aquire 3-4 older laptops for less money than 1 high powered PC and get more points.

If you look at the Slash-Dot team, it is the shear volume of members each doing a small amount of work. We are luckly to now have thier highest point person. They are still putting up 4x the number of points per day than the second place team. So goes the power of the grid.

I agree with dtype. If you really want this team to move up, MOT will have to recruit many more members. Perhaps we should have a membership drive. First place, an authographed picture of Graham next to his favorite crucher. (Just a thought)

For now, we will just do our part and help the MOT keep moving up or hold thier position.

Joel --

When I read your post, another thing that a number of us have done that makes it easier to navigate through long threads such as our team thread is that we have set the number of posts per page high in our profiles. To do this, go to your member profile at http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/myprofile and select "Change my Information". About seven lines down you will see "Posts Per page". I have mine set at 50 which makes this thread about 9 pages. When you have selected the value you want, don't forget to go to the bottom of the screen and press "Edit my information" to exit.

Your team mate,

To all my team mates
Just to let you know I am still doing my part to increase the membership count for the World Community Grid and My Online Team

Original reply from my First Article to ECT News
From: "Susan B. Shor"
ECT News Network
www.ectnews.com
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 4:00 PM
Subject: Follow-up story on Worldwide Grid

Hi Graham,
My editor forwarded your email on the grid back to me.
Happy Valentine's Day
He agreed a follow-up would be a good idea.
Can you answer a few questions?
Do you know where this grid ranks in participation compared to other grid projects?
Why did you become so involved?
Is the Human Proteome Folding project proceeding at the pace researchers would like or do they need more grid participants?
What else do you think I should know about the grid project and its participants?
Thank you,
Susan B. Shor
ECT News Network
www.ectnews.com

All relevant information sent (awaiting story to be published)

Follow up Message
From: Graham A. Hood
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 4:33 AM
To: Susan B. Shor
Subject: World Community Grid

Hi Susan
I was just wondering if there was any more information you require to complete your article about the World Community Grid
I have been visiting every day in anticipation of seeing your article
Are you still compiling it for publication or have I missed it
Yours sincerely
Graham A. Hood

Reply from ECT News
Hi Graham
I'm sorry. I got bogged down in other stories and a long weekend. I will send you the URL as soon as the story is posted.
Thanks for all your help,
Susan

Follow up Message
Susan B. Shaw
TechNewsWorld
12th March 2005

Hi Susan
I hope you have caught up on your workload and will now be in a position to publish my article
A few things have changed since I last emailed you
Our team has now moved up to #7 in the world
We have attracted a number of new members due in part to our recruiting success and now number 130 members in My Online Team
By the time you read this, the World Community Grid will have completed 6,000 years of processing for the current project
The member count has increased to over 58,000 members with over 88,000 PCs
We are coming up to 4.5 million results returned by members to World Community Grid
I advised our team members that you were running an article about The World Community Grid and My Online Team
As you can imagine, the news of your impending article caused a great deal of excitement
I am being asked by our team members, to advise them when it will be published
Your article would make an enormous difference to our chances of improving our current position
I would be forever grateful to you for giving us this opportunity
I would love to be in a position to give them some good news and hopefully you can come to my rescue
Could you please give me any indication as to when you may be in a position to proceed with your article?
I apologise for being such a nuisance and appreciate how busy you must be
Thank you again
Best Regards
Graham

Follow up Message
Susan B. Shor
ECT News Network
www.ectnews.com
30th March 2005

Hi Susan
I have contacted you several times in the last few weeks about my story I have done a great deal of further research to help to make your efforts minimal in publishing it
I believe you advised me that you was bogged down in other stories
Should I contact your editor to see if he can assign it to someone else who is not so busy to take the pressure off you
A considerable amount has changed and this story has now become very news worthy as we are now #5 in the world out of 4836 teams
Your story will surely help to increase the user base, to over 100,000 PCs spare cycles donated to the project and go a long way to helping this not for profit humanitarian effort
There is now over 61,000 members donating the use of over 93,000 PCs
We have racked up over 7000 years of run time in just over 4 months and returned over 5.5 million results with a little over 30% of the project completed
This Article is very important to me and if you cannot see your way clear to write it, would you please advise me, to enable me to contact your editor in the hope of getting it reassigned
On the strength of your original reply, I advised the World Community Grid and My Online Team members of your impending article
I currently have egg on my face and I am finding it increasingly difficult to know what to tell them
Please help me off the hook and I will do everything I can to lessen your burden in writing it, you can rest assured of that
Best Regards
Graham A. Hood

Still awaiting a reply from ECT News