Meet the Folder: Fattyuk
Folding with Fatty.
Published: 19:00, 26/07/2011 by Jas-n.
10Starting off our Folding@home week, fattyuk, who may have made some controversial comments in the past, but controversy is what turns the world…allegedly. Anyway, here we have him showing his caring side by talking about what makes him fold.
Member Profile
| Name: | Dave Matthews |
| Username: | Fattyuk |
| Age: | 25 |
| Location: | South-East (UK) |
Folding Questions
There are several different reasons why people run Folding@home, be it experience with one of the diseases folding aims to cure, just helping out, or just for community status. But what got you into folding, and for TheSixthAxis’ Team?
Well I’ve been folding on and off since I originally bought my console in 2007, just on my own not part of a team. After stumbling across TSA within a few months of using the site as my main news source I decided to join the team, why not ay!
There are several different platforms that folding@home can be run on (PS3, PC, MAC), what platforms do you use to fold?
I fold on 1 PS3 (Original 40GB) and 2 Windows PCs – Acer Veriton nettops.
PS3 Users
Some people get worried about using the PS3 to fold because they’re worried about their PS3 dying on them. As a guide, how long do you fold on your PS3 for, and in which mode?
Hmm that’s a good one! I reckon on average I fold about 6 hours a day (on the PlayStation in Advanced mode), and on my PCs they’re folding for 24 hours a day, although I’ve only been folding on them for roughly 2 weeks.
The Folding@home software on the PS3 has evolved over the past few years, bringing in Music playback and most prominently Life with PlayStation. Is there anything that could be added to improve the experience? Or is there something that you would like to be removed from Life with PlayStation?
The only added feature I would like to see with Folding@home would be the option to have it running in the background when I’m watching a Blu ray/DVD, I watch films most nights and would be nice to have option of folding at the same time.
PC Users
There may be some people who might think that their hardware isn’t powerful enough for whichever reason. What Specification are you running folding@home on?
I’m not going to lie! I’m not clued up when it comes to PC specs. Both of my PCs are just standard out of the box, well technically they’re nettops so I’m assuming they’re not very high specs.
There will be people from the TSA community that will read this who don’t currently “fold”, is there anything you’d like to say to those members?
Join TSAs Folding team! If you work full time or part time crack your console on before work – set automatic shutdown for when you’ve completed the unit and job done! Best thing about the PlayStation is that each unit only takes 6 hours.
PC Specs
We’ve done a little research on those nettops and found their specs: Intel Atom (Effective dual core) running at 1.6GHz with 2GB RAM.
User Stats
| Team Rank | Project Rank | Weekly Points | Total Points | Work Units | Next Overtake | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24/07/11 | 76 | 224,954 | 1,832 | 26,412 | 127 | mpb1955 (28/07/2011) |
| 24/07/12 | 45 | 105,252 | Deepeyed (31/07/2011) |
We need you
If you would like to feature in a future Meet the Folder post, please drop an email to Jas-n [at] SonyFanatic [dot] com with the subject “Meet the Folder“.
We’d like to thank Dave for his time in answering our questions.
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26/07/2011 at 19:17
Member since: Apr 2010
Ooooohhh my 15 minutes of fame! :D
Thanks for adding me and anyone who took the time for reading.
26/07/2011 at 19:51
Member since: Apr 2010
Off topic how do I change my profile picture? Well add one lol
26/07/2011 at 19:52
Member since: Aug 2009
http://en.gravatar.com/
26/07/2011 at 20:04
Member since: Apr 2010
Thanks sympozium will have a ganders at that!
26/07/2011 at 19:57
Member since: Sep 2008
Excellent name, ‘mon the fatties! Ahem. I haven’t spotted any of your controvertial comments, any chance of a highlight or personal favourite?
26/07/2011 at 20:06
Member since: Apr 2010
Another phatty lol! And nah mate not going to go there :P
26/07/2011 at 21:43
Member since: Oct 2008
You should see him on HUKD – mouth like a gutter ;)
26/07/2011 at 19:54
Member since: Oct 2010
Another TSAer who shares a name with someone famous! I like the idea of folding in the background whilst watching a film, that would certainly encourage me to do it more often.
26/07/2011 at 19:57
Member since: Dec 2009
Well done Dave, folding is good for the soul! ;)
26/07/2011 at 23:13
Member since: May 2009
And could save your life some day, keep folding everyone.
26/07/2011 at 20:03
Member since: Jul 2009
Hello FattyUK. I didn’t realise you were Folding. Welcome to the, err, Fold. :-) Great to read a bit about you.
If you don’t mind me picking up on something. Over the last few months, you’ve gone from a controversial member of TSA (aka shit-stirrer, or whatever other cocktail of words people choose to use) to someone who’s taken the edge off said confrontational posts but retained your core personality and humour. Genuinely, it’s lovely to see and I, for one, have no idea what you’ve done to change things but keep up the excellent work. It’s lovely seeing you post on TSA, fella.
26/07/2011 at 20:19
Member since: Apr 2010
Many thanks mate those sort of comments are appreciated, I guess really thought I’d just be sensible, I can jump the gun quite easily and it never really gets me anywhere!
There was 1 article I read where I didn’t really get involved and things turned sour very quickly and after reading other(not my) comments I can kinda thought maybe that’s how I might come across and if I do it’s genuinely not a nice read and theres plenty of other sites where that sort of debate is widely available.
I’ve come to respect TSA a lot over the past months, users, admin and content of the site! I can’t think of a single other Playstation orientated website worth visiting to! Esp when it comes to discussion and debates,
26/07/2011 at 20:24
Member since: Jan 2010
Woohoo ! up the 40GB PS3′s!
And respect for you Fattyuk, you’ve more than shown your maturity after a couple of cases of ‘wrong post, wrong time’
Like Bmike said, it’s now a pleasure seeing your posts!
26/07/2011 at 21:35
Member since: Apr 2010
It definitely felt like you were trying to derail the site in the past! As you rightly said, there are plenty of other places people can go on the internet to argue, and it’s great to see you are enjoying TSA now for one of the things that sets it apart (and in my opinion above) those places.
26/07/2011 at 21:52
Member since: Sep 2010
Well done mate. I, on the other hand, am still a complete dick.
27/07/2011 at 15:15
Member since: Aug 2008
He’s been folding for quite some time… He’ll probably know more than me…
26/07/2011 at 20:24
Member since: Mar 2010
Great interview. Well done fattyuk. I’m interested in finding out how long a PS3 WU would take to fold on a netbook.
26/07/2011 at 20:26
Member since: Jan 2010
The WU’s are different for the PS3, they are specially ‘optimised’ to use its architecture, but still it would be interesting if they re coded it for a laugh (I wager 2 days, compared to a quarter on the PS3)
26/07/2011 at 20:49
Member since: Mar 2009
Nice to hear from you, Mr Matthews. Although it is good to see that you may be toning down some of the abuse, don’t forget that controversy can be a good thing… Remember who you are!!
I haven’t done any folding but it seems to be a simple and effortless task from what I’ve read, so getting involved is the least I can do!
27/07/2011 at 15:16
Member since: Aug 2008
Plus you can win some money :)
26/07/2011 at 21:56
Member since: Jul 2009
and he has wandered into the forums as well. Seems to be getting everywhere at the moment. :)
26/07/2011 at 22:20
Member since: Feb 2010
Nice one Dave! btw I got a new ps3 so fancy playing some cod or something soon? ;D
26/07/2011 at 23:09
Member since: May 2010
fattyuk’s PC specs are the perfect example that anyone can fold despite having a powerful gaming rig or not :)
26/07/2011 at 23:20
Member since: Feb 2011
Wow, from reading your posts on here I didn’t think you were anywhere near twenty five.
27/07/2011 at 00:36
Member since: Mar 2011
Lol.