The Simplest Things...
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:49 am
can be the hardest to do, according to a Russian expert in my field of expertise. As a completely non-technical person, I have been very disappointed at the dearth of simple, easy-to-understand, clear instructions for folding. A plaintive request from one newbie recently asked for basic instructions for the PS3, for example. Triangle, go to information, go to project was the message, with a stinging emoticon, and some snide words to boot.
Since I myself have just bought a PS3, and with the FAH application working nicely, I decided to follow the succinct three-step instructions from the wise sage to see what new insight I could learn, only to find that step one did not lead to step two at all! Did I have a newer version of FAH? An older version? Ask at your own peril is the clear message.
A more pressing question for me these past few days is wondering if I can run a CPU client with my currently running GPU client. I have a new computer-only my second ever, and I pray to God my last-where I have an XFX nVidia 7801, an Intel 2 Duo E8600 (3.33GHz), XFX GeForce GTX 280, and WIndows Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1.
The nicely paid technical expert who put my rig together was dead set against my downloading the beta client for my nVidia card, but I am a motivated folder who is doing this in memory of his mother, who had multiple sclerosis and two different forms of cancer during her life. [If personal details are not allowed on this board, please delete the offensive details.] However, I was able to toggle between three different sites, because only by using the combined instructions and merging a few clear sentences here and there was I able to accomplish my task, with no problems at all after three weeks of 24/7 usage.
My CPU is just loafing along, but while I am under the impression that I can run a second client, the instructions and comments I have read on the subject on the subject are lacking. So I am reluctant to louse up what is, so far, a trouble-free setup. What about some screen shots along with some well-written step by step instructions? Many techies seem to have studied English with the same person who writes those computer desk assembly instructions.
I know that there are a lot of people like myself out there who want to do more with folding, but no one seems ready, willing, or able to help. Even at the university where I have taught for twenty-five years, I find that not as many young people (other than computer science majors, of course) understand computers or how to use them beyond the most basic level.
By the way, if you are ever on my turf, drop by a class. We use up to five Western languages and one Asian language during the course of instruction, and it is a wonderful learning experience for most students. My knowledge, training, and experience are not used to eradicate the enemy like in some virtual reality, but to bring people together to learn. Try it. It's fun.
Since I myself have just bought a PS3, and with the FAH application working nicely, I decided to follow the succinct three-step instructions from the wise sage to see what new insight I could learn, only to find that step one did not lead to step two at all! Did I have a newer version of FAH? An older version? Ask at your own peril is the clear message.
A more pressing question for me these past few days is wondering if I can run a CPU client with my currently running GPU client. I have a new computer-only my second ever, and I pray to God my last-where I have an XFX nVidia 7801, an Intel 2 Duo E8600 (3.33GHz), XFX GeForce GTX 280, and WIndows Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1.
The nicely paid technical expert who put my rig together was dead set against my downloading the beta client for my nVidia card, but I am a motivated folder who is doing this in memory of his mother, who had multiple sclerosis and two different forms of cancer during her life. [If personal details are not allowed on this board, please delete the offensive details.] However, I was able to toggle between three different sites, because only by using the combined instructions and merging a few clear sentences here and there was I able to accomplish my task, with no problems at all after three weeks of 24/7 usage.
My CPU is just loafing along, but while I am under the impression that I can run a second client, the instructions and comments I have read on the subject on the subject are lacking. So I am reluctant to louse up what is, so far, a trouble-free setup. What about some screen shots along with some well-written step by step instructions? Many techies seem to have studied English with the same person who writes those computer desk assembly instructions.
I know that there are a lot of people like myself out there who want to do more with folding, but no one seems ready, willing, or able to help. Even at the university where I have taught for twenty-five years, I find that not as many young people (other than computer science majors, of course) understand computers or how to use them beyond the most basic level.
By the way, if you are ever on my turf, drop by a class. We use up to five Western languages and one Asian language during the course of instruction, and it is a wonderful learning experience for most students. My knowledge, training, and experience are not used to eradicate the enemy like in some virtual reality, but to bring people together to learn. Try it. It's fun.