- Joined
- Aug 13, 2001
- Location
- Deep Blue Sea (Maryland)
This is the 81th in the series of T32 Spotlights!!
NOTE: For how to go about nominating a fellow folder, please go to THIS THREAD, or better yet, you can PM me directly. To see the ever growing list of who has been interviewed and the expected date of the next spotlight, please go to THIS THREAD.
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David_N
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Again, Thanks for taking the time to allow me to interview you.
When did you join the Team? Approximate date is ok if you don't know the specific date.
I started seriously folding in late December 2007 (I think around the 27th or 28th). I've since been folding pretty much 24/7 on my PS3 and on my quad core. I folded for a bit prior to this occasionally, but that was for a team I started for a group of friends and myself, but it never really took off.
If there was something recent that you did that you wanted your fellow team members to know about, what would it be?
I recently converted nearly completely to mac
The octo-core in my sig hasn't been ordered yet, I'm not sure if I'm going to get it now or when I start university in September which will get me close to $1000 off... I know that mac is a terrifying prospect for almost all of you, but for what I do with computers, it's really the only way to go I realized. I still regularly use my quad core and will continue to do so
What is your EOC (extremeoverclockers) stats link?
EOC
You do not have to give specifics (address), but what State do you live in, and if you don't mind telling, what town? (town is not required, but if not a town, a general direction and distance from the nearest 'big town/city' would suffice)
State? Psh, up in the great white north we have provinces! Anyways, I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. For those that don't know, it's the furthest province east, just north-east of Maine.
How did you initially hear about F@H?
I saw the sub-forum above the benchmarking forum, was curious about it, and started reading some more about it. A few months later, I found it again, and this time began folding.
After starting, why do you continue to Fold?
I have a strong history of Cancer in my family, and although many of the people who have it are no longer with us, I'd like to think I'm doing something if not for them, for their offspring (myself included I guess). I don't do a whole lot of charity or volunteer work, so folding makes me feel a little better about that.
What do you do for a living?
I'm in my last year of high school and do freelance photography for what money I make.
What do you do for fun?
I'm an active sailor (Laser and 420 classes mainly, but whatever I can get my hands on will do) and love to ski. I also love to travel.
Is there anything special you do in your spare time that you really enjoy?
Jumping in my car, driving to somewhere random I've never been and getting lost, then taking some photos and figuring out where I am. I've got some of my favorite photos by doing this, and haven't gotten lost yet It's so nice just driving without knowing where you're going, just driving for the sake of exploring and getting some nice memories from the trip. When I get home, I stick the photos on my computer, see what I have, and load up my editing software to see how far I can stretch my creativity.
Time to spill your guts. What are the stats of your main folding rig? Why is it your fave? What all do you use the rig for?
Currently the following is my main folding rig:
Abit IP35 Pro, Q6600@3520MHz [440x8], 4x1024Mb Mushkin HP-DDR2-800@880MHz 4-5-4-11, XFX G92 8800GTS, 4x500gb Seagate 7200.10's -60gb RAID0 [BOOT disk], 1352gb RAID5 [STORAGE disk] + 74gb Raptor for dual Ubuntu64 VM's [FOLDING disk]
It's quite a quick machine and I net about 3800ppd +/- 200 from it. I'm quite excited to order the octocore whenever I do, that should do 6-7k ppd To be quite honest, I don't do much other that a little photoshop, MSN, and web-browsing. Occasionally I do a little java coding on it too.
Do you have a Borg-Farm? If so, how many computers, and what are they? (CPU, RAM)
Everything I use for folding is in my sig. I'm not actually using the non-existent octo-core system for obvious reasons... When my dad goes away I borrow his PS3 and fold with that for the duration of his trip
What are your future goals? What do you most want to accomplish with your life?
I'm thinking of taking commerce/MBA in University, but that could very well change. I've also considered IT and law. My main goal in life is to live a long, happy life with a loving family.
If there is something you want to tell the team, then spill your guts! What have I missed in my questions that could help the team learn more about you and who you are?
I know you probably all dislike one thing about me, my obnoxious avatar, I think I do quite a good job avoiding fanboyism otherwise though I use macs because they have, in my opinion, superior editing software that I use for my photo editing and I prefer the unix foundation over windows.
Here's where I get all my work done.
EDIT: David, your imageshack linky doesn't work......
NOTE: For how to go about nominating a fellow folder, please go to THIS THREAD, or better yet, you can PM me directly. To see the ever growing list of who has been interviewed and the expected date of the next spotlight, please go to THIS THREAD.
Now please give a warm welcome to..........................
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David_N
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Again, Thanks for taking the time to allow me to interview you.
When did you join the Team? Approximate date is ok if you don't know the specific date.
I started seriously folding in late December 2007 (I think around the 27th or 28th). I've since been folding pretty much 24/7 on my PS3 and on my quad core. I folded for a bit prior to this occasionally, but that was for a team I started for a group of friends and myself, but it never really took off.
If there was something recent that you did that you wanted your fellow team members to know about, what would it be?
I recently converted nearly completely to mac
The octo-core in my sig hasn't been ordered yet, I'm not sure if I'm going to get it now or when I start university in September which will get me close to $1000 off... I know that mac is a terrifying prospect for almost all of you, but for what I do with computers, it's really the only way to go I realized. I still regularly use my quad core and will continue to do so What is your EOC (extremeoverclockers) stats link?
EOC
You do not have to give specifics (address), but what State do you live in, and if you don't mind telling, what town? (town is not required, but if not a town, a general direction and distance from the nearest 'big town/city' would suffice)
State? Psh, up in the great white north we have provinces! Anyways, I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. For those that don't know, it's the furthest province east, just north-east of Maine.
How did you initially hear about F@H?
I saw the sub-forum above the benchmarking forum, was curious about it, and started reading some more about it. A few months later, I found it again, and this time began folding.
After starting, why do you continue to Fold?
I have a strong history of Cancer in my family, and although many of the people who have it are no longer with us, I'd like to think I'm doing something if not for them, for their offspring (myself included I guess). I don't do a whole lot of charity or volunteer work, so folding makes me feel a little better about that.
What do you do for a living?
I'm in my last year of high school and do freelance photography for what money I make.
What do you do for fun?
I'm an active sailor (Laser and 420 classes mainly, but whatever I can get my hands on will do
) and love to ski. I also love to travel. Is there anything special you do in your spare time that you really enjoy?
Jumping in my car, driving to somewhere random I've never been and getting lost, then taking some photos and figuring out where I am. I've got some of my favorite photos by doing this, and haven't gotten lost yet
It's so nice just driving without knowing where you're going, just driving for the sake of exploring and getting some nice memories from the trip. When I get home, I stick the photos on my computer, see what I have, and load up my editing software to see how far I can stretch my creativity. Time to spill your guts. What are the stats of your main folding rig? Why is it your fave? What all do you use the rig for?
Currently the following is my main folding rig:
Abit IP35 Pro, Q6600@3520MHz [440x8], 4x1024Mb Mushkin HP-DDR2-800@880MHz 4-5-4-11, XFX G92 8800GTS, 4x500gb Seagate 7200.10's -60gb RAID0 [BOOT disk], 1352gb RAID5 [STORAGE disk] + 74gb Raptor for dual Ubuntu64 VM's [FOLDING disk]
It's quite a quick machine and I net about 3800ppd +/- 200 from it. I'm quite excited to order the octocore whenever I do, that should do 6-7k ppd
To be quite honest, I don't do much other that a little photoshop, MSN, and web-browsing. Occasionally I do a little java coding on it too.Do you have a Borg-Farm? If so, how many computers, and what are they? (CPU, RAM)
Everything I use for folding is in my sig. I'm not actually using the non-existent octo-core system for obvious reasons... When my dad goes away I borrow his PS3 and fold with that for the duration of his trip
What are your future goals? What do you most want to accomplish with your life?
I'm thinking of taking commerce/MBA in University, but that could very well change. I've also considered IT and law. My main goal in life is to live a long, happy life with a loving family.
If there is something you want to tell the team, then spill your guts! What have I missed in my questions that could help the team learn more about you and who you are?
I know you probably all dislike one thing about me, my obnoxious avatar, I think I do quite a good job avoiding fanboyism otherwise though
I use macs because they have, in my opinion, superior editing software that I use for my photo editing and I prefer the unix foundation over windows. Here's where I get all my work done.
EDIT: David, your imageshack linky doesn't work......
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